The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-11
BRYAN GOES Y.TER CANNON hs Z Hot Shot For "Uncle 7 Joe.' AMOUNT OF BRYAN'S RICHES Accusation of the Speaker Declared
 as False. The Nebraskan Declares That He Is Not a Millionaire and Talks
 Frankly of His Personal
 Income.
AMOUNT OF BRYAN'S RICHES

erty owned by hlm which ne placed at $150,000 at the outside, Vim. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for Pres- ident, in a speech here today, declared
 as false the accusation of Speaker Jo-
 seph G. Cannon made yesterday in Springfield. H., that he (Bryan) was worth a million dollars and called upon the Speaker to be frank In making known to the world the amount of his
 own earthly possessions.
 In the course of his remarks, Speaker Cannon Is credited with saying that
 MT. Bryan had accumuated a million dollars selling wind and ink to the public.
 The Democratic candidate referred to Speaker Cannon as the third man in
 influence in the Government, "even not
 below the President in his ability
 to influence Legislation" and said that 1t was only fair that the Speaker should
 apply to himself the same rule that he applies to Mir. Bryan and take the pub
 lie into his confidence.
 Of Mir. Cannon, Mir. Bryan said:
 MT. Cannon In his speech before the Republican State Convention yesterday
 had this to say of me: How about
 Bryan. a man of theories, a man who
 has a breaking out at the mouth. a man who agreed with the Populists
 only a dozen years ago-that no man could honestly earn a million dollars and that when any man had that, he
 was a plutocrat, but a man dominating
 the Democratic Party and the greatest advertising agent on earth through his papers; through his books and through his lectures, Is, I am informed, worth more than $10.000,000.' A little later in his speech he dropped the qualify ing phrase and says, as If upon his own Knowledge:
 There stands the Democratic can- didate, a successful Chautauqua lectur- CT, who has made a million dollars sell-
 ing wind and ink to the public.'
 Many exaggerated statements have been made in regard to my earthly pos-
 sessions, but this is the first time the | statement has been made by any man of political standing or responsibility. I think l am justified in speaking on this subject which might otherwise be credited to too personal a matter for publication. I was worth about $3,000 when I was elected to Congress. I served four years and by careful econ-
 omy saved between S3.000 and $4,000, or about $1 900 year, so that when I went out of Congress in the spring of 1895, was worth about S6,OO0 or $7,OOO. During the period that elapsed between
 the end of my Congressional terms and my nomination for the Presidency. about a year and four months. l was engaged in featuring and added but a small sum to my savings. After the l election in 1896, my earning power as A lecturer was largely enhanced by the prominence which the campaign had given me. My book "The First Battle. brought me $17,O00 and I gave an equal amount of the profits to the various | committees that had carried on the campaign of 1896. My lectures have | been profitable and my writings have maid me well, but no one attends the isctures unless he wants to do so, and | not one buys what write unless he is interested fin reading It.
 More than half of my time since 1896 has been given to gratituous work and vet I have been able to support myself and accumulate property which
 anu s.in,,1S estimate at about $125.OO0. but as one can never accurately say what nronerxy is worth until he sells it, l rlIi dx S15OOO0 as tn outside limit. | the maximum of my wealth ana l am willing to leave the public to determ- | inc whether that Is more than l | ought to have earned or whether l | have earned 1t honestly. And now | having arrested the criticism Of MT. | Cannon and shown that his accusation
 ia false. I think I am justified in ask | ing him to ba as frank with the public | as have been. ,o., 1 when I was year old, and during the | last forty seven years. he has held of- | flee more than forty years of the time | and about thirty-hv years or that 1 time, he has been a member or Con | eress and has bcen drawing salary | that the members of Congress thought | so inadeuuate that the salary has re- | gently been increased. Will he tell us
 what he has been selling. to whom he l has sold, and how much he got Tor ltf
 He ought to tell us whether he has
 made any money featuring or writing that Is, by selling wind and ink to | choose his own choice language. Ho | hammered emulation of money by the strict at | tention to the public, and yet he is
 reputed to be wealthy. If he will tell | us just how much he Is worth. We can l then guess how much he might have | been worth had he been free to devote
 his talents to moneymaking. Being the l third man in influence in our govern | ment next to the Vice President if not
 even above the Vice President in his
 power to influence legislation. Is 1t
 not fair that he should apply himself | the same rule that he applies to me
 and take the public into his confidence.
 Let him tell us how ach he Is
 worth and how he made It. Let him
 tell us what he has been selling; to
 whom he sold 1t and how much he got l for it. If he thinks that the wealth | of a Presidential candidate and the
 source of such a candidates income | should be known. will he deny that the sneakers wealth and his sources of income should be known?"
 Harmony in New York.
 New York, Sept, 10-A declaration
 that everything was harmonious with
 the Democratic party In New York | state and an intimation that the Me | Carren delegates from Kings County 1 would be seated in the state convention at Rochester next week were decidedly
 interesting points in an informal talk
 by. Chairman Wm. J. Connors of the | Democratic State Committee at Demo- cratic headquarters here tonight
 The chairman also declared that for mer presiding Justice Morgan J. O'Brien of the appellate division of the Supreme Court first department, would
 be either the temporary or permanent