The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
HARMONY PLAN FAILED
MACK COULD NOT GET HrrI. AND
 BRYAN To0ETHER.
They Were in the Same Hotel. But Never in Tslhine or Hand.
 shaking Ranre.

NeT York Special to New Orleans Times.
 William J. Bryan spent an eventfu] morning in New York Friday. A meetins and reconciliation which National Com. mitteeman Norman Y. Mack had arrana- Cd for NIT: Bryan and David B. Hili fell through. Mack succeeded in getting both leaders in the same hotel--the Hoffman House-at the same time. but he couidn't { induce them to shake hands and make up. Alter this hasco Mir. Bryan went to the City Hall and conferred with Mayor Mcclellan.
 Before departing Mir. Bryan said he was going back to his farm to raise sus- gestions." Mir. Hill declined to state what he expects to raise at Wolfert's Roost this spring.
 MT. Bryan was asked how he happened to be in New York at this time.
 Why" he said. T wanted to see Nor man E. Mack of Buffalo. the Democratic National Committeeman from this State, and he arranged for me to take break fast with him this morning in tn eHoff- man House I managed to reach the city last night. so that could have a good nights rest. No. didn't come to talk politics.; that is. nothing of particular moment. Booms are the things that am not discussing at all."
 Do you think the coming Democratic National Convention will reafirm the Kansas City platformF'
 Certainly do; that platform will be reafiirmed. I know the newspapers say 1t will not be, but the people feel other wise about 1t. The papers are on one side of the proposition and the people are on the other.''
 Have you seen Mir. Hill"
 "No; I only learned that he was here after I arrived. have no engagement with him."
 After leaving the Mayor. Mir. Bryan was asked if Mir Mcclellan would be ac- ceptable to Western Democrats as a can- didate for President.
 q assume that he would." said Mir. Bryan.
 The Nebraskan was then asked what he thought of Tammany Leader Murphy g endorsement of Mr. Cleveland.
 T assume that 1t may have some in- fiuences, but not much." he said.
 When asked what would happen. if Cleveland should be nominated, MT. Bry- an became serious and said:
 T live in a brick house. and brick houses are dangerous in times of earth quake. If ever MT. Cleveland is again nominated he will strike the ground with such a thump that it will cause an earth- QudhC. I<dEtIiQuhAco atC HVt 9OO1 AOI people in brick houses. l don't want any earthquakes" :
 The visit of Mir. Bryan to the Mayor caused a sensation among the Tammany politicians at the City Hall. They jumped at the conclusion that Bryan was plan ming to use all his influence in favor of the nomination of the Mayor for Presi- dent.
 National Committeeman Mack, after breakfasting with Mir. Bryan and con- ferring with MT. Hill, talked freely about his intellectual attempt to bring the two together.
 "I talked with both" he said. land I found that they still hold radically differ ent opinions on certain important mat ters. I would that could get them to- gether. They really ought to be together But do not misunderstand me-neither has a knife up his sleeve for the other No, it's not as bad as that. Only at present I can see no signs of a reconcilia- tfon"