The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1899, 3 WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN PUTS HIMSELF ON RECORD gOGOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o DENIES HE EVER MADE o SUCH A STATEMENT CO000D0000000300000000C000000D0 Democratic Leaders Get Into a Row and Begin to Tell the Truth About One Another. r e hey in a weak voice, ervor into Colonel military declared the | hed *- | I | e also quotes the following from Bryan's n and compares it w the asse he people of this nation sitting in a th 1 high igment in the cause which greed is prosecuting.” L e e McAULIFFE'S DEATH. Joseph McAuliffe 'i‘elfs the Coroner’s Jury What He Saw at the Time of the Shooting. Coroner Hill began yestarday an inquest on the body of Frank McAuliffe, who was | short time with a revolver. He snapped the weapon twice at the witness then shot Frank MecAuliffe In the breast Owing to the absence of Police Officer Gillen the inquest was continued until to- morrow morning at 10 o'cicek. e Urniform Contracts Awarded. At a meeting of the uniform board of ell, a grocer, last |the National Guard yesterday a contract ner of Twenty- | for trousers was awarded to the Pettibone - Bros. Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, at| for Mitchell, | n the one on 32 2¢ per peir. and another contract for caps at T2 cents each was awarded to J. | and the witnesses r the stand were excluded at his request. | M. Litchfield & Co. of this city. All zmi Joseph McAuliffe was the principal wit- | bids for overcoats and blouses were re- | ness. that M Il sald that | jected, as In the opinion of the board the | ke (Josephi him some money. The witness called him a Har and Mitchell ran back into the saloon, reappearing in a samples were not up to the specifications. | New bids will be advertised for and will| be opened on the 2tk inst. i National Mooo0¢‘oo¢00m¢4»060&0&0000M0¢0§9990090W0 32 “l assure you it is the money that is in the 3 > = + | t office and not the honor that attracts me.” pe i : (Signed) W. J. BRYAN. + VTV ST T UUUTIIITE S U S D U U UUUUUTII TS UUUUUUUUUTTUTOT | | L e e e e e e e g e oo = ® et 1 r4 i = . t FAC SIMILE OF THE DAMAGING LETTER. . . A R TALEOT. w.J. SAYAN : | 5 ea— b3 - TALBOT & BRYAN, s | * TN 7 T 114 % + ATTORNEYS AT LAW, e z ROOMS 43, 48 AND 47 BURR'S 81.0CK : \ » Cam O amo Gre Sresers. .’ E 3 @ £y ol . I > ‘ | . b ® + | . - - L . s | - *® | )¢ s L. | e . . P be . . . . . . > 4 . . . ) 4 > . > 1® * . pS 8 * . 2 . - ;,‘ - Tl 3 ® 14 . . - . : s . s | & & . . 5 ° ¢ . $ 3 . . . .0 ) . 2 W. J. BRYAN )4 sieieisi i sieie it eieisie® i MR. N ¥P. IN E N M I assure you that it is the money that is in the offi IN AN INT ER STATED THAT HE WANTED LY THAT HE HAD EVER MADE ESENT CANDIDATE FOR THE | 1889, AT A TIME WHEN ! P OF THE NEBRASKA RAILWAY COM- NOMINATION TO T N WAS TRYING TO CA AFFIDAVIT OF HENRY G. SMITH. S THE NEWSPAP HE WAS 'ONDED WHO INTERVIEWED W. EY THERE WAS IN IT. J. BRYAN ON THE ASSERTION T AFTER State of Nebraska, i County of Lancaster. ) TR Henry G. Smith, a newspaper correspondent residing in Lin- coln, Nebr., being duly sworn, says that on Tuesday, Sesptember 26, A. D. 1899, he interviewed W. J. Bryan at his home in Lin- | coln, and that-during said interview and in response to the : question as to whether or not said W. J. Bryan had ever said he | wanted office for the money there was in it and not for the honor, said W. J. Bryan denied positively that he had ever made such an assertion. Deponent further asserts that during said interview said W. J. Bryan remarked that he did not propose to take occasion to deny all of the assertions made by J. Sterling Morton. Deponent further asserts that during said interview said W. J. Bryan expressed a wish not to be quoted as denying that he had ever said he wanted office for the money there was in it and not for the honor. (Signed) HENRY G. SMITH. (Seal) Subscribed and sworn before me this 3d day of Octo_ ber, A. D. 1899. (Signed) HORACE G. WHITMORE, Notary Public. | B 0090000600 00400000004+0000000006046000+ +600+0065000s0+000] FREE ART FRIDAYS | INSTEAD OF SUNDAYS Change of Visiting Day at Mark Hopkins Institute Owing to the Sabbath Not Proving Popuiar. At a recent meeting of the board of di- rectors of the San Francisco Art Ass ciation it was decided to maks Friday the day upon which the public will be ad- mitted to the Mark Hopkins Institute of | Art free of charge instead of Sunday, | as herstofore. When Mr. Searles deeded the institute to the regents of the uni- ple would be able to avail themselves of | Pages has already shipped the privilege on that day. As a matter | prize picture of thi r's of fact, however, the number of visitors —_— has never averaged as great during the | REGISTER TO-DAY. day, while in the evening it has decreased o | to a point scarcely warranting the ex-| Books Will Be Closed lt*lidnight; To-Night. | pense of lighting and attendance. Arrangements have been made by the board of directors of the art association | To-day Is the last day of general regis- | g i makjngséuis. It is |sued warning to all intending voters that | the intention to sive students of