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Show Red Hot Stuff For Democrats to Read SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.-Wllllam 25.-Wllllam Randolph Hearst tonight save out the contents of a letter he today addressed to the Iroquois club of San Francisco, a democratlo political politi-cal organization, replying to the request re-quest of tho club that ho tender his resignation as a member. Mr. Hearst says in his letter that he Is both pleased and surprised to receive the letter from the club pleased that he has been asked to resign' and surprised surpris-ed to learn that the club is still in existence. ex-istence. Mr. Hearst continues: "You Imply that I am not a democrat, demo-crat, and I strongly suspect that I am not, according to democratlo standards stand-ards of today. You imply further that you are democrats, and 1 cannot help wondering what kind of democrats demo-crats you think you are. Are you 1802 democrats, or 1800 democrats, or 1000 democrats, or 1004 democrats, or 1008 democrats? Are you Cleveland democrats, demo-crats, believing in tariff reform that we did not get, and the military sup-resslon sup-resslon of labor unions that we did get? .Are you Parker democrats, supporting sup-porting the trusts If they contribute, and opposing them if they don't?' Arc you Bryan democrats, believing in free sliver sometimes, and government govern-ment ownership sometimes, and in the initiative and referendum sometimes? some-times? ir you are Bryan "democrats do you also believe In a Bryan platform plat-form that contains a nono of these things? "Friends and ex-brothers of the Iroquois Iro-quois club, there Is no democratic yartj; there Is only a Bryan' party, and the followers of that party don't know when they go to bed at night what they will be called upon to believe when they wake up in the morning. 1 "And so, I received your communi-, cation with gratification and gratitude, grati-tude, and so 1 withdraw from your club with pleasure, and without the slightest hard feeling. Good luck and God bless you, and may you be able to keep up with your mule," |