The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-10-14
BRYAN LOSES HIS TEMPER.

Fort Worth Record: Mr. Bryan has
lost his temper and tangled his argu
ment That is too bad. We had
hoped for deliberate and tolerant dis
cussion of great Issue. We trust
that Mr.. Bryan will speedily recover
his poise, for other states are asking
for him and Senator Bailey: Atlanta
is urging a joint debate and the de-
mocracy of the entire nation is taking
notice.
He declined joint debate at El
Paso for fear it would turn attention
from the issue to individuals, yet his
FL Paso speech pointedly indiVlduallz-
ed both Sen. Bailey and himself. He
disparaged the junior Texas senator
for his vote on lumber and iron ore
and theoretically praised the senior
Texas senator, though the latter vio-
lated the Bryan rules OF free raw ma
terial by voting for tariff on hides.
Also, Mr.. Bryan rather yaingloriously
and altogether irrevelantly declared
his willingness to match his popular
ity in Texas with Senator Bailey's-
which is wholly aside from the ques-
ton. His further illusions to platform
OF edience in their application to Sen
ator Bailey, may be left to Mr.. Bailey
himself, but they palpably stress the
individuality of the contest instead OF
the issue, for in his Commoner weeks
ago Mr.. Bryan distinctly declared
that he objected to Mr.. Bailey's votes
not so much because or the violation
Of the platform lumber demanded as
because he opposed the policy of free
raw material.
Leaving Mr.. Bailey, Mr.. Bryan
turned ungraciously upon the texas
newspapers that have had the courage
t. dissent from his view, boldly insin-
uated that they have never Deen sin
cere in their support of MIN, expressed
a downright contmpt Tor the entire
press and sought to belittle ITS lntiu
ence. For a man who is proud to call
himself a Journalist this is rather
astonishing case of i'll humOr. In fact,
Mr.. Bryan at Ell Paso so far forgot
the prophecies and the dignities of his
position as to make himself for the
time being a common scold.
And he is exhibiting a little bit Oh
the dictator He says: Il am tor
harmony in the democratic party.
want the party to act together. Yet
little further along he says: Three
fourths of the democratic senators
voted for tax on lumber, although
the democratic party was pledged to
free lumber" At Dallas and Fort
Worth he announced mis- intention OF
going into every state, as he came
voluntarily into Texas to combat the
view expressed by democratic con
gressmen who voted for a tax upon
any raw material. mus, with the
party confessedly divided upon a par
ticular policy, he undertakes to pro
mote harmony by whipping lnJo line
o. whipping out OF Office those who do
not agree with him. To any impartial
observer it would seem that three
fourths of the democratic senators
represent a number OF leaders and
following entitled to De heard and con-
Nor is he quite frank in stating the
opposing view He says: 1t Is II
diculOuS argument for Mr.. Bally or
anyone else to say that you can put
a duty on raw material and take it
of of the finished product" Indeed,
that is ridiculous argument, but
neither Mr.. Bailey nor anyone else
ever made it. Mr.. Bailey and the Tex.
as democratic platform say in effect
that the duty shall not be taken from
the raw material while il is retained
urOn the finished product; Mr.. Bailey
and all the democratic senators voted
for free hides with free shoes, but re.
fused to vote for free hides and taxed
shoes They favor distributing the tax
and oppose concentrating it upon man
ufactured goods
But Mr.. Bryan reveals the protec
tionism which unconsciously runs in
his mind when he says: If you put
duty on wool you have to put it on
the finished product" or otherwise
you would tie up the hundreds OF
manufacturers" His mind is on the
manufacturer; he ignores the pro-
Queer; his tentative platform proposes
free wool and taxed wooden manufac
lures. If taxed wool and free wooden
goods will destroy the manufacturer,
free wool and taxed wooden goods Will
destroy the wool producer, but that
does not concern Mr.. Bryan, who is
intent upon giving the manufacturer
free wool in order that he may not be
tiled up" though he is doing his ut
most to "tie up" the wool grower, the
hide raiser and all the other pro
ducers of raw materials.
Mr.. Bryan vehemently denounces
protection, but in all mis- argument he
allows incidental protection to the
manufacturer while he spuns 1t for the
producer, He ought TO take a few
days off and untangle himself