Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-16
BRYAN REPLIES TO
CHARGE OF Cannon

DECLARES HE OWNED PROPERTY
WORTH $4,000 AND IS NOT
A MILLIONAIRE.
ASKS SPEAKER TO BE
AS FRANK WITH PUBLIC
Democratic Candidate Speaks at Of.
ney, IIl.-Taft to Welcome Dele.
cations at Cincinnati - Sherman
Meets Hitchcock.
Olney, ILL.,, Sept. 11.-Giving a de-
tailed statement of the amount of
property owned by him which he
placed at $4,000 at the outside, Will
liam ]. Bryan, Democratic candidate
for president, in speech here Thurs
day declared as false the accusation
of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, made
Wednesday in Springfield, ILL.,, that he
(Bryan) was worth 100000 and
called upon the speaker to be as frank
In making known to the world the
amount of his own earthly posses.
sions. In the course of his remarks
Speaker Cannon is credited with saw.
ing that Mr.. Bryan had accumulated
100000 selling wind and ink to the
public.
Mr.. Bryan referred to Speaker Can.
non as the third man in influence in
the government, IF not even above
the vice.president in his power to in.
f1uence legislation" and said that 1T
was only fair that the speaker should
apply to himself the same rule that
he applies to me and take the public
into his confidence"
Quotes Cannon and Replies.
Mr.. Bryan said: "Mr. Cannon, in his
speech before the Republican state
convention Wednesday, has this to say
OF me: How about Bryan, man of
theories, a man who has a breaking
out of 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 plutocrat.' But
a man dominating the Democratic
party and the greatest advertising
agent on earth through his papers;
through his books and through his lec-
lures, is, l am informed, worth more
than million dollars A little later
in his speech he drops the qualifying
phrase, and says, as if upon his own
knowledge, there stands the Democrat
ic candidate, a successful Chautauqua
lecturer who has made a million dol
lars selling wind and ink to the pub
lie. Many exaggerated statements
have been made in regard to my earth
ly possessions, but this is the first
time the statement has been made by
any man of political standing or re-
sponsibility. 1 think 1 am justified,
therefore, in speaking of this subject,
which might otherwise be considered
too personal a matter for public dis
cussion."
Worth $4,000 on Entering Congress.
Il was worth about $4,000 when I
was elected to congress. / served four
years, and by careful economy saved
between $4,000 and $4,000, or about
$1,000 year, so that when I went out
Of congress in the spring of 1895 I
was worth about $4,000 or $1,000. Dur
ing the period that elapsed between
the end Of my congressional terms
and my nomination for the presidency,
about year and four months, I was
engaged in speaking and in lecturing
and added but small sum to my say.
ings. After the election in 1896 my
earning power as a lecturer was large
ly enhanced by the prominence which
the campaign had given me. My book,
The First Battle brought me $4,000,
and l gave an equal amount of the
profits to the various committees that
had carried on the campaign of 1885,"
Taft to Welcome Pilgrims.
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 11.-W. H. Taft
Thursday started to clear off a lot of
correspondence and Office work. Be-
sides this he was in touch by long
distance telephone within a convent
ent radius Of his home city and plans
were discussed for the pilgrimage here
of delegations. No decisions in such
matters will be announced, however,
until the Republican national commit
tee has made known it's desire for
utilizing the candidate on the road.
No political conferences of impor-
lance were scheduled for the day.
Mr.. Taft attended to his personal cor
respcndence at his residence be-
fore coming to the headquarters down
town.
Sherman Meets Hitchcock.
New York, Sept. Thames S.
Sherman, the Republican candidate
for vice-president, and Senator Crane
of Massachusetts, member of the
advisory committee Of the Republican
national committee, arrived in New
York Thursday. During the day Mr..
Sherman and Senator Crane were in
conference with Chairman Hitchcock
of the national committee.
It's Men Missing from Fleet.