The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-20
BRYAN's ELECTION FORECAST.

In attempt the Independent to forecast the issues and
result of the 1916 election W. j. Bryan states what he con-
sers the achievements of the Democratic administration
With his customary partisan blindness he claims for his own
party credit for everything good in his opinion which was
the Democracy obtained control OF the government
ignoring part which the Republicans had in the achieve
ment He to be good all that peculiarly the
work of his party He sus over the differences between
himself President Wilson and is silent about his pet
plank in the platform the single presidential term
First he mentions Democratic reform direct election
senator's though this has repeatedly had large
jores in Republican houses and carried through Re
publican by the Republican SENATOR Borah He claims
credit for the Democracy because the reform
mended in several Democratic platforms although have
from the treatment he and Mr. Wilson have given the
Baltimore how little Importance they attach
Ito such documents
He says that the Democratic party reformed the rules of
and gave the house of representatives real
sentative 1t has actually placed control of the
house in the hands Of machine which brushes ndvid
uality efectually the Cannon machine did
Democracy has passed the Underwood tariff which Mr.
Bryan calls the best law which the country had in
fifty years. He thus shuts his eyes to the depression which
this tariff brought upon American industry to the adverse
trade balance the treasury deficit which it produced and
to the emergency taxes which it in combination with Demo-
lcratic waste, made necessary
He claims the Democracy credit for adoption of the
tax amendment to the constitution and Of the income
tax The former submitted to the states by Repub
can congress recommendation of Republican president
but he berays his partisan blindness to the logical effect of
this fact by saying:
/ While the necessary amendment submitted under
Republican administration, it result of Demo-
cratic laDors ana was really submitted Tor the purpose
i of preventing income tax The Republican leaders
i who assisted in securing the submission of the amend
i did it to defeat bill providing for income
and did not expect the amendment to be ratified; they
/ were caught in their trap
Nor does he mention the fact that the Republicans support
ed the income tax section of the Underwood law.
As might be expected he calls the federal law
Democratic achievement dsregardng the facts that its main
framework produced by nonpartsan commission esab
shed by Republican administration and that Republicans
had as large part Democrats in perfecting it.
The Democratic party according to Mr. Bryan, observes
credit for the enactment of the giving
the Fpnos the promise of Independence The promise
has been made by Republican president since the Phil
ppines annexed Republican administrations deferred
fument of the promise until the of the Fpnos
prepared govern themselves and they thus preparing
the islanders when Democracy halted and undd this work
The Wilson administration aims to give independence before
the work DONE AS result the meszos will be given indie
pendence to Cypress and exploit the of the people
Although truth that the president interviewed Intellectually