Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-08 | Page 36 | Mr. Bryan Seems to Have Reached the Silly Stage

I Mr ilir Bryan Seems to Have ilave Reached the Silly Stage v WILLIA ILLIAM I JENNINGS GS BRYAN in the tIle Commoner Com Corn vv moner to which the time unwashed patriots are arc permitted to contribute in various sumS sums the aggregate aggregate aggregate gate of which is sufficient to make the cheerless leader almost a millionaire re modestly asks Mr Taft to submit to Mr l Bryan for the hatters latter's perusal the time written and verbal erbal recommendations upon which the President appointed Justice White to the position of chief justice over o Justice Harlan It is a modest l request from a n modest man If time the President should acquiesce we wc would suggest that hat he accompany c letters with the presidential grocery grocer bills and anti the time receipted Itell account acc for Mrs Tafts Taft's winter hat in order that the tho Nebraskan may inform himself concerning concerning con con- all matters in which he may feel an all interest and upon which ho is entitled to full information When Mr Taft was in Salt SnIt Lake he lie challenged his critics and tho the critics of the Unit United tl States supreme court to cite a case of a single Bingle trust which is violating the Sherman law that cannot be successfully suc sue prosecuted under that law in the light of tho the rule of reason as laid down by the court in the Standard Oil and American Tobacco cases Ho lIo wa was merely repeating a challenge which he had uttered from time to time timo ever er since Mr Bryan and ond his Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican insurgent friends began an their criticism of tho the supreme court for its application of the rule of reason in m deciding cases ses brought under the tho Sherman law Mr Bryan ryan of course does docs not cite any such case He TIc does docs not because he cannot When Then tho the sago sage of Lincoln opens his mouth month his bruin brain stops working and Nebraska asks itself wherefore the wind When ho he uses a n pen ho gives gh-es oven even a worse imitation imitation imitation tion of a man mm thinking The President has tho the cheerless one cornered and the latter hatter may as well admit it I- I ot