The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-24
The Ncbraskan Lectures Here,
Addresses the General Assem-
bly, and Is Entertained. xJS
LAR GE. AUDlEN CE1T0I 9 /. &
n HEAR HIS LECTURE
The Former Cal1di didatcsf for#P Prcsl[--. resi-.
dent Suggests 4 Remedy .tfo:'l:3is for
Trusts Some Phases ofEthc3,RS
I'll. Money Question Now s55ils!
Acutcly Bel fore tile tile
Country. a 5SS:
Country

$3 N COuntfy 81 n;
& a lion. William ~ ennings 8Br ryan arrived
iii .tllis city yesterday morning early r
and spent tho day llcrc, lcctulrilng 70 :ls u,
largo and enthusiastic: audience at the
Academy or Music iii tho cveEilig
During tho day lle3 was constantly s on
tho 20 /, first being interviewed carly lin 4!
the morning. later receiyin a committees
from tho General Assembly, who invited
hin, to / address tho lnW-nlak ers 1Io res s
sspondelG Il sapeaking II for38 fifteen minutes
to Il crowded house. Flo ceptesi all AZ:
Invitation to lunch wi II MI J ohm St W.
art Bl'yun at Il thoy w Yestnor Gland Club
and Immediately afterward went out 10
Union Thcolpgca Seminary on tho ir:vl-H#
Etation OF some of tho students there.
After an address to tho students he was
escorted ITO tho cfferson by q commit
tee OF them, and there had d inner. E'e-5e
fore no had flnishcd dinner he llad 5tos
lb sulbmi Z Is tho interviewer i gai:s and
fwhen4hc concluded IA IA ylorsi III y-s93 y9
son was there 5cscor t. him to- the 3tAcad dS
Sorny. where he lectured Il Art ter the lecturej
Slle grat,,rned a to n the hotel and tlred
early. This mo prnins nt = 9 AS lie VII leave
for. washington, hero spend st;ts
day orttw wo,5 going thence to- N Nevs A
VI l'llls. In brief. ,tnnnr rzes tho 5tla Of
tile Nehraskan orator Ii; Richmond.
Guarded lin What He Says
Despite the fact that IA Mr. Bryan n is3i.
nov but Il private citizen and n denles ]
that he 4 has any other aspira tions, tho
man defeated for t)ie8 presto idency neal sa.5
four years ago seems to Il have lost filttl
OF Ills hold upon the people, certalElF
supo,. the J people Of Richmond. trla t the
Smultitudc Is held by the magnetism nt
his presence and his readiness and closf3
auence of speech was everywhere evil
dent yesterday Frequently the express
sion was heard. II wonder II he VIII bc
u candidate again., but to this there
is no other answer than his own state !
merits thathe IS not. HI iS5 VI Il 5ss n Il 58
* During his staySin tho city M lr. Bryan,
gave a dictated stntement early III the
morning TO a local Ilc cwspa per man in the
course OF which he2 discussed various 3
topics. hut always pauslng before lie q
had made any iEdscreet statement. He:
would not discuss tho Russian-J Japancse
simbrogllo further than to state he had n
not yet found out just what the trouble /.
was. ~ r dof1lot SEQ why any other nation
should become involved in this trouble.
and as both claim to be acting on the d
defensive, I'm trying to ascertain the
cause OF the war; Further than this ne
did not care to discuss this topic. AZ N sis
"A Mr.. Bryan stated several times that @lia Il
4 had no candidate for the presidency, and
specifically denied TINT te was for VII -ss
liam r. Hearst. While Mr.. Hearst Isl
among tho many worthy men mentioned \
for the nomination. have not discussed 3
his availability nor the availability ofSg
others" he declarcd.5 # III b
Stands by Kansas City Platform.
II any ono had a,iy idea That Mr., Bryall
i had discarded 4bimetalisnlI orr that he had 4
recanted any OF Ills we'll known views
on tl,is and other subjects with which
the world Is familiar, that gentleman
Yesterday disnbuscd tl,elr5 minds OF nl.y
s,,ah impression ies, l have been
correctly reported as fnYorlng tho re-
affirmation Of tho Kansas City plat form
5ilisits entirety" said5he. M AS I have tsai I
before. II the position taken by the party I.
is right, as 4 believe ~ was and IS, y
ought not TO be abandoned. II blmetal-
ism is desirable. as i belieyoit Is. We
cannot get IL better ard clearer state
ment than that embraced in tho Kansas
City and Chicago platforms Of 1900 and
1896, If, on tho contrary, the party
fnvors the gold standard. It ought ~ y
have tho courage to say SO,
TX In the course OF n conversation with
u representative OF The Times Dispatch
Mr., Bryan mado 1t apparent beyond q
doubt that lii his opinion I he cleavage II
between gold or corporation and tho
silver wings OF tho party goes to The &
bottom, is ever widening and will never
be healed Nhen he was asked II he hm-
self could suggest a platform upon which
tho newspapers he recently named could
stand together, hn stated that no ttsn8
of them could stand on the same plat,f
form, nor on any single plank, ~ a'l-s
tnitted that it would pa impossible ,o
construct platform which woL,a suit
4 the m all. He himself could nusc none
on which Tho Commoner ard The Tines y,
sDis Itch could stand,
Neither Wing Will Yield.
In short Mr., Bryan states M plainly
ms language can that the twos wings
5of tiNs Democratic party IN the countrsl5
pir struggling for supremacy, ana nat
neither Is willing or able 10 accept lbe
frndamertal principles of the cther- SAID
hr;
'srhe free silver man Of 1890 and 1897 q
la, not undergone change oi heafi,
and is not moDometallist t0rlay lieli
may. and IN many instances does, believe
TINT the success uf the Ilenl2 'rat tic par
tn.aaY depends largely urc,f he llpffS
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