The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-10


serts when he became n victim of the
same sort of charge he had been un.
just to others in this regard and per.
haps little injustice of this sort was
the only thing that could cure him of
the habit
The Herald charges us with out.
raging "a neighhor and fellow citi
zen" We presume the only way to
regain the good graces of the Herald
will be to champion the Nebraska
statesman's cause, regardless OF politi
cal differences.
The real mission of the Herald was
to arose bitter prejudice against
The News, perhaps hoping to win
sympathy for the outraged" peerless
one and thus contribute some toward
a democratic vote in Nebraska this
fall.
The News has no quarrel with Mr..
Bryan, the man. In fact this news.
paper feels no small degree of pride
in the distinction which has come to
Nebraska and to fellow Nebraskan
Ia fellow Nebraska newspaper man,
If you please. Mr.. Bryan's spotless
personality, his clean habits, the mag
netism by which he has won his way
to the top of great political party
these must appeal to any Nebraskan.
And indeed this newspaper has shown
its appreciation of these qualities in
Mr.. Bryan on more occasions than
one. More prominence was given to
Mr.. Bryan's recent visit in Norfolk
than to that of Secretary Taft year
ago. SO generously did The News
treat Mr.. Bryan that he took occasion
to say thanks when he was called to
the telephone in this Office after his
speech. Il want to thank you for the
way The News has treated u.s." were
his words. And local democrats also
appreciated other things that were
done by the publishers of The News in
connection with the vist-things that
the public did not know.
This much to prove that The News
appreciates Colonel Bryan as a neigh
Dor, as a fellow Nebraskan as a high
type of clean American citizenship.
His craftsmanship does not appeal
to this newspaper with the same force
that accompanies his personality. Per
sonal character does not always prove
craftsmanship.
1t is true that Mr.. Bryan has al
ways, since he became a national
figure berated his opponents as the
representatives Of dishonest and cor
rupt dollars. He has always sought
to crafty his personal ambition to be
president by destructive criticism
hurled against his opponents. He has
never been satisfied with standing
upon the merits of his own theories
and we realize that that would have
been fatal; he has always hurled
charge upon charge against whom
ever the republican party selected for
it's race. The republican party al
ways was trying to deceive the pee
pull" He has invariably predicted
that if the republicans should win,
dire results would ensue; the country
would go to the dogs; things would
be awful. He, himself, William Jen-
nings Bryan, offered himself up as the
only salvation.
This country isn't looking for
president who has to depend upon his
knocking ability to be elected. Con-
) structive and not destructive states
manship is the nations need. Mr..
Bryan through two campaigns berat2d
the late martyred Mckinley as the
, tool of corrupt wealth; he hurled the
same charges against Theodore Roos..
welt four years ago; and now he's pre-
pairing to make the same accusations
against William Howard Taft He
, can't get away from denouncing the
other fellow and the other party. He
can't conduct campaign without u.s.
ing these altogether uncomfortable
and unworthy icOnoclastic methods.
And the world at large doesn't have
time for a knocker.
The News has differed with many
of Mr.. Bryan's theories of government,
just as the nation has shown it's diff
ference in opinion at the polls. We
did not believe in free silver which
Mr.. Bryan has now, himself aban-
doned; we did not believe in the dan
gers" of taking care of the Philippines,
when they were left upon our hands,
and even Mr.. Bryan himself has now
ceased playing his imperialism"
string. We did not believe in the
wisdom of centering so much power in
one man and party, or in destroying
individualism, to the extent that must
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