Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1901 — A Trifle Previous. [ARTICLE]

A Trifle Previous.

Noting the announcement that the success of Mr. Bryan’s new paper, the has been so great that he proposes to shortly starton an European, tour* on the strength of it, the Pittsburg News makes timely comment, viz: It eertainly does seem a trifle previous that the editor of the Commoner should, already be ..banking upon its great success- Only one number of the paper has been issued, and even that has as yet not reached all parts of the country. Therefore, how any one can say that it has been a success is a mystery. It is true that it doubtless has a large subscription list for the first year. Bqt that was obtained not because of .the merits of the paper, but because it was gatherecrtogether just after the defeat of the editor for the office of president of the United States, and includes practically only the names of those of his followers who were at the time of their subscription still smarting from that, defeat. A. year hence the enthusiasm of many of them cooled and when the time comes fpr them to renew their subscriptions will come also, the real test of ttfie success of the Commoner. The latter will undoubtedly stand or fall largely upon its own merits and not upon the fact that its editor was a presidential candidate, and he will do well to defer his European trip until he has shown by his editorial work that his paper is really the success which would warrant its celebration by a foreign tour.