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12 The Commoner, VOLDME 13, NUMBER 3 -Mr. Bryan's Statement is Sound Principle in 1 T S. t t f the rublic oervjce ; II f hard to wepmrte and dhus- currency with which to pr debt, stocfcate wir obligation to e pblkr d in All in them tn future, and trans our pronxi or laainaiuu ooii- w ? iwi, "" IW . ia4JMi, and many of as are Inclined "The men selected by Mr. Wilson for ' lb attf our friends ajnl pnaish oor b cabinet," ay The Commoner, v eofrmiaoL vhMi i mmu. hAMin 1 "should be selected not because of . - , , , 1. ememtm hn it romec to ebooaing; l , mJi for the unhm aerrlee. I KV IS AMI IUU..U . . . I www-, -wf ic mt w ihuiv vi personal aerrk-e rendered to him, nor In- even because of past aerrlce rendered naj J to the party. For," it ', "the in- ' ii'tinnHutA V.. u- iift U . o..l . .-m M'WW 4M W C MMatUBI UT HIPIBM - -. f J - - ", - - th .nnvtilikMiili.. n. l i .l I fi-iHul rinnli fnp Ktlla- ilia fatl to faror .ojw who have favored count for ranch." IbHM, and to btow the emolnmenU 8 Jvndentlr Mr. Bryan resents the at office Mpon tbe btwtoxer of office. J idea, often expressed, that he should A great deal has been said about y " ,i ..-- v : rnnnarnn inn vs iririi' iw u nun tile demand beins mad that,' tor this reason, Oorernor Wilgon should award the Xebraakan a conspicuous place in the public serrjec. Afany of the newspapers take the position that President-elect Wilson 0Vf& Mr. Ifntn . nersoasl dht which he hould pay. bringing the! latter into official honor and power. The St. Louis Republic says that as to Mr. Bryan's fitness for the premiership or for the ranking am bassadorship, opinion may differ, but nevertheless that paper urges that "Woodrow Wilson's debt to Brvan it the bfgfcrt debt possible in American politics. Proper acknow ledgement of that debt Is expected. Potilar belief is that it will be paid." ine commoner, In speaking for Mr. Bryan, takr-s the sound and un assailable pos'tion that cabinet posi tions ought not to be regarded as RHEUMATISM j Don't Take Medicine, Hut Let Me Semi You u Pair of My PaJn- SootftSng Drafts, Which Are Bringing Prompt Belief to Bo Many Thousamls TO TRY PBK. 8KXI MR YOUR NAME TODAY Jut write rn? that you want to try my DraflM (a pontal will do) and I'll cnd you a One Dollar Pair by return man, prepaid, for !r? - fvi i--yi :iw.r you t o t n v V " B K. I wish I could tell you the remarkable his tory of these AlriR-lcFoot Draft, perfected through two generations until we believe they are today the safest and surest a well as the most widely sold meumatlc remedy VUKllkltll'K UVKIt Cor. tfc"y. thlu country and Eu rope they are dls trlbuted to every quarter of the . i. biooo. w havo many thousands of letters on rile here telling of cures, some almost unbel J able. But getting benefit ,,, even more convincing than hearing the testimony of others. Just writ? i l,m.1 ?U &ro w,,lln8 to " convinced and I'll send the drafts to you iy fc. turn mall, postpaid. Then. If you ar satisfied with the benefit received you may send m uu' ou One Dollar. If wum not, Hlmply say " o and they cost you noth ing. I take your word and trust you for a square deal. The scientific way In bold. Here is Mr. Bryan's view, as ex it nrnmitaA h? Ttio fiinrnnnor' "A great responsibility rests upon him, and he will need the assistance of the best and bravest for his work. He ought to feel free to select for each place the men best fitted for it; in no other way can he hope to measure up to the expectations of the public. He need not he should not consider any service that Mr. Bryan has rendered to him, or to the public. Air. Bryan has been abun dantly rewarded for all he has done, and does not feel that the party, or any individual in the party, owes hirn anything. If he ever holds any office, it ougut to be given, whether by ap pointment or by election, with the view to the service that CAN' he rendered in connection with the work YET TO BE DONE, not with the idea oi rewarding him for anything that he has done. And the rule which is here laid down for Mr. Bryan is the rule which he believes should be laid down for all. In other words, the welfare of the party and the welfare of the country, not the ambitions of men or the in terests Of Individuals. Should hn nnn. sidered." While this standard for the measurement and proper public ser vice is somewhat higher than parties havo been accustomed to, yet the be lievers in democratic simplicity official honesty, sanctity and use fulness will agree that this declara tion of principle comnnrt with .. ideal representative government, and that if Thomas Jefferson had been confronted with similar conditions he would have made a similar decla ration which is wise, patriotic and unselfish. No man has a clearer conception of official obligation to the public than Mr. Bryan, and no man has a greater capacity for stating concisely and correctly the relationship that should exist between those who perform the functions of office and those who have been chosen for this perfor mance. -Nashville Tennessean. DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS Following is a dispatch to the New York World: To the accom paniment of applause from Repre sentative Palmer, of Pennsylvania Burleson, of Texas, and other demol cratic members who are regarded as cabinet "possibilities," Renresenrl live Sims, of Tennessee, in the Se' delivered a speech full of advice to Governor