The Washington times., 1924-02-06
BRYAN BRANDS
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Party Worse Than Job, He
Says, in interview on
] Politics Generally.
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the line" in the Democratic national
convention for his presidential
candidate, Dr.. Walter Murphree,
president Of the University OF
Florida.
Then with farewell statement
that he ''had the rummies Of Flor.
ida, on the rum" this amazing sixty
fouf-year-old man STROBE out OF the
Hotel Roosevelt, rode to the Illinois
Central depot and boarded the train
for jackson, Miss, where he adj
dresses the Mississippi legislature
by invitation.
He stopped long enough in the
station restaurant to perch on q
lunch counter stool eat q, cold
sliced tomato and drink bottle OF
ginger ale. Then he climbed aboard
the train, doffing his black velour
soft hat, and DOMINIC a black silk
skull cap.
eve bald-headed men have to
protect ourselves from draughts, i
he smiled, told a funny story, and
went to his Pullman berth, after q
Whirlwind evening that had soaked
his garments with perspiration, but
/, that apparently left him as fresh
and rosy as a young athlete after
q cold shower. And here Is the in
terview just as he dictated it:
Many "GOats" Needed.
'The Teapot Dome has more sur
prises in it than anything that has
been opened since King Tut's
tomb" said Colonel Bryan. "But
It seems to me that the lesson to
he drawn from it does not rest on
the criminal conviction of anybody.
The question is not whether two or
three persons can be made scape'
goats. It'll take q great many
goats to carry this scandal out into
the wilderness and lose il"
saThis Teapot Dome business is
inst once boil on the Republican
nartv-and the Republican party
has as many boils as Job had. It's
in the Republican blood. The Re
publican party is the friend OF big
.business-and. the bigger the ousl-
ness. the more friendly 1t Is. l
hope for the sake of the public Ire
Of this nation, that Albert b. Fan
is not actually guilty OF crime.
It would be such q reflection on Of
fetal life at Washington, the Ma
TONS Capital. But, Whatever
Albert B. Fall may have made out
Of Teapot Dome, there have been a
great many people who have made
more than FAN ever dreamed Of
making-and have made It out Of
Republican favofitism.
Millions in Legislation.
Manufacturers in America have
made more than 500, 100000 out Of
legislation that they bought by
campaign contributions to the Re-
publican party. Trusts have been
allowed to prey on the public in
return for a division OF the plumber
with the Republican national cam
paign committee.
"Why, in the last Congressional
campaign, the Republican commit
tee collected about 100000. Of
which $4,000 came from one of
the MELONS, and $4,000 from the
two Rockfellers.
'These contributions were but a
small part of what they saved in
their Income tax. They can at
ford to contribute q good deal more
to the next campaign, IL the Mellon
bill goes through. Those two
families contributed to the Repub-
lican campaign committee more
than one-half as much as the Demo-
Gratis collected from more than one
half Of all the Democrats Ia the
United States, in that campaign.
The Democratic campaign fund
was about 100000.
"What difference is there between
selling legislation by wholesale and
favbritism by retail
s4The Teapot Dome and the other
leases are simply on a par with the
tax legislation that is intended to
benefit the rich moro than the
poor.
'Mr. Melons recommendation OF
two years ago that the maximum
rate be cut from 66 to 80 would
have given less than 500 Of Amer.
ica's richest taxpayers present OF
some so, ZOO, 000-and that Is ninety
times as much as Mr.. Doheny ex-
pected to make out of his oil leases.
"The profit that Mr.. Doheny ex-
pected would pay the salary Of the
President Of the United States for
1000 years. And the amount that
Mr.. Mellon wished to give the PEG.
pie Of Americas big business would
pay the Presidential salary for co.
900 years"
you're sure the Democratic
party is going to win in the com
ing national election2" he was
asked.
Depends on Nominee.
"It depends on who they nomi.
nate" he said. "They would com
nit suicide by nominating man
like Underwood"
"Then you're sticking to your
choice Of DR.. Murphree. Of the Uni
virsity Of Florida?"
1T haven't heard Of q better man
yet" he said. "They told me hi
wasn't well known when suY
gested him. He's well known to
day. / should certainly say he wa.
well known today. He has every
qualification for Democratic leader
ship that Woodrow Wilson himself
possessed. I've got the rummies
on the run in Florida, and I'm
going to keep them on the rum"
I'm feeling fine" was Colonel
Bryan's farewell.
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