Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-01
NEBRASKA POLITICAL COMMENT


Wayne Herald: To be more explicit
doesn't Mr.. Bryan mean 'Shall "ihlani
ennings Bryan rule?"
Schuyler Free Lance: Nebraska VIII so
republican this year on the state ticket
and It don't look very favorable Tor bryah
even getting the state.
Hastings Tribune: Nebraska farmers
have not been any too liberal with their
contributions to the democratic campaign
fund Perhaps this is a political straw
which shows which way the wind Is blow
ing.
Auburn Republican: A Nemaha county
farmer says that he is going to vote for
Bryan in the hope that the latter will be
elected and that there will be genuine
democratic hard times. He says that 1t
Is now almost impossible to get farm
labor but that during democratic times
he has never experienced such difficulties
in hiring men. The logic Of the farmer
may be all right so far as the employment
of farm help is concerned, but will the
election of Mr.. Bryan help to keep his
farm clear of the dreaded mortgage?
Lexington Pioneer: The conditions that
have prevailed in Dawson county and this
part of Nebraska for the last ten years
are very Satisfactory " every n NV
who has been getting good prices for all
farm products and laying something by
for a rainy day. 1t is not probable that
farmers are wanting a change in the ma
tional administration, because it would
surely disturb the business equilibrium of
the country, tighten up money and cut
down the prices of all farm products. 1t
would not be the part of wisdom to in
vite possible disaster by doing away with
present conditions.
O'Neill Frontier: Fusion is a political
fake, pure and simple. II the primary law
means anything there should be no fusion.
Candidates who file for the primary make
oath that they affiliate with a certain
party. How a man can affiliate with
two political parties holding opposite views
is a mystery. For instance, there is a
candidate for the nomination for an i'm
portant office in Nebraska who declares
he is both republican and democrat. Nov,
anybody knows that's an impossibility.
So also is 1t an impossibility for one per-
son to be both democrat and populist.
One party can endorse the candidates. of
another party, but when q man makes
oath that he belongs to more than one
political party he swears falsely.
Columbus Journal: Some of the more
bigoted editors of the democratic press
nave found a new issue which they
imagine will advance the interests of
Organism. They have discovered that
Candidate Taft is a Unitarian, and
strongly assert that Unitsrianism is
worse than Mohammedanism. The Jour
nal does not know whether Mr.. Taft is a
Unitarian or not. II would be nothing
to his discredit IL he were. The simple
fact that a candidate is a church mem
Der or a non-church member should not
be taken into consideration by voters.
Religion is not an issue in this campaign.
Mr.. Taft is an American citizen. His
ancestors fought in the war for indie
pendence which resulted in severing the
ties that bound the colonies to the mother
country and made IL possible for the
adoption of a constitution which granted
every man the right TO worship according
to the dictates of his own conscience.
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bryan and every man
in America is enjoying that privilege to-
day. 1t will be. remembered that not
many years ago an order known "a the
American Protective association was or
ganized for the purpose OF discrediting
the catholic religion, but the sentiment
against orders Of this kind was so strong
that It passed away after a brief exist
ence. Z The attempt Of democratic poll
ticians to g~alvanlLe into life the corpse
of the American Protective association
for the purpose of advancing the political
fortunes of Mr.. Bryan by prejudicing
voters against Mr.. Taft on account of his
alleged religious belief is contrary to the
| principles for which our forefathers
fought and upon which this government
is founded