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Show tire voting according to conscience and principle, and that is good. " - "I will say; for Mr Roosevelt, however,, that he has said three things since his election that, have' given me more encouragement than anything he said or did prior to the election, . t "The first was his declaration that he wonld not be a candidate again. This gives him an independence independ-ence that he conld not have if he were working for lenomination. 1 ' "Second, his recommendation of a -law compelling compell-ing the publication of . campaign contributions. Such a law, if properly framed, will be a blow to corpo' rate domination in politics. "Third, his recommendation of legislation enlarging enlarg-ing the jeope' of the interstate commerce commission commis-sion law. This indicate! a disposition to attack the railroad monopoly. If he follows this up with an aggressive fight he will not only be doing'his country coun-try a service, but he will furnish one of the most interesting in-teresting contests that the country has seen for some time." It requires a good deal of courage for a strict party man like Mr. Bryan to speak so enthusiastically enthusiastic-ally of a reform movement and of emancipation from party thralldom, It may be that he would not be so enthusiastic had the reform movement elected Republicans Re-publicans instead of Democrats, but we must be courteous enough to give him credit for being sincere. sin-cere. However, Mr. Bryan is honest in his convictions, convic-tions, we think, and he realizes that the true object of any party must be to give the best government. When it is clear that the ranks of the independent voters are becoming larger and that their votes will go to the party that presents the best men and the soundest issues, the parties will raise their standards stand-ards and approach nearer to the ideal.- t In praising Mr. Roosevelt Mr. Bryan does a very manly thing, and it will increase the respect and admiration ad-miration in which he is held. It must be admitted by all except the intense partisans that the President Presi-dent made many'excellent recommendations in his message which it carried out by Congress will result re-sult in decided benefit to the country. To criticise and carp at this time would.be foolish policy on the part of any "Democrat, and doubly foolish for so great a man as Mr. Bryan. We believe the Democrats in Congress will support sup-port the President in what he has undertaken. If the Republicans will ta"ke the attitude that Mr. Bryan has taken and freely admit the wisdom of the suggestions of the President, some practical legislation legis-lation will be enacted. Mr. Bryan is entitled to hearty commendation for his high-minded stand. lie is showing himself to be more of an American than he is a Democrat. Bryan and Roosevslt. j . . Occasionally Mr. Bryan lets theorizing alone and talks good hard sense. The greatest objection to the j Xebraskan i that when he gets to riding a hobby her. i . never knows when to dismount. As a result most of ! his hobbies have gone lame, and he now is forced to " T come down to practical discussion of practical things or else remain silrnt, and tltat is something he steadfastly refuses to do. j Mr. Bryan was in Denver the other day and al-! T lowed himself to be interviewed. He said some good things. They were very good and worth perusal by any man no matter what his party affiliations. Here afe some of them: 'The reform movement, such as is exemplified in the election Of Folk in Missouri' and Douglas in t Massachusetts, while the majority of the votes cast " were for the most part in favor of the opposite par-' par-' ty. is a hopeful sign that iudividual thought and opinion is gradually emancipating the people from jvarty thralldom. It shows that, even in the face of ' temporary defeat of the purposes of their party, men |