The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
BREAKDOWN OF AN uNHoLY ALLIANCE

AS ntoiernbe In victory IN defeat, IN
charles. In either event eseriiDg himself 10 tear
down the party and defeat liz candidates, In his
Immense sgosm reckless ~ consequences 10 that
only Brother william and Brother Charles be ex.
allied
n pretty bum sport. We repesi-and rather
hopeless sort ~ ass."-iiitehcoek Charles ".
Bryan. May l. 1920.
Brother Charley Bryan may be able TO forget
the insults hurled at him by Hitchcock In the past
just as Hitchcock is able to forget the bitter de-
nunciaton heaped, on his head by Brother Charley.
But the people Of Nebraska have not lost their
memories. Nor, after having heard from Hitch
cock so often that Bryan fights only for himself
are they able to swallow the new version in which
Hitchcock praises Brother Charley as one who
lights more for principle than for party"
Reports from around the state show that neither
Bryan nor Hitchcock deliver his support TO the
other The accusations that these two repeatedly
have cast at each other in the past can not so easily
be forgotten by the rank and file, who have no
selfish interest to serve.
The last charge any citizen makes against a
political leader IL that Of insincerity Very often
q voter may feel that public man is wrong but
usually he is given credit for believing what he is
advocating. II is wonder now that those who in
the past have been loyal supporters Of Bryan will
not deliver themselves to be bound hand and foot
by Hitchcock. It is no wonder that they are now
even suspicious Of Brother Charley's high minded
sincerity.
II was not many years ago that Bryan reviewed
the course Of Hitchcock in these words:
"soon after 1900 Mr.. Hitchcock began to show
his natural bias toward aristocracy and putocracs,
by favoriDg the restoration of Wall street to the
control 81 the democratic party, and that bias,
least manifested when his pecUniary condition was
lowest. has grown with his prosperity, until today
his sympafhies make him much better qualified
TO represent n Wall street constituency than d
state that Ia almost entirely agricultural"
Now Brother Charley is candidate for governor
on the same ticket on which Hitchcock is running
for a third term a senator. No compliment is too
fowery for them to extend to each other. This
entire change Of front quite naturally has Disguised
the honest voters Of Nebraska.
The whole democratic campaign in Nebraska is
shot through and through with nsncerty and by
pocrisy. II it was mimic warfare that the two
carried on for many years, it is also mock
peace that they are now proclaming for their mu-
tual advantage. If they honest in the opinion
they expressed Of each other then, they are dshon-
est now.
The plain truth, it must appear to every citi-
zen is that these two politicians have thrown aside
all other considerations, abandoned every prnci-
pie, and seek only their selfish aggrandzement.
Hitchcock hopes to ride the hopeless ass to
victory for himself.
The "hopeless ass" meekly submits in the vain /
hope that his rider will guide him to the governor
'hip.
This plan although backed by an immense slush
Fund and supported by all the dubious influence of
he Mullen machine, has failed. Long before this
,ampaign brought change Of heart Brother
Charley and Hitchcock had spoken regarding each
,ther. Nothing they can now do or say can erase
he impression they have
Brother Charley had his inning when he exposed
Hitchcock. Hitchcock had his inning when he
POSED Brother Charley. 1t is the voters inn
ng, and they are going to defeat both