Show MR BRYAN ACCEPTS As was expected Mr Bryan accepts the nomination nomination nomination nomi nomi- nation which was tendered him by tho the Democratic convention and In a manly fashion challenges tho the Republican candidate and party to the ar argument With the completion of ot this formality tho the national canvass may be bo said to bo be fairly opened Tho The other candidates for tho the Presidency there Presidency aro arc five of or them wo we wIll believe-wIll will their i 1 If they have not already done BO ao but they will not count Few electors will ever know or r care what Is in n them Either Either William H. H TOnI Taft or William J. J B Bryan an will be the next President of or orthe th the United States Both of ot these gentleman are aro patriotic Americans Ameri Amen cans ens ns pure In their personal lives and associations and unquestionably earnest believers in tho the doctrines doe doe- trines which which th they y profess As between tho the candidates candidates candi candi- dates them themselves tho the canvass 8 h la Is certain to be dignified S fled fied and respectful each giving to the other fun full credit cradit for patriotism and Integrity of purpose And Andas as to tho general n ral c nv s. s tho the country Is certain to 10 bo ho spared tho the discreditable assaults on personal character which havo have shamed tho the American people In some somo r Presidential r nUal contests Any extended assault as- as as as- f sault saIt on the personality of ot either cither candidate would elect lect hl him Tho people would not endure It Nevertheless Republicans may properly take tako tho the ground which In our opinion is Justified that thai Mr Ir Bryan comes before the people as tho advocate advocat of all that is hart bal and dangerous in American I S po political lUcal f tendencies nd and Mr Ir Taft Tatt for all an that I Is 5 l best t. t There Thero are aro no more personally estimable men living than some soma anarchists They are aro rats mis taken So Sets is Mr Ir Bryan mistaken While both political platforms are long and l and cover a multitude of ot alleged Issues issues Is is sues the tho real contest will be over a n. very ery few points Ono One of ot these and considering all things possibly the most Important is the personal character char char- I acter of the tho candidates them themselves They arc are as wide apart as two personally estimable gentlemen can be Mr 11 Bryan has continually before his eyes a vision of ot what he thinks reforms for tor which his nature compels him to continuously agitate While his vitality endures he be will m never cease to toS S agitate He cannot Nor arc are tho the workings of ot his mind such that tho the public can b by any possibility foresee what project he will take up next or how liow hard or b by what means ho he will push It IL Mr Taft S on the contrary Is by hy nature judicial Ho lIo can no nomore nomore nomore more avoid seeing that there are arc two to sides to all great reat questions than Mr Bryan Bran can avoid concentrating concentrating concentrating concen concen- his whole attention on one side Both S abhor dishonesty in public as well a as private lifo life and both would be equally determined In opposition opposition tion to dishonesty and particularly that most dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- form of ot dishonesty dishonest which consists In the control of at public affairs by private Interests to their own oVan advantage Mr Taft however would more carefully give all sides a hearing and act upon the theS S evidence His Impulse would lead Jend him t to tc a assume um J honesty where Mr 11 Bryans Bryan's impulses would lead to the contrary assumption Mr Bryan would continue intensify and direct to new objects the agitation which has been going on for tor some somo years S Mr ir Taft TaCt would fir first t mako make perfectly sure suro what has h been en gained solidify public sentiment in iii the I support of those policies and create the machinery for tor effectively carrying them out That in his Judgment Is all nil that can enn bo accomplished during tho the next four tour years CarR and therefore nil all that should bo be attempted Mr Ir Bryan would concentrate effort on now alms aims thereby running great risk of or a disastrous disastrous dis dis- dis Js reaction Tho The foregoing scorns seems to indicate tho the natural difference I In tho men As As- tho canvass canvas s goes on it will appear that some somo of ot the most Important measures men meas ures which Mr loIr Dr Bryan n advocates ns as reforms Bro arc In tho the opinion of Republicans not reforms nt at all nil but most dangerous Innovations sure Bure If it adopted to bring national disaster San San Francisco Chronicle |