The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-12

Aldrich. nov r'InAinG on the dry plat
form. when in tho state senate hatll
dsnouncsd tho local option law. uhich h
nov stand. for IN language Alm"st Vio
| lent This dstlil serves further a. rovsa
| the .incSrity that lies lshind tho mora
isslIs.
/ When Mr. Roosevelt WAS repusssi hN
tn. State committees IA New luSk he inad'
the hills rs-Ound with the cutlery aEain-
bosses. MIR Bryahs war cry ~ Dahl
manism. Now, as has Ls'en indicated
Dahlman in 1919 is precisely what he was
IN ISOs. precisely ~ Mr.. hArnes -, bui
thu one exception lies IA the fact that ha
has broken with Bryan. Here again thu
! Roosevelt method il beautifully apparent
, Dahlman ~ against MIR BRYAN. therefore
MIR bryan ~ against Mr. Dahlman and
MIR Dahlman ~ a wicked man and Dahl
ma nism n menace 20 society. n peril 10
the republic. And az tho same time here
~ poor Jim IDahlnan. Just exactly the
same man who once moved ASIA ana
ultimately Cathay ~ glad acclaim. now
the smbOdiment of the deadly Peril ~
| Dahimanism
As an isa'l. local option hardly rises Ia
ia. dignity of "A statewide dispute, u -
even less considerable than the anti-bOS'
agitation IN New York Humble though
~ IL. however. it was the Desi thing Mr..
Bryan had at his hand IN the way Of
moral issue. But the important thing To
observe is that II il a moral issue aud that
Mr., Bryan is employing IL precisely as Mr.
Roosevelt is using the direct primary
plan. II has. moreover. provided MIR.
BRYAN with the opportunity to para
mount tho verb has local currency. "
has undoubtedly strengt h"n.d him with
the considerable thousands who have pur-
chased at least one copy Of the Prince OF
Peace and accept IL as autobiogrRphical.
One other circumstance deserves mem
ton. Local option IN ala issue. a moral
issue local 10 Nebraska. But ~ IN also
local issue in Ohio. Mr. Bryan hates
.IiIdson Harmon a. he hates nn other
Democrat. This ~ personal. lie also
hates all rivals. but this ~ imperSnnal.
Judson Harmon has dscl nsd - take sides
in the war 10 the vets and -drys,- hat
his support ~ wet In tho next na tional
convention Mr.. Bryan as the apostle of
the dry gospel will then have az hand a
moral issue which will make it always
impossible" for him To support Judson
Harmon. Some NAV $50 more than acct
dental coincidence ia tho sudden develop
msnt " tho -dryn-ss' Of politician
whose friends for twenty years had been
wet This ssrvss TO emphasize the
fact that Mr. Bryan Ike Mr.. Roosevelt. IL
at all times a national as well as local
politician.
Here. then. spread over the entire Ne
braska situation IN tn. one transpa rent
fact that makes any New Yorker feel at
home. Here. as in New York. a national
politician with 1912 ASPIRATIONS il using a
local moral issue To serve his Presidential
ends. Here. a. IA New York, the moral
issue IN incidental. It has never hsGore
gained strength from tho statesman now
it, muSt prominent champion. Above all
elise. tho astonishing similarity 90 the
methods ~ Theodore Roosevelt and Will
lam J. Bryan again challenges attention.
The truth ~ that Mr. BRYAN in Nebraska
lik" Mr. Roosevelt in New York ~ marking
lime for 1912. and both are doing u in
manner that suggests a cavalry charge
Each, moreover. ~ producing the useful
impression Ivy the Same skilful lisa uf a
non essential moral issue nd the sacrifice
81 few old friends and ancient allies