Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-19
HAYWARD SIlRS FOLLOWER
Continued from First Pase)

z
come part Of the law of the land. We
went down in defeat with this platform,
but in September OF he same year refer
ated these principles and took them to
the state convention. In he figh tina year
and ensui ngyears Doe county " not
the foremost champion of progressive
other community in Nebraska or in the
country az large. In those days It yas
called us fools, we declined their passes
and no offer of public office was high
enough to tempt us to abandon the prin-
.clples which were called ridiculous and
absurd as party declarations. In the brief
pubiicans Of Nebraska, in Convention as
sembled wrote the platform pledgina to
our people the greatest reform Legislation
stat at any time. Tha these pioG yes
were redeemed 0 the ltr by republican
votes in a. republican llegislature and
signed into law by a republican governor
is now a mater of history. In the con-
yention Of 1906 they called the roll of the
republicans and 0toe county, as She had
done in every .coonysntion for many years
Brown, otoe county wrote her name on
never wavered In allegiance to progress
sive repulbicansm.'
To those who say that am not pro
gressiVe answer that the record of the
party in this state viii show that in every
convention and every state committee meet
ing for many years my vote has been for
right.
We put our hands to the pillow and as
result our people now enjoy the benefits
and protection of q railway commission,
railway regulation, express rate reduction,
a pure food law an anti-pass law, 2-cent
passenger law terminal taxation law and
primary law. All of these remain un-
changed and have stood the test of time
IN the courts and in public approval eX-
cept the primary law which the clumsy
hand of the democratic party tinlIered with
in the succeeding legislature. The primary
law as 1t now stands, enabling political
manipulators to nominate not the best men
for the purpose Of. electing them, but
sometimes the weakest men of the opposite
is an abomination. largely because Of the
expense and the unfairness Of this law as
! 1t now stands has come feeling of dis
satisfaction among The people generally.
| To obtain temporary relief, however,
| do not believe in the abandonment of the
| principle of the direct primary. The awak-
| ening of the public conscience and the
moral support of the majority of the re-
publicans of this state, which enabled us
to write the primary law, at the same time
enabled us to do away with the pass evil
and many other evils which made the
primary lawsSip desirable. Nevertheless,
having put etis hand to the plaw, let us
Tura mot orS ra mot FORGET fse s hGw
wouldehaHe-. beesl ~ 1905 had we had a
primary. law, ands Get us not forget that
| the time may cotlfeAa gan when there will
be a crisis IN The Affairs of the state when
the lines maycsggaiHlbe drawn between the
champions ofsfhe peoples rights and those
who are blihded ~ their allegiance or
friendship to the corporate or private in
terests who deal with. the people as car
riers or other public or quasi-public cor
poratons. Let US see to the amendment OF
this law that its benefits be preserved and
it's Objectionable features removed.
Whether ! am successful in this cam
paign or not, the people Of nay home county
and state will find me where have always
been, fighting on the side of the people
for what l believe TO be right, but yot
will not expect me to find fault and
whimper against everything that exists
for l believe that he who opposes existing
conditions when they are wrong Is g
patriot, but that h. who. opposes existing
conditions for the purpose Of fault-find
ing alone is a demagogue.
| / believe we VIII win in the 1910 election
believe the people will place the powe
in this state again in the hands OF tn
/, party which served them so well in Ne
braske, and / do not believe that the PEG
pie will wrest from that party control o
our national legislature which IN the ses
sion just closed, under the able guidance
Influence and leadership of our great pres
ident, |hass written so splendid, a recor
Of legislation in the peoples interests.
Elba.', The Bourbons Of France may hav
7 yelled back from Elba,' but If so, the
did ont mean it. No more does the bour
party which must take the. great men 0
comparisons inended to be odious, ha
: own The democratic party is for Roose
4 welt when Taft isour candidate, as the
J. were for Mckinley whepI Roosevelt wa
s when Mckinley wa sour candidate, and 4
they will be for Taft when someone els
Is our ea nd ,dS Xy VEL, to no no. man
. derful republican leader, the foremo
! citizen fthe world. Theodore Roose