model- | Lliess they get on the books to-day their | { ing an insight into the practical part of | Aot FATIE (10 (AR 2 e et the business of the sculptor. A compe- | & . CRET. gone. The Elec- | tont instractor will De employed unger | Jon Commissioners met yesterday morn-| the superintendence of Professor Douglas | & and outlined the ballot which is to be | Tilden, who has charge of this depart- | pens on the toker the ofices that arons | t in the school. | tions on the ticket the offices that are to| men | be filled at the election. Another batch | | of election officers was selected, and the | preliminary work was brought that much | | go its usual fall exhibition of pictures versity for the use of the art associa- | this year out of deference to the inten- tion it was his wish that one day in cxch‘ Un: q!;“za!::; a‘:!(ll’:“::xfl:gfl]nb[&%nn%? “1;, | ne = month should be free to the public, leay~| Qsual importance, a courtesy that is ap- ing it to the beard of directors to de-| raciated by the association. All our art- termine the day. Friday was chosen and | ists both at home and abroad are hard at maintained for several years. but at the | work for this exhibition. Letters have suggestion of a prominent lecal o1 za- | been received from Julian Rix, Emil Carl- tion some nine months ago it was ci ged | sen, Breuer and many others, announcing to Sunday with the that mare pea-l their intention to exhibit, while Jules The Bohemian Club has decided to fore- nearer completion. —_— e In the Divorce Court. Helen May Church has been granted a divorce from Joseph W. Church on the ground of desertion. A. Lawler was granted a divorce from Joseph B. Lawler yesterday on the ground of crueity. 0000000000000 000000COI20000C000 S HIS OWN SIGNATURE IS 2 b ON RECORD AGAINST HIM 3 ©c000000000000000000CO200200C o290 : AS BEING AFTER OFFICE FOR THE MONEY THERE IS IN IT ‘The Call Captures the Very Damaging Let- ter and Makes It Public for the First Time. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. OLONEL BRYAN { he acquired bar which d by thought or ideas. sent the ring cake that had been voted to th for the enrichment of the parish treasury. the Fire Department to annual meetings an assembly of the Grand Ar He and the br: companions on those public occasions when bu for a day and sought social recreation. The only red letter day in the calendar on which his voi ble was circus day. The circus is an Institution so well public opinion permits no rival, and when its angled plea<: 1 under canvas Mr. Bryan had to see a crowd o wh he could offer noth- ing, and it is remembered that on such days he seemed to be suffering the agonies of undelivered speech. In this condition of intellectual vagrancy, unfitted for the law and un- successful in its practice through incapacity to grasp its principles, no handicraft and giftless except a thespian memory and manner, he went into politics as a professi During his can in 1896 it became lic knowledge that his “ial train would nc op at 2 town until a of money was guaranteed. He had become a show, and people were wi %o pay for him as a show, and his thespian instinct saw the opportun gain pelf by taking advantage of the situation At last he was in a position where no circus couid rival or shiit him up, and even the brass band had to pipe in the prese: attraction. When the fight of 1896 was over there was no law practice to return t no calling, vocation nor bread-wi labor to which head or turn. He was the only public : history who was absolutely w support himself. So he took to the road ag: he went. Public curiosity to see and hear h still the “boy orator” and “juvenile wonder.” In the three years since he tauqua assemblies, State fairs, £ kinds and for all purpos nd has ¢ fees as a lawyer, no salary as a journalist, wages as a laf . He is not classified and id ductive industries or gainful professions of the c Looking #pon the singularly undignified specta. dential candidate who lives on politics some months kan, Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska Cit ture, a publicist of high standing and editor of the ¢ of the highest thoughtful rank, declared that Br: reer for the purpose of making a livelihood: th tion of practicing a pr ion or sticking to expected to make a I g and perhaps a fo k the accusation was that he sought office for the mc n it, and not for the honor nor the opportunity of useful service, and used the notoriety of having been a Présidential candidate as a means of making money. This Bryan denied, declaring that he had never sought office for the money in it. A reporter interviewed him and = result under oath as we present it to-day. It Is evident from Brya o avoid pub- lication of his denial to the reporter that he flinch that in deal- ing with Mr. Morton he was in the hands of a who never was known to utter praise or blame that he could not substantiate with proof and rea- son. His instincts were correct, for immediately Morton produces the letter from Bryan, of which The Call presents a fac simile to-day. It was writ- ten early in his Nebraska career, when he first turned to office as the means Cortinued on Page Four.