The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-09-07
BRYAN SCORES SULLIVAN.
Bryan Does Not Want to be Endorsed
by Convention Which Endors-
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Chicago, Ill, September ,4.-William
j. Bryan, as the guest Of local De-
mocracy, delivered today within eight
hours two addresses. His first speech,
which was made at luncheon Of the
Iroquois club, dealt with political is-
sues and economic questions. The
second, made at a banquet given in his
honor by the Jefferson club, was de-
voted to National Committeeman Rog-
or G. Sullivan, of Illinois, whose resig-
nation Mr.. Bryan has demanded, but
who, despite this, was endorsed by the
recent state convention which also de-
clared itself in favor of Mr.. Bryan as
the next Democratic nominee for pres
ident..
Mr.. Bryan not only scored Sullivan
and his political methods unmerciful-
ly, but informed the Democrats pres
ent, many of whom were delegates to
the recent state convention, that he
would have none of the approval of
the Democrats of Illinois and that he
1epudiated their recent endorsement Of
him.
In his afternoon address Mr.. Bryan
said regarding his recent utterances
lin New York on government owner
ship of railways:
~ stated what I thought, with the
expectation that everybody else would
exercise the same freedom. [ was led
20 my conclusions by the corruption
of the people of the United States by
the railroads. In my Judgment we
have had no more corrupting influ-
ence in American politics than the
railroad. I have known conventions
to be controlled by passes; [ have
known judges to be elected by rail-
roads, and have reached the conclu-
sion that this corruption cannot be
eliminated until these natural mono-
poles become the property of the
government. [ am opposed to central
ization and therefore I prefer that we
should have the local lines owned by
state governments and only the trunk
lines owned by the Feredal govern
ment.'
The banquet held at night i'll the
Auditorium Hotel, under the auspices
of the Jefferson club, was attended by
800 prominent Democrats from Illi-
nois and the middle West. Mr.. Bryan
was given an enthusiastic greeting.
His address in brief was as follows:
In opening his address Mr.. Bryan
said:
"The honesty of a party's purpose
is shown not merely by it's platform
or the speeches of its candidates and
supporters, but by the. character OF
the men who are entrusted with the
party management.
"Illinois presents case in point,
and I take this opportunity to state
my position in regard to the national
committeeman from this state, Mr..
Roger Sullivan. AS you all know, I
wrote him letter asking him to re-
sign from the national committee in
the interests Of the Democratic party.
I explained to him that his corporate
connections made it impossible for
him to help the party so long as he
was in official position, but stated that
we're that the only objection the mat
ter might be dealt with at the state
convention two years hence. / pointed
out to him that az he held his seat by
fraud there could be no harmony in
the Democratic party in the state un-
til he, by resigning, showed his re-
spect for the wishes Of the majority
at the last state convention. Instead
of resigning he asked for an endorse
ment from the state convention. He
charged that I was deceived by Mr..
Dunlap. The charge was so obviously
untrue it ought not to have deceived
any one.
cat the national convention in st.
Louis I had in writing a request for
his reputation signed by more than
half Of the delegates to the state con-
yention. Had Mr.. Sullivan any OF the
instincts Of n Democrat, had he the
first conception Of what Democracy
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