Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1908 — CARELESS OF HIS FACTS. [ARTICLE]

CARELESS OF HIS FACTS.

“It is passing strange that in a republic like this there should be occasion for the discussion of this question”—Shall the people rule? That is what John Kern said In his speeob in Indianapolis last week. There Is no reason for discussing It It Is a campaign catch-phrase of Bryan. The people do rule, as Bryan knows very well to hie woe.

Kern is right in saying that "if the will of the people once known Is not given effect, theq the people do not rule,’’ but he falls to give any specific Instance where the general will of the people has been overriden by the oon-

great. Be says that ad people called for removal of the tariff duty On paper and wood pulp and called In Vain. Thia Is nonsense. He eays the paper trust has levied “millions of tribute on newspapers and their readers." That is campaign platform blather. Newspaper proprietors have had to pay much higher prices for their white paper the past year tnan they used to. The reading public paid no more for its daily or weekly paper and is not bothering itself about the paper and wood-pulp tariff. That tariff, amounting to $6 a ton, was placed on the material by the Democratic congress of which Bryan was a member. It was the WilsonGorman tariff of mournful memory, but the Republicans left the paper tax untouched. The paper trust advanced prices last year and the tariff had nothing to do with their action any more than the tax on imported cattle affects the price of beef to consumer. Kern is careless of his facts.