Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-06-11
SAYS ITS A LIE.
THAT is THE WAY MAYOR BAHL.
MAN REPLIES
To the Charges Made by Several
Newspapers that Bryan Received
Campaign Funds from Ryan.

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Campaign Funds from Ryan.
| In its last Saturdays issue, the
New York World. which was aliued
with the Republicans in the national
elections of 1896 and 1900, aui
which will be fighting the battle of
the Republicans in the campaign of
1908, insinuates that Bryan, through
his brother-in-law, who was chair
man OF the Democratic State central
committee Of Nebraska, secured $2O.-
600 from Thomas f. Ryan in 1904,
to finance Bryan's candidacy for the
senate in Nebraska. The World, in
| its bitter hatred of Bryan, descends
into the dirtiest gutter. when II says
that after" this contribution from
Ryan, the Nebraskan came over"
to the support of Parker, insinuating
that Bryan was bought.
The News and Courier endorses
The Worlds outrageous slander and
cowardly assault on Mr.. Bryan, and
even heaps upon him meaner insults;
that insults the Democrats of the
country and the Democrats OF South
Carolina by it's attitude toward the
honest man who has been twice the
party's leader, and has been already
so chosen for third time by South
Carolinians! In supplementing the
attack of The World, The News and
Courier says that MIR. Bryan is no
better than he ought to be does not
prove that he is not as good as Il
af,ti tool inia ~
pose is that of an angelic Democrat,
better than his fellows, is little ir-
ritating, but we still believe that per-
sonally he is of a higher type OF
probity than was the late James G..
Blaine or NJ. S. Quay, and the living
Charles e. Murphy and Roger Sulli-
van"
Lies of the Blacklist Sort.
A dispatch from Omaha, Neb. says
James c. Dahlman, Mayor of Omaha
and member of the Democratic Ma
Tuesday in reference to The Worlds
article on Thomas f. Ryan's contri-
button
"Damnable lies of the blacklist
sortl Pile it on me as hard as you
want to- / am the arch criminal in
this, and Bryan is absolutely blame
less. Bryan supported Parker during
the whole campaign, took the stump
for him months before the money
was paid and never known of its pay
ment.
After the st. Louis convention
ad journed, the National Committee
met to select its chairman. Taggart
of Indiana was a candidate, but the
Fasteners were for Sheehan or
some other man from the East. Be
lieving that Western man would
make better head for the National
Committee ! took up the fight for
Taggart, who was elected at an ad-
journed meeting a few weeks later
"Sheehan asked me what were the
chances for carrying Nebraska for
Parker told him no man living
could tell what Nebraska could do
until after the State convention made
its nominations.
81 came straight from New York
to the State convention in this State,
and there saw there was absolutely
no hope of carrying Nebraska for
Parker. l the refore wrote Sheehan
that money and speakers sent here
would be wasted.
Later in the campaign, in October.
7 saw we had good chance of elect
C. w. Berge, our candidate for gov
ernor, and I sent T. S. Allen to New
York to see If he could get some
financial help for the State ticket.
| We got 81 1000, not 10000, In three
payments of 5000 each. 1t was all
turned over to me, and | spent 1t all
N the State campaign. not one penny
# 1t going into the National cam
paign or to Bryan.
THE money did good, and while
9oosevelt carried the State by 49,
900, Berge lost 1t by less than 10
900. If we had had $4,000 more
we would have carried the State for
8erge.
There. ! think that is all there Is
to say about these trumped III
charges of the New York paper. Nv
Bryan never saw the money, never
knew of it. l got it all and spent il
all 1t all came from the National
Committee. whether from Sheehar
or Ryan | do not know and do moi
care, and no money was used to in
nuence Bryan, as he worked fol
Parker from the start"