Evening star., 1920-01-23
STATEMENT CLASH
AMONG DEMOCRATS
Daniels, Bryan, Cummings
and Edwards mix Up" Over
New Jersey Banquet.

Secretary Daniels today took issue
with William Jennings Bryan. who
Chairman Cummings Of the demo-
cratic national committee either
should disassociats himself from Gov.
II. Edwards of New Jersey, who was
elected on wet platform. or resign
from the national committee chair
manShip. Mr.. Cummings attended the
governors inaugural dinner. at which
an Edwards presidential nomination
boom was launched. and, in reply to
Mr.. Bryan. said he was present only
as a neutral"
Mr. Daniels said he had read Gov
Edwards platform with a great deal Of
interest and had found ''at least 80 per
cent Of it, excellent and agreeing thor
oughly with the best principles of demo-
cratic statesmen of the past and pres
ent Naturally. the Secretary said, he
could not agree with Mr.. Edwards on
should not be allowed to overshadow
the great good in the remainder Of the
governors platform
Il believe" continued the Secretary.
that Mr.. Cummings acted with perfect
propriety in accepting an invitation to
a dinner given to democratic leader
II j we're national chairman | would
not hesitate TO attend such a dinner. Mr.
Cummings undoubtedly would have ac-
cepted If the dinner had been to Mr..
McAdoo. Mr.. Palmer. Mr.. Hoover, or
any other noted democrat"
Homer S. Cummings chairman of
the democratic national committee
has issued statement in reply to
William J. Bryan's attack upon him.
The statement issued by Chairman
Cummings said:
IF Mr.. Bryan had read my speech
on the occasion referred to. he would
not have made the comments attribu-
uted to him. II he complains because
1 attended an inaugural dinner to a
democratic governor OF a great state.
participated in by both democrats
and republicans, his comments are
favored or opposed the adoption of
the eighteenth amendment.
''If am criticised for participating
in a so-called Edwards for Presi-
dent movement that statement also
is without foundation. My position in
one of impartial neutrality. I do not
forfeit that position by participating
in functions in honor of democrats
who have been mentioned for the
presidency"
Mr. Bryan Replies.
GREENvILLE, S. c.. January 2S.-
William j. Bryan, when shown the
chairman of the democratic national
committee, declared the position OF
Mr.. Cummings of impartiality as re-
CARDS candidates for the democratic
nomination for President was not SUI
fcient to justify his presence at the
inaugural dinner given Gov. Edward I.
Edwards of New Jersey Tuesday
Cummings presence at the dinner as
and said that il Mr..
Cummings thinks it his duty to lend
his official presence to the starting OF
such a boom, he had better retire from
the management Of the party long
enough to get acquainted with the senti-
ment Of the party and the country"
Mr.. Bryan. in formal statement.
declared that reports OF the Edwards
banquet indicated that the inaugura-
tion was incidental and the starting
of the presidential boom was the i'm
of the democratic senators and two
thirds of the democratic members
voting for submission and with every
democratic state ratifying the pro-
hibition amendment, and with the
liquor traffic outlawed by the con-
ought to know that the Edwards
candidacy is an insult to the demo-
cratic party" said Mr.. Bryan.
Tho former Secretary of State said
Mr.. Cummings knew Gov. Edwards
promised to make New Jersey 'as wet
after his election that he would pre-
vent, if possible, enforcement of the
national amendment in New Jersey.
He declared that if Mr.. Cummings had
any sympathy with the Edwards
boom he was not fit to be the head of
the democratic organization, and if he
was not Intelligent enough to recog-
nize the injury he was doing the party
by processing impartiality between
the Edwards boom and Legitimate
he ought to relieve the
from embarrassment by
resigning.
Statement From MI. Edwards.
JERSEY CITY. N. J.. January "a
Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New Jer-
ser has issued statement in reply to
references made to him by William
Jennings Bryan in respect to the
of the governors presiden-
tial boom at his inaugural dinner.
He termed Mr.. Bryan's attack wi
cious."' declaring that those familiar
with the Nebraskan's history know
that Mr.. Bryan has always been for
Mr.. Bryan"
He has never refused to adopt any
heresy." the statement said. that
looked as il it could garner votes.
He adopted the fiat money heresy and
was decidedly repudiated by the COM
mon sense of the country. He says
that no reform ever came out of the
east. He overlooked the fact of one
the east which defeated him and re-
formed the democratic party"
Gov. Edwards added that lately
those who have followed Mr.. Bryan
know that he adopted pacif1st here
sy which would have handed the
over to the barbarism of teutonic
autocracy until the manhood