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Show EOITQR'S MISTAKE GIVESJJAI JCI I Victor Rosowatcrs Paper Severely Se-verely Roasts PorUou of Republican Re-publican Platform. j BLUNDER OF ATTRIBUTING ' UTTERANCE TO BRYAN Democratic Leader Makes Extended Ex-tended 'Comment, and Will j Use Argument Offered. 1 FAIRVIEW, Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 3. There was much' amusement at Fairviow on the receipt of the Omaha papers today. to-day. Tn j-csrerdny's Omaha Bee, published pub-lished bv Victor Ifoscwatcr, member of the Republican executive committee and I head of the Republican publicity bu-I bu-I rcau, there was an editorial criticising in vigorous language an extract from a supposed speech of Mr. Bryan's ou the tariff question. The words complained com-plained of in the editorial were: ' T11 all tariff legislation the true principle is best maintained b- the imposition im-position of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production pro-duction at homo and abroad, together with .reasonable' profit to American industries." in-dustries." What Editor Said. In regard to this tho Bee said editorially: editor-ially: rNothing prettier in the catch-all line has been offered in this campaign. 'The most hidebound standpatter in the I country can accept that as satisfactory I and tho rank and the free trader can find delight in it. The declaration means simply nothing. An attempt to legislate along that line would simply open to way to interminable wrangling as to what constitutes 'a reasonable profit,' for hair-splitting on wages in one industr3, price of raw material iu another, rebates and drawbacks in a third, and so on through the list of thousands of articles that aro now on the tariff lists. Under such proposition, an attempt at. tariff revision, at Brvan's I direction, would sorvo onty- to halt industrial in-dustrial and commercial progress and keep business unsettled during his term of office." Was Republican PI auk. This morning's World-Herald shows that the words complained of are .not a part of any speech of Mr. Bryan's, but a part of tho trust plank of the Republican platform, and that the head ; of the Republican publicit3' bureau and member of tho executive committee of the national committee had, through the editorial columns of tho paper published bv him, severeh' criticised one of the planks of the platform on which Mr. Taft is' running. When Mr. Bryan's attention wts called to tho Omaha World-Herald's , editorial reproducing the Omaha Bee's attack upon tho Republican platform, he ! sa id: J Bryan's Statement. "I am ven' much surprised that Mr. Rosewater, who is tho editor of the Bee, and also a member of the executive execu-tive committee of the Republican national na-tional committee, and the head of the Republican bureau of publicit3, should have attempted to misrepresent ni3" position. po-sition. A good many unfair things havo been said, out nothing more unfair thau that said b3 Mr. Rosewater. To accuse me of using the language of tho Republican Repub-lican platform is an outrage. Ho ought to apologize for this injustice and explain ex-plain to his readers that the language which he criticises was taken from tho Republican platform and not from au3 speech of mine. "Mr. Rosewater is right, however, iu making fun of tho language. Ho is right, iu sa'ing that 'nothing prettier in tho catch-all lino has been offered in this campaign.' IIo is also right in sa'ing that 'the most hidebound sland-patter sland-patter in tho country can accept that as satisfactor3r and the rank and freetrader free-trader can find delight, in it.' Ho is right again in saj'ing 'tho declaration means simpb' nothing.' And is right in saying ;an attempt to legislate along that, lino would simnh' open the way to interminable wrangling as to what constitutes con-stitutes a reasonable profit for hairsplitting hair-splitting in wages in one industo', price of raw materials in another, rebates ami drawbacks iu a third, and so on through Continued on Page Five. EDITOR'S MISTAKE GIVES BRYAN JOY Continued from Page One. the list of thousands of articles that aro now on tho tariff lists.' Declares It "Eich Tlnd." "This is a rich find. It shows how absurd tho Republican platform looks to a Republican when the Republican has a chanco to look at it in a disinterested disin-terested way. When Mr. Rosewater thought that tho lauguago quoted was taken from a speech of mine, ho could see how ridiculous tho languago was. I hope that his opinion of tho language will not chango when ho finds that ho was shooting at his own platform instead in-stead of at me. Tho amusing blunder of tho Omaha Bee suggests a new diversion di-version for tho campaign. Let tho Democrats Demo-crats accuso mc of using various sections sec-tions of tho Republican platform and from Mr. Tuft's speeches, and see how tho Republican editors will ridiculo tho language. " |