The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-19
LITTLE DROPS OF WATER.

The local goldbug organ never lets
an opportunity pass to get a little dig
in on William ]. Bryan. All of Han
mas subsidized newspapers are doing
the same thing and have been for three
years. but it is a comparatively new
thing for the Tribune.
Yesterday it resurrected an old story
corrected and apologized for a hun
bred times within the last three
months. and tries to palm it off on its
readers as a matter of fact. 1t says:
The New York Journal, which is a
semi-official organ of Mr.. Bryan, says
he has fortune of $4,000. He was prac-
tically without means when he was NOM
mated. for president No friend of his will
begrudge him the money: rather they will
be glad that he has been able TO put
by little competency for his family.
The facts are as follows: Three
months or so ago the New York Journal
received a dispatch conveying that in
formation. Investigation proved it to
be false estimate. The telegraph
company made an error in the trans
mission as the original dispatch read
''s25. 0O0.'' The Journal and fully 100
other newspapers were fair enough to
make the correction.
But now the ex-champion of silver re-
prints an acknowledged error for the
obvious purpose of making its readers
believe that Mr.. Bryan has been thriv-
ing off the cause he represents; and
when cornered it will profess innocence
and say that it said no harm of Mr..
Bryan, but was only kissing him in the
garden for Marcus Aurelius to know
that it had earned its lucre.
This is so paipably dishonest and
sneaking that the New York Sun-ven-
omous and hostile as any paper pub
lished-6enounced it. Such references
to Mr. Bryan income and wealth. said
the Sun, several weeks ago, "are meant
to create the impression that Mr.. Bry-
ans ability to support himself and his
family depend upon his fight for silver
and that it is therefore personal mat
ter rather than question of principle
with him. This is unfair and dishon-
est. If Mr.. Bryan were mereenary he
could now command an income exceed
ed or equaied by that of few lawyers
west of the Mississippi"
There are thousands of clients, even
in the larger cities of the east, who
would be glad to avail themselves of
his services and proud to announce
him as their counsel. There is no ques-
ton about this. The offers have been
made him. The Sun called attention to
some of them and added: IF he pre-
ferred to devote his attention eXclu-
sively to the lecture platform he would
be quite sure of earning fortune in
q comparatively short time. His power
OF interesting and holding audiences
by the magnetic charm of his oratory,
on any subject he may select, has been
sufficiently demonstrated; and the
eagerness to hear him speak is not con-
fined 10 any particular section of the
country"
As an author it says that his returns
would certainly be large, and publish
ers would compete for the privilege and
profit of putting Mr.. Bryan's printed
thoughts into the hands of his millions
of admirers" while there are dozens
of prosperous newspapers which would
tumble over each other in their anxiety
10 secure his services as editor or edi-
torial writer"
In conclusion the Sun said, and, COM
ing from one of Mr.. Bryan's bitterest
opponents, it deserves to be read seri- |
ously by Hanna's more recent prose-
lytes:
There are not many men in the country |
today with greater potential earning |
capacity covering a greater variety of |
alternative occupations. We make these |
observations TO emphasize the absurdity |
and injustice of the notion that the leader |
of the Chicago Democracy remains in |
politics for the sake of the money that is |
in politics for him. On the contrary TO |
the best of our knowledge and belief Mr.. |
Bryan is standing by his party and his |
principles at a very considerable sacrifice |
CT pecuniary- profit.
Whoever thought to see the time |
when the Roman Sun would defend |
Bryan. from the scurrilous insinuations |
of silver Judases?