The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14


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National -ssr--. rith 'h- ni--s sfup.nsistIs
- doctrines shea sia a. nothing short
~ a r"buishnE ~ M r-pubuc. Ns-
hrt-aa 70 entirely ab.1rb-t ~ . question
~ hp'ior - ssreitd iocal psttv run, sslhna1
=" FAR - you can ob.-rvs sapsrhctallv
l1va. Kansaa and Nebraska are al ~
ou" pi~s~. farm country farm population.
----ntiailv rural IN al th-ir details. 20
'ravs' through ons - 20 yisit al thrs~.
Vet Iowa and Kansas ar- In aruptioa.
and - far - national Insurgency 10 con
csrnsd NsbraskA a. calm - Csttarau.
aus county. v Y
The p'iszis d~-p~ns uhsn a 10 realized.
~ u must bs that not in any Eastern
-sns- - Nebraska conservative A state
that has pb~sii~ntiv .nt Enthusiastically. en-
rha'icsliy followed the Bryan-,ic gospsls
AMI accepted the Bryan -paramounts-
Tor a generation can hardly b. rsckoasd
Eastern In its temper Most % the radical
doctrines 81 Iowa and Kansas are here too
The merit legislature Oil pass an initiative
and referendum lau Cnitssi states ssna-
tors are selected by the Oregon plan
Direct primaries are IA operation. and
this very year the set" Republicans
namesi the Democratic candidate for Gov
efnor and the dry Democrats rstaliated
by nominating the Republican candidate
40 far a. the Republican situation 10
concerned the conspicuous fact IL that
insurgency ~ neither audible nor Vislbls,
Ask Tor an explanation and vou are told
that there - no insurgent leader. that
Kansas has it, Stubbs Iowa its Cummins.
Wisconsin 10 La Follette. and Nebraska
has 10 great emptiness of leadership.
Il this great moral movement. the New
National,sm. this new Republicanism,
after all a question Of a leader. a man
with a political ambition and a Chautau-
qua circuit oratorical equipmentp ~ not.
why is II that insurgency only burns the
prair" when II has politician with a
purpose, and smokes a. duly as q back.
yard bonfire on a rainy dav when the
politician ~ wanting as in Nebraska?
Again. here - the BRYAN example so
far a. tn" Democrats are concerned h. has
been the lnsurgent leader for generation.
Hta h.a srtx
moral aud economic stomach ache in the
poir.ic, ~ a generation He has l-ren the
prophet NJ the New Nationahsm. which
never lasts long enough tn become old
Vet m m. present hour not all Of MIR
Bryans insurgency il Of avail to save
hum from the wrath OF his neighbors. who.
a. they say with engaging frankness.
-hav" got onto him at Last Not all
that - worldwide IN insurgency can
distract Nebraska from a petty local
rum issue and N this particular hour.
when \ nation. or - middle West fraction
II u. faIrly burns with passion against
tyranny against Cannonism. against old
and Eastern immorahties. Nebraska il
specifically a. unmuved hy them a.
Painted Post
The really interesting thing in Nebraska
Is not IN" disregard Of the gospel u Kan
sas and Iowa; It Is the liquidating Of the !
BRYAN Political estate. What BRYAN has
hesn. IA Toilette. Cummins. Stubbs. all /
the glorious heroes of moral revolt IN
the middl. West. now are ANY service !
which they have rendered 20 progress
grows pale beside the h.rcuIean Iabors |
of the Peerless Leader IN this vineyard !
Vet because Mr., Bryan played politics |
s@lfishly. lik" a ward politician. like an I
election district captain: because while |
he uttered loud appeals to conscience and /
for humanity he was sacrificing his friends |
for profit his fellow Democrats are now
engaged in eJectlng him through the
window with small concern for the length /
81 the fail
In a word n Nebraska to-day YOU &c,
the impression that no matter how the
ordinary laws Of social relations NAV he
suspended. no matter TO what extent a
man NAV steal chickens and rob a moor
hoy, while he pratss Of human liberty
and utt~rs battle cries for the enslaved
millions. there inevitably comes a time
when his NJ" ghbors Judge him bv the sim.
3 est ~ all standards the neiRhborhood
test When you listen Ia the words OF
Nebraska Democrats about Mr.. BRYAN
your faith IN the laws Of Eravitation. long
shaken IN Mr. Bryan Cas... ~ Whol.sonely
Precisely IN the same fashion Ia Fol.
lette. Cummins Stubhs. all the Chan
tAuqua immoTtals with their p~rsonal
hooms and thsir selfish ambitions yeiI.d
t-h.nd the new doctrines Of liberty and
the salvation Of mankind at a consider.
able political u not pecunIary profit 10