The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-03
|ghly Indignant at Report
 That He is Connected With Anti Bryan Movement.
AS NOT ATTENDED l A CHANLER MEETING
|nard Credited to William Clark, Press Agent for New York Man-Mr.
 Troup Speaks.

#he statement printed in ocal CT of yesterday alleging that Att hey James B. Martin, the promi- #t candidate for the democratic 1ination for the office of mayor,
 party to @ movement to boom ltenant Governor Lewis s. Chanler New York for the presidency and s to buck the Bryan forces in case ln attempt of the latter to run for same office again this year and MT. Martin was introducing this -Bryan movement into the local Eoralty campaign is denied utterly
 in the strongest terms by MT. 5-tin himself. When interviewed
 evening in regard to the story # Martin said:
 There is absolutely nothing to the =Iy at all. I not only never attend zhny meeting of democrats opposed zMr. Bryan but also never heard
 any such conference had been T until I saw this story in the pa & yesterday I never heard of any &1 movement and have never been Communication with any democrats Opposition to the candidacy of Mir. Ivan. The story is utterly false
 without foundation and the use Thy name in the dispatch mention From Washington is entirely with ' &authority and without any knowl- s on my part. 1 am not acquainted *l any of the men mentioned in the ele except through the reading of #r acts in the newspapers and have met any of them. I emphatically ! lat that the story Is absolutely un- :"
 &hen asked if he thought the sug- ion was the work of some press ed that he thought this might be case. He considered the story a
 unfortunate one and was very h offended at its publication He
 that he was opposed entirely to dragging of national issues into local campaign and he added that Did not know of any democrats in city who were interested at all ny such project as that which the " outlined. The statement that Martin was receiving support from Chanler packers Is of course ut-
 unfounded as is the rest of the cording to the story the move-
 was intended in this city to op-
 Alexander Troup, the recognized ' pr of the Bryan men, and the per friend of the Nebraska man. Troup when seen yesterday stat nat when he read the story he did 7 believe that 1t was true and he
 called MT Martin on the tele- e and the latter mad denied the ! 'ments to him. He suggested that story was the work of some press t for Mir. Chanler. He said that
 was in New York such move-
 to nominate MT. Chanler for the dency and he declared that this bment was undertaken with the of opposing and hurting Mir. Bry-
 He continued by saying that he ] not belive that MT. Martin was B to any such movement or that z lad ever been delegate at any
 meeting as that mentioned. He ldered that the story had it's en- rise outside of New Haven and he d that he knew of no attempt to ard any such movement among
 democrats in this city.
 ven if MT. Martin were opposed 5 r. Bryan he would not wish 10 ar-
 the Bryan forces in this city nst him at such a time as this"
 MT. Troupe. MT. Troupe treated : story as entirely without local hcance.
 hougt MT. Martin would not say evening who the press agent was
 had started the story in this
 t was stated by a very close per-
 friend of MT Martins that the
 was William Clark, who was at
 ime a newspaper man in this city afterwards for some time in New
 city. MT. Clark is a very close 3 of MT Martin himself and it
 the cause of great surprise last
 that he should be the instrument ringing into print such a story,
 ially at such an inopportune mo- Many of Mir Martins friends $ very indignant last evening over Ina atter