The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-18

Daoisls Ia reference 20 hia visit 10
n srth Carolina in 1873. AID / have
,at made any statement pout II. Mr..
Bryan came TO North Carolina 10 "a
: tel graphic invitsfi N from Mr..
Oaaieis ID my,-lf ! .iutIys
!, vii be noted that Mr. 8 N ons
Toes not deny thu, he admi ted taat
Bryan refused to d,scus. the am-nd-
mint or wrote TO Mr. Dariels refu.
g to eniorss tue mea ,uts. H. sim
oily plays With words Nobody sad
Sim mons knew anything LOT any
correspondence between Mr. By.a
aud Mr.. Daniels Ia reference to his
visit TO N r b Carolina in 1898" for
so far &c l r-memoer Bryan did moi
visit this State In 1s9s. 30 tina. IL
merely one OF the many side iasu--
Simmons aud Dauieis have ding ,n,ly
thrust forward in order to sew,lder
The reader and set X to draw me out
without coavictipg themselves Of di-
rect falsehood when the facts were
nnally brought to play upon them.
lt ID hardly necessary to say that Z
does not propose TO Be tangl. d up by
ali these smart phrases, and Is not q,
all bewildered by their extensive use.
When Mf. Daniels nrst took hold
OF the revelation made by Z, he
threw up his hands in horror, and
said that the statement that Mr.
Bryan had been asked and had re
fused to discuss the amend ment
was - lie out Of the whole cloth "
Mr. Sim mons however. who knew
that he did refuse. and also had
reason to believe that K was on the
right track. docs not become - In
d1Rna Mt, but, on the other hand,
dnally admits that he did TASK Mr..
Bryan II In his speeches in North
Carolina he would refer to loca
matters at all, and he replied that
he would not; that this was hi
policy. and he thought thst l.
would be unwiss for him to do 9th
erwiss. then made q very briel
reference to political conditions In
che State, saying we had q sh n,
tght on the anendm snr, and t "a
We thought 1t would a.lp US if b
'ould aliude to these matters. Mr.
| Bryan again repeated bis statemen
that he did not think 1t would b
, wise for him to take any part /,
local politics In his sps ches.' A.
% tho local IN Alter part OF thi.
statement l would like t. know
why II the amendment were merely
| Il, n IL
| Morgan and others sh ruld discus.
it at length In the United state.
senate, aud nesrly every newspa
per In the United States Shouts
orint columns about tho measur,-
But what b-comes OF the interview
prtntt d IN The News and Ooser> y
some weeks ago with the mem Der,
Ut the committee which escort, {
Mr. Bryan from Richmond to Raj
e'gb, when plac, d beside this ad
mission of Mr.. Simmons that b,
"thought 1t would help US IL b,
(Bryan) could allude to these mat
ter-?" The Committee, consistin,
OF Messrs Simmons, Daniels, Ash,
and Mayor Powell, Of Raleigh, wer,
quoted by Mr.. Daniels paper q,
saying that there was no conversa
ton whatever asking or not askin,
Bryan to stump this state for tn
amendment that 1t was not men
tiOu-d that Bryan cid not refus,
because he WAS not asked. Ofcours,
there may BIZ a loophole here also
but facts are facts, and In closin,
this whole affair, l will sum tn,
matter up and let the people of tn,
State decide for themselves wheth
or 4 Is "a liar out of the Who'll
cloth" as charged by Editor Daniels
before he knew that the writer hat
Intervene man on the inside O
the Raleigh poll tical ring.
| /. 1t Was stated that Mr.. Brya,
was asked to discuss the amendm en-
IN this State and refused. Denied b,
Daniels; twice admitted by SIM
mons.
2 It was charged that Daniel
wrote to Mr.. Bryan, asking him t,
endorse the amendment, and tina
Summons had admitted the truth O
this assertion to friend. Denied b,
Daniels; a confusing statement in
solving an altogether DIFF rent II.
ter, including q date two years re
| mote, shrewdIy submitted by Sim
] mons.
Finally, l will state that Mr.. Dan
lels AID Mr.. S!mm ms. as we'll a,
some Of their R.l.igh-rlpg lleuten
ants, know that as q whole all o.
hese charges are true. including thu
correspo dence Daniels il said I.
| have had with Beyan, and the onl,
say they have of meeting the m is by
lot If smart talk. II there wa.
1.hina IN the CHAR yes, Why so man,
vehement denia - A lie doesn',
ueed TO be killed-it dies naturally,