River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-15
BRYAN COMBINES
WITH TAINTED BOSSES
The Continuous Candidate Drops
from Idealism in His Frenzied
Fight for Votes.
Now Hand IN Glove with Notorious
Politicians and Corruptionists
Whom Es Formerly Denounced.

While morality has been the keynote
of all of Mr.. Bryan's lectures and OF
most Of his political speeches for years.
the record shows that he has not been.
assiduous in practicing what he.
breaches; while his voice has been
championing 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, unde-
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 CON-
ffdantes, 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.
at the st. Louis convention in 1904.
but Sullivan was at that time working
declared that Sullivan was corpora
ton creature, the tool of the big in
terests and insisted that he could not
and would not accept any endorsement
from a convention or committee that
had endorsed Sullivan. This year Sui
Ivan is one of his close political a0-
yisers and director of the Democratic
destinies in Illinois, with Mr.. Bryan's
expressed approval and consent
Money and Power AII-Important.
In New York Mr.. Bryan's politicaT
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. These
interests, through T. Fortune Ryan ana
w. f. Sheehan, sent $4,000 to Ne
braska in 1904 to aid Mr.. Bryan's cam
didacy 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 else
he demands more government regula-
ton than ever.
In Pennsylvania, Colonel Guffey 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 he is
back again and the fight against him.
has been stopped at Mr.. Bryan's direc-
ton.
In Indiana and Missouri.
In Indiana, Mr.. Bryan places his
trust in Tom Taggart, 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 Chicago
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 Halves, Ed
ward Butler and Moses G. 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 Southwest.
In Texas, Senator Bailey, wearing -
beautiful coat of whitewash, which.
covers up the Standard Oil spots, is Mr..
Bryan's adviser and in Oklahoma, Gov
ernor Haskell, who has not yet re-
ceived his whitewash, was Mr. Bryan'e
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 de-
termined effort to continue that system
by trying to force the Democrats to-
elect Governor Beckham to the United
States Senate.
In view of the record, 1t is not sur
prising 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-