The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-14
.sIT Is THE MONEY!

..IT /, THE MONEY"
The "Honor'' OF once Didn't Al
ways Attract Col. Bryan.
Lincoln, Neb., October ll.-Tbe
Nebraska City Conservative, owned
and edited by J. Sterling Morton,
President Cleveland's Secretary OF
Agriculture, together with Lincoln
and Omaha papers, will tomorrow
print from a plate facsimile OF
letter written by Mr.. Bryan to Mr..
Morton some years ago. This letter
thanks Mr.. Morton for assistance In
canvass for the Office of secretary OF
the State Board of Transportation.
The letter contains the statement that
sit is the money that is in the once
and not the honor" that attracted the
writer. It is we'll known that Mr..
Bryan had failed to make any I'M
preston in the practice OF Law, al
though he had been in Lincoln two
years, and had just then decided TO
return to politics for . livelihood.
The letter IL as follows:
Lincoln, Neb., January II, 1852
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, NebFe:ke
City, Neb.: Dear Friend-Your kind
letter to Mr.. Lease was received ana
delivered. 1 think 1t was we'll re-
ceived. The postscript was judicaous.
l think am grateful to you for your
| indorsemeak Had hestteted 20 VINO
you because I dislike soltc1ttng aid.
assure you thst it is the money that
IL in the Office and not the honor thas
attracts me. II successful In Getang
il, it will tide me over my begtnnin{
here. With regards to the ladies,
am, yours very truly.
Mr.. Bryan did not get the 06ice and
| in recent years he and Mr.. Morton
have not beea friendly, politically or
Otherwise. Mr.. Bryan has, - ls we'll
known, in his public speeches de-
uounced those who put money above
honor, and Mr.. Morton some time
ago in his paper called him to task,
saying he at one time sought posi-
ton for the salary attached and had
said SO. Friends of Mr.. Bryan
promptly challenged the truth OF the
statemet and called upon him for
proof.
The article in the Conservative will
say:
| .'Col. W. j. Bryan denied to the
Lincoln correspondent of the Omaha
Daily Bee on September 26 that he
had sought any Office for the money
in it. The affidavit of the gentleman
to whom Mr.. Bryan declared 4 posi-
lively deny the assertion may be
found in this issus of the Cor serva-
tive.
because of this unequivocai and
sweeping denial made by Col. Bryan
and because with tine denial, in an Of
fensive and accusing manner he
named the editor OF the Conservative,
this paper for virdication and verih-
cation today prints in rebuttal OF Col.
Bryan's positive and uneqnivocal de-
tpial a facsimile letter of Col. Brya
in which he says: 4 assure you tn a
it is the money in the office and 10
tbs, honor that attracts me. cb
Conservative publishes that nief
hereafter follows because forced so tc
do by denials and assertions. They
were not noticed seriously unit Al Col
BRYAN. himself. as we are formed
made a sweeping. denial charging
falsehoOd.
This telegram Is one reason. sh
other denials and denunciatious, for
the electro-typed letter OF Col. Bryan,
: which the Conservative exhibits to its
patrons and the ge.neral public::''
LINCOLN. EE,EB., September 26-The
Conservative, Nebraska City. Neb;
In az. Interview to-day w. ]. Bryan
Inatly denied that he had ever said OF
intimated in any way that the desired
Office for the money there was IN It.
He said that anything that ]. Sterling
Morton nigh, say in that connection
was false. +. A. HARRISON.
!, Then follows tie affidavit of Henry
D. Smith to the effect that Mr. Rryar
told him he had never made the asser-
tion charged by Mr.. Morton. I'M
standing of both Mr.. MOTION and Coi
Bryan makes the disclosures enc o
the sensations of the campaigl.