The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-16
BRYAN COMBINES
WITH TAINTED BOSSES
The Continuous Candidate Drops
from ldeaIism in His Frenzied
Fight for Votes.
Now Hand In Glove with Hotor1pns
Politicians and corrupt1onists
Whom He Formerly Denounced.

| While morality has been the keynote
OF all Of Mr.. Bryan's lectures and of
most OF his political speeches for yeare.
the record shows that he has not been
| assduous In practicing what he
| breaches; while his voice has been
rhampioning the moral uplift OF the
people in both public and private life,
personally he has not hesitated to form
| alliances with some of the most undo
sirable citizens for the advancement OF
his political hopes. The recent expo
sures OF the close connection between
the Standard OIL trust and the inner
councils of the Democratic National
| Committee have served to recall other
alliances made by Mr.. Bryan In his
choice of political associates and ean-
idantes, says the Omaha Bee.
In the Illinois fights for the last eight
years, Mr.. Bryan has been identified
with the Roger Sullivan Democrats
True, he defied and denounced Sullivan
1t the st. Louis convention in 1904,
but Sullivan was at that time working
for Judge Parker's nomination. Brynn
declared that Sullivan was a corpora
ton creature, the tool of the big In
terests and insisted that he could not
and would not accept any endorsement
from convention or committee that
had endorsed Sullivan. This year Sui
livan is one of his close political nd
visers and director of the Democratic
destinles in Illinois. with Mr.. Brysn's
expressed approval and consent
Money and Power An-Important.
In New York Mr.. Bryan's political
fortunes are indissolubly linked with
"Fingy" Connors, Charley" Murphy,
Pat McCarren. the New York rep
resentative of the Standard OIL trust
August Belmont, T. Fortune Ryan and
the entire clique OF trust officials and
race track promoters, who have been
waginG such bitter fight on the reforms
urged by Governor Hughes and the Re-
publican State administrations T'bsxa
interests, through 7. Fortune Ryan and
w. +. Shechan, sent $4,000 to No.
braska In 1904 to aid Mr.. Bryan's can
tlidacy for the United States Senate.
Mr.. Bryan has struck hands with these
and other devoted servants of the
Standard Oil interests in New York and
has Joined Lieutenant Governor Chan-
Ter In an assault upon State regulation
Of railroads, although everywhere elsa
lie demands more government resula-
tion than ever.
In Pennsylvania, Colonel Gufrey, the
recognized leader of the Democrats and
representative of the Standard Oil In
terests and donor OF the stained glass
window In Mr.. Bryan's home, was read
out of the Democratic party By Bryan
at the Denver convention. but ne is
back again and the fight against hImi
has been stopped at Mr.. Bryan's G,"sc-
tion.
In Indiana and Missouri.
In Indiana, Mr.. Bryan places his
trust in Tom Taggnrt, proprietor Of
the gambling Joint at French Lick
Springs and best client of Mr.. Kern,
the Bryan running mate. TagGart fire.
quently meets Mr.. Bryan at Chicngo
and other places outside Of Indiana for
close political conferences and he also
figured In the transfer of that $4,000
Doodle bag to the Nebraska Democrats
in 1904. Mr.. Taggart has been de-
nounced by Mr.. Bryan for public con-
sumption only.
In Missouri, Mr.. Bryan's closest poll
teal associates are Harry Hawes. Ed
ward Butler and Moses c. Wetmore,
and other leaders Of perhaps the most
corrupt and notorious political machine
ever organized. Mr.. Bryan has done
his best to minimize the influence OF
Governor Folk in the Democratic poll
tics Of Missouri, where Folk has made
some record of practicing what Mr-
Bryan breaches
Standard OIL Men in southwe.r.
In Texas, Senator Bailey. wearing a.
beautiful coat of whitewash, which
covers up the Standard Oh spots. is Mr..
Bryan's adviser and in Oklahoma, Gov
ernor Haskell. who has not yet ra-
ceived his whitewash, was Mr.. Bryun's
direct representative on the platform
committee at Denver and his personal
choice for treasurer of the national
committee. In Kentucky, Mr.. Bryan
championed Goebelism and made q de-
termlned effort to continue that systsm
by trying to force the Democrats to
elect Governor Beckham to the United
States Senate.
In view of the record, 1t is not sur
prlsing that In Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
makes Cowboy Jim" Dahlman his
closest political chum. The surprise is
that he still has the temerity to con-
tinue his demands for the moral regen-
GRAFTON of political parties.