Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-16
Chicago Letter

ZION during the last few days. Sec
rotary William Hayward of the Re-
publican National Com nittee has Civ
en- Mr.. Bryan one severe puncture.
MIR. Hayward said that Mr.. Bryan's
plea for publicity was the veriest
demagogism, calling to mind the SIS
900 which the New York World stated
sumo time ago was sent to Nebraska
by Thomas F. Ryan Of New York tn
further Mr. Bryan's candidacy for the
senate in 1904. Mr.. Bryan at first
denied that this had been received,
but reconsidered and admitted finally
that the money had come from the
Democratic National Committee.
cit Is evident said Nh. Hay.
ward, "that Bryan is following his
usual tactics and sidstepping the is
sue
1.-The corrupt practice act of Ne
bras ka provides that all campaign
moneys must be disbursed through the
treasurer Of the political committee,
and that this treasurer must file re-
port within fifteen days after an cleo
tiun, giving all the facts as 10 receipt
and expenditures.
"In 1904 Tommy Allen, Mr.. Bry
an s r. Otherin- law, was chairman of
the state central committee. No &C
counting was made by him or by his
treasurer Of the SIS, 600 received from
Wall street. The law was evaded
plainly. The question which arises
is, did Bryan want his brother-in law
was not able to contol him, how can
1t be expected that he would or could
control q man like Haskell and compel
him to account for the ''oil' obtained
by him for lubricating" the demo-
cratic party machinery up to the time
of his enforced resignation? Such
wilful and pernicious violation of the
Nebraska law should convince any fair
minded man that their campaign pub
licity talk is the veriest demagogism
and not made with any intention other
than fooling the people,
Corroborative evidnece Of Mr.. Hay
ward s charge was found later in an
article written by T. II. Tlbbles, can
didate of the Peoples Party for Vice
President in 1904, in Tom Watson's
magazine for June, 1905.
In this article MI. TIbhles tells how
Bryan sought for fusion with the
Populists and promised to go to Ari-
making political speeches. He adds:
'The Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee went to New, York,
saw Parker, Sheehsn, Belmont, Tom
Taggert and the rest of the band of
financial and political pirates. He
came home with money for Campaign
expenses. Then Mr.. Bryan hired
special train and started out speech
making in Nebraska and in other
states. The surprising rapidity with
which his lung healed has never been
equalled in all history Of medicines.
1t is such things as these coming
out of Mr.. Bryan's past that keep the
candidate explaining. always explain
| ing. He fas been placed in this attI-
tude so much that the people of the
west are growing tired Of it. Sever
al of Mr.. Bryan's closest advisers ID
this campaign also have been called
on to do some explaining within the
past few days. John E. Lamb, vice.
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, has been branded as a
corporation lobbyist by his home pap
er, the Terre Haute Star. The Star
says he also helped to break up the
street car mems union in 1902 in Terre
Haute.
Colonel Moses G. Wetmore of st.
Louis, Chairman of the Financial
Committee of the Democratic National
Committee, has been shown to have
peculiar antitrust record. In 1899
he was president o. the Liggett &
Meyers Tobacco Company of st. Louis.
That year he sold out to the trust for
SIS, 600, 600. Since that time he has
helped to finance Democratic campaign
and allied himself with Mr.. Bry ANS
antitrust platform. The New York
Sun of May 10. 1893 says:
Colonel Nose stands OH his record.
He can afford to wage war against the
trusts. They have furnished him with
several millions. He has forced the
foe to contribute to its own discomtit-
ure. Col. Nose would look well on
the ticket with Mr.. Bryan
Apropos to tba John W. Kern Big
Four annual, which, unfortunately for
the presidential candidate, was
found recently, Victor Rosewater,
Chief of the Publicity Bureau of the |
Republican Committee, said:
"Mr. Bryan's Managers evidently |
are trying to obscure the well-known |
fact that Mr.. Bryan was shown up !
riding through California ON free |
railroad pass several years ago. This
was exposed in the San Francisco
Call at the time. Mr.. Bryan admitted
that he was riding on pass, claiming
that it was issued on an advertising
contract with Newspaper with which
he had no active connection at that