Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-06
Says Hon. William Jen-
nings Bryan.
The Nebraskan Passed
Through Akron.
Tie Is Not a Candidate For Any
Thing.

lUUS.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan pass
ed through Akron on the c., A. & G.
train due here at 9:35 Monday morn
ing, ON his way to Wooster, where he
will give the chief address at the
Jacksonian banquet, Monday evening.
Mr.. Bryan spoke at the pro-Boer meet
ing in Cleveland, Saturday evening,
and was the guest of Mayor Tom l..
Johnson over Sunday.
A Democrat reporter talked with Mr..
Bryan while the train waited here.
Referring to the interviews with
him which appeared in Monday morn
ing's Cleveland papers, Mr.. Bryan
smiled good naturedly over the an
nouncement made in one of the print
ed interviews, that he and his family
were living in a barn while their new
house was being built.
1.-THE fact is" said Mr.. Bryan, that
we are having a new barn which we
have built, put in order so that we
can live in it while our house is being
finished next spring. We shall move
into the barn on the 10Th of March,
my birthday anniversary. l wish to
be near the work while our house is
being built"
do you find newspaper men reliable
as a general thing?" was asked.
AS a general thing, yes" said Mr..
Bryan. "The reporters are often more
reliable than the edltors-especially on
Republican papers"
Mr.. Bryan declined to discuss poll
ties, saying that political subjects were
taken up as they developed, in the
Commoner. He said his papers circu-
lation was increasing and that he en-
joyed being an editor.
Referring again to the interview
which appeared in Cleveland papers,
Mr.. Bryan said:
II do not exactly care to do any
political forecasting, and 1t is entirely
too early to write platform. 1 am
sure. however, that the Democratic
party will stand by all the principles
for when it has battled in the past.
And let ME tell you that this will
include the money question. l still
| firmly believe that free silver Is one Of
the cardinal principles, and will be so
recognized at the proper time. AS to
| the question of my own candidacy for
President again, can simply say that
/ am not IL candidate for anything.
l am enjoying private life immensely,
and the chances Of my again becoming
a candidate are so remote that to my
mind they have ceased 10 be para
mount ISSUE"
"Well, now that is question that
Clevelanders are generally interested
in," said Mr.. Bryan, when asked
whether Mayor Johnson was, in his
opinion, the next logical candidate
of the Democratic party. After n SEQ
ond's pause, he continued: "There is
nobody in the United States who u
at present qualified to name the Dem
ocratic candidate. 1t would hardly be
proper for me to assume the right to
discuss any particular Presidential
candidate at present. This is because
am not prepared to discuss the rela.
tive merits of men who might be as
sociated with the Democratic nomna.
ton, AS far as Mayor Johnson Is con,
cerned, every well informed man In
the country knows of Mr.. Johnson and
of his work. But when you come tC
discuss Presidential possibilities, that
Is another question.
Il am greatly interested in Mr.
Johnson's fight for the equalization OF
taxes; the fight to tax corporations
the same in proportion as all Other
property is assessed. Nobody can of
fer any argument against such {
proposition
AS to whether the tax question viii
grow to one of national importanc,
Mr.. Bryan said: National taxation
Is as far away from what 1t should b'
as local taxation. The systems ar,
decidedly different but 1t Is lttl,
, too early to express any opinion al
to the bringing in of Mr.. Johnson
tax movement into national politics
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