The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-09-07
4 REPUD|ATES ACTION Of THE
|||ND|5 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

the question which |, as a democrat am
interested IN, for the question which
arises IN Illinois will arise in ALL the
other states where the corporations at
tempt TO obtain cOntol Of the marty ar
ganization.
hold that no man who is Official
connected with a corporation rha
Is seeking privileges ought 10 act AS
MEMBER OF political organization he
cause ne cannot represent his cornora-
Ion ana the people at the same time
an opposed to allOwingSa man situat-
cd as ne Is to use the public treasury
10 pay the debts that he owes to those
VINO help his corporation to take ad
vantage of the public and therefore 7
insist that the fight should be com
menced today to prevent his re-elec-
ton to the national committee.
And what | say Of him, | say Of as
p1rants for positions in the party or
ganlzatiOn in other states. II the
democratic party has not virtue enough
to spare those who traffic in politics
for the advantage of the corporations
to which they belong. It does not de-
serve victory nor can II nope for il.
II you say that I have no right to
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deeply that I am simply applying to
Illinois a principle which | believe
ought to be applied universally. l do
not regard it as a compliment to be
endorsed for the presidency by con-
VentiOn which endorsed Mr.. Sullivan.
I told them n advance that | did not
want an endorsement under such cir
cumstances, and | repudiate it. If
my nomination for any office de-
pended upon that endorsement, | would
not accept it.
Mr.. Sullivan is not my friend, al
though he pretended to be before this
discussion arose. he would not have
allowed me to be endorsed if he could
have prevented it, but instead OF op-
posing me like q man, he attempted to
link his name with mine and thus Sc
cure an endorsement for himself. |
object to him as a political associate.
He is an able man, a clever man, and
personally very genial fellow; the
corporations could not afford to en-
plOy any other kind to do their political
work, but my only political asset IS
the confidence that the people have in
my sincerity, and I do not want that
shattered by intimacy with a man OF
his political methods. Those who
voted to endorse me were either de-
ceived themselves of thought they
could deceive me. If they were de
ceived, they will be glad to be unde-
ceived; if they thought to deceive me,
they will have more respect for me
when they find that they did not sue
ceed
Il suggest that every candidate for
office who wants the people to have
confidence in him, should announce
that he is opposed to Mr.. Sullivan's
methods, that he repudiate his leader
ship, and will oppose his reelection.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES AN ORATOR.
Other speakers besides Mr.. Bryan
were John Temple Graves, of Georgia,
Mavor Dunno, of Chicago, and Cato
Sells, of Iowa.
Mr.. Graves spoke upon THE South
and a Definite Democracy" He de-
clared that his section has been the
saving remnant Of the party for two
decades. and closed with an argument
for a positive, instead of negative at
titude in the future.
Not sign of disapproval was gwen
by the assembled democrats during Mr..
Rrvan's speech. His announcement
that he repudiated the endorsement OF
the Illinois state convention because II
had endorsed Mr.. Sullivan was greeted
with considerable applause.
A white-haired man who gave HIS
name as Samuel Browning and MS res
idenca as "Kentucky', created q dis-
turbance among the Bryan visitors III
the lobby of the Auditorium annex
this afternoon by brandishlng knlle
and demanding to see Mr.. Bryan he
was arrested by the house detective ana
turned over to the police.