Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02
State Chairman Hayward on Republican Policies
What the Party las ACCOMPLISHED 1.-THE Past and What It Promises for the Future
nd What 1t Promises for the Future

Fourth Of July will pass away. for the
spirit OF empire will he upon US" He
blundered in 1904 when he accused Presi-
dent Roosevelt OF selling out to the cor
porate influences. and Of intending, be-
cause 81 his brutal. bloody and barbarous
sentiments to plunge the nation into war
ard OF relying on a riot OF cartridges. He
Numbered In 1905 when I'm his homecoming
sceech at New York. he said. with refer
ente to government ownership Of railways.
as follows:
Il have already reached the conclusion
that the railroads partake so much of the
nature Of a monopoly that they must ulti-
mately become public property and be
managed by public officials in the interest
Of the whole community IN accordance with
the well defined theory that public owner
ship is necessary where competition is i'm
possible. ] believe that an in
creasing number of the members Of all
parties see in public ownership the same
remedy for determinations between person
and politics and for eXtortionate rates for
the carrying of freight and passengers.
Believing, however. that the operation of
all the railroads by the federal govern
ment would result in a Capitalization which
would all but obliterate state lines, l prefer
to see only the trunk lines operated by the
federal government and the local lines by
the several state governments.
Is Bryan DesirabIeF
The American people do not desire a
blunderer for their president. Mr.. Bryan
has a charming personality. His moral
life is clean; his neighborly qualities are
excellent and he is a fine type of the
American Christian gentleman. But in per-
gpnaIftN in a1cap1fpagg Of v,,raI ,I.~,.4zu
in neighborly qualities. and in his Chris
tianlty, we yield no jot or title from our
own candidate. for in these essentials the
two gentlemen are on an exact par. and,
we are thankful to know, a very high
plane of citizenship. But the republican
party, however, is not compelled to present
a candidate. whose solemn and unequivocaI
utterances and statements, IL repeated at
any time within two years after spoken
would make him ridiculous. On the con-
trary, we present a man who has had
the most thorough and remarkable school
ing in craftsmanship and the principles Of
American government that has ever fallen
to the lot of a presidential aspirant; a man
who is greater in brain and experience
than anyone has ever been at the time of
his nomination for the presidency: the best
equipped mar in America for the ob-WiI-
liam II. Taft.
Candidate Bryan appeals especially to the
farmers for campaign funds. This is a
good deal like asking a man to buy a rope
to hang himself with. Mr.. Bryan appealed
to the farmers In '92, to save themselves
from being crushed by the tariff. He an
pealed to the farmers in SO. to save them
selves from bankruptcy and poverty by
adopting free silver. He appealed to the
farmers in 1900 to save the republic and
prevent Mckinley from destroying their
liberties and doing away with the Fourth
of July. He appealed to the farmers in
1904 to elect Judge Parker, because Presi-
dent Roosevelt had surrendered to the cor
porate Influences; in every instance APP
pearing in the guise of old Doctor Cure.
all. with some special panacea as their only
salvation. ! much mistake the intelligence
of the Nebraska farmers and the residents
of the cities and the towns who direotI,
depend upon the prosperity OF the farmer
If Candidate Bryan's appeal will strike
them as being reasonable or fair. II there
is any class of people to whom his appeal,
must now sound ridiculous, l should thinl
it would be the farmers. The democratic
party in the nation gave to the Nebraska
farmer his 10-cent corn and his Scent hogs
The demo-pop party in Nebraska gave I,
the farmer pass-corrupted legislature. ex
travagance in all lines, m-ismanagement o
state institutions and an increased debt
With Bryan paramount in Nebraska, witt
a demo-pop legislature, governor and SUI
preme court; in short, with all the reins o
the Nebraska state government within hi
hands, the reforms and measures Of relief
which Candidate Bryan says he has beeI
the father of, and been attempting to brin
/ about for so many years. remained unhear,
= of and unwritten on the statutes of Ne
! braska. 1t remained for the Mckinley an
e Roosevelt administrations in the nation t
4 bring to agricultural Nebraska the won
: derful and unbounded prosperity, the q
; cent corn, the 7-cent hogs and the cond
( ton where peace and bounty prevail. ]
= remained for Governor Sheldon's admins
= tration and a republican legislature t
. bring about the measures OF progress an
e reform which the people Of Nebraska dc