The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-10
". ]. BRYAN RETURNS TO
THE LAND OF DEMOCRACY
Comes from Royal Castles to
Again Pose as Apostle of
the Common People.
TELLS OF KINGS HE MET
And Says Switzerland Is Far More
Democratic than the United
States.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9-The White Star
steamer Celtic, on which w. j. Bryan is
a passenger, arrived to-day. The steamer
was met at quarantine by a committee of
prominent Democrats headed by former
United States Senator Charles A. Towne,
Melvin G. PaIliser, Justice Samuel Seabury
and Henry George. jr.
Mr.. Bryan said he never felt better. Asked
what sort of a trip he had. he said he be-
lieved it was trip unique in winter trans
atlantic travel There were two and a half
days of storm starting and five days Of
glorious weather, almost dead calm, and
then the last couple of days very rough and
very high seas.
Coming up the bay Mr.. Bryan held a gen.
eral reception. He declined to talk spe-
officially for publication on the ground that
he intended to write his experiences and did
not desire all the impressions he had gained
to be old before his own writings had
achieved print. Mr.. