The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
PAPERS ERROR
 HITS REPUBS Misquotes Speech Made
 by Bryan. woaDsFRoM REPUB PLATFORM Omaha Bee Lets Loose, Ridiculous
 Boomerang. Under Mlsapprehension it Severely Arrsssns Policies Endorsea by Roeseveit's Convention--
 Rosewstsr Is Taken to
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Faifyiew. Neb.. Oct. 3.--There was much amusement at Fairview on the receipt of the Omaha papers today.
 Tn yesterdays Omaha Bee published by Victor Rosewater. member of the Republican Executive Committee and reau, there was an editorial criticis- ing in vigorous language an extract from a supposed speech of MT. Bryan. on the tarin question.
 The words complained of in the edi- torial were: Tn all tarif legislation ! the true principle is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as cost of production, at home and abroad. together with reasonable profit to American industries.'
 In regard to this The Bee states editorially:
 Nothing prettier in the catch-all line has been heard In this connection. The most hide bound stand<patter fin the country can accept that as satis- factory and the rank free trader can simply open the way to interminable wrangling as to what constitutes a reasonable proat,' for hair splitting on wages on one industry; price of raw material fn another; rebates and drawbacks in a third, and so on through the list of thousands of ar ticies that are now on the tariH re- vision, at Brgan's direction would serve only to halt industriaI and coui- mercial progress and keep, business unsettled during his term of ofiice."
 Exp6aure of Errdr.
 This mornings World Herald shows that the woras complained Of are not part of any speech of Mfr. Bryan's. but a part of the trust plank of the Republican platform and that the head saf sthe Republican publicity hureau and member of the national cohmittee had. through thS editorial columns of fae iclsed one Of the pfahkA Of the plat form on which Mir. Taft Is running.
 When Mir. Bryan's attention was called to The Omaha Worlds editorial reproducing The Bees attack upon the Republican platform he said:
 t am very miIch surprised that Mr, RosewateS who is the editor of The Bee, andsaiso a member ok the execn- tive cnsnmlttea Of shA RepnhlicAH Ma tional Cdlnmittee and the head of the RepubIicAn Bureau of Publicity. should have attempted to misrepresent my positiottT A good many unfair things have been said, but nothing more un- fair than that said by Mr. ,Rosewater. t"To accuse me of usinget language of thef Republican patform Is an out rage. He ought to apologize for this injusttee and explain to his readers that the language which he criticises was taken from the Republican plat fornas and not from any speech of mines
 "Mr. Rosewater is right. however in making fun of the language. He Is right in saying that nothing prettier in the catch -all line has been offered in this campaign He also is right in sa aving that the most hide-bounG stand batter in the country can accept that as satisfactory and. tho rank free trader can find delight in it., He is right again in saying that the declaration means simply noth ing and again he Is right in saying 'an attempt to leg fsIate along that line would simply open the way to interminable wrang- ling as to what constitutes S reason able profit, for hair splitting on wages on one industry. prices of raw material in another, rebates and drawbacks in a third and so on through the list of thousands of articles that are now on the tariff lists.
 But I hardly expected from him so frank a confession as is contained in the last sentence of his editorial 'un- der such apprehension. an attempt at tariff revision he says at sBryans di- dection but would 1t not be true if done, at Taft's direction? would serve to halt industrial and commercial pro Rress and kep business unsettled dur, ing his term of of1ce.'
 Makes Repuks Absurd.
 ''This is a rich find. It shows how absurd the Republican platform looks to a Republican when the Re publican has a chance to look a tit in an uninterested way.
 when Mir. Rosewater thought that the language quoted was taken from a speech of mine he could see how