Show BRYANS BRYAN'S BROADSIDE COMES AS SCHEDULED ROC ROCK ISLAND TIt HI S Sept pt pc SO o. I I have lavo lived in vain if your lose mo a single friend said W W. J. J Bryan in a letter addressed to Pre President i. i dent Roosevelt replying to that of the pre president ident written Sunday 1 last t. t Mr t Bryan points to his bis record and declares that it is a sufficient answer answer r to the in- in of tho chi chief of executive that ho be is in n sympathy with or controlled by bythe bythe the trusts Reverting Re to tho the charges made n against i t Governor I Haskell askell Mr Bryan says saws that tho the president pre in response to his nis request ro- ro quest did did- not dei deign n to su suggest a tribunal tribunal tri tri- bunal which could determine those thoe charges but brit instead proceeded to pass pas judgment ment upon him and he informs the president resident that the tho occupant of that h office cannot deny to tho the humblest citizen citizen the right to protect his hig reputation reputation tion find and vindicate his name iu in the tho courts Taking up the tho presidents president's assertion that certain trust magnates fearing prosecution under Mr Taft Taftt will sup support port the Democratic candidate Mr Bryan charges that the tho president resident worded word word- ed cd his statement in such a way as to th the tho support of all the trust ma magnates magnates mag mag- n nates tes and yet et put it on the ground that they are supporting your party part for patriotic reasons rather than for the promotion of a selfish interest 1 Such an argument ho he contends is is ingenious in ingenious in- in genious enious but not sound In proof of oi the Uie fact fact that he would not bo be controlled by bythe bythe the trusts trust Mr Bryan an says that if elected elect elect- rd ed d ho bo will enforce the trust anti laws law not not spasmodically and intermittently Taut cut persistently and consistently Mr Bryan Bran in m dealing with the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- era cratic tic campaign fund of 1896 1596 aa ns compared compared compared com com- pared with tho the Republican campaign n fund of 1004 charges es that the tho president president president dent pays more moro attention to tho the mote than to the beam and asserts that in 90 1901 tho the Republicans used in in ono one state alone a fund almost as lar largo o as tho the entire entire en en- tire tiro sum sura the Democratic party had in its its- control Tho The letter concludes with notice to the president that an opportunity opportunity unity would be afforded d him to I mis I misrepresent mis- mis represent the motives of those who give gi to lo our campaign fund and to arouse aUthe all aU the the suspicion you ou can |