Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-09-17
NEBRASkAN REPLIES TO ILL
NoIS COMMITTEEMAN.
LEAVES 1T TO THE PEOPLE
Has not Asked a Nomination Nor
Said He Would Be a Candidate so
Will Not Submit the Matter to
Test as Proposed by Corporation
Politician.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 14.-W. J.
Bryans reply to Roger Sullivan of
Chicago was given out last night
The text follows:
I'm a speech before the Jefferson
club of Chicago on the evening of
Sept. 4, Mr.. Bryan referred to the
case of Roger Sullivan, democratic
national committeeman from Illinois.
Sullivan has replied in a statement
quite characteristic of the man and
his methods, but he will not be per-
mitted to lower this discussion to the
level of personal controversy. The
public is not interested in Sullivan's
views of Bryan any more than 1t
would be interested in Bryan's views
concerning Sullivan were Bryan to
deal with Sullivan's personality.
Sullivan is the democratic national
committeeman from Illinois, holding
his ce by virtue of unfair methods.
This matter was presented to the st.
Louis convention and the evidence
would have convinced the convention
had not the delegates feared the
effect of an adverse decision upon
the presidential candidate whom they
were pledged to support. II Sulli-
van disputes the assertion that a con-
siderable majority of the delegates to
the Springfield convention were OPP
posed to him he can fight the ques-
ton out with the majority league of
Illinois, which will doubtless accom-
modate him.
GAS Bryan has not asked for a nom
ination and has not announced that
he will be candidate, he will not
submit the question whether he
should be a candidate to Sullivan or
to anybody of persons less numer
GUS than the members of the demo
cratic party Of the United States.
Neither can the question as to
whether Sullivan should be reelected
to the national committee be submit
ted to the members of a convention
already adjourned. Such decision
would have no binding force. The
question must be submitted to the
democrats of Illinois when they
meet to select delegates to the next
national convention, and Sullivan
will not be permitted to dodge the
issue raised against him. He is Of
ficially connected with a favor-seek-
ing, Notwithstanding corporation, and
the question is whether the demo
cratic organization should be paraly-
zed by the influence of men whose
private interests make it impossible
for them to be guardians Of the pub
lic"
Speaking of the Sullivan case at
Chicago, Bryan said:
81 hold that no man who is Of
ficially connected with corporation
seeking privileges ought to act as
member of a political organization,
because he cannot represent his cor
poration and the people at the same
time He cannot serve the public
while he is seeking to promote the
financial interests of the corporation
with which he is connected.
"This is the issue. Before the
trust question became the dominant
one it was not SO important what
mans corporate connections were
but when this question is the supreme
question of the hour, the party or
ganization must be above suspicion,
and the democrats of Illinois and all
other states are invited to inspect the
connections of those who aspire to
positions of party managers. The
people cannot be fooled and the party
that attempts to fool them is sure
to learn of it's mistake when the
votes are counted
''Mr. Bryan will urge the democratic
party to put itself in position where
it can fight boldly and persistently
for the regulation of such corporations
as are not monopolistic and for the
prevention of any private monopoly