The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-13
RAPs ITS OWN PLATFORM BY
SEVERELY cRlTlcislNe RE.
PUBLICAN TARIFF PLANK.
LoNcwoRrH ON DYNASTY
PRESIDENTS soN.IN.LAW DE
cLAREs YEARS TAFT
THEN RoosEveLTgJ
Republicans Are lncehsed at the Re-
marks Made by Longworth In His
~ Rock island QIl) Speech on the
Succession Of Presidency.

The Omaha Bee, published by Vic
tor Rosewater, member OF the Repub.
llcan national committee, and head OF
the Republican campaign publicity bu'
reau, has made the blunder of CRITICS.
Ing vigorously part of the tariff planl;
of the Republican platform, the writer
being under the impression that he
was really pouring hot shot into Mr.
Bryan. The Democratic leader, In q
recent speech, had quoted that part OF
the Republican platform which is
criticised.
The editorial in Mr.. Rosewater's pa.
per goes on the theory that this Ian
guage was Mr.. Bryan's own. the wri.
ter failing 10 notice that the language
was really part OF the platform on
which Mr. Taft is running.
The consequence of this Is that MIR.
Bryan and his friends have on broad
grin and they think chat the smiles at
Fairview are likely TO spread 10 all
Democrats in the country.
The words complained of In the Bee
editorial were these:
''ln all tariff legislation the true
principle is best maintained by the inn
position of such duties as will equal
the difference between the cost Of
production at home and abroad, to-
gether with reasonable profit to Amer.
lean industries" .u
The Bee went on to punct,ue this
language in the following style.
Nothing prettier in the catch-all
line has been offered in this campaign.
The most hide-bound standpatter in
the country can accept that as salts.
factory and the rankest free trader
can find delight in IT, The declaration
means simply nothing. An attempt TO
legislate along that line would simply
open the way to interminablo wrang.
ling as to what constitutes a reasona-
BILE profit for hair-splitting on wages
on one industry, price of raw materials
in another. rebates and drawbacks i'm
third and so on through the list uf
thousands OF articles shat are now on
the tariff revision, at BIy ans dlrec.
ton, would serve only to hal. indus.
trial and commercial progress and
keep business unsettled during his
term of office"
The Omaha World-Herald shows
that the words complained OF are rot
part Of any speech OF MIR. Bryan, but
a part of the tariff plank OF the Repub.
lican platform.
Mr. Bryan had this to say when the
matter was called to his attention:
u am very much surprised that Mr.
Rosewater should have attempted 10
misrepresent my position. A good
many unfair things have been said.
but nothing more unfair than that said
by Mr.. Rosewater To accuse me of
using the language of the Republican
platform Is an outrage. lie ought TO
apologize for this injustice and ex-
plain to his readers that the language
which he criticises was taken from the
Republican platform and not from any
speech OF mine.
This is a rich find. II shows how
absurd the Republican platform looks
10 Republican when the Republican
has a chance to look at II in Il disin.
terested way. When Mr.. Rosewater
thought that the language quoted was
taken from a speech of mine he could
see how ridiculous the language was.
hope that his opinion of the language
will not change when he finds that he
was shooting at his own platform In.
stead Of at me.
The amusing blunder OF the Omaha
Bee suggests new diversion for the
| campaign. Let the Democrats accuse
me OF using various sections from The
Republican platform and from Mr.
| Taft's speeches and see how The Re.
publican editors will ridicule the Ian.
| guage.'