Show f jJ FUSION IN IK NEBRASKA Just now now-a. good deal of or Interest at attaches attaches at- at to th tho fact act that the tho Populists I and the Democrats of Nebraska have S started their olden oldon promise of oC fusion i S Neither Is willing to venture the rigors of oC a campaign while hlo standing alone L and each Is willing to sink essentials S. S of policy for tor the one ono great aim of or beating beat- beat beatS beating ing the Republican part party S It I means that whatever Is Js fundamental funda S S V mental In Iii the creed of or the Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- I Is to be waived for Cor a season and whatever Is c essential lit ill 1 tho the demands S of or the Populists is to b bt ignored Ignored or or S else It means that th the Democratic S I party of ot Nebraska for the the present 1 campaign at least Is a party part of or Populists S A lists and nothing more 1 This Is simply a marriage of cono convenience convenience con con- o a combination for the h pursuit purS pursuit pur pur- S suit sui of spoils spoils- spols a prostitution oC ot principle principle pie for Cor the hope of or getting th thc offices J It I It Il were more than that If it It vere a arl rl matter mater of or political honor what would S. S c tho the Democrats care cure whether the won wont t S. A the state or not They would Aland f i J for their principles asking no q quarter S and giving none content to lose unless unless un un- n- n 1 le less they could win on merit AndS and nd S hopeful of they were rae to the end but in a fine sense of or pp- pp honor preferring to stand stanl for 1 u t their own party part even with wih the tho they L ty y that they never could coul win rather rathel than make a n harlot commerce with wIh an aggregation which w was by b no means J their own S 5 5 And nd It can assure asuro the opposition to S Republicanism In hl the state of or Nebraska No- No braska very little good goo Last year ear when when Judge Hastings s of or that state stateS S was a candidate for th the supreme bench he had hac all aU the strength of or the S Democratic party part behind him and ald was I cordially Indorsed by bytho tho tho Populists S Both parties partes gave him their full fun vote And yet ct In an oft off of year ear when the theS chances of oC tho the opposition aro are S S S I better betel than In national or t full fullS 1 S state campaigns he was beaten beaton by byI I twe twenty three ty thousand votes votes voles by the Republicans They tried fusion inS In 1904 when Go Governor Mickey was S elected b by the tho Republicans and George W W. Berg the fusion candidate was wn defeated b by nine thousand in the biggest st vote Nebraska ever polled poled That is Bryans Bryan's own state Tho The evident evident evi evi- dent willingness of oC the man to pose poso a as a n Democrat In one place and as a n Populist In another should make men wonder if he le has lias other trades of principles prin prin- chiles for fOI votes in other parts of the country counti Against the Invertebrate In organization or or- 01 which Is all al things to all allmen al almen men and nothing nothinG In truth huth the Republicans will wf go serenely on their way through the campaign and will wi win vin- vin vinas as they should should should-by by an even greater preponderance than titan ever oyer before |