Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-26

love Of country should come first in the
heart Of every man above party or any
thing else.
I'm the second place. you can't have q
democratic form OF government without
two parties.
! "A mans got to think in these times, and
I I've been thinking about where this coun-
] try will land II the republican party stays
in power. Wen have government owner
ship Of everything. That's what the re.
publican party is trying to give us Then
whatn become Of our individual rights
This country was built Up individual enter
prise.
| Why the government can't even build
| a postoffice economically. Talk about con-
serving the forests The government has
spent three quarters Of a million for con-
servation Of the forests and 600 for type
writers. when anybody with a grain OF
sense knows that all the forests the govern
ment owns could be conserved for 10000.
Did you ever stop to think, young man.
how Roosevelt filled this country with gov
eminent officials and spies? He more than
doubled them; the country is overrun with
them. They have spies everywhere, and
what do they do? Nothing except interfere
with eYerybodys business.
i've got little stock yards in Jersey
city, and three men could do the work
there IL it wasn't for having about twenty
government officials there to tNl us what
we had to do anC what we couldn't do.
II believe in a reasonable protective tar
iff, but you take the necessities of life
such as wood iron and coal yes, and hides
and beef, and l tell you, they ought to
come in free.
Take cattle, for instance. It is the fool
policy of the republican administration
that is TO blame for the high prices. 1t
went to work and made the ranchmen take
down their fences, and the consequence is
that there amt cattle raised west of the
Mississippi river any more compared to
what there ought to be. There's hundreds
Of thousands of acres Of range land out
west that amt good for anything except
to raise cattle on. 1t never can be irri-
gated, and yet the government says 1t can't
be fenced. What 1t ought to do is to lease
1t for long term of years so the ranch
man could fence it in and raise cattle and
sheep.
But that isn't the thing that's made me
turn republican so much as it is the tend
ency of the republicans toward government
ownership. Now, they're going to have
postal savings banks, and that'll give them
chance to create another raft Of govern
ment officials. And then, after awhile
they will get 100000 or $7OO, 100000 in
these banks and they'll have to do some
thing with it, so they'll go out and buy
something, and before you know it every
thing in the country will be run by the
government, and the individuals won't have
any rights at all.
Ot course, the government has to tax
everything in sight to support all these
officials and spies and now they've got
corporation tax.
I've done a lot OF thinking, and IL the
democratic party puts up a gooo man like
Judson Harmon and has a sound platform
I'm going to vote the democratic ticket
and l tell you there's thousands of men in
this country who think the same way do
II don't think Bryan would make a good
president. He's too full Of theories and I
don't think much Of Folk What the .emo-
Gratis want Is strong man who can re-
unite the party and a good platform for
MIN to run on. Harmon was Cleveland's
attorney general, and Cleveland was the
strongest president this country has had
for many year, and 1 say it, though I've
been republican all my life. II 1 was a
younger man. ia get out and stump this
state for the democratic party, and bet
1 could carry it. -.s.. 80 Il
Tart means all right, but he's In wrong.
AS Tor Roosevelt can't stand for him.
Hell come back here and he'll be the next
republican nominee for president just as
sure as you are born. That's the tendency
OF this insurgent movement and II he's
elected in 1912 he'll be reelected four
frA4r Il
eight-year term you'll see in this country
the most tyrannical form OF government IN
the world
He's socialist, that's what he is. He's
got big personal following because he's
done things that tickle the public, and
when he comes back he'll put on the lions
skin and go out and pose as the savior OF
the country and 1 wouldn't be surprised IL
he was elected."-Chicago Tribune