Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-19
prroRE ANp AFTER rAkrNe.

fight against President Roosevelt and
what II is pleased to term Roosevelt
ism In q t~riple-lesded editorial
scream. the World declares that never
in the lifetime OF the republic has there
been greater need Of a virile, aggres-
rive, incorporating opposition to the
party In power-to Rooseveltism, mill
tarism, jingoism, Capitalization, per-
sonal government and panic" The
World has q hope in Bryan. In an i'm
FASHIONED appeal to the Nebraska
leader, It declares that "if Mr.. Bryan
should avoid all appeals to class preju-
dice; II he should prove that he Is not
the old Bryan, but a new Bryan, cour-
ageously leading the popular protest
against the excuses of Rooseveltism,
he can then appeal with fair prospects
of success to the great independent
vote"
The World is in position to Judge
whether Mr.. Bryan will rise to the
emergency, or IL capable of arising to
II. The World knows Mr.. Bryan and
has followed his career very closely.
In February Of the present year, only
seyen months ago, the World published
q Map OF Organism" in pamphlet
form, containing much of Mr.. Bryan's
record and a good deal of Mr.. Roose-
velt's. In that document, we find this
from the New York World, in the form
Of an open letter to Mr.. Bryan:
Do you think thai your theories would
stand the ghost of a shadow Of a chance
against MT. Roosevelt's record of actual
achievement For forty years democrats
have denounced Wall street, the corpora
lions, the money power, monopolies and
railroad corruption in all It's forms. But
what democrat has ever done as much as
Mr.. Roosevelt to remedy the abuses which
these terms imply7 He has accomplished
more in actual practice against the abuses
OF Wall street and the excesses OF organized
wealth than all the democrats OF the United
States put together. After what President
Roosevelt and the republican party have
actually done in the way of regulating rail-
roads, would the American people trust you
in preference to them to enforce Mr.. Roose-
velt's rate lAw2 After what he and his ad-
ministration have actually done in the en-
forcement Of the Sherman law, would the
people trust you In preference to them to
curb m~Onopolies7
No explanation is given to show why
Mr.. Roosevelt, who was the object Of
the glowing tribute Of the World in
February, should now be the object of
the papers vicious attacks, nor why
Mr.. Bryan, who was considered wholly
incompetent to cross swords with
Roosevelt in February, should be
picked as the deIiverer of the country
from Roosevelt policies in October.
The record fails to show that either
Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Roosevelt has done
anything In the seven months to Justify
the new relation in which the New
York World now holds them. To prove
that the World was familiar, in Febru-
airy, with Mr.. Bryan's record, the fol-
lowing excerpt is reproduced from the
Worlds now famous. wholly a~ccurate
Map of Bryanism:"
To call the long roll, therefore, we fine
that you. Mr.. Bryan, as the foremost popu.
list in America, have supported and voted
for candidates who represent the following
political principles: Free silver, 16 to 1
without the concurrence OF other nations
Government loans to farmers. Government
ownership and operation OF railroads
Greenback Initiation. Government owner
ship OF telegraph and telephone lines. Elec
ton OF United States senator's by populaI
vote. Initiative and referendum. Election
OF United States Judges by direct vote anc
for short terms. A promise to pack tn,
supreme court OF the United States. N,
government by Injunction" Opposition I,
private contracts providing for the paymen
or gold. Government ownership Of inter
state railroads and state ownership Of stat,
railroads. Municipal ownership of all publi
utilities in cities. Gripping the Unite,
States courts and counteracting their juris
ldiction over questions arising under the con
stltution
A mar of your ability and address, MI
Bryan. cannot forever assail constitutions
courts law, wealth property. credit, ma
uonal honor and private faith without build
Ing up a following which will have to b
~reckoned with sometime. lie cannot for
ever inflame social discomfort withou
creating class hatred and sowing the see
OF a class war.
II the New York World has dis
covered any reason why Bryan, VIII,
was denounced in February as a dema
gogue, should now be considered a SAT,
and sane statesman, a~bundantly to b,
trusted, and that Mr.. Roosevelt, VIII,
vas applauded in February for doinI
more than all the democrats put to
sether In regulating governmental
abuses, 1t should take the people int,
its confidence. The public is dispose,
to accept the estimate Of the two mel
made by the World in February.