The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-20

open MS eyes u tue rUn6iuiness, as
we'll as tue impoilcy, Vi nls prSsenl
course. Must uispasslvna.e puIi,ivai
observers wiii assent u Tue ioilowine
Y.vsvsiLlUns:
i. iL AZ not reasonable to expect
pOilLiclan u resain control III a pa, "
vi WHICH ne Was ONCE the idol, tut
upun Witch his af11r Ssea.i.y .et,scAea
untii ne Was Sidu 10 AldAe tCranS "a
mulcn the DeSL mat can De Saiu Is
mat they enauie uim TO Save his
lace -as the Chinese Say. The lest VI
slreneIn Has aireauy Dcen nidue, wi.n
tne duvanla5e GA us slue--anu ne has
sueen UuLoenel dled anu OuJyOleu.
z. RE nau Two classes vi supporters
Seil-sceAefS and ecoaumic rclUfmsrs.
Ine AIsC Set nave joined Farner eli
IuaSSe ana Will stay Win those that
nave money to spend--anu may, sonle
udy, nave UlnceS 10 DeSLoW. vi the re-
lOrm element, a large number Will be-
,Uine pUpuiIstS; OtnerS VIII JOIN Tic
SOCIALISTS, vote for roosevelt, or 80
out o. politics. and the most OF those
.naI IolioW MIN into the camp u the
CACluy VI luClA PAAASApASo "AAA oSS ~
clearly the imposSluility OF his regain
Jug control OF the party that they VIII
refuse to. support him in his enOrts to
reois game 1t. No commanding general
ever ADVISED his soldiers to heip a
body OF men he had long denounced
as traitors and then, after the battle
ended, succeeded in inducing them to
again enlist under his command, to
night their late comrades in arms.
II this view is correct, where are
MIR. Bryan's supporters to come from?
Let him answer who can. He may, OF
course, continue to write and talk, but
he can never1again be controlling,
!xeenrming factor in the democratic
+ pan tya.sIf he remains true, at heart, to
his principles Us he wiH-he
will ultimately join the gcnuIds ~.
form party; but the fewer voters he
persuades to enlist with him under the
Wall street banner the sooner ne is
likely to do this and the less harm
will he have done while "out OF his
head.
Mr.. Bryan is not the first public
man to over-estimate his influence, and
the more generally his old followers
give him the cold shoulder while he
tights under the wrong flag the bet-
ter 1t will be for him. Not only should
ms advice to vote for Parker be re-
jected, but, if it be true, as reported,
that he has been promised a seat in
the senate, care should be taken to
prevent this For his own sake, his
enemies should never be enabled to
say Of him: This is the price paid
Mr.. Bryan for deserving the cause he
had so long and. eloquently cham
pioned." Nebraska has too many alb e
men that have never supported the
enemy of their principles to justify
such choice-a and Colonel Bryan
could not afford to accept seat in
the senate secured in such way.
MY. Bryan is still young man, and
when he enters the genuine reform
party as a private, he should be-
will be-recognized for all he Is worth
and generously treated, but, until he
comes to himself" it will be more
than unwise to kill the fatted calf"
in his behalf. And so, / repeat, that
the best way to help Mr.. BRYAN to be-
egnsA~himsef again is to demonstrate
to him that thcsexthat shaye gladly
called themselves Bryan nfczz sla.
not belong to him, and will follow him
only so long as he supports their prin-
ciples, and leads in the direction they
are determined to CO.
ALBERT GRIFFIN.
Topeka, Kan.