The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
From Philadelphia Press.

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
nent of tho country"
eve deem . Republican victory
less dangerous for the country than
the election Of Bryan"
"Only . few intimate friends and
bllnd admirers Of Bryan "re sun
willing to follow him. The
niserabls intrigues Of the man who
would again incits tho aansses can
not retard this process. bryans
strenaoua activity will hasten his
entire ANNIHILATION"
Lat, View. Of watterson.
II is well known that the most &C.
we're criticisms of Mr.. Bryan In the
campaign OF 1900 were from the pen
7. OF Mr.. Henry Watterson, now heading
hi. press committee. As late as Febrn-
ary, 1908, Mr.. Watterson, in the ed
ttorial columns OF the Courier. journal.
had this TO say Of Bryan:
"Now, tor our part, We sec In
M. Bryan a agreeable lay-preacher
who wants to be president, and Has
shown hiasels willins to take any
cid thins Toe = paramount issue.
promisins 70 Join votes enough. all
tAs way from Free silver to the
asvernmental Ownership"
Gas enc - the guilty In 1900,
though not In 1000, am 90 sensible
Of my tack - desert that. whilst
IL the coming campaign I shall tabor
60 elect him-still greatly distrust-
tnR him-I shall sot expect any
othop than negative results from his
advent TO power. nor dream of CROSSE
,us his threshold after his election.
t5MJust befors Mr.. Bryan's return
last summer q year ago and his bad
break At Madison Square Garden,
Nj. John G. Carlisle said to me
know Mr.. Bryan-I know him we'll
lika him, but be ha, no more Idea
q the reapons Utilities " government
than ohtld."
In Polite. Cor Gate Receipts.
In public statement issued Sept. I,
1906. Roger O Sullivan, Democratic
National Committeeman tor Illinois and
contributor to the Bryan campaign
fund. said:
"AIr. bryan has twice led the DEM
ocratis party 70 defeat. the second .
worse defeat than the drst. II he
. proud Of that evidence Of the peo-
pies confidence 10 his sincerity. he
o. welcome IA 1t. 0ut Ills boast Of
sincerity mertts further oonsidera-
ton. He insinaates that ! sake
money s.s Of politics. end that bis
sincerity therefore eompels him 70
oppose my participation In. Demo.
cratic affairs. The plais inference
a that Mr.. Bryan tAinks II WRONG
"a make money out Of pslltics. This
Aoass Of his puts the stsmp % in-
SINCERITY all over him. II Mr.. Bryan
thinks Il wrons t. make money cut
Of politics. ~ should auit making
money. Mr.. Bryan hasa one doll
Tar that be ever made ont Of any
thing hut politics. He tried to he
a ,awyer, he was sailura NJ 1t.
tie tried to be newspaper editor,
he was n failure Mt that. He 70 now
a ,ann Of property. As fortunes so,
he fl II rirh man. lie made every
dollar OF h7s fortune ont Of politics
as - sterping-stone to the lecture
uyatforsn Mr.. Bryan discov cred,
many years ago, that no could make
his political promtnencs pay He
Is = .hrewa advertiser, and In his
way n clever business man. He has
discovered that SO long ns ne u
candidate for President and pos
sibls nominee. gifted with the abil-
aty to weave Rowing sentences into