Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-14
HITCHCOCK GIVES
BRYAN SOME JOLTS
Senator Opens Campaign at Hast.
ings by Replying to Attacks
Of the Great Commoner.
COMPARES RECORDS ON ISSUES

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70 the attacks made on him by w. J.
Bryan @
IN defending himself against the
Bryan criticism, Mr.. Hitchcock said
- primary election Ia far tle most part
personal contest belWecn individuals Of
the Same party RIVALS for lHe Eame Of
flee Nevertheless ths CONTEXT need not
be- necessarily ditagreoabIe OF bluer n
ought TO be carried on IN good naturcd
way II ought not 10 he marked bY harsh
personalities Or bitter attacks At least
II should Dc Ike d domestic difference IN
a family to be followed by an Immediate
reconciliation -...
"ghat at lcnst Is my Idea of what a
primary campaign should BE-, beticve
that is what THIS primary eampalgn
should DO. II u whnt II would be were
u not FOR the net ihat Mr. William J.
Bfyan insists IN Introducing into II Tie
bitterness That II IN his soul and lne
personal h9ircds III which hia thoughts
arc noHHshod This " unfortunate for
Tho party and II II unfortunate for Mr.
Bryan, lli8 personal attacks upon can
didatos whom be opp0sea afe - sweep
Ing, ~ bitter and 10 extreme that they
rondor II useless for him IN the election
10 support tho candidates that VIII prob
ably be nominated.
4 Any man having tie interest pf hla
party nt heart VIII DO nothing IN a ph4
BHry which viii Inlme tho chance df
pnry SUCCESS 10 the election, ] regfet
10 aay that Mr. Bryan aeemh - be- d.
tcmincd iu his campaign 10 do every
ting possible through bitterness 0f
/ speech ana feesIoaslnoss Of accusation
10 impair tho chances of success II tbs
election I cannot escape Tho conclusion
that Mis- ls bis purpose
Z Glazing been attacked by Mf Bfyan
10 MS spcoches alt over Sebraeta IL 10
proper that ! should briefly comment
upon those atacka might fetoft by
attacking Nlr. Bryan by puiHing OUT
what ! fogard the WcaE fpgta IN bit
/ carccr but ! allall not do no II VIII BE-
enough 10 plndicate myaelf
. Brynn Not Alnn,s n DFs.
MIR Bryan charges n the first place
that / am o representative Of the llquo
intorcsts of Nebr6sSa, Sometimes IN
this connection he mentions liz brewers
md the SAloonkoepcrs II Is not pos
slble that tho he believes this 70 be the
fact Wnat Mr. Bryan really mems "A
that ho ls for prohibition and That I am
opposed 70 Il Mr Bryan holds. however,
that II " quito possible FOR u man 10 bo
opposed to prohibition without being ths
y fprcsontativo of tool tool either Of brow
ers or salooukceDers or any other liquor
interests, lie knows this perfectly we'll
because for some twenty years Alf. Bryan /
himself Was opposed 70 prohibition in Ne
braalsa, He voted against H. lie spoke |
against IL, Ilo wrote against H.
During all that period be and / were
IN exact accord on the liquor question,
We both thought and we both paid that
regulation was better than prohibition, 4
The position ! held then Is the position
! hold now. n I am now Tire representa-.
tive Of the brewers and aaloonkeepera
md the other liquor interests. Mr.. Bryan
was for twenty years. Yet no one VIII .
claim that 20 be tho case. No one 80 far
as I know ever did claim It 10 be the
case, For twenty yoara or more Mr.
Bryan ana I held exactly the same opln-
ion. Finally he changed, might say
that he changed quite recently [ do not
know exactly when and / do not know
exactly why, but / know it was some
time after 1903, because In that year
while candidate for president he re-
newed tho expression Of hts faith In
regulation ana his opposition to nrohibi.
ton
MT Bryan attacks me nlso with the
false charge that ! am a reaeuBnary I'm
politics although be knows that 1 have
supported Ia my newspaper sud in con.
Aress all tho progressive legislation of
lhe dny The oleclinn Of senators t.p tine
proplo, the income tax, tho nnsfai ast.
'nha hallk me initiative aud referendum
"u election reforms and tas reforms in
eonsfcw and IN Nebraska
tommou"r tets wires cros..d 4
M Bryan ATTACKS mo ~ an enemy
~ President Wilson and Eiz ad,-fnf.
't''lon ailhoush the faet ia that have
N'''' l'' ana supported every adBttBtz
'fa'lon measure Wnhat FtasUsirr u..t
mss ptss"l eanerfa baFe. fsaa fnat.,-
W'hi'l l1 amending Tome nf fFafH ,,t,s,.
thft were hsIur5 tHa s#Hsta f4r za4.=f,.#
VA" ''' "iH''l sfesutiun iheq have ali
N'a mA 'aniati nnl mF asNiaHae.
l"f't s however t1manus s.fs.
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