Show WATTERSON AND BRYAN Henry appearance cc as us chairman of oC the reception to Mr Bry Bryan Brynn Bryan an nn in Louisville and the tenor of his speech of welcome ought t to dispel any doubt as to the attitude of the south toward the th Nebraskan has never hesitated to express his differ differences differences differences of or opinion with Mr Bryan Br nn nor has ho boon been at all reserved in his con condemnation of what he believed were heresies entertained by b the Democratic leader At this juncture like me a n good many other Democrats the groat Groot Ken Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky tucky editor takes no stock in Mr Bryans leaning toward government ownership of railroads but like most Democrats ho he has an abiding faith in Bryans honesty and sincerity of pur purpose purpose purpose pose and in his desIre to forward the cause of good government regardless of ot the effect his beliefs may muy have havo on his personal and political fortunes As Mr lr Watterson expressed It there thero is but one paramount issue for the next presidential battle battlo and that is the res rescue rescue cue rue of the government from hands that have misused and debauched it and its restoration to the custody of th plain but sovereign people On this o issue Mr Bryan stands out as the tho one man in political leadership qualified to tomake tomake tomake make the fight because he has ha made that issue ever over since his advent to prominence and he has not deviated from it even evon when persistence spelled defeat for him and his party at nt the hands of the men who have debauched the government If It any ny individual today personIfies p the sentiment of ot the south that Indi Inch Individual Individual vidual is Mr Watterson With his fol followers followers lowers he is no believer in centralization centralization tion such as would follow fonow government ownership of ot railroads on the con contrary contrary ho he has hns fought the centralization embodied in the Roosevelt policy of executive interference in legislative and judicial functions But with all the south back of him he ho is the tho un uncompromising uncompromising compromising foe of the tariff which robs the consumer for the benefit of the privileged trusts tho the bitter enemy of corruption in government wherever it 11 may bo be found round and he has found a platform which appeals to all the peo people people pie of whatever political creed when he lie declares war for the tho rescue of the government from the hands that have misused and debauched It His en entrance entrance entrance trance into the lists therefore as one of Mr Bryans Br ns champions Is tremendously tremendously tremendously significant and important be because because because cause It Insures in advance the sup support support support port for the Nebraskan of ot all br r a a very vent large section of or the tho south which Mr Watterson represents by authority Mr Bryans own on utterance on this occasion is equally significant He ro re repeats peats his New York speech insofar fn orar as asIt asit asIt It relates to government ownership of ot and reiterates what he Jie said In Now York that ho does not pre pro presume presume sume sumo to speak for tor his party nor or pre pretend pretend pretend tend to commit It to his own beliefs bellers bellerson on the tho subject I still advocate strict I regulation he declared and hand shall re rejoice I joice jolee If experience proves provos that regula regulation regulation regulation tion can be made effectively I will go further than that and say I believe that we can cnn have more efficient regulation under a n Democratic administration with a Democratic Domo senate and house than we ive are arc likely to have under a Re Be Republican R publican administration with a Republican Republican Republican lican senate and house Which latter sentence states an axiom In his position Mr Bryans utter utterances utterances utterances ances on government ownership con continue continue continue the tho interesting parallel already noted between Bryan and Lincoln in their attitude toward great public ques questions questions questions It it will be remembered that Lin Lincoln coIn coln wanted to avoid war over th the slaves he did his utmost utmost to avert it when tho the radicals of his party sought it and he deplored the necessity when it was thrust upon him for the gle gb which he foresaw tor sa w would be long and terribly costly He Ie hoped for the tho solution of the problem by the pur purchase purchase purchase chase of the slaves sla s and their gradual admission to citizenship and his hl hi con convictions v brought brought upon him the tho of 01 his own radicals and I the hatred of his opponents yet he heP P never hesitated to express hIs tf no matter what the possible ef et effe fe feat fett t upon his own fortunes Like Mr lr Bryan finds a large part of his lila following opposed to his beliefs but that does docs not deter him bun from saying frankly what his opinions opinion are Like the Liberator Mr Bryan does not attempt to commit his party parts to his own personal personal views and like Uke Lincoln he evidently would deplore the creation pf t a gulf gult between himself and his party yet he frankly states his own ideas trusting tru ting to the honesty of his friends to be understood and interpreted aright In this he ho could c uld find no better proof of the esteem in which he is universally held than the presence on the same platform with him hm of the great southerner who op opposed opp opposed posed p sed him in n campaign and has consistently c and persistently nUy differed with him on important ques questions questions questions |