New-York tribune., 1900-10-02
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN

DEAD IssUE-It must be nearly SIX month.
ago that the seif-appointed guardians OF the Con
stitutiOn and the Declaration Of Independence ~
Congress and out Of Congress were vocifsrously
denouncing the Administration and its supportar.
on account Of proposed legislation for Porto Rico
and declaring that 1t would be one Of the LEADING
issues OF the Presidential campaIzn-one vvbt.5
would defeat the Republican party In the Middle
West and put Massachusetts Maine and Vermont
in the list Of doubtful" States. BY the time Con
gress adjourned. early in June. the Porto Riean
the Kansas City Convention assembled the Door
then made to gavanize il INTO lite II did not sue
Geed and to-day that issue quietly
graveyard. and Porto Rico and its people are
seifgovernment under the benefcent leSssatio S9 ~
a Republican Congress.
APPALLING GROWTH In all seriousness
We ask William Jennings Bryan to transfer his
binations in restraint Of trade and hx his bfnocl-
lars, lars on the census returns from South Omaha
.,.,. o.,, y, De- iaa.;:;;
But behind these cold figures stalks the state
ment thai this enormous gain is due largely TO the
expansion Of tho packing industry and to the open
force of 200 men. Every other Dig packiag:
house has doubled its capacity in the last zen
years and the stock yards business has grown n
proportion Other enterprises. notably the rail-
business has grown 10 enormous proporti0ns
throughout Nebraska in four years and high prices
Moreover we are toId that the appalling gra1tb.;
Of South Omaha bv reason of he Iocafine tbs-.
Of "combina tons in restraint of trade" Is sub
ys South ' omaba before the nusra str PsP po g
ISM he talks 60 much about completes its deadly
work '-CThe Chicago Times-Herald.
A sELF-COMPLACENT CRITIC.-Mr Bryan's
letter of acceptance No. has provoked variety
of comment none of which seems to have been
more just and deicatey appreciative than this bit
from The Chicago Tribune: 1T Is pleasing 70
note the naive approval wi;h which Mr. Bryan
veys his own handiwork The platform adopted AZ
unqualified approval This Is kindly and generous
praise for critic to bestow upon an author II
courageously takes up the Issues now before the
country, he continues. and states clearly and
without ambiguity the party's position Such ap-
provaI from Critic Bryan be profoundly graft
flying to Author Bryan Praise from any source ts
supposed 20 be sweet TO author, but praise from
Mr.. Bryan's criticism of Mr.. Bryan's literary pro
ductton al Kansas City is OF a that should
based on internal knowledge. No man knows more
Rrga 'f 6e if 6 l Bys ne 1an
Since it meets the unqualified approval of both h
1t seems to be a case for bouquets ali around r.
is well that Mr. Bryan finds himself thus unani-
the population cannot think highly either OF his
powers an author or of his good taste as self
complacent critic"
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.-The question at
the core of this campaign is a very simple one
Ism il better be safe than be Sorry In other
words Isn't IL wiser to put IN the White House for
four years TO come man who Is pledged main
tain the gold standard than to put there a man
who Is pledged to strike It down land the Nations
credit with tp II he can?-(The Hartford COUranL
NEGATIVE REPLY.-E- c. Benedict, the
close personal friend of Grover Cleveland. Demo
crat of the old fashioned sort, recently asked
to contribute to the Bryan campaign fund. He re-
piled follows
I regret to find TO party in existence whose plat
form supports Democratic principles any degree
Four years ago State sent delegates to the
Chicago Convention representatives OF unques-
toned Democratic principles They were OutvOted
in the National Convention which promulgated a
platform of doctrines almost wholly at variance
Herewith and committed objectionable crime
when they used good name label. There
fore I would think OF contributing to a
OF Chinese who have captured our Christian
churches, up therein the teachings of Corfucius
worship instead OF the unseen God. and. without
changing the names OF the churches. call them
selves regular Christians.
THAT FULL DINNER PAIL.-In speaking. OF
the full dinner pail Mr.. Bryan declares that what
the workingmen need is intellectual food. Would
he take out the pie, cake and chicken from the
laborer's lunch basket and substitute therefor
parts OF The Congressional Record, relating %
free silver. expansion and trusts?-CThe Chicago
Record.