The Detroit times., 1908-06-23

BOSTON, June 22.-Here Is IN
breathlessly-awaited telegram fror
Thomas w. Lawson to VIM. Jenning
Bryan, wherein the former asks tn
Nebraskan to consent TO the nominS
IrTrn OF Gov. Johnson for presiden
ena Mr. Bryan for vice-president. Flo
Drch a ticket he offers 10 gather
fund OF 100000 and.
" essary, add $500.000 personally:
a, William Jennings Bryan;
Dear Sir: In Chicago on Thurs
day the farce, which has been in
cubating since the October panic.
birthed what will be a tragedy TO
+, the American people. unless some
thing is done 10 prevent IL. The
time picked out 10 heap upon the
American people this browning
mockery comes by fate's irony
after four years OF revelations OF
private and public corruption on
scale beyond any recorded by
b history, uncovering to the world
multi-millionaires taking 10 them
y selves the penny OF their neigh
bors' scanty savings; lawmakers.
4 Inv administrators, and statesmen
y bowling to every within OF system
of vast power and incredible base
ness: judges on the bench be-
smirching their ermine with
Z characterization of political
and financial violations of trust
Unparalleled for extent and au-
dacity.
With the stencil of all this still
permeating the air. and at the
bidding of the man in whom Am
erica placed her trust 10 root out
the rottenness which caused IL
and whom Americans have honor
K ed as none other since Lincoln.
z a band of professional feeders at
B the public crib, with an insolence
which would cause the Roman
\ Squirt, Claudius. 10 turn In his
grave, with a coarseness which
wotid have flied Big=Stick.Swiug.
u er-Boss-Tweed with envy and with
!. pub.ic-be-dammed which would
! have forced the Vanderbilt rec.
a ord holder 70 swallow his cud,
4 planned TO cram. and did cram
down the threats of millions OF
3 Republicans court favorite.
Roosevelt a Word-Docr.
And this from Theodore Roose.
4 welt. For four years Roosevelt
has Numbered and promised until
the people had to believe that
lightning would strike, and that
his promises would bear fruit
When we last talked we agreed
that Roosevelt's efforts up to date
had been but words. You main
tanned he would pass into history
as a word-doer, while I held his
words were but the wayclearers
for deeds. You were right, I
visionary ass: for 1t is now his
tory that the sum total OF Roose-
velt's work was but to put the
people in better condition for the
same old service at the galley
! oars
No $29 900, 900 fine collected. not
En- single system malefactor
brought TO justice, not a system
!, Insurance company. bank, trust
4 company, railroad, or trust curbed
\ or checkered: but scores immu-
ned against any future attempt OF
/; the people TO right their wrongs.
II Is unnecessary TO point out TO
you, the student OF history and
contemporaneous affairs, you, the
teacher. the fact now evident TO
all disinterested thinkers that II
the aroused feelings OF the Amer
can people are choked off By the
superior scheming OF this man
whom they have lifted TO a dicta-
/ torship so supreme that he has
1 Just chosen his successor against
the will OF the people. there will
come an explosion the length.
breadth. and depth of which no
|Hlnan can predict.
B Says Bryan Would Be Defeated.
II has happened that you are
the only man in this country to-
day who can give the American
people the power to undo the evil