The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-22
Rrxan Corrects Error.

Akron, Ohio, Oct, 21-Speaking in Grace Park to a multitude of people in this, one of Ohic's greatest manu- featuring centers, William J. Bryan to- day answered certain criticisms and questions put to him by local news paper through special delivery letters received all along the line before he reached here.
 Accepting as true the statement of the newspaper that James S. Sherman, the Republican vice presidential candidate: was not introduced as has been stated by the President of the match trust, Mir. Bryan openly corrected his mis- take into which he said he fell by in~ advertence, declaring that he never in- tentionally misrepresented an oppon ent
 Now. however" he said amid great cheers. having done what believe to be the honorable thing. I ask the paper that was kind enough to lead me out of my mistake, to apply the same standard to the President that 1t ap- plies to me.
 ''The President stated that we had received $300.0 900 either from the com mittee of four years ago. or from some unknown source. l corrected the mis- statement the first time 1t was brought to my attention. Mir Mack corrected 1t and later he brought 1t to the at- tention of the President and yet the President has not yet admitted that he finances We received no money from the committee of four years ago and we have given statement of the money we have received since this campaign began.
 our books are open and the state ment issued on the fifteenth of this month shows that we have received
 Al AAI Ice the $10O, 900 offered to either party by the City of Denver and accepted by our party It cost about $60. 900 to pay the expenses of the convention and the preparations for 1t. and 1t left us about S42,000 and that went into our cam paign fund and according to the state ment made by Mir. Mack and MT. Rid der on the 18th we have received about s220 000 or $230.000 from other sources Since that time we have published daily the amounts we have received and the names of the persons contributing.
 Now, my friends. 1t is known to the President that we did not receive the money that he charged us with and want this paper that is so anxious to have me speak correctly. to call 'tT own President to time and ask him t1 correct the misstatemeut that he made
 Not ThrouGh With Roosevelt.
 Rut my frierds. am not yet through with the incident. I believe the editor of this paper does rot dery that the President of the match trust did preside at a RenubIican meeting. NJ. Roose- welt said that the law-defyine cor porations hai no reason to fear my election and when I challenged him to give the name of one trust official in the United States who was supporting me. he scanned thS country and found not one. He found a lawyer in St Louis who. in a case was the personal attorney of a man that was president of subordinate branch of a trust and within 24-hours 1t developed that the Republican nat'onal committeeman from the state of Missouri was the at torney for the trust while the Demo- crat was the attorney for the president of the trusts company.
 "Tt developed that MT, Taft hi Q elf had about three years ago recommend cd an attorney Of the Standard oil Company ta be Q United States judge anI to hold life office in terri tory where he might be expected to preside in cases where the Standard oil Company was Interested.
 ''Now. here you have in this