The Conservative

During the last two years of publishing, Morton would use The Conservative as a forum through which to disagree and criticize his rival Nebraska Democrat William Jennings Bryan and his publication, The Commoner.

In the first issue of The Conservative, the letter from the editor stated that the paper would be a defender of the individual and critical of big government.

In addition, the paper also served as a platform for Morton to campaign for the formation of a third Conservative Party, which he believed was necessary to realign the environment of American politics.

[2] Although the paper was published for only four years, The Conservative included many notable contributors like Robert W. Furnas, Carl Shurz and Dr. George L.

This site allows users the ability to read all of the issues of The Conservative as they were published from 1898 to 1902, in PDF format, and view the associated images.