New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-16
Bric=a-BraC,
China and
Oriental Rugs.
MORTON ON THE WARPAIH.
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE EN-
POSES A PopOCRATIC FALSEHOOD
HE SAYS THE AUTHOR OF THE STORY THAT HIS
CLERKS HAVE BEEN DOING cAMPAi'N
WORK IN OFFICE HOURS Is "A
rRy TELEGRAPH TO THE TIIPuNE.1


fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TIIPuNEl
Washington Oct. l5-In their desperation the
Popocratic managers have begun openly to assam
membors of the Cabinet. instead OF conteh'ns
themselves as they had hitherto done, with covert
attacks The following bulletin was isSued IIo"'
the Headquarters OF the Democratic branch Oh 'he
Popocratic combination. under the direction OF Seh
ator Faulkner. yesterday:
Mr. Morton. Secretary Of Agriculture Is an al
PERHAPS he considers that the end justiiles tne
and hsfSSrf the a Civil Service Reform
they being occupied during office hours within tne
Department Building In addressing campaign cIItu-
iars writing thereon the frank OF d. canery gold,
standard Senator from Louisiana gentleman
Clerks at This work his visit being made to ascer-
tain the Rad Ss spS going on there for
days past.
When this statement was called to Secretary Nor
TOMS attention he became hot with indignation
"Tho author is a lara wful liar! he exclaimed
and added: NO such work has been done IN ths
Department. to my KNOWLEDGE. ana ho"' '''a'' -"
done for either party.
The Secretary explained that he had always been
the friend of civil Service and had obtained a
large number Of his employees through the 'Nii
Service Those clerks thus obtained had proven
most satisfactory 10 him His present private sec
rotary he continued. secured his place through the
Civil Service
there were several free-sliver employees in the De-
partmcnt who had been furnishing statistics Tor
Bryan supporters. and that documents had Deen
puhlishrd purportinG to have as their foundat oi,
Statistics obtained from the Department. he citeu
attempts to prove from Department statistics that
the price of wheat had huctuated with the price OF
silver by taking the figures from ls3 down. instead
Of taking the figures before that time ~ wei. 10
lroV. the falsity OF such arguments. The Score
iarv mentioned that within short time the price
of wheat had gone up II cents Il bushel ana the
price of silver rad deprecated tn rec cents an ounce"
Secretary Morton next called attention TO a copy
OF A circular letter dated September -. at Omaha,
and signed by the chairman and secretary or th,.
Rryanitc STATE Committee of Nebraska. copies OF
which have been sent TO the POSTMASTER OF very
Presidential Office I'm the state TINS letter II an
urgent appeal FOR campaign funds TO aid In the
election Of BRYAN and SewalF' and overcome the
normal Republican majority I'm this state
A. Secretary Morton proceeded his anger rose
higher and h. wound up with ths denunciation OF
the Southern leaders Of the Bryan Democracy
"'Thc finance which they teach X entirely Confed-
crate fat In the southern Confederacy the sam.
leaders who In command Of the picket
guards FOR free silver Is 10 leading nnan-
ci"rs And Harris Pugh. Morgan and the other
Confederate generals now In command OF the Bryan
campaign seem TO desire TO accomplish by false
finance that which they failed 10 bring about by
Hrms-SationaI dlshonor and dsgrao".'