The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
THE NEBRASKAN IS BITTER
Thinks Ex-PreSident is Play
 ing Game of Bluff.
will, He Declares, Say "I Won,' Run," and Thus Salve Bruises He Has Nursed Since Con-
 vention of 1898.

ANOWok Sss 8Ady 9s-AH Hc ANcWo AA<S the following from its Lincoln. Neb.. coz respondent:
 Mir. Bryan,s red brick house is nssre modern and much more pretentious than the old-fashioned home of Grover Cleve- tenc at Princeton.
 Mir. Bryan would not submit to an in- terview unless the questions were written and the answers recorded verbatim as he spoke them.
 'Have you met Grover Cleveland in re- cent years. Mir. Bryanr
 Not since I was Q member of Con- gress." he replied
 'Is 1t possible for Grover Cleveland to receive the Democratic nomination next year. Mir. Bryanf"
 There is not the remotest possibility of Mir. Clevelands becoming the nomi- nee. Even his staunchest friends would not risk him as a candidate" said MT. Bryan.
 T am not in Mir. Cleveland's confi- dence," continued Mir. Bryan, ''and there- fore cannot give an inside explanation. but as an outsider venture to say that his purpose is positively to refuse to be a candidate after while and then allow his friends to say that he would have been nominated and elected had he not res fused to run. This might afford Mir. Cleveland some satisfaction as salve for the bruises which he has nursed since 1896.
 The Tail. of the Party.
 There is a tait on the Democratic party which was very nearly pulled out sev- erai years ago, that Is just as monopo- listic in its tendencies as the Republican party is. There are also a number of newspapers calling themselves Democratic that are as monopolistic as any of the Republican papers, and I will name few of them:
 '"The Chicago Chronicle. Nashville American, Louisville Corrier-Journal. Boston Herald. Philadelphia Ledger, New York Times. Brooklyn Eagle and some others.
 This class of newspapers can be relied upon to support any Republican policy the financiers of the country are interest ed in. They keep up an attack on minor things and sometimes attack individual
 Republicans. but they are so closely allied to organized wealth that they simply de- ceive the people. If there were a law compelling these newspapers to carry the names of the men who dictate their poli- | cies at the top of the editorial pages, the people would know that the supposed edi- | tor had little or no voice. These so-called Democratic newspapers can be depended | on to defend any Democrat who betrays | his party and his constituents.
 This class of newspapers represent as public sentiment that which they desire | the people to think is public sentiment. The St. Louis Ovation. Mir. Bryan said this in a way which made it plain that he thought this just what was done in the extensive comments on the ovation given Mir. Cleveland at St. Louis on dedication day. MT. Bryan also made 1t plain that he did not consider the reception given Mir. Cleveland as being connected, so far as the people who made the noise were con- cerned, in the least with the Presidential boom for Cleveland
 "Who Is to be savior of Democracy in 1904? From where must he come, MT. l Bryan?' was asked.
 Tt matters not what State he Is from he said. "IIe must have the qualities if we are to win. He must be in sympathy with the masses of the people and pos sess the moral courage to defend their rights and the integrity to resist temp | tation."
 "On what issues will the Democratic
 Party base its hopes for success next year?"
 "A party platform cannot be outlined so far ahead. Conditions are constantly changing. and something Is likely to rise to place an entirely new phase on the situation. from what it appears today" | Wall Street and Roosevelt. | What do you think of the idea in some quarters that the powerful Wall Street interests are to oppose President Roose- welt as the Republican nominee?" There is no evidence of it outside of
 the news that is controlled by Wal
 Street. The Bureau of Commerce and the Elkins bill which is said to have been drafted by the President of the Penn sylvania Railway. are an insignificant re- | sponse for antitrust legislation" What do you think of President Roose- velt's efforts towards a settlement by ar- bitration of the coal strike?" T think they were laudable. I have always believed strikes should be settled in that way"
 How do you feel about the merger dis | cussfon in the Northern Securities case ?' Tt was righteous decision and hope will be sustained by the Supreme Court. But the merger decision merely touches the trust question. It is a fact that the people are paying tribute to a large num-
 Der of trusts today, and this Is conclu-
 sive evidence that the present laws are
 not adequate or not properly enforced"