The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-29
BRYAN SPLITS HIS
PARTY IN NEBRASKA
To Also Causes Breach i'm
Prohibition Ranks by
His Campaign.
SOME ..WETS" FOR HIM

Cv,u., Neb., March 2S.-After an alb
,,ncr Of almost a year from the state
wlram !. Bryan has returned To Me-
hr.sk, and in two weeks has split the
democratic party wide open.
n Nebraska Republicans succeed In
cul, partially healing the breach In their
az +, raj ks. the heritage Of the 1912 cam
,,tcu there is small doubt that Nebraska
iii ,his year return to the Republican
mld whence IL straycd some years ago.
AIR BRYAN liz a candidate for delegate
q, large TO the Democratic national con-
1ention and his brother. Mayor G. w.
BRYAN ~ Lincoln, Is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor.
In N, interest OF the campaigns OF him.
sslf and his brother ". J. Bryan has
simply smashed the Democratic party
In the state.
The rock upon which tho party split is
rrohibiticn. Party leaders desired to
bring prohibition to a vote under the
initiative aud referendum laws OF the
state, but not to inject the question into
state politics. Mr.. Bryan refused to
make this use Of the initiative Law which
he Was mainly instrumental in passing
and is making prohibition the measure
Of Democracy. with the result that the
PARTY is torn asunder. incidentally both
az 'Ne bTNtiIlS tNDttt " rue lntO Office
or the wave which the older brother Is
stirring ny.
"W~t'' Men On Their slate.
TIE Bryans are making n plaything Of
prohibition and a tool Of the prohibition
vote. While demanding the prohibition
vote for themselves they have filled their
state with well known wet men with
the apparent hope Of getting the votes Of
the friends of these "wets." They have
induced other dry" candidates for the
iubernatorial nomination to withdraw
in order that Charles W. Bryan may
have "A clear track.
In his campaign speeches william ].
Bryan IL lauding himself as the best
friead President Wilson has in Nebraska.
But Bryan's candidate for the United
states Senate is |. j. Dunn. one OF the
mos, strenuous 'anti-preparcdness" ad-
'votstes in the State. incidentally Mr..
Dunn is not a dry and never has been.
He is attorney for a local brewery.
On Bryan's slate for delegate at large
in addition to Mr.. Bryan are W. n.
Thompson and l.. j. Piatti. both de-
,idedly wet They have always been
opposed to prohibition. They are ex-
pectcd to pull a certain number OF wet
voters to the Bryan ticket.
Jim Dahlman, the Cowboy" Mayor of
Omaha. the "wettest" man I'm the State.
is another candidate on the Bryan dry
ticket. Mayor Dahlman wants to be a
Democratic National Committeeman. lie
Is very popular. Every wet in the
party Will support him and In the
avalanche Of votes which will come his
Nay the probabilities are that some will
b. thrown to Bryan that ordinarily
would never be found OF his side of the
ledger.
Tn" Bryan candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. Edgar Howard. is another
Met who * on the Bryan ticket.
Howard in his petition announced tina;
he is opposed to saloon domination in
%poi'uys. but does not take "A stand for
plodhitiou itself. lie IL Bryan's pre-
i,lr'l candidate for the Office despite his
"N,t procliyities.
Wrrmrh In DRY" RanLs.
l. ..dIi.ou TO splitting the Democratic
parry VIDE puen Mr.. Bryan has caused
a via" breach in the ranks OF the pro-
ib.tuuIsi> themselves. That the Bryan
campaign ~ "a patent attempt to plumber
public Office under cover OF a righteous
cause was charged by Victor T.. Will
aVu az a meeting last week OF the Ne
ora,kt Dry Federation. In his speech
Wlnon charged that Bryan's campaign
va hurting the prohibition cause and
Sad II venture TO say that "A more
patent attempt to plumber public offices
under cover OF a righteous cause has
never before been witnessed in any State
OF the Cnion Bryan tried a similar
campaign IN 1910, when he made county
option a paramount issue and succeeded
In getting prohibition badly defeated
froi!bitionists are as badly divided az
arc democrats on Bryan's campaign.
Bryan is making a particular cnort "a
dHedt his old enemy. Senator Il. NJ
ft,chcock. for reelection. Hitchcock has
Away, supported Bryan whenever the
latter has been "A candidate. And Bryan
has Just as regularly opposed Hitchcock
every time Hitchcock has been up for
reelection.
Hitchcock has always been elected in
sp,e az Rryan's opposition. Bryan's par
'cular fight against Hitchcock this yea,
= based upon the Senator's statement
that Preparedness neutrality and the
American foreign policy are all greater
issues than prohibition.
Originally there were half a dozer
Candidates for the Democratic nomina
Von for Governor, but the Bryans ha VI
persuaded all but one to get out OF thu
"ay for G. W. Bryan. Gov. Morehead
VITO : 2 wet has decided not to try
to- reelection. hut for the Vice-Presi'
dency instead. He is being supported by
'he Rryans despite his a~nti-prohibitioi
beliefs. The light has now narrowed be,
Ne-n g ". Bryan and Keith Neville
n" latter an avowed wet" candidate,
william j. Bryan himself IL making
rom threc TO FIVE speeches every da,
ana promises 10 speak in every count,
" 'h' State before the primaries or
April is.