Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-08
SULLIVAN COMES
BACK At BRYAN
Says Nebraskan's Ambition is to
Convert Democratic Party
Into an AutOcraCy.
SIT ON DICTATQR'S THRONE.
Declares He j. Not Honest pr SIM
cere-,laklng Money out Of
pOlitic-.

New York Sept. Roger G.. su.i-
van. member from Illinois OF the NJ
,ionai Democratic committee. tonight
issued a signed statement 30 which ne
replies to the recent attacks made up
on him by Mr. Bryan Following is an
abstract OF Mr sullivan's remarks.
suLLIyAN's REMARKS.
an his jefferson club hanque.
speech at Chicago Tuesday evening
William j. Bryan again saw nj TO NAH.
me the excuse for exploiting his new
ambition 10 convert the Democratic
party Of the United States INTO an au.
tocracy with himself on the dictators
throne. regret that he has done so.
as ! would regret any incident or cir.
cumTances tending toward dIscord In
the Democratic party
~ portions Of Mr.. Bryan's speech
mean anything, they mean that he
would rather have his own way than
have the Democrats elected TO Con-
gress or any ether Office. He has iu.
vited all Illinois Democrats 10 agree
with him In his opposition 10 me to
bolt their ticket II there are any Dem
ocrats In Illinois who are disposed To
act on this Bryanesquo advice. many OF
them unfortunately viii be found In
congressional districts which are close.
but IN which. With united effort. We
have a good chance 20 elect DemOCatir
congressman. N these districts send
Republicans 10 the next national house
Of representatives. the Democratic
party ~ the nation viii have Mr.. Bry-
an 10 thank As Democrat. / regret
that Mr. Bryan's rule or ruin DISPOSE
iion has led him 10 make such misuse
81 his influence
But IN SO far as Mr. Bryan's ham
Quet speech applies 10 me personally.
10 my character 10 my business, 10
my associates. 10 gy Democracy and
10 my political acts. ] welcome the Is.
sue. and on that issue I challenge Mr..
Bryan % the proof OF his truthfulness.
his honesty and his slncerity-ihat sim
certify which he boasts Is his political
asset. yield TO no man In my adherence
20 Democratic principles ~ laid down
by the great founder. Thomas Jeffcr-
son Judged by that standard 7 invite
comparison Of my Democracy with Mr..
Bryan's."
BRYAN's COMPANY.
Continuing. Mr.. Sullivan scores Mr..
Bryan Tor the company he keeps"
and attacks particularly the charac-
ters Of Theodore Nelson Judge owen
p. Thompson Willard Fillmore Dunlap
and Henry r. Rainey These are the
men Endorsed by Mr. Bryan In his Paris
Interview. MIR Sullivan describes them
as Mr.. Bryans confidential agents I'm
the publication Of Illinois politics, and
asks
rs Mr.. Bryan an exception to the
rule that a man ls known by the COM
pany he keeps"
mr.. Bryan has said" continues Mr..
sullivan. by innuendo that I. as an
official Of the ogden Gas company Of
Chicago. have secured government IA.
vor and profit by illegal or corrupt
means. He harps ON my connection
with the Ogden Gas company as n that
eanneetion was ~lsreputable The pnh-
lie press viii show that the only Of
Tense this corporation ever committed
was to reduce the price of gas Among
my associates In that company were
Gov. John r Altgeld and judge Thomas
Moran Of Chicago. Does Mr.. Bryan
dare impugn their memories?
WAS NOT SINCERE.
"Mry Bryan was not honest and he
was not sincere Wien he commissioned
Nelson. Thompson. DUNLAP and Ralney
20 purity Illinois politics and claimed
morality as his motive. He was not
q -,tfbftl trshrp a. ata,I 49,. at. ttf.4....
Tuesday evening 10 explain his posi-
iion.
"The very first paragraph I'm Mr..
Bryans speech on the Illinois stua-
ton contains n deliberate untruth. |
every succeeding para |
graph contains either a deliberate un- |
truth or an cqulyocation OF that kind |
that We expect only from the shifir
ordjuggling pettifogger Mr.. Bry- |
An says he wrote a letter asking me |
to resign IN the interests Of the Demo. |
cratic party. That r. not true Mr. |
Bryan knew Il was not true when be |
said A. He never wrote me n letter. |
He did write a letter 70 Judge O. p. |
Thompson I'm which ne told the Judge l
20 tel me that he Bryan wanted me I
to resign from the Democratic national |
Mr.. Sullivan declares that Mr. Bry-
ans assertion that he holds his seat on /
the national committee 10y fraud was /
refuted two years ago 90 81 Louis hy /
the national convention itself. and that |
he tsullivan) had not asked for an in
dorsement from the state convention /
Instead Of resigning IN the interests Of |
the party. as Mr.. Bryan said he had.
SPRINGFIELD CONVENTION.
mr.. Bryan says; I examined into
his lsulliVan'O conduct % The SPRING
field convention before I took part in !