Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-09
OUR LETTER Sox.


bryun as a. Dfctator.
SOUTH OMAHA, Sept. ITO the Editor
of The Bee: Some of US may not be APP
preciative of greatness or what some may
call greatness, but it seems to me that
many people are overriding the Bryan busi-
ness. 1t becomes very tiresome for many
of US to see SO much stun in the papers
from day to day about Bryan. as If he was
somebody great. /, for one, would like TO
know what Bryan has done so wonderful to
make many people go crazy over him and
act as IL he wag a great sovereign OF
earth. The way some people act over
Bryan makes me remember an occurrence
of the populist times in Kansas when peo-
pie went wild over Jerry Simpson. l at
tended one meeting of about $500, people
that jerry Simpson addressed, and one
fellow in the crowd was so crazy that at
the close of each utterance of Jerry he let
out a wall, ''Hurrah for Jerry" Finally
a man stepped up to the crazy one and
asked him when he substituted Jerry Simp-
son for Jesus Christ. 1t seems to me that
this could be asked some of the Bryan en-
thusiasts at this time. for some of them
act as II he was next to the Almighty him
self. 1t seems to me that the papers are
largely to blame for so much of the Bryan
gush, though many of them may be doing
1t TO help kill him of. There is so much
of the Juror over him that 1t looks as II a
boom had been manufactured for the occa-
sion, and when the people get down to
sober thinking, they will ask themselves
what all this fuss over Bryan is for
Bryan is showing himself SO much of a
dictator at this time when he thinks he has
a cinch on the democratic nomination for
president that the sober judgment Of his
own party ought to convince the members
of that party that he will not be a safe
man to control the destinies OF this country
for even the short space of four years. II
is my humble opinion that he would prove
even more unpalatable to them than did
Grover Cleveland. When the campaign OF
1908 comes on, the deliberate judgment of
the people is apt to be as 1t was In 1896
in 1900 and in 1904 and all of the spectacular
display by Bryan and his boomers will not
carry the people on their feet. Yours
truly, +. A. AGNEW.
An open Letter to Hon. Edgar Howard
OMAHA, Sept. 7.--Hon. Edgar Howard,
Editor of the Herald. Fremont. Neb.-My
Dear Judge: / venture 10 speak to you
IN an open letter without disturbing the
United States malls. upon subject OF
great gravity to the democratic party and
60 the people of this country.
The formal and deliberate declaration OF
Mr.. Bryan for the government ownership
of all trunk lines of railroads in our coun-
| try shows that he is no more a democrat
than you are an anarchist. You know, and
| know. that the central vital principle
| not alone of the democratic party. hut OF
popular government itself is the diffusion
OF political power among the people. The
| founder of that party was Mr.. Jefferson
after a long struggle against Hamilton and
the federalists, and its birth came with his
hnal triumph in 1901. Mr.. Jefferson's wal
was against the Capitalization of power IN
the federal government But you know
| and l know, that Alexander Hamilton, ir
his widest zeal would never have dared
to propose such sweeping measure OF
Capitalization of power at Washington as
that which is now Boldly proclaimed b,
Mr.. Bryan I'm the name OF the democratic
party. Such a measure enacted into Law
would instantly place all the states under
the direct control of the president, and
under the certain and direct influence
which he would have over millions OF men
who would do his bidding. / will not insult
your intelligence nor that Of the readers
Of The Bee by arguing this question. Il
argues itself.
/ beg, my dear judge, to ask your atten,
ton to Mr.. Bryan's attitude toward al
democrats In the service Of corporations