The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-06-26
BRYAN JABS GROVER
Caustic Comment on Cleveland'S
Recent Harmony" Speech.
WATTERSON TOTALLY 0UTDONE
SAGE Of Buzzard's Bay is Charged
With Al Sorts Of Malignant Do
inas While In Presidential
Chair and Out of It.

A Special from Lincoln, NeD., says:
The absence of William J. Bryan from
the democratic harmony dinner at New
York is pretty we'll explained by a
statement given out b. Mr.. Bryan
Monday evening, commenting upon the
dinner. At the outset Mr.. Bryan says
there is no such thing as democratic
harmony where former President
Cleveland is concerned. He says:
THE banquet given on the evening
of June 10 by the Tilden club OF Ne"
York city was advertised as mar
mony meeting but it turned out to be
what might have bcen expected OF
such a gathering, an ovation to the
chief guest, former democrat, Grover
Cleveland. There can be no such thing
as harmony between men like him and
those who believe in democratic prln-
ciples, and he Is frank enough 10 say
50. He spent no time looking for mid
die ground upon which to gather TO-
gether discordant elements. He Doin'
ly called upon the members CT the par
ty to abandon their convictions and ac-
cept the construction which he placed
upon democratic principles. He even
taunted the party with being sort OF
prodigal son and invited it to give up
it's diet of husks and return to its ia
theirs house.
He spoke of his retirement from
political activity and said: Perhaps
there are those who would define my
position as one of Punishment instead
of retirement. Against this l shall not
enter a protest. 1t is sufficient for me
in either case that l have followed on
the matters Of difference within our
party the teachings and counsel OF the
great democrat in whose name party
peace and harmony are tonight in
voked. No confession of party sin
should therefore be expected OF me.
have none to make, nor do crave po'
litical absolution.'
He is not only defiant, but he IN
sists that party success can only be
secured by an open and avowed return
to his ideas. Harmony is to be secured
not by the suppression of differences
but by the elimination Of those who
differ from him."
Mr.. Bryan says he will print in his
paper Mr.. Cevelands speech Ito show
that the reorganizers do not want mar
mony, but control, and that their con-
troll means the abandonment OF the
party's position and return to the
policies and practices of Mr.. Cleve-
lands second administration
Some of the most striking sentences
in Mr.. Bryan's arraignment OF MI.
Cleveland are the following:
"He cleveland )secured his nomina-
tion in 1892 by a secret bargain with
the fnanciers; he filled his cabinet
with corporation agents and placed
railroad attorneys on the United States
bench to look after the interests CT
their former clients.
HE turned the treasury over TO
Wall street syndicate, and the tlnan-
cial member of his family went from
Washington to become private attor-
ney of the man who forced CD the
treasury department to sell him gov
ernment bonds st 105 and then resoid
them at III.
"His administration, instead Of be-
tng a fountain of democracy, sending
forth pure and refreshing streams,
became a stagnant pool from whose
waters foul vapors arose-poisonous
to those who fingered near.
Having debauched his party, he
was offended by It's effort to reform
and gave comfort to the enemy.
"And now, still gloating over his po-
litical crimes, he invites the party to
return to him and apologize for the
contempt which it has expressed for
him. Viii, it? Not until the principles
Of Jefferson are forgotten and the
works Of Jackson cease to inspire"