The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-07-10
BRYAN The BOSS
and MIGRATE
Says National Committeeman
Of Pennsylvania, Guffey.
Was Attacked by Bryan In fourth
Of July Address and He Re-
spends In Kind.

Col. James NJ. Guffey National De-
mocratic committeeman of Pennsylva-
MIA, has issued a statement in re-
Spouse to utterances of w. j. Bryan
in his fourth of July address to dele
gates to the Denver convention, in the
course of which he attacked Col.
Guffey. The statement of Guffey is
as follows;
I'm the course of his Fourth of July
speech to twelve or fifteen out or the
sixty-eight delegates from Pennsyl-
vania, Mr.. Bryan made certain explicit
declarations. He charged that tine
Pennsylvania delegation was taken
from him by conspiracy against the
expressed wish of great majority of
the Democratic voters.
This statement is false. The State
convention voted down a resolution in
dorsing his candidacy by substantial
majority and there is no basis what
ever for Mr.. Bryan's assumption that
the members of the convention did not
accurately represent the voters VINO
had elected them delegates.
FORCED THE ISSUE.
''Mr. Bryan personally forced the
issue before the people when, in flat
contradiction of his boosted policy for
non-interference, be came to Pittsburg
pleaded his own case before thousands
in Exposition Hall, and put mis- own
ticket in the field against the regular
candidates.
THE result of his fervid appeals was
the election of three and one-half Bry-
an delegates and twenty-six and one
half anti-Pryan delegates to the State
convention.
''Mr. Bryan further asserted with all
solemnity, that his opposition to me
for National Committeeman was the
first instance of any interference on his
part in local or States politics. L be-
heve, he unctuously declared, that the
people of each community know better
what they want done than any out
side person can know
HIS KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.
Therefore, he virtuously observes he
has abstained always from taking part
in these controversies. WHAT then was
he doing in Kentucky during the last
campaign for Senator? How does he,
or how can ne explain his opposition to
Mr.. McGraw in West Virginia or MS
begging appeals to, Democrats in In
diana to defeat Mr.. Taggart?
Did he, or did he not. try to humili-
ate Roger Sullivan, and drive him off
the committee? Did he, or did he not
write this letter to his friend. Judge
o. p. Thompson, of Illinois on July II !
1906?
Mr.. Sullivan's presence on the COM
mittee contmdicts all that we can say
in the party's behalf.
WOULD HARM PARTY.
'His corporate connections would
harm the party far beyond his power
to aid the organization bat this should
be left to some future convention to
deal with if ne were actually the
choice of the Democrats of Illinois.
"The fact however, that ne holds |
his office by fraud and against the
express wishes of a majority of the |
State convention makes it impossible |
for honest Democrats to associate with
him as a member of the committee"
HIT HIM AGAIN.
What kind of scrupulous Austen |
ton from interference does Mr.. Bryan
call that and what particular brand of |
hypocrisy is indicated by the salving
words uttered by Mr.. Bryan at the |
Iroquois Club last December when he
stood up and said.
eve must forget the past and work
for the future. We must forget all
and forgive all. For myself, | may
say nave no grievance. no longer
judge man by what he mas done. The
future is everything to me. want to
know what he is going to do in the
future
How can we account for this abrupt
change from brutal assault to smirk-
ing palaver? Had Mr.. Sullivan
changed? was not his office held up
to fraud then as much as in 1906?
What had happened to suddenly make
it possible for honest Democrats to
associate with him?
WANTED THE DELEGATES.
Simply this as everybody knows