Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

Chairman william Hayward Of the Ne
braska republican state committee. ad-
dressing the Union Veteran Republican
club at Lincoln on Thursday. July 30. said:
/ am glad Of an opportunity TO thank
the Union Veterans Republican club for
their loyalty TO the principles, candidates
and campaign workers u the republican
party. 1t has not been as severe a test
Of your loyalty as was the contest for
human liberty In the great rebellion, but
has been prompted by the same ideas AMI
instincts Of bravery and devot on which led
you down the Shenandoah Valley, OF fr m
Atlanta to the sea. Il has required firm
ronviction and honest adherence to p :ingipls
on the part OF your organization, FOR YOU
are located in the home city Of william
J.. Bryan, the candidate Of the democratic
party for president.
You have, however. a very good prece-
dent for your past and future republican
enthusiasm. in spite of this fact. In the
wear 1896 Mr.. Bryan was the candidate Of
the same party for the same position he
now aspires to, and William Mckinley Of
Canton. o., was the republican candidate
On Friday, August s, OF that year, at 2
o'clock. Candidate Bryan left this city on
the Rock Island for his amous campaign
tour from Nebraska to the sea- in which
he VOWS he carried the fight into the
enemy's country. without losing any time,
he sped on to the town of Canton, o.,
where on Monday, August l, he outlined
the ethics Of campaigning among the neigh
bors of a political opponent, which may
well serve the republicans Of Lincoln, Neb,
as a model to guide them in their conduct
during the present campaign.
Invaded "Enemy's Country"
read from Candidate Bryan's book,
'eThe First Battle at page 800, being his
address to McKinley's neignbors:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
when l received notice a short time ago Of
the organization of a silver club in this
city, little imagined the tremendous SEN
timent which seems to be behind the club.
/ am glad to meet the people of this city,
the home Of my distinguished opponent, and
am glad in their presence to testify to his
high character and great personal worth.
1 shall be satisfied IL as an individual l
may be able to stand beside him in public
esteem. But, my friends, this is not a con-
test between individuals. 1t matters little
70 the American people whether your dis
tinguished townsman or myself occupies the
chief executive position in this, the great
est nation upon earth, but II does matter
"A great deal for what policies the presi-
dent shall stand. In this campaign the
personality Of the candidates is lost sight
of entirely in the principles for which the
candidates stand. In my own state and in
my own city there are many people who
believe that the interests of the country
will be better served by the election of
my opponent, and am gratified to know
that in his home there are so many who
believe that the interests Of the country
will be best served by his defeat. He is
your ~neighbor, as we ordinarily use the
word, but l beg you to turn to the scrip
lures and there read the parable of the
neighbor for which l may not be your
neighbor, geographically speaking, l may
be your ~neighbor in the sense in which
the word is used in the parable. In this
contest l hope to be the neighbor to those
who nave fallen among thieves. He is a
neighbor who, in the hour of distress,
brings relief. AT this time, when we are
cursed by an European financial policy
which our opponents tell us we must en-
dure until relief comes to us from abroad
] believe that that man is the neighbor OF
all the toiling masses who asks for tn,
Immediate restoration of the free and un,
limited coinage of gold and silver at th'
present legal ratio of Is to /, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any otheI
nation. l tell my neighbors at home tina
I shall bear them no i'll will II they believ,
that my opponent should be elected, and
nave so high an opinion of my opponen
that know he will say TO his townsmel
here that every one should be free to max
his ballot represent a freeman's will, al
though 1t may result in keeping your dis
tinguished citizen among you as a neighbo
still"
Another Invasion.
Not fully satisfied with having declare,
at Canton. the Mckinley home. that h
Candidate Bryan hoped Ito be the neigh
Dor of those who had fallen anon
thieves" Candidate Bryan shortly pro
ceeded to Cleveland, O., the home of tn
chairman OF the republican national com
mittee. and. as If to accent and emphs
size the fact that he was carrying a par
tissn political contest to the very. thresh