Little Falls herald., 1908-01-24

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So many ersoneoua and atSleadane
statements nave boen put IN rIrcula-
tion regarding the address aakinR
support Of w. J. Bryan, that f.lloW-
ing letter from Hon. T. T. Hudson Of
Duluth to the Duluth Hera Id, will be
of interest ard value:
5'sTnat the Herald may be able to
in various newspapers and which the
Herald seems to have accented as true.,
I will state that whils did not draft
the so-called manifesto, I slgnsd
it, and know that it was prepared in
the month of October, 1907; that it
was circulated during the months of
October anc November, 1907; that it
was prepared for publication, was
circulated for publication and so
appears on it's face The manifesto
sent ont for signatures was headed in
the following language. viz: $50 the
Democrat of the State of Minnesota
and ENDS in the following langu ,ge:
We ask the Democrats Of Minnesota
again to rally around the standard of
William ]. Bryan. The whole tenor
of it indioatest to any man wh1 can
read that it was intended for publica-
tiQn. A few officials in Stearns
county,, and these are the My
objectors SO far as I have heard, seem
to regret that they signed it. I doubt
If they have admitted or will admit
that they did not understand what
they we're signing, and feel sure they
have never told any newspaper
reporter that they signed it eight
months ago or even four months ago.
I give them credit for being honest
and the fact that they did not have
chance to sign 1t until about the
middle of October makes mo conclude
that they would not state that they
signed it before. ~
So much for the charges of bad
faith and misrepresentation.
The Herald was right regarding the
number of Observation-Disclosures
to the manifesto" as published.
But it is fact that many times that
number signed it whose names were
not published.
As to the contents OF the manifesto
submit tnore is not word or
intimation in it to which any dem
ocrat, who is not y defender or server
of the ''monopolistic press or
predatory interests of the United
States can or will take exception. I.
hand you herewith q copy of the
"manifesto,' which you are at
liberty to publish and let your readers
determine whether or not my asser-
tions are right. There is no intlma-
tion in it az tho Herald states that
all attempts to nominate anybody
else are dictated by predatory and
plut scratic interests''
There is no reference or intimation
in it regarding Governor johnson or
monopolstic press and predatory
making an effort to defeat, in the
William J. Bryan and the principles
that the influences with selfish
interests behind them, which always
have been inimical to pure Demo,
cracy, are still at work. And
again, ''No man can be seriously con-
sidered in place of Mr. Bryan. if
those influences are behind him. j:
II any candidate is brought out and
tor the nomination Of
president by the ''monopolistic press
and predatory interests Of the United
States. then it can reasonably be
taken to mean such candidate AZ to
Governor johnson, he and his chief
advisers have been saying that he is
not a candidate. and up to this time
no word has come from any of them
to tho contrary. The governor has
gone further, If the newspapers have
quoted him rightly. and said he
would not bs q candidate.
If Chandler. or Gray, or Harmon.
or any other mau is pushed forward
by the Influences with selfish interests
behind them,' referred to in the
manifesto then it means him.
The Herald will certainly not deny
the right of myself and -as many
~ may wish to. to express
opinions on this important matter
and to advise their fellow democrats
as to what they may honestly think
is for tho best interest Of the party
and country.