The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-18
BRYAN COMBINES
WITH TAINTED BOSSES
The Continuous Candidate Drops
from Idealism in His Frenzied
Fight for Votes.
Now Hand in Glove with Notorious
Politicians and Corruptionists
Whom He Formerly Denounced

While morality has been the keynoss
of all of Mr.. Bryan's lectures and a
most of his political speeches for yeara
the record shows that he has not bees
assiduous In praetieing what no
breaches while his voice has bees
championiug the moral uplift of tho
people In both public and private life,
personally he has not hesitated to form
alliances with some of the most undo
sirable citizens for the advancement 81
his political hopes. The recent expo
sures Of the close connection between
the Standard Oil trust and the inner
councils of the Democratic National
Committee have served to recall Other
alliances made by Mr.. Bryan n hls
choice of political associates and c,n-
fidantes, says the Omaha Bee.
In the Illinois fights for the last eight
years. Mr.. Bryan has been identified
with the Roger Sullivan Democrats
True, he defied and denounced Sullivan
at the st. Louis convention in 1904.
but Sullivan was at that time working
for Judge Parker's nomination. Bryan
declared that Sullivan was corpora
tion creature, the tool Of the big in
terests and insisted that he could not
and would not accept any endorsement
from a convention or committee that
had endorsed Sullivan. This year Sui
Ivan is one of his close political adj
sfC n
destinies in Illinois, with Mr.. Bryan's
expressed approval and consent
In New York Mr.. Bryan's political
fortunes are indissolubly linked with
'Fingy" Connors, Charley" Murphy.
Pat" MeCarren, the New York rep
resentative of the Standard Oil trust;
August Belmont, 7. Fortune Ryan and
the entire clique of trust officials and
race track promoters, who have been
waging such bitter fight on the reforms
urged by Governor Hughes and the Re
publican State administrations. These
interests. through 7. Fortune Ryan and
w. F. Sheehan, sent $4,000 to Ne
braska In 1904 to aid Mr.. Bryan's cam
didacy for the United States Senate.
Mr.. Bryan has struck hands with these
and other devoted servants OF the
Standard oil interests In New York and
has joined Lieutenant Governor Chan
Ter In an assault upon State regulation
of railroads, although everywhere else
he demands more government regula-
ton than ever.
In Pennsylvania, Colonel Guffey, the
recognized leader of the Democrats and
representative of the Standard Oil in
terests and donor of the stained glass
window in Mr. Bryan's home, was read
out of the Democratic party by Bryan
at the Denver convention, but he Is
back again and the fight against him
has been stopped at Mr.. Bryan's direc-
ton.
In Indiana and Missousi
In Indiana, Mr.. Bryan places his
trust in Tom Taggart, proprietor Of
the gambling joint at French Lick
Springs and best client Of Mr.. Kern
the Bryan running mate. Taggart fire
quently meets Mr.. Bryan at Chicago
and other places outside of Indiana for
close political conferences and he also
figured in the transfer of that $20.00e
Doodle bag to the Nebraska Democrats
In 1904. Mr.. Taggart has been de
nouneed by Mr.. Bryan for public con
sumption only.
In Missouri. Mr.. Bryans closest poIi-
teal associates are Harry Halves, Ed
ward Butler and Moses c. Wetmore.
and other leaders of perhaps the most
corrupt and notorious political machine
ever organized. Mr. Bryan has done
his best to minimize the influence Of
Governor Folk in the Democratic poll
tics of Missouri, where Folk has made
some record of practieing what Mr..
Bryan breaches.
standard OIL Men In sosthUest.
In Texas, Senator Bailey. wearing .
beautiful coat of whitewash. which
covers up the Standard Oil spots. is Mr..
Bryan's adviser and i'm oklahoma Gov
ernor Haskell, who has not yet re-
ceived his whitewash, was Mr.. Bryan's
direct representative ON the platform
committee at Denver and his personal
choice for treasurer of the national
committee. In Kentucky. Mr.. Bryan
championed Goebeiism and made de
termined effort to continue that system
by trying to force the Democrats to
elect Governor Beckham to the United
States Senate.
In view of the record. II is not sur
prising that in Nebraska MIR. Bryan
makes Cowboy Jim" Dahlman his
closest political chum. The surprise 10
that he still has the temerity to con-
time his demands for the moral regen-
Grafton of political parties.
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