The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-01-21
TRY TO HURT GIN
SCHEME CoECoCTED TO GUST
BRYAN FROM CABINET
MONEY TRUST BACKS 1T

MONEY TRUST BACKS 1T
Accusation is Made :TRas. Funds Are
Raised by "Bis Business. That
Some NewspapersAse 'eeszaRted'' ss
and the. Public Mind "Poisoned''
by the Enemies Of Bryaa-~ :: :
A charge that the big '4ntsrests''
have combined to underwrite. a large
fund to be used solely for the pur-
pose of eliminating William J. Bryan
from the councils OF President Will
son Is being made at Washington by
some Of the most intimate and ardent
friends Of the Secretary OF Stste:.
It is said by these men that: there
is in existence positive proof OF the
making up Of a war fund" for IN
anc.ng q systematic and countrywide
attack on Mr.. Bryan as member OF
the Wilson administration:
While no names are mentioned It
Is charged that most OF the individ-
uals, corporations and financial >insti-
tutions usually regarded by Demo-
Gratis as being associated. with the
money trust and big interests are
lined up in support Of the combina-
ton against Mr.. Bryan.
The object Of the conspiracy" IS
asserted to be the disceediting OF Mr..
Bryan both. in Washington, and with
the. people OF the country, so as to
make it impossible for him 70 retain
his place in the Wilson cabinet.
This movement against Mr.. Bryan
was put on an organized oasfs, it fs
charged, at the moment that he
loomed up as q probable member OF
the Wilson cabinet. The efforts OF
the combination were then directed
to keep him out Of, the presidents
council Of Official advisers: = Every
resource was drawn upon, it Is de-
clared, and al kinds OF pressure US
ed in the effort to make impossible
his selection for a cabinet position
by the president-elect:: =
Having failed IN accomplishing
thisspnrpose, 50 .AEs Bryan's friends
say, the money Combination proceed
ed to take another tack. Since March
4 last, so i is charged. the object
has 6eensto tqrcs Mm out q the ad-
Ininistratior.st This: they hsxesseAght
to do, It is asserted, by sgitating. the
possibilities ot;a sbraak between the
president and his Secretary Of State.
Therstatement-t rs msde that they have
even gone as far as they dared in try
Ing to bring on q rupture Between
the twa men oyer administration pol
.icies. 2 - :,
Thess tiadssof Mr. slganS some
of whom hold positions close to him,
insist that part Of the. pr5lies eind
has been poisoned against the ,secre-'
tary ossstates through the secret ma
chinations OF the moneyed comoina-
.tion against him. The operations OF
the conspiracy ;t :is aeged. have
been Of an insidiola nature, unseen
and unsuspected By the general pub
lie. but none the less effective 50 far
as the dissemination -ot their: anti
Bryan propaganda has been concern,
ed.
Newspapers have, been reached IN
q corrupting manner by members OF
the combination, II Is charged: In
thousand unseen ways, it IL alleged,
the seed OF. anti-Bryanism has. been
sown, broadcast.
The scheme has been SO operated.
it is declared, that It's real per1etrs-
tor have not appeared, and! tina anti
Bryan influence has been spread by
men whom the public regards as
wholly disinterested and unp1ejudic-
ed, forming their judgments. on the
basis Of the facts and without bias.
Many who haze been used in the in
sidious attacks on Mr.. Bryan, 1t Is
said, have been, unaware Of that fact.
Through these rather: Vagely de-
scribed. means, Mr.. Bsyanp friends
assert, an atmosphere: pnfHendly to
him has been created, Thousands OF
persons, particularly in The east. who
are now getting their arst sight OF
Mr. Bryan in action at close range,
have fallen victims to-thts etmos-
phere, 1t is asserted.
The criticism Of Mr.. Bryan for his
numerous absences from Washing
ton, for his adherence to the de-
mands Of his profitable lecture basi-
ness, the ridicule aimed at. him in re-
gard to. the grape Juice incidents and
his alleged spoilation OF The ofices of
the state department and diplomatic
service, all this criticism, It Is said.
has been in very large part due to
the unseen activities Of the moneyed
combination secretly >working:to un-
dermine his position in the govern
ment and in the pubstc mind:
While admitting that many per
sonsrSase been turned .aga1pst Mr.:
Bryan: By this "tnsidtous; coasptEacy
these friends OF tha. secretary declare
that the efforts <$the combination
have failed completely. insofar rs
they desired 70 ruin him with Presi.
dent Wilson.
Mr.. Bryar,s. influence. with the
president is increasing all the time,
it is said, and has already been exer-
ctsed to an extent not 6resnded Of,
even in Official Washington.
The statement Is likewise made
that Mr.. Bryan's influence with the