| Show BRYAN r STILL AFTER SULLIVAN Believed That He Ho and Hopkins Robbed Illinois Democrats Of Rights SHOULD RID PARTY OF SUCH If H 1 I 1101 u hunt bo 10 Dime I Without IlI light I hl limo 11 Sooner It I Ik liu I Better larU Aug JI i m J Bryan to tody to dy g v out a nt in t the controversy c respecting the IllinoIs national committeeman Th The controversy has hiu h grown out of Mr Ir Ury Dr DrI an i I litter Ilter demanding th the Ibe of Committeeman Roger Hogar Sul Sui Sullivan livan Ihn to which bleb demand deWInd Mr I Ir r Sullivan returned a prompt refusal and stilted stated that Mr Ir Bryan Hran had l been misinformed r rt respecting the situation br by h Mr Ir Dunlap Mr tIr Ir Bryans rejoinder my eis that no 00 wic Oil III but himself U Is I responsible for the tho Information and anc that he had h Intended to ask uk Mr Ir Sullivan to resign before re he should hould see Mr tr Dunlap Mr Ir added I entered Into this be bemuse tUM tUMI I believed that th Hoger Sullivan and amid John Hopkins had deliberately robbed bINd the Democrats I of ot of or their po pa right and I still Mill lit believe bell ve It that thatto thatto to III cUto political power by h force forre or orby 0 orby by b fraud ought to be at as disgraceful In Inthe Inthe the eyes public as to 10 n secure ure mon money mone ey e u by b force torre or fraud I cannot conceive eon of any An plausible defense which Mr tIr Ir f E Emil ul ulI lIven Ivan I can lan wake make for remaining on the 1 committee If It the hotly boll Is UI un unable able ble to rid itself of ot the leadership le of men maca like Sullivan who H k to control the th party pArt organization In order to ad advance adVance I vance their corporate Interests It might as all well dissolve While I Will wee anxious to 10 give gin Sullivan a 1 chance to resign mien without a It tight light It Is probably just Ju t us ne well that he hI refuted refused for tOl It If we must tight fight to purify purl the party organisation the sooner It begins the better The controvert controversy between bet wilen Mr Bryan and Mr Ir Sullivan grows out of a contest for tor seats fecU In Iii the tho national nallon l Democratic convention at al St Ht Louis louls In when t the protest of Mr Ir Bryan th the Illinois delegation led by b Meters 1 Hop Hopkins Hopkins kins and Sullivan was wall seated SULM SULLIVANS VANS A S Chicago Aug IS National Commit Committeeman teeman t Sullivan when Interviewed to today toda today day da as u to Mr Ir Bryans latest Utterances declared dl there was 95 no truth In them Mr tr Bryan got all aU of his Information from Mr Dunlap and Is II doing what Mr Dunlap wants lInts him to do All Mi 11 the Information he hI has hili about the situation he hl has hs received tram from Dun jay 11 and Th Ho lie Is lighting fighting their h that they the cannot light fight hl for tor themselves Ills JIll statement In Is not true AS It to 10 the tilt control of ot the state lOn eon convention two to years rOOts ngo ogo as to the na no national notional committee or as RII to the tb commit lee on credential credentials Mr Ir Is not bigger than the entire Democratic par ir t Mr Sullivan referred to a I letter which he said Id Mr Bryan had halt written tn to tolien lien Ben M 1 I Caldwell Caidwell ell Democratic nominee for tor Con Congress r M In the t die dis district In which letter he UI Mr mIr 11 Bryan admitted that he lie h had received all II of oC his bit Information from Dunlap That Thai letter said Id Mr Sullivan was wall proof of ot his hIli assertion Th Thus letter from Mr Bryan to Mr Ir alti welt follows North British Station Hotel Botti iRs 0 gin O July Julf 19 My ly Dear Mr Caldwell Mr Jr r ha h has i brought me mt your Our md nd I to cay ay that tbt I shall be bt glad t I to come to 0 your our district If It engagements engagement will Iii permit and arid I 1 shall try l to 10 so 0 r rant range them that they the will permit In this I assume of ot course COU t that t its it rank link and md tile lilt will retain regaIn of the organisation as I have hi not felt th that t tI I could consistently speak there time the U auspices of 01 a state tale organization organisation that foisted itself upon the party through force and amid ad fraud I am confident dent however ho ter that your coming state Mate convention will In spite of ot the ham har harmony hammoon moon mon cry purify the tb or and nd make the tho party deterring deservIng of public con COli With best beat withes wishes WM JENNINGS BRYAN UR Owing t tu i the at a atner nc of Mr in uree J no statement could be ie Il cured horn Ilm him hin h mn |
