Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-19
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The attention of the Peerless Leader
Is prayerfully directed TO a condition
that has developed not only in his own
state, but in his own bailiwick, and al
most in his own front yard. 1t actu-
ally involves a member Of his W per
sonal family and has grown so serious
that one wonders that Mr.. Bryan can
spend his time in the haunts Of the
money devil in the east, when his pet
doctrine and supremely paramount is-
sue OF the present campaign is being
so ruthlessly and shamefully misused
at home.
"Shall the people ruler" thunders
Mr.. Bryan from every stump and, an
swering il for himself, he insists that
only under the direction of the man
who invented the sacred ratio, who
liberated the Philippines, who chased
the money devil into the darkest cor
ner of his mysterious lair, can the
voice Of the great American electorate
have proper and forceful expression in
the affairs of government. And yet,
Mr.. Bryan's own brother-in-law and
political manager, Tom Allen, has
taken upon himself to ruthlessly
thwart the free expression of a large
number Of Nebraska voters. It is
scarcely worth while now to bark back
to the matter of Tom Watson. In
1904 $4,000 Nebraska populists regis
tered their votes for Tom Watson. In
1908 not one of these will be permit
ted to vote for Tom Watson because
Brother-in-Law Tom has ordained
otherwise, and while Mr.. Watson is
running for president of the United
States on the ticket of the peoples in
dependent party in every other state
in the union, he is lot a candidate in
Nebraska. Shall the people ruler"
Again, certain members of the peo-
pies independent party, aspirants for
public office and seeking its nomina-
ton, filed with the secretary of state
of Nebraska certain declarations,
among which was one to the effect that
in the event of their nomination by the
peoples Independent party they would
stand at the forthcoming election as
the candidates of that party and would
support it's principles and carry its
banners forward. Now comes Brother
in-Law Tom and says to these candi-
dates OF the peoples Independent party
that they may not run, but must vio-
late the pledges made under the law
and withdraw entirely from the con-
test because, forsooth, 1t does not suit
the plans laid by this ardent champion
Of the fortunes OF the Peerless leader
that anyone chosen in opposition to his
arrangements should be a candidate.
Little doubt exists that Brother-in-
Law Tom would place this ban against
the republican candidates, and the So
cialist candidates and the prohibition
candidates, and the candidates Of any
party whatsoever, il he thought by so
doing he could remove their presence
from the political field and clear the
way for q unanimous expression in
favor of the Peerless Leader. 1t is not
yet determined whether Mr.. Berge and
his associates on the populist ticket
will have the manhood to abide by the
result Of the primary election and in
sist on their rights to run as candidates
of the party that has honored them
with nominations, or whether they will
supinely submit to the dictation of the
chairman Of the democratic state COM
mittee and withdraw themselves to the
privacy of their home lives in order
that they will present no obstacle to
democratic success.
While Mr.. Bryan is shouting, Shall
the people ruler" throughout the east,
Brother-in-Law Ton is giving a most
Illuminating example of the application
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