The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-29
Slanderin~ Bryan,

SlanderinS Bryan.
There are some men and some news
papers that never lose an opportunity
to misrepresent and SANDER Mr.. Bry-
an. Recently the Missouri State Re-
publican, published at St. Louis, said:
Bryan receives $4,000 from the
State Democratic campaign fund for
speaking in Missouri. 1t is, appear
emily. a purely commercial proposition
with him. He must know. for it has
been published far and wide, that the
men in actual control of the Missouri
Democracy have declared against the
issue which he himself raised and
which is the only possible excuse for
his continuance on the political stage.
In accepting pay for advocating his
''principleS' Bryan descends to the
level Of a common entertainer, in a
line with Marshall P. Wilder or any
other vaudeville star"
1t is interesting to observe that this
Republican paper admits that Mr..
Bryan's suggestions have some good
ingredients" and it is also interesting
to observe that the chief objection
which this Republican paper presents
to Mr.. Bryan'S proposed remedies is
that Bryan certainly must know that
the senate as at present constituted
will enact no law that would curtail
the privileges or conflict with the in
terestS of the coal baronS and giant
corporations commonly called trusts
and it is also interesting to observe
that this Republican paper says, "an
extra session Of congress would, there
fore, simply be a waste of money and
energy"
| And why "a waste of money and
energy?" And why would the SEN
ate as at present constituted enact no
law that would curtail the privileges
or conflict with the interests of the
coal barons and giant corporations
commonly called truSts?" asks Mr..
Bryan in The Commoner. Mr.. Bryan
then answers his own question in this
way:
The plain and simple answer, readi-
ly at hand, is that the senate as at
present constituted is a Republican
senate, representing party that de-
riveS its campaign funds from the coal
barons and giant corporations COM
monty called trusts. An extra session
of congress would, he says, simply be
a waste Of money and energy because
the Republican party is the benetici'
ary Of the trusts and its representa-,
tives would not dare to do anything in
contravention to the policies Of these
great and enormous aggregations OF
capital. A very candid confession, In
deed, coming from one of the repre-,
sentative Republicans Of the west:
and yet what intelligent man will say
that such statement IS a sufficient
reply to the remedy which Mr.. Bryan
has suggested for trust 1mpositionS?
This whole statement is a sheer
fabrication. The facts of the case as
published in the Commoner one that
upon invitation Of the Democratic
state committee Mr.. Bryan delivered
twenty speeches in Missouri. The
subject Of compensation was never
mentioned. The committee never offer
ed and Mr.. Bryan never asked for
any compensation. During the TRIP
through Missouri he, was asked to SEND
in a statemnt of his expenses and he
replied that he was interested in the
campaign and preferred to contribute
his expenses to the campaign fund.
When he reached home, however, he
found a letter from the committee
saying that the committee would not
consent to his paying his travelling
expenses and enclosing a check fol-
Two hndred dollars with a request that
he inform the committee if that did not
cover his outlay. Mr.. Bryan returned
the check, saying that his expenses
did not exceed one hundred dollars
and again asked that the amount be
considered and contribution to the
campaign fund. Now these are the
facts in the case, but the mendacious
Republican has never had The honesty
to correct it's vile SANDER.