Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
srR. BRYAN LOSES HIS TEMPER.
Pertinent Remarks on the Conduct of
p the Peerless.

Houston, CTex) Post, edited by r. NJ
johnston, member OF democratic ma
tional committee.
The criticism to which Mr.. Bryan sub
jected himself when he wentato Washing
ton and attempted to bulldoze Chairman
Underwood and the democrats of the house
is not relished greatly by our itinerant
statesman. He turns upon ali his critics
and intimates they were men who were
treacherous to his cause during his three
campaigns for the presidency. He es.
pecially charges that some of his commit
| teemen did not labor zealously for the
success of the ticket, and goes so far al
to assert that some Of them were in active
cooperation with the opposition.
II this is the character of quarrel that
Mr.. Bryan desires TO raise he ought to be
manly enough to call names. II there were
men, trusted by the party to conduct the
battle. who proved falthless 1t ought to be
known. To make a general charge is ia
besmirch the whole committee and Islander
men who made every personal sacrifice
Of which they were capable to land In the
presidency. D" seA
Until Mr. BryaffI designates the treach-
erous men ana produces some proof, we
shall take IL for granted that there is not
word Of truth in the statement and that
1t was prompted by intolerance and anger
due to the discovery that democrats are
becoming weary of his attempts at die
tation and his implied threats to visit dis
aster upon those who challenge his right
to go to Washington and demand of con-
gressmen that they subordinate their sense
OF duty and obligation to his will.
Mr.. Underwoods reply to Mr.. Bryan's
structures upon the action of the ways and
means committee voiced the sentiment OF
nine-tenths of the democratic members OF
the house. and. we believe, of three-fourths
of the membership Of the democratic party.
With but one or two exceptions, the lead
ing democratic newspapers of the coun-
try have expressed the most positive OBJ
lection to Mr.. Bryan's course. The indi-
vduals and newspapers which have raised
the issue OF his attempted dictation may
include some that were not friendly to his
political fortunes, but they certainly in
clude nearly all that during all the cam
paigns he led gave him earnest and ag-
gressive support.
Mr.. Bryan's custom OF denouncing those
who do not agree with him as creatures
Of monopoly OF special interests is one OF
the most offensive phases of his dema-
gogy. II he thinks he can palm off on the
public his fads and remnants OF populism
and tongue-lash the party leaders and the
party newspapers into acquiescence, It is
time he were learning better. He il Just
one individual in the party, entitled TO his
Views and to express them, just as any
other Individual is, and no more. There
is not a single democrat in the United
States under any sort Of obligation to ac-
cert Mr.. Bryan as the repository of party
wisdom and faith. and when he commands
men charged with official responsibility to
accept his dictum as the summum bonum
Of the party faith. he is exceeding his
rights, and he is going to evoke their crtti-
cism and resentment whenever he attempts
to do it.