The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-03

REBUKE to-
BRYAHSH.

IA Per sonal Letter
By President
clsusland
WASHING o &sv
Eofk Sun ated l.e toitowiag Thurs.
day morning.
sent s9 letter
gEittensla sslin ~ the lte CsfnseI.
eleSs siitl9e to d Government
eitltcsf yashing gtoa tends b con.
trn tie alltlertIc tenetished ii
New York The lstter which is 4
Ten, IN sIr own maud. zoe
snot mention the articles recents pub.
lishsd but the views on politics ex-
Epressed In the letter afa similar to
sglle ot those Haieh we're sat forth
in the artieles.
Tiie man6to whom tse ettaiswas
dtesssd was an osHee eholte under
sidsnt eieve eiand alld waistn pers
spnal flen6ship eSisteaS between hes
Vie letter expressed n rly and en,s
mia tieal1y the writer cons ction that
ahism WAS no more acceptable 10
ilhipl or toItne American people at the
tttn q writing than it had been dur
ing the last twelse years and 4 stat.
led iuneaniyoc ocally mis- reftsl il 10 accent
Brya an as the candt date tliis year MS
man to ahon the comm n Wa
Iaddresseft has shoySn ii to ssEerai
ends: bit enterta asns the chtsaisis
lieE tlle letter was d pfls ts
lone, he no igat to give 1t ont 3ot
publication
phei letter fefsrred 10 III this dis
tpatei to The snn undoubtedly exists
sie Times CORE pondent SAW it to-
tlay Is written entirely IN Mn.
Iseileyet lands own hand, and bears Ills
,etantpea hut legibIe stgnatuse The
slsnattfl'e ~ 10 be found ON
SCORES 81 pers on itse IN the sarious
iepartmeuts says the New York
Times
hesrecipiant Of the tter, an oldspo-
Utica and personal friend Of the for.
Ilier Ffestient and at present prom
linents Office holder declined 10 give Il
ont fots publ alton on the ground that
i5tt was marked sspeFsonal the wota
sipefs seral Z, is untl tlerseor orei twice. Tie
letter pies two SD les of a double
sheet of rdinary letter paner, but III
The less than 150 words II contains
the tie exp silent's opinion % aIrs
Brgan Is platnly set forth:
Tae first taragr of the note re;
Elates to personal matters which dn3
not bear upon any public question
The ofIice holder had written 10 Mr.
IiGleyelandS with ference to the pos
Ellitical trend Of the sttme In his res
my, which was dated al Tannworth
IL, in the simmer OF 1906 AIrs
/ Cleveland did not hesitate to express
Iliis belief that the rty was going
down 10 defeat again in 1908. Ha
geemed at that time 10 know IN Bryan
was destined again to be the candi;
date OF his party:
Some Of the crfti eis1n Of Mrs Bryan
ts not qualified iaEf. Cleveland wrote
THAT he was difmfo founa ed by the res
turn Of the Democracy to Bryanis1n.t
HHea went further and aclsnoB1 B1edged
That he was more sad dened by the
present political L slttlation than 1 ever
ibeileyed 4 would be possible for me
Ito be- But the seyerest attact on
AR, Bryan 5contained ed in the closing
ipara raptl OF the letter. He; sa9a:S
ISs:tsIo platform that can be adorte.lS
how strong. viii atone for the past
sins Of the candidate U
The man TO whom this lei tter. was,
addressed refuses TO ALLOW his name
to be used! He has wi ithstood the en-.
treaties of the Republican managers
to make the letter public: bats It's con-
tents have been q matter ot common
ssnowie edge for some time at least
three members of the Cabinet have
seenF II Nj. TAFT IS aware 81 It's exist:
ences but he mas issued orders that
under no circumsta stances must II Be
fused By the campaign managers With;
lopt the consent ct the reeipisnt
The recipLent OF the letter Is an ai1-
pointee Of the Cleveland administfa.
Itions Hlio has D ZEN retained in the sen
IYice because Of his value TO the dc,
ipartment with which he is connected
slI5e realizes that ifAfr. Bryan should
ilbe elected his position wonld be
among the first forfeited, in the
Beyent Of the publication ot the letter.
He has q family and Is not wealthy
imam, nor one who can AFFORD to re-
fire.
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