The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-09
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4. 6. DAVIS AND sHWal
He Has Been Riding ON . Railroad
Pass the Same Is Mr.. Bryan Did in
California a Few Years Ago.

OF campaign FUNDS mas assumed an
important part in the political discus
sion during the last few days. Sec
retary Wilson Hayward Of the Repub-
lican national committee has given
Mr.. Bryan one severe puncture. Mr..
Hayward said that Mr. Bryan's plea
for publicity was the veriest dema-
gogism, calling to mind the $4,000
which the New York World stated
some time ago was sent to Nebraska
by Thomas f. Ryan Of New York to
further Mr.. Bryan's candidacy for the
senate in 1904. Mr.. Bryan at first de-
MED that this had been received, but
reconsidered and admitted finally that
the money had come from the Demo-
cratic national committee.
"It is evident" said Mr.. Hayward,
"that Bryan is following his usual
tactics and sidesteppipg the issue.
"The corrupt practice act Of Ne
braska provides that all campaign
moneys must be disbursed through
the treasurer OF the political commit
tee and that this treasurer must file
a report within fifteen days after an
election, giving all the facts as to re-
ceipts and expeditures.
"In 1904 Tommy Allen, Mr.. Bryan's
brother-in-law, was chairman OF the
state central committee. No account
ing was made by him or by his treas
urer Of the $4,000 received from Wall
street. The law was evaded plainly.
The question which arises is did Bry-
an want his brother-in-law to obey
the law! Il he did and, yst-wass not
able to control him. how can 1t be
expected that he would or could corl-
troll man like Haskell and compel
him to account for the oil obtained
by him for 'lubricating the Demo-
cratic party machinery up to the time
of his enforced resignation? Such
a wilful and pernicious violation OF
the Nebraska law should convince any
fair minded man that their campaign
publicity talk Is the veriest demagog-
ism and not made with any intention
other than fooling the people"
Corroborative evidence of Mr.. Hay
wards charge was found later in an
article written by Mr.. T, H. Tfbbles,
candidate of the Peoples party for
vice president in 1904, In Tom Wat
sons magazine for June, 1906.
In this article Mr.. Tbbles tells how
Bryan sought for affiliation with the
Populists and promised to go to Ariz-
ona for his health and would refrain
from making political speeches. He
adds:
"The chairman Of the Democratic
state committee went to New York,
saw Parker, Sheenan, Belmont, Tom
Taggart and the rest of the band Of
financial and political pirates. He
came home with money for campaign
expenses. Then Mr.. Bryan hired q
special train and started out speech
making in Nebraska and In other
states. The surprising rapidity with
which his lung healed has never been
euualIed in all history of medicine" !"
Bryan's Friends.
Il is such things as these coming
out of Mr.. Bryan's past that keeps
the candidate explaining, always ex-
planning. He has been placed In this
attitude 80 much that the people of
the west are growing tired OF 1t. Sew
eral OF Mr.. Bryan's closest advisers
in this campaign also have been called
on to do some explaining within the
past few days. John. q. Lamb, vice
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, has been branded as q cor
poration lobbyist by his home paper,
the Terre Haute Star. The Star says
he also helped to break up the street
car mems union in 1902 In Terre
Colonel Moses G. Wetmore Of st,
Louis, chairman Of the finance COM
mittee of the Democratic national
committee, has been shown to have
a peculiar antitrust record. In 1899
he was president of the Liggett g
MEYERS Tobacco company Of st. Louis.
That year he sold out to the TRUST for
s16.0OO,0OO Since that time he has
halned to finance Democratic cam
paign and allied himself with Mr..
Rryan's antitrust platform. The New
York Sun Of May 10, 1899. says:
Colonel Nose stands on his record.
He can afford to waBe war against
the trusts. They have furnished him
with several millions. He has forced
the foe to contribute to its own dis
comdture. Colonel Nose would look
we'll on the ticket with Mr.. Bryan"
Anropos Of the John W. Kern "Big
Four" annual, which, unfortunately
sor the vice presidential candidate
wa WAS found recently, Victor Rosewater,
chief of the publicity bureau OF the
Republican committee, said:
BryanS Railroad Pass.
"Mr. Bryan's MANAGERS evidently
are trying to Obscure the well known
fact that Mr.. Bryan was shown up rtd-
inr through California on 2 free: rail-
1osd pass several years aso. 'll' ~ -