The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14
BRYAN COMBINES
WITH TAINTED BOSSES
The Continuous Candidate Drop,
from ldealism in His Frenzied
Fight for Votes.
Now Hand in Glove with Notorious
Politicians and corruptionists
Whom He Formerly Denounced.

whom ne Fofmerly denounced.
While morality has been the keynote
of all of Mr. Bryan's lectures and OF
most OF his political speeches for years,
the record shows that he has not been
assiduous in practicing what he
breaches, While his voice has been
ehampionins the moral uplift of the
people in both public and private life,
personally he has not hesitated to form
| alliances With some of the most unde-
'lhble citizens for the advancement OF
his political hopes. The recent expo
sures of the close connection between
the Standard Oil trust and the inner
councils of the Democratic National
Committee have served to recall other
alliances made by Mr.. Bryan i'm his
choice of political associates and con-
tidantes, says the Omaha Bee.
| In the Illinois fights for the last eight
years, MI. Bryan has been identified
with the Roger Sullivan Democrats.
| True, he detied and denounced Sullivan
| at the st. Louis convention in 1904.
but Sullivan was at that time working
| for Judge Parkers nomination. BRYAN
declared that Sullivan was corpora
| ton creature, the tool of the big in
| terestS and insisted that he could not
and would not accept any endorsement
from convention or committee that
/ !.
had endorsed Sullivan. This year Sui
Ivan is one of his close political adj
vlsers and director of the Democratic
destinies in Illinois. with Mr. Bryans
| expressed approval and consent.
Money and Power AlI-Tmportnnt.
IN New York Mr.. Bryans political
fortunes are indissolubly linked with
"t'insy' Connors, Charley" Murphy,
Pat McCarren, the New York rep
resentative of the Standard Oil trust;
August Belmont, T. Fortune Ryan and
the entire clique of trust officials and
race track promoters, who have been
waging such bitter fight on the reforms
urged by Governor Hughes and the Re-
publican State administrations These
interests, through 7. Fortune Ryan and
w. Il. Sheehan, sent $4,000 to Ne
| braska in 1904 to aid Mr.. Bryan's cam
didacy for the United States Senate
Mr.. Bryan has struck hands with these
and other devoted servants of the
Standard Oil interests in New York ana
has Joined Lieutenant Governor Chan
lel in an assault upon State regulation
of railroads. although everywhere else
he demands more government regu,a.
ton than ever.
In Pennsylvania, Colonel Gutfey, the
recognized leader Of the Democrats and
representative of the Standard Oil in
tercSts and donor Of the stained glass
window in Mr.. Bryan's home was read
out of the Democratic party by Bryan
at the Denver convention, but he is
back again and the fight against him
has been stopped ut Mr.. Bryan's diree-
ton.
In Indiana and Missouri.
In Indiana, Mr.. Bryan places his
trust in Tom Taggart, proprietor of
the gambling joint at French Lick
| Springs and best client Of Mr. Kern,
| the Bryan running mate. Tagyart fire.
| quently meets Mr.. Bryan at Chicago
and other places outside of Indiana for
close political conferences and he also
| figured in the transfer of that $4,000
Doodle bag to the Nebraska Democrats
in 1904. Mr.. Taggart has been de.
Mo,tnced by Mr. BRYAN for public con-.
sumption only.
In Missouri, Mr.. Bryan closest poll
tical associates are Harry Halves. Ed
ward Butler ana Moses c.. Wetmore,.
and other leaders of perhaps the most
corrupt and notorious political machine
ever organized. Mr.. Bryan has done
his best to minimize the influence OF
Governor Folk in the Democratic poll
ties of Missouri, where Folk has made
some record of practicing what MIR.
Bryan breaches.
Standard Oil Men in Southyyest.
In Texas. Senator Bailey, wearing q
beautiful coat of whitewash which
covers up the Standard Oil spots, is Mr.
Rryans adviser and in Oklahoma, Gov
ernor Haskell, who has not vet re-
ceivcd his whitewash, was Mr.. Bryan's
direct representative ON the platform
committee at Denver and his personal
choice for treasurer of the national
committee. In Kentucky. Mr. Bryan
championed Goebeiism and made a de-
termined effort to continue that system
by trying to force the Democrats to
elect Governor Beckham to the United
| States Senate.
In view of the record, it is not SUR
prising that in Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
makes Cowboy Jim" Dahlmau his
closest political chum. The surprise is
that he still has the temerity to con-
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