Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-12
HISTORICAL FACTS
CONGRESSMAN HITCHCOCK en-
LIGHTENS new YORK WORLD.
Nebraska State Sman Gives Some In,
tere sting Political Facts and fia-.
ureS, which Show The inSinCeritY
of the Worlds Fight on Bryan, in
View Of The Record.


The New York World has been and
is now devoting much space to belit-
tling Bryan and endeavoring to show
its readers the utter hopelessness of
victory with him as candidate. 1t
has even sent out a pamphlet show
ing what it considers democratic ter
ritory, and then invites opinions from
congressman to sustain its position.
That the World is manifestly unfair
in its criticisms is clear to every in
Hitchcock of Nebraska, ably exposes
the big paper in the following letter:
To the Editor of the World: COM
plying with your invitation to ex-
press my opinion on your pamphlet,
"'rhe Map of Organism" | advise you
that it strikes me as cunning but un-
fair. For that reason it's influence
among well-informed people is not
likely to be great.
The contrast between the map of
1892 and 1896 purports to show a
decline of democracy, but that de-
cline had occurred in 1S94-two
years before Bryan became the demo-
cratic leader. To make fair show
ing your first map should represent
1891 and not 1892. Compared with
1894, which was the last campaign
under the old democratic regime, the
1896 mark would show a consider
able gain in democracy.
To suppress the map of 1894
strikes me as a trick unworthy of a
great paper like the World
Again, you suppress the map of
1904, which if published would show
the immense deficiency of democracy
in that year under reactionary
leader as compared either with 1896
or 1900 under Bryan.
The map of 1907, moreover, is a
gross misrepresentation | have read
day by day your editorial efforts to
show Bryan's weaknesses. Let me
give you several propositions to con-
slider:
First-No democrat ever poled as
many votes as Bryan received in
1896, with most of the great leaders
playing traitor, with most of the
great newspapers against him, with
practically no campaign fund to meet
a nt hn 4
posal.
Second-In 1900 he practically
held his enormous popular following
against a highly popular president
running for reelection after a sue
cessful war and aided by the full
dinner pail and another great corrup-
tion fund
Third-In those campaigns he ran
better in Ohio against Ohio's favor
ite son than Parker did against
Roosevelt in 1904. He ran better in
New York in 1900 against Mckinley
than Parker New Yorl's favorite
son, did against Roosevelt in 1904.
He pOlled more votes in the great
debatable states of Indiana, Illinois
and Ohio than any democratic candi-
date before or since. He carried
more republican states in 1896 than
any democrat ever carried, and near
ly as many in 1900. He was beaten
in many democratic states by the use
of corruption fund contributed by
the very men and interests-later de-
ing with the World.
Your objection to Bryan can not
possibly be his weakness, because the
figures show his strength. Nor can
you hope to defeat him for nomina-
tion because that is practically as
sured fact. The only construction
which can be placed on your attitude
is that you know he is to be nominate
ed and you propose to do the cause
of democracy all the damage you
can while posing as it's supporter, be-
cause your power to injure will be
reduced when you appear in your
true light as it's foe during the CAM
paign. AS newspaper man l have
always entertained the greatest ad-
miration for the World and it's re-
markable publisher, and 1 am at a
loss to understand the motives for
the seemingly insane crusade which
it now carries on against Bryan.
G.. NJ. HITCHCOCK,
NJ c., Second Nebraska District.