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Show Something; Coue VTronx. Chicago, Sept. S. In a somewhat some-what tart letter, Vice-President Bryan of the local World's Fair directory, di-rectory, resigned bis office as director di-rector this evening. Bryan has taken a prominent part in the World's Fair movement from tbe beginning, and his sudden resignation caused some commotiou. His letter Is principally devoted to self defense) against tho charges that he got $10,000 to go to Geo rgla, and did not get the vote of a Single congressman con-gressman of Georgia for Chicago; that he seat his son to Sweden for Information that any consul ecu Id have rurnbhed. and that a gentleman gentle-man who has been spoken of for director-general, and who has been logrolling for Jackson Park site, gotSto.OOO forgoing to Paris for Information In-formation alreaJy available la Chicago. Mr. Bryan enters a flit denial of all these charges and ascribes them to a State senator resident resi-dent in Chicago. |