Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-08
SULLIVAN PUTS
BRYAN O TEST
Illinois Committeeman Answers
Nebraskan's Criticism and
Makes Challenge
WILL SUBMIT TO DELEGATES
Offer. to Put the Question of His Res
innation in Hands of Delegates to
Convention Which Elected Him -
Quotes Hryan's Assertion They Were
Not for Sullivan.

Not for Sullivan.
A Challenge to Bryan.
~To test Mr.. Bryan's boosted
sincerity, l challenge him to this:
II / hold my position on the demo-
cratic national committee by fraud
ought to resign: if Mr.. Bryan has
falsely accused me of profiting by
fraud, then he ought to quit rum
ming fer president; because no man
Is At to be candidate for that
high office who goes out in public
and lies about any member of his
party Therefore, propose that
Mr.. Bryan and l put the issue as
between us up to the men who sat
"a delegates in the Springfield con-
vention of two years ago. Those
delegates are still living in Illinois;
they can all be found. Mr.. Bryan
said that a majority of them were
opposed to me for national COM
mitte,anan; he has said that he
had at st. Louis letters from more
than half of those delegates, in
which they repudiated the action
of the convention which resulted in
my becoming national committee
man. Let us poll those delegates.
Let lis have this poll made unuer
the direction of the chief justice
OF the supreme court of Illinois.
II the majority of those delegates
will support Mr. Bryan's present
contention and will say that ! was
elected to the national committee
w. I u,f11 racipn from
national committeeman. On the
other hand--and this l contend is
but fair proposition-if the ma
1ority OF those delegates OF two
years ago do not support MIR. Bry-
ans allegation of fraud, then l will
insist that Mr.. Bryan shall an
noulce himself no longer candi-
date for the presidency at the
hands of the democratic party.
The American people believe in fair
play. Call the roll.'-Roger Sui
Ivan.
New York, Sept s.-Roger c. Sui
livan, member from Illinois of the dem
ocratc national committee, has issued
q lengthy statement in which he replies
to the recent attacks made upon him
by Mr.. Bryan. The following is ar
abstract Of Mr.. Sullivan's remarks:
.In his Jefferson Club banquet speech
at Chicago, Tuesday evening, William
J. Bryan again saw fit tc
make the excuse for exploit
ing his new ambition to convert
the democratic party of the United
States into an autocracy, with him
self on the dictator's throne. l regre'
that he has done SO, as would regret
any incident or circumstance tending
toward discord in the democratic party
IF portions of Mr.. Bryan's speech
mean anything, they mean that he
would rather have his own way thar
have the democrats elected to congress
or any other office. He has invited al
Illinois democrats who agree with him
In his opposition to me to bolt thei,
ticket. If there were any democrats in
Illinois who are disposed to act on this
tyr,ically Bryanesque advice, many OF
them unfortunately will be found il
congressional districts which are Close
but in which with united effort we
have a good chance to elect democratic
congressman. If these districts send
republicans to the next national house
of representatives the democratic par
ty of the nation will have Mr.. Bryan tc
thank. AS a democrat, I regret thai
Mr.. Bryan's rule or ruin disposition has
le,i him to make such misuse of mis-
influence.
Demands Proof.
But in so far as Mr.. Bryan's ban.
1,1et speech applies to me personally
to, my character, to my business, tt
MY associates, to my democracy ant
to my political acts, I welcome thu
issue and on that issue challenge Mr.
Eryan to the proof Of his truthfulness
his honesty, and his sincerity-tha
sincerity of which he boasts as his pc.
ltical asset. yield to no man in my
adherence to democratic principles az
laid down by the great founder
Thomas Jefferson. Judged by tina
standard, invite comparison of my
democracy with Mr.. Bryan's."
Continuing. Mr.. Sullivan scores Mr.
Bryan for the company he keeps,
and attacks particularly the character
Of Theodore Nelson, Judge Owen P
Thompson, Willard Fillmore Dunlap
and Henry T. Rainey. These are the
men Endorsed by Bryan in his Paris
interview. Mr.. Sullivan describes
them as Mr.. Bryan's confidential
agents in the publication of Illinois
politics, and asks:
lis Mr. Bryan an exception to the
rule that man is known by the com
pany he keeps"
"Mr. Bryan has said" continues Sui
Ivan, by innuendo, that l, as an Of
fetal OF the Ogden Gas Company oil
Chicago have secured government fav-
or and profit BY illegal or corrupt
means. He harps on my connection
with the Ogden Gas Company as if my
connection We're disreputable. The
public press will show that the only
offense this corporation ever commit
ted was to reduce the price of gas
Among my associates in that company
were Governor John P. Altgeld and
Judge Thomas A. Moran of Chicago
Does Mr.. Bryan dare impugn their
memories?
Mr.. Bryan was not honest and he
was not sincere when he commissioned
Nelson, Dunlap and Rainey to purify
Illinois politics, and claimed morality
as his motive. He was not truthful
when he stood up in Chicago Tuesday