Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-05
BRYAN DENIES
WORLDS STORY
That He Was Beneficiary Of a
Large Campaign Contribution
Made by Thos. F. Ryan.
IF PROVEN, RETURN MONEY.
lie Opposed Parkcr's Nomination but
No One Gave Him More
Loyal support.

Lincoln, Neb.. June Sin state
ment given last night to the Associat-
ed Press. William j. Bryan replies TO
an article that appeared week ago
in the, New York World, charging that
Mr.. BRYAN was the beneficiary of It
campaign contribution made by
Thomas T., Ryan. Mr.. Bryan declares
II Mr.. Ryan made the contribution. it
was without his knowledge or consent
and he repeats his former statement
that when It Is proven to him that
Mr.. RYAN did make the contribution,
he viii see that the money is returned
to the donor. MIR. Bryan says:
II have Just read the Worlds story
charging. first, that my brother-in-
law. MIR. Allen, chairman of the Dem
ocratic state committee, had a confer
ence with Mr.. Sheehan In 1904 in re-
gard to campaign funds,
Second. that Mr.. Sheehan, as Mr..
Ryan's attorney. secured from Mr..
Ryan 100000 for the Nebraska cam
paigu.
"rhrd, that Mr.. Ryan made the
contribution to secure my open and
unqualified support of Judge Parker.
Fourth, that to disguise the source
the check to Mr.. Sheehan and that
Mr.. Sheehan gave his checks to Mr..
Allen
"Chairnan Allen and Mr.. Dahlman,
the Nebraska members of the national
Democratic committee, have already
denied the Worlds charges and stated
that the only money received came
from the national committee; but /
desire to add the following statement:
hr q
either Mr.. Sheehan or Mr.. Ryan, and
| have no reason TO doubt his word.
IF Mr.. Ryan contributed TO the
Nebraska campaign, II was not with
my knowledge or consent. While I
had but a remote personal interest in
the Nebraska campaign that year, I
am interested in Nebraska politics and
am also interested i'm national politi, 8.
and ! am not willing to be, in the
slightest degree. obligated to any favor
seeking corporation. II, therefore. the
World will secure either from Mr..
Sheehan or Mr.. Ryan a. statement. or
prove In any other way that NJ, Ryan
gave to Mr. Sheehan or to anyone else
or to the national committee any sum
whatever with the understanding that
the sum would be used In the Me-
braska campaign, I shall see that the
amount Is returned to Mr.. Ryan.
"As TO the charge that my support
OF Judge Parker was purchased.
need only say that ] announced my
support of Judge Parker Immediately
after the ST. Louis convention and
that support was open and unqualified
from the convention until the polls
closed 7 had opposed his nomination,
but he had no more loyal supporter
during the campaign. ! was In cor
respondence with him and both IN the
stump and with pen rendered all tho
assistance | could. While the World
was selling its columns to the Repub-
lican committee To be used in carica-
turing Judge Parker, my paper was
urging his election
LIGHT ON "SLUSH FUND"
Omaha. June 5.-Some light is
thrown on the disposition of the now
famous $4,000 "slush fund" raised in
New York I'm 1904. and spent I'm the Ne
braska campaign. by q statement given
out today by Thomas II. Tibbles, the
Populist nominee for vice president in
1904
At that time MIR. Tibbles was editor
of the Independent at Lincoln, ana
Bryans Commoner was printed by the
Independent plant.
Bryans editorial desk was in the In
dependent office. Mr.. Tibbles says
II know right where $1,000 OF that
New York fund went. II went into a
special edition of 10000 copies of the
Independent, which was gotten out for
the purpose of electing George w
Berge for governor. The entire paper
Was given up to his candidacy in that
edition The Independent was Populist
and Berge was the fusion candidate
for governor This amount was hand
ed US by Tom Allen, jones c. Dahlman
and Col John b. Maher and they Sc
cured the funds from the Democratic
national committee on trip which
they made to New York.
"The day after Bryan returned from
the st. Louis convention. he dropped
into the Independent office, sat down at
his desk. and began writing an edi-
torial. The first words were 4 shall
support Parker We put that editor
ial in type and ran 1t in the Common
err the following week. All that was
done long before there was any talk of
needing money IN the Nebraska cleo
ton and should dispose OF the rid
tedious talk about Bryan being paid