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Show BRYAN'S UNWHOLESOME POSE. It seems most unbelievable, that Secretary Br3'an should use his position posi-tion as Socrotnry of State to boost his newspaper, tho Commonor; and yet that is procisely what ho is doing. Tho extraordinary callousness of Mr. Bryan in this, and in his defiant, announcement an-nouncement that he is on tho lecture platform to got money that he needs outside of his salary, hns been an amazoment lo tho American people. "With rcspoet lo his newspaper, he openly say3 in that paper, and signs his namo to it, that ho intends to uso his offioial position to give advantage to his subscribers by reason of his official of-ficial position, and his knowledge of tho inside opinions and events that ho may become cognizant of officially. Hero is his statement: As an Incident to tho Domocratio victory vic-tory I have been invited to become a, member of tho ProsldcnfB official family, and, as his representative. In ono of the departments of the Government, am brought into contact with International problem?. As a member of tho Cabinet-, too, r en-Joy en-Joy the opportunity of participating in the discussion of such problems as the President Presi-dent sees fit to bring boforc that body. As an exponent of the plans and purposes pur-poses of the Administration, the Commoner Com-moner can accomplish even more as a monthly than it could as a weekly. Administrative Ad-ministrative and legislative plans develop gradually, and there Is no need of haste In meeting the criticisms 'that may be directed di-rected against the programmo of the party now in authority The Commoner will bo able to present to Its Individual readers, and through Its multitude of exchanges ex-changes to a still larger audience, the Government's side of the questions under un-der discussion. W. J. BRYAN. So extraordinary a claim as that was never mado before by any official in this government or any other. Ho openly says that ho is going to givo his paper advices from time to time on public matters that it will bo impossi-blo' impossi-blo' for other papers lo get. No position posi-tion like this was over taken before, we venture, by any public official in any country. And this, combined with Mr. Bryan's callousnoss as to his monc3--making lecture proposition, must certain" cause him an immense loss of prestige in tho minds of the American people. |