Show GIVE HIM ROPE RILE the abatement o ot of the W WHILE Bryan nuisance is a project worthy tho the best efforts of or an any newspaper newspaper news news- paper the tho Atlanta Constitution is failing taU fall falling ing to temper its zeal with common sense The exclusion of or Mr Ir Br Bryans Bryan's ans n name iDe from its columns as it has decided decided decided de de- de- de to do would but prolong prolong- the thc period dur during nS' nS which he ma may reasonably reasonably reason reason- RbI ably be expected to continue as a l noisy example of or misdirected intelli intelli- gence Ignoring a pest of or his degree deg merely mere delays delay's that accurate conception conception conception concep concep- tion of his foolishness the people are ultimately certain to attain Mr Bryan is committing committing- political suicide as rapidly rapid I as anybody could desire The rapidity of his dc self and the success of it it de depends depends depends de- de wholly upon the tho length of the rope given him and that lethal halter ma may be found in the publicity his views c s 's are receiving Instead of withholding withholding withholding with with- holding publication of his outbursts outburst and consigning him to the of ob obscurity curit b by ignoring fg-Doring him each newspaper ma may contribute to his carl early political demise within its own range of or circulation b by freel freely opening its columns to whatever er he ma may sa say Out of his own mouth will the people condemn condemn condemn con con- him for tor he rarely opens It without thrusting his nis foot toot into it it a feat teat mentally easy but physically Im im- possible It is 15 not within the province pro of ot any newspaper always to provide its readers readers read read- ers with the sort ort of or news it believes the they ought to have Not only would that policy be an impertinence but it contravenes that unwritten but none the less binding binding- contract be between between be- be tween the newspaper and its patrons obligating the former to provide the latter with information as to the curlent current current cur cur- rent lent happening of ot the day The people people peo peo- plo may always alwa's be trusted to assimilate assimIlate assimilate assim assim- the facts given them Censorship Censorship Censorship Censor Censor- ship is Inadvisable and un American whether it be forc forced d upon a newspaper newspaper news news- paper by governmental authority or introduced by the publisher himself Mr Bryan although he probably is not aware aare of or it could ask nothing better from fate than that the Americ American American Amer Amer- ic ican n press should simultaneously decide de de- clde cide to isolate him by withholding publications of his words and acts He needs to be saved sa from himself a boon he must not be granted Let u us hope everybody pays out the rope until it performs its proper work |