Wilson on the subject of cabinet building. auuje or One of the mildest things Mr c5imo said was that he favored the enS nient of a federal etatute to hang runslt:rst,s!seiBnformi,re3ii-"' aJ?ISa.0tlnM,ToZrrT which William J. Bryan wid ,? SlSS8t api)0intmat8 shSuff Sotta made as rewards for political Ber vice, with the best interests nf people in view. mierests of the "Whether we be Bryanitea or anti- Brranitei," said Mr. Sims, "I think we must all agree with the ideas and principles advocated in that article. We see a great doal stated in the newspapers about who is to be in the cabinet. I desire to say that the kind of men I want to ace in the cabinet are men who will tell the president the truth, though the heavens fall, without either exag gerating or minimizing. "The president, as it were, must look through the cabinet to see the conditions of the country. The cabi net is In a way the eyes of the presi dent. When I was a youth I read that under the English law they did not punish the king for any wrong doing, but they punished his advisers and coachers. I thought at the time that it was a great outrage, but I have since concluded that it was a very wise provision of law. Those who get next to the president and mislead him should be punished. I would be in favor of hanging these misinformers. "Governor Wilson has the judg ment to do the right thing if he can only have the facts presented to him without prejudice and without bias. It makes no difference to me who the man is who goes into the cabinet so long as he be a man of ability and a man of information as to the de partment in which he will serve. But above all must he forget himself and forget his friends, and if he has enmities he must forget them, and tell the president the plain truth, and let the president's judgment rest upon a clear understanding of the facts." "Is the gentleman complaining now of what he thinks the president elect is going to do?" asked Repre sentative Garner, of Texas. ;;No," replied Mr. Sims. "Is the gentleman writing Gover nor Wilson a letter through the columns of the Congressional Record advisine: him as to -what ho fhsniro he ought to do?" insisted Mr. Gar- regarded as currency with which to pay debts. A puhllc official has no right to discharge political obliga tions at the expense of the public The men selected by Mr. Wilson for the cabinet should he selected, not because of personal service rendered to him, nor even because of past ser vices rendered to the party. A great responsibility rests upon him, and he will need the assistance of th best and bravest for his work. He ought to feel free to select for each place the man best fitted for it; in no other way can he hope to measure up to the expectations of the public. He need not he should not, con sider any service that Mr. Bryan has rendered to him, or to the public Mr. Bryan has been abundantly re warded for all he has done, and does not feel that the nartv or anr in. . dividual in the party, owes him any- Luiu. ii ue ever noias any omce, it ought to be given, whether by ap pointment or by election, with the view to the service that can be ren dered in connection with the work yet to be done; not with the idea of rewarding him for anything that he has done. And the rule which is here laid down for Mr. Bryan is the rule which he believes should he laid down for all." This is what the country has ex pected of Mr. Br3Tan. It Is logical and it is magnanimous. We believe that Mr. Bryan has fathomed the ner ( 'I am not intendinc In thfc wnv to advise the president," was the re-Plv- "l am trying to point out what I think would be an ideal member of the cabinet." "Is not the gentleman telling what he will do when he is a member of the cabinet?" asked Representative Mann, of Illinois, republican floor leader. "I have no idea, nor th eiio-hff conception of being so honored " re plied Mr. Sims. "Has the gentleman anybody in mind who will fill the bill?" asked Uncle Joe" Cannon. "I have nobody in mind," returned Mr Sims. "I think that within the last hundred years presidents have been prejudiced unduly against some people, and have been persuaded to reward others unjustly by reason of the false information given them. here men secretly, under the guise of friendship, misinform the presi dent in order to attain some other end than the public welfare, they ought to hang, just as did the false advisers of the king. Therefore, I ought to be appointed by reason of their extraordinary willingness to serve, but that they should be se lected with reference to the public welfare with no other motive than that the public good is to be en hanced, and not the ends of some private citizens to be promoted." FUTURE ONLY COUNTS Mr. Bryan, in The Commoner, has had a word to say about the rumors notion Wa V,e ffered a cne? position. He takes for his text a newspaper utterance: a " Woodrow Wilson's debt to Bryan is the biggest debt possible American politics. Proper acknow ledgement of that debt is evneerVrt pTIabeiLef 8 that ifc WU1 u?5mH To this The Commoner answers: "Cabinet positions are not to be UNCLE SAM IS BEST EHPLOYERi CO pay Is Weh and sure; hoars short; places hrf O permanent: promotion regular; vacations f" km with par! thousands of vacancies every t 1 PI month; all kinds of pleasant orkevcrr- , where; no lay-offs: no pull needed; com- " J "H raon education sufficient. 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