Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-29
TREASURER OF DEMOCRATIC MA.
TloNAL COMMITTEE RESIGNS
UNDER FIRE OWING TO LABOR
AND OIL DISCLOSURES.
HIS SUCCESSOR
NOT YET NAMED
sYAAN REFUSES TO DISCUSS
MATTER OTHER THAN TO SAY
THAT NAMING OF SUCCESSOR
is UP TO Mr.. MACK.

Chicago, Sept. &C. = Bryan ar
rived in the city early today and
after spending an hour at the
Democratic headquarters depart
ed at 500 for Madison, Wis. Dur
ing his stay Bryan had a confer
ence with Gov. Haskell, Vice
Chairman John E. Lamb and 9TH
ers. At it's close Bryan said the
selection Of successor to Has
kell would be decided by Chair
man Mack. When asked il he
had accepted the resignation of
Haskell, he declined to answer,
and refused to talk. Mack is ex-
pected to act on the matter of the
appointment of a treasurer at
once.
Haskell left at o'clock for
Guthrie, Okla. Asked whether his
resignation had been accepted, he
said:
II presume So"
AS to his successor he protested
ignorance.
New York, Sept 26. The selec-
ton of treasurer to succeed
Gov. Haskell will probably not be
made by Chairman Mack for sew
eral days. The names Of Col.
Moses G. Wetmore OF st. Louis,
Mayor J. H. Adams Of Buffalo and
r. H. Goltra of st. Louis are I'M
der consideration.
Chicago, Sept. 26.-Charles N. Has
kell has resigned from the treasure
ship of the Democratic national com
mfttee. He arrived in Chicago las
night at SAT O'Clock, having ridde1
tWenty-seven fast hours through the
heat direct from Oklahoma He came
In response to peremptory command
from William Jennings Bryan, and
three hours after arrival here-hours
spent in denying he, had resigned, OF
had been asked to resign-he gave
out the announcement of his with
drawal from the treasureship and
active participation in the Bryan cam
paign.
The governors withdrawal from the
in which he had cut such a
large figure was announced at mid.
night in formal note addressed To
Chairman Mack.
Candidate Bryan, who arrived here
at Z o'clock this morning from Terre
Haute learned at that hour that his
treasurer has acceded to his demand
to get down and out.
Action Forecast by Bryan.
The action of Haskell in retiring
from the campaign was forecast in
the afternoon in a remark made by
MI Bryan in Indianapolis during an
How about Haskell?" shouted one
of Mr.. Bryans auditors.
When we get through with that
matter" retorted Mr.. Bryan, you will
not need to ask that question"
Two fellow members of the nation
al committee are said to have met the
governors train out on the western
borders Of Illinois and to have asked
him some questions about oil, and
Citizens alliance, and promotions, and
trust support Of the campaign. They
also are said to have suggested that
his career as the chief Bryan manager
should terminate instanter, as it has.
Formal Note of Retirement.
The letter of resignation was
as follows:
Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 25, 1907
Hon. Norman E. Mack, chairman
Democratic national committee,
New York City-My Dear Sir: In
pursuance of information as to
your date for return here, when I
went home before, I assumed l
would find you here upon my re-
turn today. | now learn that YOU
will be detained in the east until
Tuesday, and as | must be home
on Monday I leave tomorrow.
Since the president and his
cabinet have joined forces with
Mr.. Hearst and three Wall street
brokers to make a personal fight
against me, notwithstanding the
president in his answer to Mr..
Bryan abandoned his charge about
Ohio Standard Oil cases, yet by
all the means of the command of
the government and the millions
of Hearst and his Wall street al
lies, they persist in vicious, I'M
warranted, and untruthful attack
On me. Personally, l welcome
their attack, and shall meet it
with all the vigor at my command
shall treat them all as private
citizens and subject to the penal
ties of the law which they merit.
"Rule by the People at Stake"
IN this l know I shall have the
aid Of my neighbors at home for
all proper purposes; but my time
must be free from other demands