Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-07
RETURNS not SHOl
Pennsylvania Man Replies to Mr..
Bryan's Structures.
NEBRAsKAN ONLY REAL BOSS
Bryan H. Arrogant, ImpuCcnt, DOmi-
neering and DevastRting-His
Record in state Politics
some Instances.


some instances.
DENVER. July 6.-Colonel ]. NJ. Guffey
OF Pennsylvania, who was Saturday at
tackled by Mr.. Bryan. in a speech at Lin
coin today issued the following statement
in reply:
In the course Of his Fourth Of July
speech to twelve or fifteen out Of the sixty
three delegates from Pennsylvania, Mr..
Bryan made certain explicit declarations.
He charged that thu Pennsylvania delega-
ton was taken from him by conspiracy
against the expressed wish of a great ma
jority Of the democratic voters. This state
ment Is false. The state convention voted
down a resolution endorsing his candidacy
by a substantial majority and there is no
hoais whatever for Mr.. Bryan's assumption
Mat the members OF that convention did
aot accurately represent the voters who
had elected them delegates. Mr.. Bryan
personally forced tho issue before the peo-
pie when. in flat contradiction OF his
boosted policy of noninterferenc he came
to Pittsburg. pleaded his own cause before
thousands In Exposition hall, and put his
own ticket in the field against the regular
candidates. The result Of his fervid APP
peals was the election of three ard & half
bryan htltBdNSo hld A"SilNg -SA INV 1900
anti-Bryan delegates to the state conven
ton.
Bryan in other states.
Mr.. Bryan further asserted, with all
solemnity, that his opposition TO me for
national committeeman was the first in
stance of airy interference on his part In
local or state politics. 1 believe, he unctu-
ously declared, that the people of each
community know better what they want
done than any outside person can know
Therefore, he virtuously observes, he has
abstained scrupulously from taking part
In these controversies. What, then, was he
doing In Kentucky during the last campaign
for senator? How does he. or can he ex'
plain his opposition to Mr.. McGraw in West
Virginia, or his ebbing appeals to demo
Gratis in Indiana to defeat Mr.. Taggart?
Did he, or did he not, try to humiliate
Roger c. Sullivan and drive him off the
committee? Did he, or did he not, write
this letter to his friend. Judge o. p. Thomp-
son of Illinois, on July II, 1906:
Mr.. Sullivan's presence on the committee
contradicts all that we can say in the
party's behalf His corporate connections
would harm the party far beyond his power
to aid the organization, but this could be
left TO some future convention to deal with
II he were actually the choice OF the demo-
Gratis 1 Illinois. The fact, however, that
he holds his office by fraud and against
the express wishes of a majority Of the
state convention makes II Impossible for
honest democrats to associate with him as
q member of the committee. II he refuses
to resign and thus put his ambition or he
sooner he is elected fOm the committee
Why This Changef
what kline of 'scrupulous abstention.
from interference does Mr.. Bryan call that
and what particular brand of hypocrisy is
indicated by these salving words uttered
by Mr.. Bryan at the Iroquois club last De-
cember. when he stood up and said:
We must forget the past and work Tor
the future. We must forget all and forgive
all. For myself may say, nave no
what he has done. The future is everything
TO me. l want>to know what no Is going
to do in the future.
How can we account for this abrupt
change from brutal assault to smirking
palaver? Had Mr.. Sullivan changed? Was
not his office held by fraud then as much
as in 1900? What has happened to suddenly
, make 1t possible for honest democrats to
associate with him? Simply this, as every
body knows: Mr.. Bryan wanted the Illi-
nois delegation to this convention. and to
accomplish that purpose he did not hesi-
tate an instant to eat his own vicious
words.
Mr.. Bryan views me with
horror as a political boss, who shall never
, be in the party organization, except over
/ my protest as a "bu~shwhacker'' who should
? not be put into my councils to Detray me-
Bryan Only Real Boss.
MY councils indeed! Is the democratic
I party really absorbed? Has it no councils?
: Is Mr.. Bryan the whole organizatlonP Let
/ the people, he shouts. and forthwith he
proceeds to dictate not only every act,
evarv offipa and aynry regpiVTinn NJ this
convention. hut to put the ban on every
: man from every state opposed to his can
didacy or his platform. Does he turn his
vituperation against me because l am a
boss? Not at all. l am no,more of a boss
now than / was during the two campaigns
y when l won his appreciation by trying TO
elect him. The only boss he hates is the
boss opposed to his arrogant self-the
most IHapudent, domineering, devastating
! boss the democratic party has ever known.
!, But there is another reason. / am a cor
:, p%oration man. I am. I was in 1896 anc
q 1909 and am today. But / an not connected
u with a corporation. There is not a dollar ir
e any company which is not a corporation OF
an Incorporation OF my own private bust.
ness, and which l absolutely control. Thai
however, makes no difference, l am a cor
p~oration man, but it is only when opposed
to Mr.. Bryan that l am considered un.
worthy Of association with the one best
living democrat, my counsel and my he'll
are no longer desired.
Base IngratItude.
1T was not always so. In 1885, and in l8a
2 the late Senator Jones many times declared
0 there were just three men upon whom h,
never called for financial assistance iT
vain. one was the late Marcus Daily, an,
other was William II. Hearst. the THIRD
was myself. Through his friend ard man,
ager Mr.. Bryan not only accepted CRATE,
/ fully, but besecchingly sought our aid, anC
we gave freely thousands and thousand,
OF dollars. Mr.. Bryan knew then anC
knows now that ! was as much Of a cor
% porauon man in 1886 and 1900 as / am il
1898, but did he scruple absteniously' 4
use our money? Let him answer at leisure
10 And what followed? After his defeat Mr.
Hearst became his lstron and paid hin
thousands Of dollars only TO be turned
Y upon without a qualm. ana when again