Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-08
lE DENIES RECEIVING LETTER FROM BRYAN
Also Says Alleged Petition for BIS Resig.
nation Contained ForgerieS
IcrloN OF PEORIA CONVENTION DISCUSSED
Mr., Sullivan Says He Did Not Ask IllinOil
Democrats for Endorsement
CHALLENGE FOR NEBRASKA lEADEt
Ofer 20 Allow Delegates to spring.
held Convention Decide Issue of
veracity, the Loser 60 Retire
from Politics.

NEW YORK. Sept. L--Roger c. Sullivan
member from Illinois of the democratic
committee. tonight issued a lengthy state.
ment i'm which he replies to the recent at.
tacks made upon him by Mr.. Bryan. The
is an abstract of Mr.. Sullivan's
statement:
In his Jefferson club banquet speech at
Chicago Tuesday evening William j.
Bryan again saw At to make me the excuse
for exploiting his new ambition to convert
the democratic party of the United states
into an autocracy with himself on the die
tator's throne. 1 regret that he has done
so, l would regret an incident OF Cir
cumstance tending toward discord in the
II portions OF Mr.. Bryans 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 Illinois democrats that
agree with him in his opposition TO- % me to
bolt their ticket. III there are any demo-
Gratis in Illinois who are disposed to act
on this typically Bryanesque advice, many
districts which are close, hut
in which. with united effort, we have a
good chance to elect democratic congress-
men. II these districts send republicans
to the next house of representatives. the
party of the nation Will have
arrei Mr. Bryan Sat tS Mr. thanK arKans dis
position has led him TO make such misuse
of his influence. But insofar as Mr.
sonally to my character. to my business
to my associates, to my democracy ana tg
my political acts, l welcome tne issue, 5s. apo
the proof of his truthfulness, his honesty
and his sincerity-that sincerity which he
boasts is his political asset to demoepatS s.r
principles as laid down by the greai
founder. Thomas jefferson. Judged pS
that standard l invite comparison OF my
democracy with Mr.. Bryans.
Bryan's Friends Attacked.
Continuing, Mr.. Sullivan scores Mr. Bryan
for the company he keeps and attacks
particularly the characters OF Theodore
Nelson. Judge owen P. Thompson, Millarc
Fillmore Dunlap and Henry T, Rainey
These are the men endorsed by Mr.. Bryar
In his Paris interview. Mr.. sullivan de-
scribes them as Mr.. Bryans confidentia
agents in the publication of Illinois politics
and asks:
Is Mr.. Bryan an exception to the ruls
that man is known by the company he
keeps?
Mr.. Sullivan then continues:
Mr.. BRYAN has said: by innuendo that
l. as an official of the Ogden Gas company
OF Chicago, have secured government favor
and profit by illegal or corrupt means"
Gas company as IL that connection were
disreputable. The public press Will show
that the only offense this corporation ever
committed was to reduce the price of gas.
Among my associates In that company
were Governor John p. Altgeld and Judge
BRYAN dare impugn their memoriesP
Mr.. Bryan was not honest and he was
not sincere when he commissioned Nelson,
Thompson, Dunlap and Rainey TO purify
Illinois politics and claimed morality as
his motive. He was not truthful when he
stood up in Chicago Tuesday evening to
The first paragraph in Mr. Bryan's speect
on me and on the Illinois situation contains
succeeding paragraph contains either de
liberate untruth. or an equivocation of the
kind, that we expect only from the shifty
word-juggling pettifogger; Mr. Bryan sayi
he wrote me a letter asking me ito resign
in the interests of the democratic party.
That is not true. Mr.. Bryan knew it wai
not true when he said IL. He never wrote
me letter. He did write letter to Judge
o. p. Thompson. in which he told the judge
resign from the democratic national COM
mittee.
Denies Asking Endorsement.
Mr.. Sullivan then declares that Mr.
Bryan's assertion that he held his seat on
the national committee by fraud was re-
futed two years ago at st. Louis by the
national convention itself and that he (sul-
livan) had not asked for an endorsement
from the state convention instead of re-
signing I'm the interests of the party"
Mr.. Bryan said he had. He continued;
Mr. Bryan says: II examined into his
(Sulivan's) conduct of the Springfield con-
TO unseat him, and at the ST.. Louis con-
vention / had in writing request for his
reputation signed by more than half the
ment is not true. Mr.. Bryan knew IL was
not true when he made II.
Mr.. Bryan's statement that he had in
writing a request signed by more than half
the delegates to the Springfield convention
is statement that has been made before.
IL ..aAa. at NEa anNNa NNsws
and its truth was there challenged Mr..
Bryan has never substantiated II with
evidence.
Mr. Bryan and his associates in that
contest at st. Louis made the statement
that some 500 delegates in the Springfield
repudiating the action of the convention.
They never presented to the committee on
credentials of the national convention any
such number. They presented some. The
other side at the same time presented tele-
grams and affidavits certifying that nearly
Bryan and his associates were forseries
The discussion OF that Springfield con-
yention and its action for Mr.. Bryan's
that the elements of the party with which
l was connected had perpetrated a fraud
DELEGATES. That innuendo is % false ii'iu IN in.
spiration and false in the suggestion II con-
veys.
FaIsehOOd Again Charged.
Mr.. Sullivan then reviews the ST. Louis
contests, again accusing Mr. Bryan OF un-
truthfulness and repeating that he did not
seek endorsement at the hands OF that con-
vention and saying he did not attempt &c
link his name with that OF Mr.. Bryan.
He accuses MIR. Bryan with having advised
his particular friends in Illinois TO bolt
the democratic ticket and asks
Is this the measure of Mr. Bryan's party
fealtyI Is this the way Mr. Bryan pro.
poses TO help elect a democratic con
gress1
Mr.. Bryan says; MY political asset is
the confidence the people have in my sin
cerity." Mr.. Bryan has twice led the
democratic party to defeat, the second q
worse defeat taan the first. III he is
proud OF that evidence OF the peoples con-
fidence IN his sincerity he Is welcome 10
IT, But hls boast OF sincerity merits fur
ther consideration. he insinuates that |
make money out OF politics and his sin
participa ton IN democratic anairs The
plain inference is that Mr. Bryan thinks
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