The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-14
MADE BAD BREAK
RIDICULOUS MISTAKE OF A RE.
PUBLICAN NEWSPAPER.
Quoted Alleged Uttersnces of Mr..
Bryan and Later Found 1t Had
Quoted Republican Plank.

Quoted Republican Plank.
The people Of Nebraska are haYin:
a good laugh at the expense of Mr.
Victor Rosewater, editor of the Oma
ha Bee. Mr.. Rosewater is a mem
Der Of the Republican National Exc
cutive Committee and head Of The
Republican bureau, and is considered
the leading Republican Of Nebraska
The Bee, which is the leading Repub.
lican paper Of the State, one day
last week published an editorial
criticiziDg al abstract from sup
posed speech OF Mr. Bryan's on the
tariff question. The words complain
ed Of in the editorial were:
In all tariff legislation the true
principle is best maintained by the
imposition Of such duties as will
equal the difference between the cost
of production at home and abroad,
together with reasonable profit to
American industries
The Bee stated editorially:
Nothing prettier in the catch-all
line has been offered in this cam
paign. The most hide-bound stand
patter in the country can accept that
as satisfactory 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 inter-
minable wrangle as to what consti-
tutes a reasonable profit for hair
splitting on wages on the industry,
price Of raw materials on another,
rebates or drawbacks in a third ana
so on through the list of thousands
Of articles that are now on the taria
revision at Bryan's direction would
serve only to halt Industrial and
commercial progress and keep busi-
ness unsettled during his term Of
Office"
The World-Herald, a Democratic
paper published at Lincoln, Mr.. Bry-
ans home city, called attention to
the fact that the words complained
of by The Bee are not part Of any
speech made by Mr.. Bryan but are
part Of the Republican National
platform, on which Mr.. Taft is sup
posed to be running. Then all Ne
braska laughed at Mr.. Rosewater's
expense.
Commenting on the ludicruous
mistake made by The Bee Mr.. Bryan
said:
"Mr. Rosewater Is right in max
ing fun Of the language, he Is right
in saying that nothing prettier in
the catch-all line has been offered
in this campaign He is also right
in saying that The most hide-bound
stand-patteT in the country can ac-
cept that as satisfactory and the
rankest free-trader can find delight
in it, He is right again in saying
that an attempt to legislate along
that line would simply open the way
to what constitutes reasonable
profit for hair splitting on wages On
one industry, price of raw materials
in another, rebates and drawbacks
in third and so on through the
list Of thousands of articles that are
now on the tariff list
Mr.. Rosewater, who had gone to
Chicago, said when his attention was
called to the mistake which had
been made On his paper:
1T is quite possible that one of
my editorial writer's may have made
a break as charged. Personally, I
first heard Of the matter after l
reached Chicago today. do not
think Mr.. Bryan should charge me
with personal responsibility for
everything that appears in my paper,
any more than I should charge MT.
BRYAN With everything that happened
while he was engaged in daily
Journalism.