Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-07
BAD TASTE FOLLOWS BRYAN
Aftermath of Speech is FactiOnal
Anger Among Democrats.
DAHLMAN1TEs SORE FROM RAPs
BryRn's Friends Highly ChaErined
over way wOrId-HerRId "Buried"
RepOrt-One Democrat Says
Incident win React.

The most significant aftermath of the
anti-Dahlman meeting arranged for Bryan
by the Hitchcock local managers is
bitter taste in the mouths of the mayors
friends And Bryans warm admirers, too,
are exceeding sore. Mr. Hitchcock's paper
threw the studied and written cut denunci-
alton OF Dahlman into the waste basket
and buried the whole account Of the meet
ing on an obscure inside page.
This maueuver, while angering the local
democrats still standing by Bryan has
not pIacated the Dahlman managers. One
of the mayors friends at the meeting
served notice OF their feeling toward
Bryan by shouting, "We1l show you where
you get off at next Tuesday,
Now the resentment OF many of the hot
test Dahlman men has spread to include
Hitchcock BY putting two and two to-
gether, the Dahlmanites have reached the
logical conclusion that Bryan was brought
here TO boost Hitchcock and knock
Dahlman, and they are determined to
retaliate
TT was disgusting to hear the whine Of
regret for the breaking Of a twenty years
friendship that Bryan let out of him when
he swung his meat axe on Dahlman,' said
a close friend of the mayor. THE
crocodile tears in his voice did not make
a hit with anybody who knows Bryan for
lust what he is an egotistcal migrate, in
vulnerable alike TO gratitude or any
admonition Of political sanity.
..Tbese are strong terms, but mark you
that Mr. Bryan gave his most forceful IN
dorsement, a few moments before to the
tbrae great qualifications Roosevelt has set
forth as necessary in public servant In
teligence, honesty and courage were the
Roosevelt words that Bryan rolled over his
tongue and almost in the next breath he
was tearing a passion to tatters in a ful-
some eulogy of Congressman Hitchcock
Bartley's partner in the treasury looting.
What a travesty on the words Of the chair
man introducing Bryan as the greatest
moral teacher in 900 yearsi
What Is honesty? Is II a disposition to
'welch' at every opportunity on the pay
ment Of Just debts? II we were to give
Hitchcock the benefit Of the doubt and ad-
NIT he got Bartleys own money. then in
the name of honesty, wasn't there all the
more reason he should have paid up when
he was rich for the tight lip BARLEY held
on his dealings with Hitchcock when he
was being sent to the penitenuary and
! bringing disgrace on his family name?
Intelligence is surely a quality Bryan
must have thought his hearers lacked
What courage does II take to take advan
tage OF the statute OF limitations to evadt
a debt. when the creditor is behind prison
walls?
whole Thing FrameuD.
THE whole thing was dirty frameup or
Mayor Dahlman, and IL 1t doesn't reac
AGAINST Hitchcock 1t will be because tho
Dahlman men have a pusillanimous streaI
in them The mayor may try TO stem th'
tide against Hitchcock, but there are enough
| Dahlman men who win want a crack a
both Bryan and Hitchcock for their COW
srdly double dealing TO make such worl
unpopular in the future"
This democrat, boiling over, was but
sample OF many AT the gathering OF tn
democratic county committee Sunday after
noon in the Paxton mutterings, not lou
but deep, were easily 10 be heard anon
the mayors friends.
The Hitchcock men are singing we go
him where we want him now" concern
ing Bryan. His Endorsement OF HitchcOc
was unequivocal, without any sort OF qual
ification. Bryan actually seemed 10 hav
/ forgotten the severe structures he ha
made on the editor-congTessman so re
Gently, and he issued full pardon for tn
serious indictment OF the BARLEY disclos
ures This brought wondering commen
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