Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
A Letter from GARFIELD County.

BURWELL, Neb., July 26.-To the Ed
ltor Of The Bee: Why should any ropub-
lican vote for Bryan? Please show me.
Some are saying, give US a change"
When we rave u~nbounded prosperity Wha
change can we get only for the worse,
unless we can get still greater prosperity,
and in all candor, I would ask, can you,
in the light of past history, expect
greater prosperity from a democratic ad-
ministration? No doubt some democrats
would demand a change IL they were in
heaven, but why any republican should
now seek it is a problem hard to solve.
At any rate, what has Bryan done to de-
serve the votes or confidence of the peo-
pie? This is a question that Is con-
stantly asked but never answered. Has 1t
come to this, that endless talk without
performance of any kind is the only
qualification exacted from a presidential
nominee? Do we want a nan at the head
Of this great nation who has done moth
ing but ~prophesy and promise? None OF
his direful foreboding of 1896 ever came
true, but the opposite happened always.
Then why in the name of reason should
we listen to his further predictions or
promises?
He breaches against bossism while he
is himself the most tyrannical dictator
that ever directed politics in this free re-
public. Hill and Sullivan and Guffey and
many other democrats can testify to this
fact. A democrat cannot have an hon
est opinion or differ from his on any is
sue without danger of being read out of
the party. The SOLID South" still stands
for this kind of dictatorship, but Bailey
and Williams and Tillman and Daniel
and Watterson and hundreds Of other
democratic leaders in the south are sulk-
Ing in their saddles, and inwardly hoping
TO see him go to defeat again in Noyem-
Der. What have they In common with
him? He prefers the spectacular Dahl
man or the boiling %populist, Tlbbles. TO
them. II he ever had any chance TO got
next to the eastern democrats since 1895
he lost 1t by that Madison Square Gar
den speech on government ownership Of
railroads. He would like to play for the
negro vote, a thing unheard Of before in
a democratic candidate. but he dare not
mention the Brownsville incident In the
platform, for 1t would break his neck in
the Solid South"
In private life Mr.. Bryan is a good man
but political history must and will record
him little short of a d~emagogue. Right at
the present time his managers in Nebraska
are trying to capture the populist vote by
80 ANpA iIilSlD unuGT Inc
primary law. All these things must con-
~tinually rise up against him like Banouo's
ghost at Macbeth's banquet. while Judge
Taft, the man of action. the man who does
things and who has been tried and found
competent and faithful. goes serenely on
fulfilling every hope of his party and
nation. Hundreds of thousands of demo-
Gratis voted. for Roosevelt and his policies
in 1904. and why should they not vote
for Taft, who is pledged to carry out
those policies II elected? Young voters.
especially, should reflect on these things
and cast their votes wisely. Read history
and then choose, No one denies but what
the republican party has made mistakes.
for it is only human to err. but its glorious
achievements have passed into history and
will illumine its pages for ages to come.
We have the greatest respect for demo.
Gratis of honest intentions, but what excuse
can we make for republicans who are IN.
grateful for the blessings they have en-.
joyed under republican rule?
J.. L. JENKINS.
County Superintendent. Garfield County
Nebraska.