The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-08
Accuses Bryan Of Telling a
Deliberate FaISehOOd in
Recent Speech
ATTACKS STATEMENTS
MADE BY NEBRASKAN
Speaks of Great Citizen as a "Shifty,
Word-Juggling Pettifogger'-He
Issues Challenge to Mr.
Bryan.

New York, September Roger c. Sui
lfvan. member from Illinois of the demo-
cratic national committee. tonight issued
a lengthy statement in which he replies TO
the recent attacks made upon him by Mr.
Bryan The following Is an ABSTRACT Oh
Mr. Sullivan's remarks:
I'm his Jefferson club banquet speech
at Chicago Tuesday evening, w. ]. Bryan
again saw fit to make me the excuse Tor
exploiting his new ambition TO coiiNel'
the democratic party of the United states
into an autocracy with himself on the
dictator's throne I regret that he has
done so. as | would regret any incident
or circumstance tending TOWARDS uisooi'
in the democratic party.
"TfA portions of Mr.. Bryan's speech
mean ANYTHING, they mean that he would
rather have his own way than have the
democrats elected to Congress or any
other office. He has invited all lliiiois
democrats who agree with him IN ms Up
position to me to bolt their ticket Il
there are any democrats in Illinois VINO
are disposed to act on this typicahS
Bryanistic advice, many of them uhlor-
tunately will be found in congressional
districts which are close, but IN "hich
with united effort we have good chahce
10 elect democratic congressman. III these
districts send republicans to the next
national House of Representatives, the
democratic party Of the nation Will nave
Mr. Bryan to thank.
"Mr. Bryan has said by innuehoo tha'
I. as an official Of the Ogden Gas COM
pany of Chicago, have secured govern
inent favor and profited by illegal OF cor
runt means He harps on my connection
with the Ogden Gas company as II ,L,a ,nas
connection were disreputable. Inc puoiic
.nress will show that the only offense TINS
cornora tion ever committed was TO reuuee
the price of gas, Among my assoSi"'T :,
in that company were Governor 1ohn
Altgeld and Judge Thomas A. moran Oh
Chicago. Does Mr.. Bryan dare lmpush
their memories?
Deliberate Untruth.
''The very first paragraph III AZ.
Rrvan,s sneech on me and the Illinois SIT
uation contains a deliberate untru.n. un
Practically every succeeding parasrapil
contains either a deliberate untruth OF
-, a@,,,i,,ocation Of the kind that we ex-
meet onlv from the shifty, word-Jugghng
pettifogger. Mr.. Bryan says he wrote me
q letter asking me TO resign In the IN
terest of the democratic party :.
..1,hat Is not true Mr.. Bryan knew IL
was not true when he said IT, he never
wrote me a letter. He did write letter
70 Tndge G. p. Thompson, in which ne
toId Iudqe THOMPSON to tell me that he,
Rrvan wanted me to resign from the
dennocratie national committee.
Mr. sullivan then declares tnat MT.
Rryan,s assertion that he held his seat
on the national committee Tor 1rauo was
refuted two years ago at st. LOUIS py
the national convention ITSELF ana thal
sullivan had not asked for an endorse
.s,a,,4 - tho state convention.
..Afr Rr-van saws;
go examined into his (SullivanS con-
duct of the Springfield convention pe-
fore / took part III tne tteiiiPt ~ -
seat him and at the ST. Louis convention
7 had in writing request FOR ms repuuia-
tion signed by more than halt the ueie-
gates to the convention. o,
THAT statement Is not true; MI, 5a "a, -
knew it was not true when ne s ilaus a. a.
Mr.. Bryan has never substantlated 1t
with evidence.
Signatures Forgeries.
..Mr. Bryan ami his associates at 81,
Louis made the statement that some oVV
delegates in the Springfield conVention
had signed petitions or letters repuuiatihs
the action of that convention. iney hevei
presented any such NUMBER Iney PIe
sented some. The other SIDE at lne SAM SAM
time presented telegrams anu ahiuaNi'o
certifying that nearly all OF rhe SIGNATURES
presented by Mr.. Bryan ana ms asso
ciates were forgeries lie inslhuales INA.
I make money out of poiltlcs, ana thal
his sincerity therefore compels MN 20
oppose my participation In democratic al
fairs The plain inference Is that WI.
Bryan thinks it wrong 10 make money
out of politics. If Mr. Bryan tniliks ,ai -
wrong to make money out Oh poiltIcs ne
should quit making money MI, Or an az
has not one dollar ne ever iilaoe W
anything but politics he trieu .o pe
lawyer; he was a failure at II. ne Ell
to be a newspaper editor; ne was IAN
ure at that.
HE is now man OF property. AS ior-
tunes go. he is rich man. n 1,a,es llaae eseis w
dollar of his fortune out Oh po.s,os az r.a
stepping stone to the lecture piseio.., "a a.a re
is in politics because II heips Tue e''e
ceipts.
ITO help Mr.. Bryan ooas