The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-05
BRYAN REJECTS ILLINOIS'S OK
DENOUNCES SULLIVAN AND con-
VENTION'S WORK.
Reads Illinois Committeeman Out Of the
~Party-says He VIII Refuse Presiden-
tIal Nomination n Democracy 10 DOmi-
mated by Men Like Roger sullivan.

E8NNy-&ayN ~ WI NNtWuH EVNuhuCDs
tIaI Nomination n Democracy 10 DomI-
mated by Men Like Roger sullivan.
CHICAGO. Sept. L-William Jennings
Bryan, before ZOO cheering, yelling adj
mirers at the jefferson Club BANG net at
the Auditorium Hotel tonight. read Roger
c. Sullivan. Democratic natl onal committee
mar from Illinois, out Of the party.
Bryan pilloried Sullivan with all his match
less eloquenOe. He repudiated the indorse-
ment Of the Peoria convention and flung
il back in Sullivan teeth.
He declared that il his nomination for the
high Office of President of the United States
would be dependent upon the support Of
such a man as sullivan he would refuse the
nomination.
He advised the nominees Of the Peoria
convention to bolt Sullivan or deserve
defeat"
He declared that Sullivan was not manly
enough to stand out in the open and fight
at Peoria, hut purposely linked his name
with the resolutions in order TO save him
self.
He said that il the delegates to the Peoria
convention were deceived by Sullivan
they could now undeceive themselves.
The scene was impressive. In the very
midst of his climax, that carried men OF
their feet and transformed the great gather
ing into a frenzied mob of screaming
men, Bryan raised his hand. h silence
was almost oppressive. He swept his
eyes over the sea Of upturned faces. His
own face'was whitc and a thin line showed
where his lips were compressed together.
Then he spoke slowly and with tense
voice, saying This is no time for cow
ardice."
Atumult broke forth. One thousand men,
most Of them in evening dress, leaped to
their feet, waving handkerchiefs and nap
kins over their heads and yelling like mad
men.
Along the speakers table, where the dis
tinguished guests from many States were
seated, "A scene like that on the floor was
being enacted.
Mayor Dunno, Congressman Rainey, DR..
Howard S. Taylor. Louis f.. Post, Judge
William Prentiss, Jack Dahlman, the Cow
boy Mayor OF Omaha; Theodore NelsoA
president Of the jefferson Club; Charles 81
Walsh, recently resigned from the Demo-
cratic national committee, and others OF the
special guests stamped with the crowd.
It was several minutes before Mr.. Bryan
could resume. Mr.. Bryan took no chances
on his being misunderstood as to his attitude
toward Mr.. Sullivan. He had those
thoughts reduced to manuscript and read
them.
Il do this" he said, with a smile playing
around his mouth and a twinkle in his eye,
that none of you will misunderstand what
l mean"
Il have one subject to discuss tonight
that | have not touched on since my return
announced the Nebraskan. 1t was like an
electric shock running through the audience.
Men sat up quickly and held their breath.
After the cheering subsidized following
the reading Of the accommodation Of
Sullivan, Mr.. Bryan proceeded TO further
elucidate his position. He declared that
no man identified with a public service
corporation should be permitted to hold
an executive Office in the organization Of
the Democratic party. He contended that
all such Democrats should retire from the
party.
He demanded that not one dollar be
received from any corporation for campaign
purposes. He insisted that the Democratic
party should go forth to this battle with not
a man left in il who did not measure up to
the Bryan ideal and the Bryan principle.
Then Mr.. Bryan declared that he would
continue the fight in every State in the
Union where men Of the Sullivan order
we're active in the effort to drive them
from the party.
When Mr.. Bryan alighted from the Grand
Trunk train at S:l5 o'clock this morning and
during the sixteen lively hours that fol-
lowed, he was made to feel that all the
home folks" do not live in Nebraska.
The local Democratic radicals screeched
with delight at his ~arraignment OF
predatory wealth" and tears of Joy glis-
tened in the eyes Of such advanced thinkers
az Judge Thompson, Mayor Du nne. Con-
gresham Rainey and Willard Fillmore
Dunlap.
Mayor Dunno was the first to grasp
Bryan's han on his arrival. With an
escort of forty mounted police the Bryan
home folks and the reception committees
Of the jefferson and Iroquois clubs went
to the Auditorium.
Another crowd thronged the line Of march
from the hotel to the Iroquois Club, where
luncheon was served.
Thomas Taggart, chairman Of the Demo-
cratic national committee, arrived at the
Auditorium early but did not attend the
luncheon.
Cheers shook the clubhouse when Mr..
Bryan entered and he was again cheered
for several minutes as he rose to speak.
President John W. Eckhart Of the Iroquois
Club introduced Mr.. Bryan, haiing him
as the next President"
Mr.. Bryan's speech satisfied the most
radical of his hearers. He denied that he
had become a conservative force and
proceeded to prove it by a scathing arraign-
ment Of corporations and trusts.
He reiterated the statement that his
views of government ownership OF railroads
were his personal views, and that il the peo-
pie did not want TO accept them he would
be able TO get along very well by HIMSELF
and added: Il am in that happy situation
to-day where I can say what l want to and
do what l please, and Twill personally take
the consequence" ',
Mr.. Bryan then served notice on his