The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-16
I+s Own Platform by Se-
''r ysreIy criticizing Repub'
Iican Tariff Plank.
70 1oNGwORTH ON DYNASTY
.;,.nps son.in-Law Declares Eight
~ voors Taft---Then Roosevelt
,,;oons are Incensed at the Re-
NV .,rs Made by Longworth in His
Dock Island, Ill, Speech on the
succession of Presidency.

u Omaha Bee, published by Vic
1I He.,owoter. member Of the Repub-
vi NATIONAL committee, and head OF
le'I pnnnhlican campaign publicity bu-
F ms has made the blunder OF cr1tl-
h Sus vigorously part of the tariff
csIs If fhp Republican platform, the
pl4 tnr being under the impression that
VI ELI was really pouring hot SHOT into
~ u BRYAN. The Democratic leader, Id
MI .,, an speech. had quoted that part
y It t5e Republican platform which is
criticised. noso,+or,s no
~. ir sops on the theory that this Ian
g r,Ga was Mr.. Bryan's own, the
s rritpr failing to notice that the Ian
Sa"r was really part of the platform
- which Mr.. Taft is running.
W Tho consequence of this is that Mr..
n.ran and his friends have on a broad
Din Din and they think that the smiles
a. Tairyiew are likely to spread to all
nomocrats in the country.
The words complained Of in the Bee
EDITORIAL were these:
in all tariff legislation the true
,rincipIe is best maiHtained by the i'm
5nsition of such duties as will equal
Sa difference between the cost of
nroduction at home and abroad, to-
other with reasonable profit to Amer
lean industries"
The Bee went on to puncture this
,aguage in tire following style:
Nothing prettier in the catch-all
tpp has been offered in this cam
,aign. The most hidebound stand
natter in the country can accept that
n satisfactory and the rankest free
trader can find delight in it. The dee
3rtion means simply nothing. An at
pmpt to lpgislate along that line
you'd simply open the way to inter
ninable wrangIing as to what consti-
ntps a reasonable profit for hair
sitting Oh wages on one industry,
price Of raw materials in another, re-
bates and drawbacks in a third and
% on through the list of thousands OF
articles that are now on the tariff re-
yisi0n. at Bryan's direction, would
serve only to halt industrial and COM
mercial progress and keep business un-
settled during his term Of office"
The Omaha World-Herald shows
that the words complained Of are not
part Of any speech of Mr.. Bryan,
but a part of the tariff plank of the
Republican platform.
Mr.. Bryan had this to say when
the matter was called to his atten-
ton:
81 am very much surprised that MI.
ROSewater should have attempted to
miSrepresent my position. A good
many unfair things have been said by
Mr.. ROseWater. To accuse me of
using the language of the Republican
PLATFORM is an outrage. He ought to
apologize for this injustice and ex-
Faiu 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. 1t shaws how
a6surd the Republican platform looks
% a Republican when the Republican
ms chance to look at it in a disin-
leeSted way. When Mr.. Rosewater
thought that the language quoted was
aAea from Il speech of mine he could
see how ridiculous the language was.
ll@9e that his opinion of the language
Will not change when he finds that he
vas shooting at his own platform in
Stead 1T me.
TIE amusing blunder of the Omaha
lee suggests Il new diversion for the
CAMPAIGN. Let the Democrats accuse
lie OF using various sections from the
HHeplbllcan platform and from Mr..
1aitS speeches and see how the Re-
publican editors will ridicule the Ian
Elage."