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

Duty to Disclose the Name Of Hfa fnfof~
mant a. He does not Take Mr.. sinnons
Statement - . Denial.
We copied Ia our last issue an srti-
lie written by K In Charlotte Obser-
yer. The News and Observer pub
Ii-hed q reply In last Thursday's Is
,ue and K makes another statement
In Sundays Charlotte Observer.
We publish both statements thst our
readers may Judge for themselves
who 10 Ia the wrong. The following
La the News & Observers answer:
tx" who persists In bis desire to
make 1t appear tina, Mr. Bryan was
begged to speak in North Carolina
on the amendment, but declined
to do 50 because he did not wish to
offend Butler, has another article In
Sundays Charlotte Observer, and
this week Ia Butler's CAu-
cAaIAS, in which he ssy.
"In connection with the state
ment Of Mr.. Daniels: I have q prop
osltion to make which may clear
up the whole matter. He sntici
pates . denial from Chairman Sim
mons a. regards his knowledge OF
the Bryan refusal, and right there
IL where things become Interesting
According to my Information
which, 1t 10 needless to say il en-
tirely reliable-a certain man who
was on the stump for the amend
.ment told . friend that the letters
referred to had passed between
Messrs Daniels and Bryan. Deter
mined to push the matter to q pos
itivs conf m alton the friend of the
csmpalgn -r, at his first opportuni
ty approached Mr.. F, NJ. simmons
and asked If the allegations against
Mr.. Bryan were true, and received
the reply tina. they were. and Mr.
simmons added: And [ will stat.
further TO you that when Mr. Bry
an WAS last in North Carolina
begged him to saw something OF Oul
amendment and he refused to d.
so"
"Now, il Mr.. Daniels will secure .
sta'ement from Mr.. Simmons to tn
q CT that he had no such con v-rs~
,,ou in & ,leigh, on July 7, 1900. ]
will disclose tie name Of his INT rm
ant in such q way as to leave n
doubt IS to the latter's iden,isy al.
At the sams tine convict somsbod
II not sti' king as closely to the trutl
as they 9 lOuld."
A reporter Of the News and Obser
v waited on Mr. 3 mmons, showed
MIN the above paragraph, and inter
vie we'd him as follows:
Q Did you ever insist on Mr.
Bryan speaking IN favor Of tn
amendmen,i'
A. a. stated in q former inter
view In the News aud Observer.
ASKED M. Bryan il, in his spe eche
in Norlh Carolina, he would refer tt
local matters at all, and he reptile,
that he would no; that thus Was bi
policy, and he thought that it woul,
De unwise for him to do otherwise.
then made q very brief reference t.
political conditions in the State, 50 y
ing We had q sharp fight on tn
amendment and that We thought
would help US if he could allude L
these matters. Mr.. Bryan again re
peated his Statement that he did no
think it would be wise for HIM t
take any part in local politics in hi
speeches.
Q. "Did you understand by MI
Bryan's answer that he was direct
ly refusing to discuss the amend
ment or was he simply stating hi
policy In regard to such questions?
A. "The conversation was JUS
In the order in which have statet
1t above, and | understand that M
Bryan's failure to discuss the ques
ton was solely because of his poll
cy not to interfere with State mat
ters."
@. "Did you have any converse
tion with ybody in which 70.
used these words: II begged hin
(Mr. Bryan to say something fol
our amendment and he refused u
do so7'
A. "No. The above are the facts
about the matter anu l have mad.
NO statement inconsistent with
these acts"
@. "'X' says Mr.. Daniels wrot.
70 Mr. Bryan urging him to favor
the Amendment and MIR. Bryan
wrote back urging fusion with But.
Ter While be- does not say 81 iu 9.
many word X leaves the infer
nee that he ob Cained this infor.na
ton from q conversation that he
@s's democrat had with you lasl
July. did you ever make auy such
statement?
A II know nothing of any cor.
respon dence b, tween Mr. B yam and
dr. Daniels In reference to his Wis
It 20 North carolina in 1898, and
nave not made any stateme ut ahou,
It. Mr. Bryan came to North Car
DINA up N q telesrapnic invitation
from Mr.. Daniels and mys lit, ioint.
ty.'
1t is thus seen that Mr.. S,mm ons
expressly d. MES the all gallon
made by x" Mr. Daniels has al
ready stated that he never VIZ ,te t.
Nr. Bry an In reference to the amend
ment, never +, c.ived any letter
from Mr.. Bryan about the amend
ment, and never req tested Mr.. Bry
al to speak In favor Of the amend
ment, as charged by TX" As ever,
one who Ia familiar with Mr.. Bry
ans methods knows he never dis.
cusses local matters and he was no,
expected to discuss our local State
Issues when he visited North Caro-.
lima in February.
Ks ETATExHNT
To tho Editor Of The Observer:
In the Raleigh News and Ooserv er
OF Thursday the editor publishes an
interview from Mr.. q, N. Simmons
which he seeks to make pass muster
as . compliance with my proposition
to divulge the name Of my inform.