Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-01
BRYAN DRY RULE
STIRS UP DEMOS
Members of Party Say They Have
Come to Forking of Ways of
the Two Wings.
RESENTMENT IN SOME PLACES

LINCOLN. oct. Especial )-Demo-
cracy is i'm 4 bad way this morning. The
pronunciamento issued BY Mayor Charles
w. Bryan. by and with the consent Of
his brother, William j., that democrats
must givo up the fundamen ,al principle
upon which the party was founded, free
speech. and flee thought and the righ'
to drink when and were one r.
and take up the new slogan
ton, has had the effect Of cad ..soe
democrats who have heretofoi KAY
followed the lead OF the ex-secs MY OF
state to begin praoticng that unpopular
song, "No Body Cares How Dry J am"
Speculate un Outcome.
'rhat the order of the king viii be
carried out, - reasonable TO suppose.
Democrats have been in the habit OF
cussing Mr Bryan and discussing his
measures for many years, but they have
generally fallen in line in tho end and
in this case it may be expected that the
campa gn next year will SEQ Colonel
John G. Maher, Felix Newton. Tower
and Power Allen, Colonel Tobln of the
Star, and other patriots fsl Ing IN line
as of yore, marching up and down the
country shouting for prohibition and
woman suffrage.
But while the air Is blue around the
capital city this morning because Of the
stand taken by the Bryans. and mem
bers Of the democratic party are declar-
ing that they viii not stand for IT, it
may be possible that it is a case where
forbearance has ceased to be virtue
and Mr.. Bryan may find himself los M
| a healthy following. If some of the
faithful who are cussing today do not
get over Il, there may be many vacant
chairs at the Bryan birthday dinner on
March 10, which have before been filled
by many Of the leading democrats of
the state.
Few Want 20 Talk.
While condemnlng the action Of Mr..
Bryan. most of the prominent democrats
here refuse abso ,utely to talk If t.eir
names are to be made public One very
prominent officeholder at the state house
said that while he did not drink any
thing himself he was opposed to any
man basing the right of an Amer can
| citizen to hold office on the pr -hib!tion
qualification. I'VE want men elected "a
office in this state" said he. who have
the right business qualif cationS for the
/ office to which they aspire. Let the
/ people of the state settle the prohibition
! question by their votes and don't let US
! elect men to office just because they
are dry or because they are wet"
| Felix Newton thought that the actor
| OF the Bryans was undemocratic and un
fair. what right has Mr.. Bryan t.
say that a man Is not to hold AN offlc,
because he happens to disagree with hin
on a question which cuts no figure a.
to the right of a man to serve his state,
said MIR. Newton. 1T is un-American.'
Mr. Newton never touches the cup tha
intoxicates, but lie thinks that the people
should settle the question of prohibition
without 1t being mixed up with an!
other proposition and especially It should
not be a bar to man holding ofiice.
Mr.. Bryan's action though not unex
pected, has come as a sort Of thunder
clap and its publication this morning hai
aroused the ire of many who ha Q beer
willing TO pass over Mr.. Bryan's pecu
! liarities heretofore with charity