The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-09-01
The State Journal at Col
umbus is Somewhat Of
ALTAR Itself.
They Publish a Flaming ar
ticle that Bryan would
not be at Columbus
Today.
The Press calls them down Beautifully.
Railroad and Business Men Hot.

under the name Of u newspaper,
has been wantonly guilty of the
most detestable fraud ever perpe-
tratcd upon an enlightened com
munity and at the same time makes
a bold and audacious strike at the
business interests of this city,
That paper published on its first
page local item in which it was
stated that the grandmass meeting
to be held in this city September /,
at which Hon. William j. Bryan,
Democratic nominee for president,
would address the thousands who
would flock to the capital city from
all over the state would not taLe
place, as Mr.. Bryan had been
seized with fear and alarm and
would not appear here on that date.
In other words, that paper said he
had "been scared out of Ohio.n
Were it not that the publication
reflected upon the integrity of the
leading citizens of Columbus who
have for weeks labored hard aud
incessantly for the success of the
meeting and had pledged their
word, through hand bills and the
public press that Mr.. Bryan would
visit this city, the Press would
let the outrage pass unnoticed.
But when newspaper so forgets
its true mission and stoops to the
preparation of the grossest fraud
that could be inflicted upon a
people, seeks to injure the business
interests of the city from whose
merchants it expects support, and
worse than all, when that paper
resorts to tricks so despicable to
further partisan end, 1t then be
comes the duty of The Press, the
paper ever loyal to the interest Of
the business men and citizens of
Columbus, to expose the fake pure
and simple.
kilograms received from many
sources from persons in position TO
know are positive in the statement
that not the slightest foundation
for such report has ever existed,
Chairman Jones, Of the national
committee, and Chairman Nc
Conville, of the state committee,
have wired The Press that the
meeting is not off, and that Mr..
Bryan will be here Tuesday after
noon. More than that Mr.. Bryan
has given to The Press the state
ment, elsewhere published, that
he will be in Columbus
on the day advertised and will adj
dress the people. What more evil
dence that the published statement
is most glaring and willful mis-
representation gotten up to further
and bolster up cause that is now
on the decline? What further evil
dence is needed to prove that the
back-number organ, in its desper-
alton over the certain fact that de-
feat stares it in the face, will resort
to any means, even to that Of base
falsehOod to throw an obstacle in
the way of advance of the Demo-
cratic party and, worse still, injure
tile reputation of the leading men
of.the city in which such a glarihg :
falsehood is published?
,When tho report gained cirtu-
latlon that Mr.. Bryan would not
visit Columbus, those who heard it
very few had, read iD gave but
iittlecredence to 1T when they
learned the source from which ii
emanated. All were anxious to be
reliably informed, and in order tn
be correctly 50; they began calling
this Office by telephone at an early
hour, and from then up tothe time
Of going to press the constant at
tendance of one man at the tele-
phone was necessary. The in
quiries came not alone from the
business men of the city, but from
the workingmen engaged in the
trenches, men who were. anxious
to have'the report verified or con
tralicted. The inquiries were not
confined to Columbus alone, but
from every place that could be
reached from here by long distance
telephone came inquiries regarding
the report. Cities and towns not
connected with Columbus by tole-
/, phone had been advised by rail
road agents of the report and wired
The Press for information. Long
before The Press had assurance
positive that the report was Il bare
falsehood, this paper, knowing the
unrcliability of the paper that
gave out the Information, answer
ed all inquiries by pronounclng the
report false.
That The Press was correct in
sizing up the situation was verified
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