The Washington herald., 1908-08-11
POLITICAL COMMENT.

says:
Mr. Bryan wants TO make a hit with /
a short letter Of acceptance. He wants it I
to be fun OF ginger. He may not be (
able T. command the logic and judicial I
force of Mr.. Taft. He knows he cannot I
He despairs Of initiating the paste-jewel |
episraya effects OF Mr.. Hearst's speech /
in opening his particular convention |
that of the Independence League Who 1
can create a corner in verbal effects. !
however. but the CommOner candidate? I
So that Mr.. Bryan will scintlIate. he :
viii argufy. he VIII magnify and ne VIII
defy This viii be the ground OF his
logic. and the force Of his climaxes viii
be a fine frieze work Of assorted POpuiis-
tic Jenets. that he VIII use as a garni- I
ture TO the edihce OF his correlated utter
ance."
The Portland Oregonian thinks that
there is no need for any voter TO turn
to Mr. Hearsts Independence Party and
that its ticket viii get only as many
votes as it pays FOR. no more. It says:
"Mr- Hsarsts Independence Party viii
receive just as many votes as he chooses /
10 pay for, and TO more It has published
a set Of principles which might be at
tractive 70 radicals Of one sort and an
other = these men were not abundantly
provided for elsewhere. But they are
The Socialists offer a feast even more
inviting than M Hearst displays. The
Populists dish ID a smoking hot repast
Mr.. Bryan's platform is not without its
spicy meats Why need any radical turn
TO the Hearst banquet ANY honest
radical, We mean OF course radicals for
pay VIII find their interest in accepting q
seat at his hospitable board
Mr.. Hearsts party is a purely mer-
cenary affair IN the exigencies Of our
national life there is no reason for its
existence Il aims al nothing which
other parties do not aim al more sin
cerely and directly. Il has 10 purpose
except 20 puI up the ambition Of one
man whose vanity IS already sUfHcieTt-
I ly exalted There never before was q
party n the United States which mast
give so poor an account Of itself and
| the reason for its existence. Il can do
nobody any good and hardly anybody
( much harm. II II injuries any one it viii
/ be Alr. Bryan In a doubtful state Or
I two the Hearst party may turn the
| scale against hin. but i II does II viii
I be because the scale Is very evenly
]
/ be feared BY Taft as the Hearst vote by
Bryan"
/ The Nashville American Is BIT hard
7 On AIr- Roosevelt for his recent hymn
suggestion, and calls him the busybody.' %
II says:
I Roosevelt not content with annoying
and disturbing the commercial peace Of
l the country 10 the cost Of more than q
I billion dollars. now wants 70 bother Us
with Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn
I of the Republic, which IS 10 battle hymn
/ al all. but merely the over-reii gious out
{ burst OF a fanatic in all things. and does
not impress any but those who have been
taught 20 believe on certain limited lines
The Chinese might be Influenced TO adopt
Z Mrs. Howe words rs their battle hymn,
/ but Dixie viii do Us down here, with
the old rebel yell as g chorus The
South does not want any battle hymn OF
. Mrs. Howe's conception, nor Roosevelt s
suggestion"
The PIttsburg sun takes It that the
downfall OF Senator Long in Kansas IS a
warning &c the interests opposed 20 Popu-
lar rights and rule. Il SAYS
The downfall Of Senator I.o1g. Of Kan
sas. in a State OF primary contest for re-
election and the denomination Of the blind
] Senator Gore. OF Oklahoma. taken viii
the results fl Iowa recently which gave
the late Senator Allison a renomiratior
by an exceedingly narrow margin. should
be read with advantage in the Senate
by the little coteTie OF men representing
powerful railroad and other interests ad-
verse TO popular rights and rule. II IS
reform or ruin for them Pe-versely
enough. the people OF almost every sta
accept with alacrity whenever il IS Of
fered 20 them the responsibility Of in6i-
eating their preferences for United States
Senator by Popular vote Corporation
public demand for an amendment TO the
Constitution making this lawful. and the
people are laying the obstructionists OF
one by one"
The Boston Herald declares that 8Ir
Bryan recognizes that the Independence,
League means more peril to himself thar
: 20 Nj Taft Il says
Mr.. Bryan rightly divfnes that the
Independence League ticket means NOR,
peril 70 him than 10 Mr Taft In this
campaign ne IS between tive fires which
is a new experience Behold him nov
posing as a safe moderate and softly
wooing the followers Of NJ Hearst anc
! Nr. Hisgen, with such phrases as these
! VIII a member Of the Indpendenc.
I League assist in the defeat of the Demo
cratic party. which stands FOR so rnucl
he favoTs, merely because he cannot Ee
: all that ne would Ike The cues
ton IS not whether one csn get all the re
form he wants. but whether he can ge
the most reform The tenor Of the utter
ances OF M Hearst Mr. EIisgen- and
other Of the leagues leaders does no
point TO their acceptance OF this lIrfug
I gospel OF opportunism. There were advc
Gates Of Cancellation and fusion present a
the Independents Chicago convention, bU
they met with q chilly reception Nr
Bryan must adjust himself 70 situation
where he is under fire front and rear. and
on the tanks"
The New York Mail believes that tht
death OF Senator Allison viii insure an
other radical ally for Senator La Toilette
Il says:
Mr. La Toilette. the most advanced O.
the Republican radicals IN the Senate. vii
shortly have new allies there The desti
Of Senator Allison, Of Iowa, IS very likel.
10 lead TO the election Of Gov, Cummins
E who ran him a good race al the recen
primaries. and who has taken time b,
the forelock by announcing his candidac!
before his venerable rival has been buried
In Kansas, Senator Long has been de
feated at the Republican primaries an,
the legislature will choose Joseph I. Bris
TOW. who as Fourth Assistant Postmaste
General conducted the thoroughgoing in
vestigation several years ago OF the post
Office scandals"
The New Orleans States gets back a
the New York Times for sneering at IN