Bisbee daily review., 1903-05-15

William Jennings Bryan received the News correspondent very cordial ly at his residence, four miles from this city. A typewriting machine was clicking busily in an upstairs room. and the farm hands were at work in the adjoining fields Mir Bryan's red brick house is more modern and much more pretentious than the somewhat old-fashioned home of Grover Cleveland at Princeton.
 Mir. Bryan would not submit to an interview unless the questions were written and the answers recorded verbatim as he spoke them.
 Have you met Grover Cleveland in recent years, Mir. Rryan?" was the first question.
 Not since I was member of cons gress," he replied.
 You were invited to the dedication exercises of the St. Louis Worlds Fair. were you not?"
 "Yes, I went to St Louis, but went to attend the Good Roads Con vention, and left there one day before the dedication ceremonies began"
 "The seat assigned to you for the dedication was not on the grandstand with President Roosevelt and former President Cleveland, but on the annex to the grandstand."
 No, it was on the grand. It was on the annex, but I looked at that kind of an invitation as one to be ac- Icepted or declined without any par ticular importance being attached to lit. I simply declined the invitation"
 'Is it possible for Grover Cleveland to receive the democratic nomination next year, Mir. Bryan?
 There is not the remotest possibii' ity of MT. Cleveland becoming the nominee. Even his staunchest friends would not risk him as ean- didate." said Mir. Bryan.
 But Mir. Cleveland has apparently come out of retirement and many sup pose he is seeking the nomination" remarked the News man.
 T am not in Mr. Clevelands conf dence," said MT. Bryan, and therefore can't give an inside explanation. but as an outsider I venture to say that his purpose is to positively refuss to be candidate after while and then allow his friends to say that he would have been nominated and elected had he not refused to run This might afford MT. Cleveland sons satisfaction as a salve for the bruises which ns has nursed since 1S96."
 Mir. Bryan made it plain that he did not consider the reception given to MT. Cleveland as being connected, so far as the people who made the noise were concerned. in the least with 2 presidential boom for the Sage of Princeton.
 Who is to be the savior of the dem ocratic party in 1904, and from what section of the country must he oome? Mr. Bryan was asked.
 T can't discuss any available indi- yidual for the nomination" he said. "The geographical position of the can didate will not figure in the adyan- Itages. It matters not what state he is from. He must have the qualities | if we are to win. He must be in sympathy with the masses of the peo- pie and possess the moral courage to defend their rights and the integrity to resist temptation"
 "On what issues will the democratic party base it's hopes for success next year
 "A party platform can't be outlined so far ahead. Combinations are con stantly changing and something is li- able to rise to place an entirely new phase on the situation from what it appears today"
 What do you think of the idea in some quarters that the powerful Wal street interests are to oppose Presi- dent Roosevelt as the republican nom inee?"
 There is no evidence Of it outside of the news that is controlled by Wall street. The Bureau of Commerce and the Elkins bill, which is said to have been drafted by the president of the | Pennsylvania railroad, are signih- cant response for antitrust legisls- tion"
 What do you think of President Rosevelt's efforts toward settlement by arbitration of the coal striSe?" q think they were iaudable. [ have always believed strikes should be settled in this way"
 How do you feel about the merger decision in the Northern Securities casecase?"
 Tt was a righteous decision and hope it will be sustained by the su- preme court But the merger deeis- lion scarcely touches the trust aues- Ition. It is fact that the people are Ipaying tribute to large number or trusts today and this is conslusiye ev- iidence that the present law is not ad- equate or not properly enforced"
 Charles Beverly has taken the sge--