The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-18
The Oid Employer Das.

lie hdppie~i man IN Nebraska TO-DAY
j. doubtless the Hon GII BkRI " HTT'H-
Goes III" Representative "a Congress
FROM h" 49, und district and proprietor
oi the Omaha Wurld- H'rJf In the
Senatorial primary b" has beaten Nr
EICHIRn NITCAIFF. whom he once
employed on h.s paper ~ a reporter aud
AT he same tune he has triumphsd over
roninund-d and fabbrrgssl-d another
of lars old employees the Hon. WILLIAM
J. BENI> Who pItt,-i against hm the
-aId NEIr,I"F '-ditor 81 Mr. BEYAN'S
p"r-Onsl organ. the Common Friends
had ~olcii.i MIR BRNNN tn hr a cand,-
date himself Al the primary, hut mag
unanimously or adroitlv he passed the
honor on 10 MS uud"r-tudv This -
hat VIZ BRYAN said ~ the protSg":
believe he an under s,lsuns cond lions poll
= arEer percentage ~ the democratic vote tLsn
any o'hrf D-nocrsI and Include mys~f among
The oih~rs . hrhr,e too that he can poll more
Republican .o.es than any Of the rest % us could
re ~iI - - po7ulsr WITH the insursen, Repub
HoAns a. N The democrats lie can defeat Mr.
BUrEE1r snd give ~ reform democrat 10 work
ui'h the progressive democrats ana insurgent
Republicans In the senate
From q sketch Of Mr. METCALFE pub
lished IN 1921 We take the following
RICHARD l.. METCALFt "a probably
closS' To- WILLIAM ! BRYAN than anv
other man living He has been Mr.
BRYAN COnfidant and political adv iser
for wears In iSn. when the Demo
cratic nomination went to Mr. BRYLN
by default and he dictated the national
platform. the loyal METCALFF gave HE
DAYS and nights 10 the labor Of Compo-
sition. So raA the story At any rate
inqurers were referred 10 him. When
the Hon. NORMAN T.. MACH. another
political editor. sounded bugle call for
harmony IN ISIl. Il was the handy MFT-
CALPF who wrote an open letter for Mr.
BRYAN explaining how impraotiCablr u
was for hls disciples 10 coale$ce and
hobnob with admirers ~ Mr CLEvF-
LAND For many wears Mr. MFICNLFE
has been writing pieces m tho Com
'-"1'r that have been attributed 10 his
chief They think the same politics
and their medium Of expression ~ very
much the same. although IN smOothness
and roundneSs 81 period Mr. MFTCALFF
slightly eXCels When Mr. BRYAN p,N
/ up hs employee against the former
employer NJ both ~ them IN tho Soma
'orinl primary METCUFF became m u
sort a vicarious candidate. the senator
ship would he his II he headed the poll
and the Legislature proved 10 be Demo-
cratic: the glory ~ leadership would
rightly belong TO Mr. BRY,S Both ~
them would have dearly loved 10 trouncc
their old employer But ~ II turned
ont. all IN" satisfaction ~ Mr. HT-CH-
COCKS Mr. BRYNN's leadership yrFers
another rude shock Technically head
Of his parry in the nation he - heng
rapidly drawn into the rrick in Nebraska
These are rainy days for Mr. BRYAN
IN, Yin, .rll crnss to The Wondering u.u.
Ru' ~ cry Eus' me dead caves fan
GUBTRT VI HITCHCoCK was NOR"
than humble instrument IN shaping
a career when be- made Mr. BRYAN polit-
lcal editor Of the Omaha Uorid. HSrdid
az a living wage and helped him to A.
tend the national convention At h.caRo
N l'H'. Medratrng on the former en-
p!Ovee =. 10 leadership 81 tie Demo.
cratic party. hl- three campaigns for
! the Presidency, and his ACQUISITION 81
fortune bv writing lecturng and
preaching u must give the old employer
peculiar thrill OF satisfaction to know
that he - TO be the democratic candidate
for Senator in Nebraska in spite ~ the
great mans en- orts IN behalf Of the other
employee.