The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-30
BRYAN CONDEMNED by HIS ASSOCIATES
Real Sentiments of Ridder, WattersOn,
Carlisle, Sullivan, ct al.

At various times In the past Herman
Ridder, now Treasurer Of the Demo
cratic National Committee, has publish
ed In his newspaper, the New Yorker
Stats Zeitung, frank expressions OF
his real opinion Of Mr.. Bryan as fol-
lows:
ellis (Brynn's) selection would
surely cause q disturbance In the
industrial and economical develop
ment of the country"
eve deem q Republican victory
less dangerous for the country than
the election of Bryan"
"OnIy a few intimate friends and
blind admirers of Bryan are stih
willing to follow MN. The
miserabBeI intrigues of the man who
would again incite the masses can
not retarh this process. BryafSs
f'strenuouss 6Aetivity VAL hasten ~la
: entire ANNIHILATION" ~
Late Views of watterson.
It Is we'll known that the most Sc
we're criticisms of Mr.. Bryan in the
campaign of 1900 were from the pen
of Mr.. Henry Watterson, now heading
his press committee. AS late as Febru-
airy, 1908. Mr.. Watterson, in the ed
itorial columns Of the Courier-Journal,
had this to say Of Bryan:
Snow, for our part, we see in
Mr.. Bryan an agreeable Iay-prencher
who wants to be president, and has
shown himself willing to take any
old thing for n paramount Issue,
promising to Join votes enough, NIL
tho way from Free silver to the
Governmental Ownership"
GAS one of the guilty I'm 1906,
though not I'm 1900, I am so sensible
In the coming campaign I shall labor
to elect him-still greatly distrust-
ing him-I shall not expect any
other than negative results from his
advent to power, nor dream of cross
ing his threshold after his election.
"Just before Dir. Bryan's return
last summer n year ago and his bad
break nj Madison Square Garden,
Mr.. John G.. Carlisle said to me Il
know Mr.. Bryant know him we'll
I like him, but ne has no more idea
Of the responsibilities OF government
than . child"
In Politics for Gate Receipts.
In a public statement issued Sept. Z,
1906, Roger G. Sullivan, Democratic
National Committeeman for Illinois and
contributor to the Bryan campaign
fund, said:
"Mr. Bryan has twice led the DEM
ocrntic party to defeat, the second n
worse defeat than the first. II he
II proud of that evidence Of the poo
plo's confidence I'm his sincerity, he
n welcome to II. But his bonst of
sincerity merits further considera-
tfon. He insinuates that I make
money out of politics, and that his
sincerity therefore compe1s him TO
oppose my participation in Demo-
erntio affairs. The plain Inference
IL that Mr.. Bryan thinks IL wrong
Co mike money out of politics. This
boast of his puts tho stamp of In
sincerity all over him. II Mr.. Bryan
thinks IL wrong to make money ont
of politics. no should quit making
money. Mr.. Bryan has not one dol
lar Tint no ever made out OF any
thing hut pcIitics. He tried Ia he
lawyer, no was failure Mt IL.
He tried to be n newspaper editor,
ne was n failure at that. He IL now
man of property. As fortunes 20,
he IN n rich man. lie made every
dollar of his fortune out of politics
ms stepping-stone to the lecture
platform. Mr.. Bryan discovered,
many years ago. that he could make
his political prominence pay. lie
IL n shrcwd advertiser, and I'm his
way n clever business man. He has
discovered that so long nv he IL "a
candidate for President and n pos
sibIe nominee, gifted with tho sbiI-
ity to weave flowing sentences into