Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-01
BRYAN AND TAINTED MONEY.


Blue Springs Sentinel, The state univer-
sity will not receive any Of Carnegie's cash
as a pension fund. Bryan's Influence killed
the bill. one wonders. however. what DIFF
ference there is between Carnegies money
and Benefits. 1t makes a whole lot OF
difference in life whose OK gets sored.
Fender Republican: The democratic leg
%islature has turned down the Carnegie pen
sion fund for our state university profess
sors because they say Mr.. Carnegie's
money is tainted But we presume about
the only faint the average university pro-
lessor would feel about the pension is,
faint" enough.
Joup City Northwestern: Bryan's big
stick seems to have full sway over the
democratic legislators and they have
spurned the Carnegie pension fund for re-
tired educational professors. Tainted Car
negie money Is so much worse in Bryan's
~nostrils than tainted saloon license money.
Bryan is proving a peerless trimmer par
excellence.
ord Quiz: Bryan opposed the acceptance
of the Carnegie pension for old university
instructors on the ground of its being
tainted money No man should deny us
A blessing without supplying a substitute.
We suppose II Bryan should offer to sup
ply the pension It would be all right. Now.
compare the faint on Carnegte's and
Bryan's money. Carnegie made his money
by the application OF strict business prtn-
ciples, great energy, daring and foresight.
Bryan made his by fooling the people with
absurd political propositions which never
stand the test Of more than one campaign,
even in the mind of Bryan himself, Carne-
gle has done much for the country, while
Bryan has never benefited anyone but him
self. So far as faint is concerned Bryan
has Carnegie beaten a thousand miles.
Fairbury Gazette: Mr.. Bryan and the
democratic legislature at Lincoln have
repudiated their own doctrines. They were
unwilling to let the people rule when II
came to deciding the momentous questions
as to whether or not the Carnegie pension
fund should be accepted. In the face Of a
protest against Hobbies and lobbyists they
found that, having no mind of their own,
they were obliged to send for their only
original stentor to solve the problem for
them. To lobby in the closkroom and hotels
is a sin, but to lobby on the floor of the
house is righteously personified, espe-
cially when the lobbyist is the peer
less one. He came, he looked over the
situation and quickly decided what TO do.
mo compromise said Bryan. I'VE need
the money no doubt. but it will never do
to admit the fact. Let the superannuated
teachers starve and show thus by their
indifference to money the superiority OF
mind over matter. f pluribus unum! Sic
semper tyrsnnis! Pro bono publlco! lie
the people rule!"
Crete Vindette-H Herald: The university
professors and students who temporarily
deserted their party last fall and cast their
votes for Mr.. Bryan on account of state
pride are in a serious state of meditation
at the present time. When 1t came to ac-
cepting the Carnegie fund for the benefit
Of aged and retired professors. Mr.. Bryan
was actuated by a maudlin sentiment
rather than state pride or any special
interest in the welfare of retired professors
or of the state university. Mr.. Bryan is
very scrupulous regarding tainted money"
He was not so particular when DAILY and
Hearst, Sullivan, Taggart and Guffy were
contributing their thousands to his cam
paign fund. II any OF their money was
tainted and he could Withstand the
faint" isn't it, just possible that the
professors OF zdhe university could also
have warded Jeff any undue influence of
Mr.. Carnegie. Over twenty states of the
union have already accepted the funds,
but none but Nebraska is in the shabby
genteel' or "holier than thou" class all
by itself.
Fairbury News; Through Mr.. Bryan's
influence with a democratic legislature
Nebraska has been placed in a class along
with Oklahoma in refusing to accept the
Carnegie pension fund, and II is impossible
to estimate the injury that will accrue to
the educational interests of the state
thereby. Mr.. Bryan is making an exhibit
ton Of consistency that is certainly win
ming him no friends in Nebraska. A few
years ago 1t was largely through his per-
sonal supplications that the city of Lin
coin was granted a generous slice of the
scotchman's fortune to establish a public
library. 1t is the same money now that
II was then. What strange freak of con-
science could have impelled him to cringe,
crawl and beg for the fsvors of the steel
magnate then and denounce them as de-
basing now? When Mr.. Bryan was en-
gagged In a feverish legal battle with a
widow woman for a few thousands of the
Bennett estate, there was no indication that
me had any fear of being by
contact with the tainted gold. The posi-
bilities of personal profit have always
acted as an antidote to Mr.. Bryan's con-
science when tainted" money was under
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