Arizona republican., 1903-05-10
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
 EASILY DRAWN OUT
Upon the Subject of the Can-
 didaCy of Cleveland
His Observations on the Expression of Public Sentiment Regarding the Former President-It Is He Thinks Manufactured.

Newark, N. J., May 9.-The News prints an interview it's Lincoln, Neb. correspondent had with William J. Bry- an, in which the following conversation was given:
 ''Is it possible for Grover Cleveland to receive the democratic nomination next year?'
 There is not the remotest possibility of Cleveland becoming the nominee. Even his state will not risk him as T candidate" said Bryan.
 But Cleveland has apparently come out of retirement and many suppose he is seeking the nomination" remark ed the News man.
 II am not in MT. Clevelands conf dence," said Mir. Bryan. "and therefore cannot give any inside explanat ation, but as an outsider. venture to say that his purpose is to positively refuse to be a candidate after a 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 Cleveland some satisfaction as a salve for the bruises which he has nursed since 1896.
 There is a tail of the democratic party which was very nearly pulled out several years ago that is just as mon opolistic in its tendency as the repub- lican party Is. There are also a num- Der of newspapers calling themselves democratic that are as monopolistic as any of the republican papers, and I will name a number of them: The Ch:- cago Chronicle. the Nashville Ameri- can, Louisville Courier Journal, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Ledger. New York Times, Brooklyn Eagle and some others. This class of papers can be relied upon to support any republican policies the financiers of the country are interested in. They keep up an attack on minor things and sometimes attack individual republicans. but they are so closely all lied to organized wealth that they sim ply deceive the people. If there were law compelling these newspapers to carry the names of the men who dic- tate their policies at the top of the edi- torial pages, the people would know that the supposed editors had little O. no voice. These so-called democratic papers can be depended upon to defend any democrat who betrays his party and his constituents and abuse any democrat who cannot be corrupted.
 This class of newspapers represent as public sentiment that which they de- sire the people to think is public senti- ment."
 MT. Bryan said this is a way that made it plain that he thought this is just what was done in the extensive comments on the ovation given Cleve- land at St. Louis on Dedication day
 Bryan also made it plain that he did not consider the reception given Cleve- land as being connected. so far as the people who made the noise were con- cerned, in the least with a presidential boom for the Sage of Princeton.
 What do you think of the idea in some quarters that the powerful Wall street interests are to oppose President Roosevelt as the republican nominee?"
 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 significant responses to trust legislation"
 Bryan commended President RoOse- velt's work in the settlement of the coal strike and said the Northern Se- curities company decision was a righte- ous one.