The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-27
BRYAN Denies THE CHARGE,
SAYS Ta4 He NEVER WAS IN The
ExPlO pr ANY NINE OWNERS
DIR 4LY Oh INDIRECTLY.


! Senator ston Ketrsets and accepts
| tn. Andldats'- Denial Ready to NJ AXE -
F, zsstaiemeat Showing In Detail all Money
| Received For spsseh Making. = -EE
Elm an address delivered by Sena-
| tor Thurston, of Nebraska. at the
Chatauqua Assembly, at Madison,
Wis, on July 3lst, he read portions
OF al editorial published IN the Chi
cago Chronicle on the 1lth of July,
charging Mr.. Bryan rs being in the
employ OF the silver mine owners.
The editorial. ne read, is rs follows:
There was time when the own
ers Of the big bonanzas Of the far
West were glad to occupy, by pur-
chase, seats in the United States
Senate.
"Sharon, Stanford, Fair, Jones,
Stewart, and others gratified their
fancy in this manner until the nov
city woe off. and them they deru-
t.zed attorneys and ether employees
to take their places and vote for
protective tariff and tree silver.
"Of late years. owing TO the en-
couragement that thly baye recelv
ed from the Republican party, which
always does something for silver
when il passes tariff bill, the pro-
prietors Of the blg bonanzas have
found it profitable to keep a large
number of editors, lecturers, and
other spokesmon on the road,
l.. ~ Ia tvnn Il
| lin ping as result OF the Dltes OF
the free silver eur. the sovereign
| remedy of applying the hair Of the
| dog to the wound.
Among the many who have thus
been employed, and carried on the
pay rolls OF the big bonauzas for y
number of years, is William j..
| Bryan. Of Nebraska. The paid
agent and spokesman for the free
silver combine has not. since retire
ment from Congress, had any other
visible means of support.
MR.. BRYAN's DENIAL.
UPPER RED HOOK, Aug. l6.-Mr.
Bryan gave out the following state
ment relative to Senator ThUrSton's
charge that he was employed by
mine owners to work for free silver:
81 have already denied this charge
on several occasions, but the rcitera-
ton of it by Senator Thurston, q
distinguished resident Of my own
| State, justihes me in answering it
again.
| II HAVE NEVER AT ANY TIME OR
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BEEN
IN THE EMPLOY OF ANY MINE OWN
ERS INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVE
LY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR
HAVE [ EVER BEEN IN THE EMPLOY
OF OR BEEN PAID BY ANY BIMETALLIC
LEAGUE OR ASSOCIATION.
aside from my editorial services
of about $3.50 per month paid by the
Omaha World Herald, and a small
amount derived from the legal pro-
fession, my income since my re: re-
ment from Cror gress has been de-
rived entirely from lectures before
Chautauqua lyceums and lecture
bureaus (Which have usually paid
me fixed sum-. and from contribu-
tons made by the people of the To-
caEties where | have spoken. In
some instances have derived moth
ing at all. In most cases | have re-
ceived more than enough 10 pay
travelling expenses. in only two in
stances, [ think, has my compensa-
ton exceeded 800, and III those in
stances it was about 5000 at one
place and about 5000 at another.
The first platform on which |
ran for Congress in 1890, before l
was known politically outside of my
State, contained a free coinage
plank. My Republican opponent
that year was an advocate of free
coinage. In the campaign of 1892 I
also ran on free coinage platform.
In 1894 | again ran on free COIN
age platform, and my opponent for
the Senate, Mr.. Thurston, while op-
posing unlimited coinage at 16 to l,
insisted that he favored bin etallism.
Il wrote the free coinage plank
on which ran in 1890 and the free
coinage planks in the Nebraska
State platform in 1891, 1894 and
1896, and / tried to secure the adop
I ton of free coinage planks in the
State platforms Of 1892 and 1898.
only mention this to show that my
advocacy Of free silver is not of re,
, cent date.
Having made this answer to Mr.
Thurston's letter | shall hereafter
take no notice of individual newspa.
per comment on this subject. Il
the Republican National Commit
tee will say officially that [ have
ever been employed to deliver
! speeches by any mine owner OR groul
of mine owners, or by any associa
ton supported by mine owners,
am ready to make statement show
ing in detail all money received b,
me for speechmaking"
SENATOR THURSTON RETRACTS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-"Mr. Bryan
: word goes with me and I shall b
d glad to say SO to the people of thi
J. country" said Senator John NJ
= Thurston, of Nebraska, here to-day
q after reading the fat-footed denis
on the part Of W. J. Bryan that b
IS was OR had been in the employ @
,r the silver mine owners.
d "Mr. Bryan has denied the charge
% which was made by a Democrat
r newspaper, and have no heslts
ID ton in declaring that believe him,
is added Mr.. Thurston.
Dr. Senator Thurston gave to the Al
a. sociated Press tonight the followin
D. card, addressed to the public.
ID ION July II the Chicago ChronicI
charged W. J. Bryan with being
70 salaried employee of the silver b,
cs nanza interests. son July 81, (,
"a Madison, Wis, 1 read the editori,
IN Of the Chronicle, and insisted th.
Az Nh. Bryan owed it as duty to tt
nj American people to answer tt
N charge.
~ "His explicit denial appears in tt
| procc this ,nOrninp T ctetod :, NJ