The Detroit times., 1908-07-06

Issue before the people wnen. IN nat
contradiction OF his boastsd policy OF
non-lnterferrence. he came to Pitts
burg. pleaded his own case before
thousands and put his own ticket In
the feld against the regular candi-
dates. The result OF his fervid APP
peals was the election OF three and
one-half Bryan delegates and twenty
six and one-half antiBryan delegates
10 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 state politics.
~ believe he unctuously declared.
that the people OF each community
know better what they want done
than any outside person can know
Therefore. he virtually observes.
he has abstained scrupulously from
taking part In these CONTROVERSIES.
What. then, was he. doing In Ken
lucky in the last campaign for sena-
tor? How does he or can he explain
his opposition To Mr. McGraw In West
Virginia. or his begging appeals to
Democrats in Indiana to desert Mr..
Taggart, Did he or did he not try
TO humilitate Roger Sullivan and drive
him of the committee?
What kind OF 'scrupulous Austen
ton from interference does Mr..
Bryan call that. and what particular
brand OF hypocrisy IL indicated by
these saving words uttered by Mr..
Bryan at the Iroquols club last De-
cember. when he stood up and said:
We must forget the past and work
for the future. We must forget all
and forgive ALL
"emlrklng PaIaver."
How can We account for this alb
rupt change from brutal assault to
Sinking palaver? Had Mr.. Sullivan
changed? Was not his ONCE held by
fraud then as much as In 1906? What
had happened to suddenly make II
| possible for honest Democrats 10
associate with him? Simply this. az
everybody knows. Mr.. Bryan wanted
the Illinois delegation to this conven
tlon, and to accomplish this purpose
he did not hesitate an instant TO cal
his own words.
Mr.. Bryan views me with sancti
monious horror as political boss
who shall never be In the party or
ganization. except over my protest
as a 'bushwhacker who shauld not be
| put into my councils to betray me-
MY councils, indeed. Is the Demo
cratic party really absorbed Has
II no councils? Is Mr.. Bryan the
whole organization? Let the people
rule he shouts and forthwith pleads
to dictate not only every act, every
office and every resolution OF this
convention, hut also to put the ban
OF every man from my state who Il
opposed to his candidacy or his plat
| form.
lmpudsnt and Domineerlng.
Does he turn his vituperatior
against me because | am a boss? Not
at all. am no more OF a boss now
than | was during the two campaigns
which won his appreciation by trying
TO elect him. The only boss he hates
is the boss opposed TO his own AFRO
CANT self-the most impudent, domi
neering, devasting boss the Demo
cratic party has ever known.
am corporation man. Well, | am,
was in 1896 and 1900 and am today
But II II only when Mr.. Bryan Is op
posed to me that | am considered III
worthy OF association with the one
living honest Democrat My coun
sci and my help are no longer de
sired.
1T was not always SO. In 1896 ant
1900 the late Senator Jones man.
times declared there were just three
men upon whom he never called fol
financial assistance In vain. One was
the late Marcus Daley another was
william r. Hearst, the third was my
self Through his friend and mana
ger, Mr. Bryan not only accepted
gratefully. but beseechingly sought
our aid, and we gave thousands ant
thousands OF dollars. Mr.. Bryan knew
then and knows now that | was Al
much Of corporation man In 1885,
and In 1900 as am In 1908, but did &c
'scruple abstemiously' to use Out
money TO help the canvass? Let hin
answer at his leisure.
II have replied to Mr.. Bryan's vi
Imperative assault upon me with calm
ness and restraint. The use OF ex
pletives is clearly unnecessary. This
simple recital of plain facts shall %
sufficient to enable any fair mind tt
determine with certainty. at a time
when harmony Is the chief requisite
Of party success, who IL the SELF
convinced falsifier, who the hypocrite
who the real and most arrogant boss
ever known In the Democratic party
and who, regret to add, the In
crate"