The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-22
RAPED OWN PARTY
omAHA BEE CONDEMNS REPUB-
 LiCAN PLATFORM.
SHOWS PALPABLE HYPOCRISY
slunder Affords Proof of Ridiculous ness of the G. o. p. Utterances When They Are Afforded Hon.
 est Consideration.
TEE REPUBLICAN WAY

The Omaha Bee, published by Vic tor Rosewater, member of the Repub- lican national committee. and head of the Republican campaign publicity bu- reau, has made the blunder of criticis- ing vigorously part of the tariff plank of the Republican platform. the writer being under the impression that he was really pouring hot shot into Mr. Bryan. The Democratic leader. in recent speech, had quoted that part of the Republican platform which is criticised.
 The editorial in Mir Rosewater's pa per goes on the theory that this Ian guage was Mr. Bryan's own. the wri- ter failing to 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 that the smiles al Faryiew are likely to spread to all Democrats in the country.
 Plank That Is Condemned.
 The words complained of in the Bee editorial were these:
 Tn all tariff legislation the true principle Is best maintained by the i'm 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 icsn industries.
 The Bee went on to puncture this language in the following style:
 Nothing prettier in the catch-all 1;,n tn n The most hide-bound standpatter in the country can accept that as satls- factory and the rankest free trader can find delight in 1t. The declaration means simply nothing. An attempt 10 legislate along that line would simply open the way to interminable wrahg- ling as to what constitutes a reasona- be profit, for hair-splitting on wages on one industry, price of raw materials in another rebates and drawbacks in a third and so on through the list or thousands of articles that are now on the tariff revision, at Bryan's dlrec- ton. would serve only to halt lndus, trial and commercial progress ana keep business unsettled during ms term of office
 The Omaha World Herald shows that the words complained Of are not part of any speech of MT. Bryan but part of the tariff plank of the Repuo' lican platform.
 Mir. Bryan's Comment.
 Mir. Bryan had this to say when the matter was called to his attention:
 I am very much surprised that MT. Rosewater should have attempted 10 misrepresent my position. "A sood many unfair things have been sald, but nothing more unfair than that saia by Mir Rosewater. To accuse me oi using the language of the Republican platform is an outrage. He ought to apologize for this injustice ana eN plain to his readers that the language which he criticises was taken rom tue Republican platform and not rom any speech of mine.
 This is a rich find. II shows now absurd the Republican platform IooNS I!oISs to a Republican when the Repupllc"u has a chance to look at 1t Tn dlsll terested way. When MT. RoseWa'eI thought that the language quoted "%s "s taken from a speech of mine ne cou'u see how ridiculous the language WaS' l hope that his opinion of the lansudSe will not change when he hnds tidl ne vas shooting at his own platform in' stead of at me.
 "The amusing bunder of the OhaIla Bee suggests new diversion TOT ,i'o campaign. Let the Democrats accuse me of using various sections rom 1 ,he Republican platform ana rom nd Tafts speeches and see now 'he ,n, n
 
 publican editors will ridlcule lhe '"H' guage."