The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-14
BRYAN REPLIES 10
 SULLIVAN STATEMENT
DECLARES HE WILL NOT xowER THE DISCUSSION TO PER-
 SoNAL CONTROVERSY.

Says Public is Not Interested sn Sy~
 Sullivan's Views of Him or vace versa
 Will Not Submit Question as to
 Candidacy to Less Body Than Demo-
 cratic Party of United States-No
 Man Officially Connected with Corno. ration Should Act as Member of po- liticaI Organization.
 Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.-The reply of William J. Bryan to the statement of Roger Sullivan of Chicago. was given out tonight, Mir. Bryan had said that he would not lower the discussion with Mr. Sullivan to one of personal contro- versy.
 The reply reads:
 "In his speech before the JeffeGSon club in Chicago on the evening of ssp- tember 4, Mir. Bryan referred 10 the case of MT. Roger Sullivan, democratic national committeeman from Illinois. Mir. Sullivan has replied in Q state- ment quite characteristic of the gnaM and his methods, but he will not be permitted to lower t1ns discussion to the level of a personal controwarBys The public is not interested in MT Gsul- livan's views of MT. Bryan any more than it would be interested In MT. Fryans views concerning MT Sullivan, were Mir. Bryan to deal with Mn Surli- vans personality. MT. Sullfvan is tho democratic national conrnttt tteeman fTOm Illinois, holding hisUfffce cebyvirtue of.un- fair methods. This matter was present. ed to the St. Louis convention and the evidence would have convincedsthe con- vention had not the delegates feaxed the effect of an adverse decision upon the presidential candidate whom 'shey were pledged to support. If Mir, Suili- van disputes the assertion that a con- siderable majority of the delegates to the Springfield convention were oppos- ed to him he can fight the question out at the majority league of Illinois, which will doubtless accommodate him.
 ''As MT. Bryan has not asked for a Encmination and has not announced that he will be candidate he will not sub I init the question whether he should be a candidate to MT. Sullivan or to any body of persons less numerous than tlla members of the democratic party of the United States. Neither can the u1ies- 1 ton as to whether MT Sullivan should be reelected to the national committee bA submitted to the members of a con- vention already adjourned. Such de- cisfon would have no binding force The question must be submitted to the democratic party of Illinois, when it meets to select delegates to the next national convention, and MT. Sullivan will not be permitted to dodge the issue that is raised against him. He is off1- Icially connected wit a. favor seeking, misunderstanding corporation, and the question is whether the democratic or- ganization should be paralyZed by the influence of men whose private inter ests make 1t impossible for them to Ne guardians of the public.
 In speaking of the Sullivan case at Chicago MT. Bryan said: q hold Ehat no man who is officially connected with a corporation that is seeking privileges ought to act as a member of a politacal organization, because he cannot repre- sent his corporation and the people at the same time He cannot serve Ehc public while he is seeking to promote tn financial interests of the corpora ton with which he is connected"
 l This is the issue Before it the trust question became the dominant st was not so important what a mars corpo- rate connections were, but when this 1 question is the supreme question of the hour, the party organization must be above suspicion, and the democrats oi Illinois and all other states are fnvit- I ed to inspect the connections Of those who aspire to the position of party managers. The people cannot be tool ed and the party that attempts, to Eool them is sure to learn of it's mistake when the votes are counted.
 MT. Bryan will urge the democratic party to put itself in a position where it can fight boldly and persistently 4bl the regulation of such corporations as are not monopolistic and for the pre, vertion of any private monopoly what ever. To this end the organization must be composed of men wwho afe free to act for the public and not tiet by personal interests to corporations which are seeking favor at the pubfic's expense.
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