The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-06
GUFFEY COMES BACK.
Pennsylvania Makes Heated Reply
to Mr.. BRYAN

Denver, July 5.-Colonel ]. NJ. Guffey of
pennsylvania, who was yesterday at
tackled by Mr.. Bryan in speech at Lin
coin. today issued the following state
ment in reply:
I'm the course of his Fourth of July
speech to twelve or fifteen out of the
sixty-eight delegates from Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Bryan made certain explicit decIara-
sions. He charged the Pennsylvania del
egation was taken from him by conspir-
acy' against the expressed wish of a
great majority OF the Democratic voters.
This statement is false. The state con-
Nention voted down resolution endors-
ing his candidacy by substantial ma or-
ity. and there is no basis for Mr.. Bryan's
assumption that the members of that con-
vention did not accurately represent the
voters who had elected them delegates.
Mr.. Bryan personally forced the issue be-
fore the people when in flat contradiction
to his boosted policy of nOn-interference.
he came TO, Pittsburg, pleaded his own
cause before thousands in Exposition hail
and put his own ticket in the field against
the regular candidates. The result of his
fervid appeals was the election of three
and half Bryan delegates and twenty
six and half anti-Bryan delegates to the
state convention
Asks Some Questions.
Mr.. Bryan further asserted with all
solemnity. that his opposition to me for
national committeeman was the first in
stance of any Interference on his part in
tuously declared. that the people of each
community know better what they want
done than any outside person can know.
Therefore. he virtuously observes. he has
'abstained scrupulously from taking part
in these controversies. What. then was
he doing in Kentucky, during, the last
campaign for senator? How does he. or
can he explain his opposition to Mr.. Mo-
Graw in West Virginia. or his begging
appeals to Democrats in Indiana to de-
feat Mr.. Taggart? Did he or did he not
try to humiliate Roger sullivan and drive
him off the committee? Did he or did he
not write this letter to his friend Judge
o. p Thompson of Illinois, on July H.
1906
Attack on Sullivan.
Mr.. Sullivan's presence on the com
mittee contradicts all that we can say in
the party's behalf His corporate connec-
lions would harm the party far beyond his
power to aid the organization, but this
could be left to some future convention
to deal with if he were actually the choice
of the Democrats of Illinois. The fact
however that he holds his office by fraud
and against the express wishes of a ma
jority of the state convention makes II inn
possible for honest Democrats TO associate
with him as member OF the. committee
If he refuses TO resign ana thus put his
ambition or his business before the party's
success the sooner he Is elected from the
committee the better.
What kind of 'scrupulous abstention
from interference does Mr.. Bryan call that
and what particular brand of hypocrisy Is
indicated by these salving words uttered
by Mr.. Bryan. at the Iroquois club last
December. when he stood up and said:
1--WE must forget the past and work
for the future. We must forget all and
forgive all. For myself may say l have
no grievance | 20 longer Judge man by
what he has done. The future Is every
thing TO me. { want 10 know what he is
going to do in the future
"SnoIrkIno p.taverv
How can we account for this abrupt
change from brutal assault TO smirkiug
palaver? Had Mr.. Sullivan changed?
Was not his office held by fraud then as
much as in 1896? What had happened TO
suddenly make il impossible for honest
Democrats TO associate with him? Sim
ply this. as everybody knows. Mr. Bry-
an wanted the Illinois delegation TO this
convention. and TO accomplish that pu--
pose he did not hesitate an instant to eat
his own vicious words.
Mr. Bryan views me with sanctimo-
Nous horror as political boss. who
shall never be in the party organization,
except over my protest a BUSH
whacker who should not be put into nv
councils to .betray me
MY councils indeed, Is the Democratic
party really absorbed? Has 1t coun-
cils2 Is Mr.. Bryan the whole organiza-
tione Let the people rule he shouts.
and forthwith proceeds to dictate not only
every act every office and every resolu-
ton of this convention. but also TO put
the ban upon every man from any state
who is opposed 10 his candidacy or his
platform Does he turn his vituperation
against me because j am boss? Not al
all / am no more of a boss now than l
was during the two campaigns when
won his appreciation by trying 10 e~~t
him The only boss he hates is the boss
or,-,csed IN his own arrogant self-the most