Arizona republican., 1906-09-14
CHAPTER HI
 NOW READY Mir. Bryan s Answer to MT SulIiVdn'S RejOindeT
Refuses to Make Quarrel
 Personal or Submit His
 Candidacy to Arbitration.

Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 13.-The reply
 of Wm. J. Bryan to the statement of
 Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago, was giv-
 en out tonight. MT. Bryan had said
 that he would not lower the discussion
 with MT. Sullivan to one of personal
 controversy The text of his reply
 follows:
 'Tn his speech before the Jefferson
 Club in Chicago on the evening of
 September 4, MT Bryan referred to the
 case of MT. Roger C. Sullivan. demo-
 cratic national committeeman from H.
 linois. MT. Sullivan has replied in a
 statement quite characteristic of the
 man and his methods, but he will not be permitted to lower this discussion
 to the level of a personal controversy.
 The public is not interested in Mir
 Sullivan's views of MT. Bryan any more than it would be interested in
 MT. Bryan's views concerning MT. SuI-
 livan, were MT. Bryan to deal with
 Mir Sullivan's personality.
 MT. Sullivan is democratic nation al committeeman from Illinois hold ! ing his office 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 fear ed the effect of an adverse decicion upon the presidential candidate whom | they pledged to support If MT. Sul- livan disputes the assertion that a considerable majority of delegates 10 1 the Springfield convention were op- posed to him he can fight that ques tion out with the majority league of Illinois. which will accommodate him AS MT. Bryan has not asked for
 nomination and he has not annouced | he will be candidate he will not submit the question whether he should be candidate to MT. Sullivan or tn
 anybody of persons less numerous than
 the members of the democratic party
 of the United States. Neither can the question as to whether MT. Sullivan
 be reelected to the national commit tee be submitted to members of 5S convention already adjourned. Sucn decision would have no binding force. | The question must submitted to the 1 democrats of Illinois when they meet
 to select delegates to the next nation al convention and Mir. Sullivan will not be permitted to dodge the issue that is against him. He is officially connected with a favor seeking fran chise holding corporation and the question is whether a democratic or ganization should be paralyzed by the | influence of men whose private in . terests make it impossible for them to be guardians of the public"
 In speaking of MT. Sullivan's case at Chicago, MT. Bryan said: "I hold that no man who is infIuentially con nected with a corporation that is seeking privileges ought to act as d
 member of d 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 fi- nancial 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 a mans corporate connections were. but when ! this question is the supreme question of tine hour. the party organization
 must be above suspicion and demo crats of Illinois and other states are invited to inspect those who aspire to position as party managers.
 MT. Bryan will urge the democratic party to put itself in a position whert | 1t can fight consistently for the reg
 ulation of such corporations which are not monopolistic and for the preven- tion of any private monopoly what ever. To this end the Organization must be composed of men who are free to act for the public and not tied by personal interets to corporations which are seeking favor at the public's expense"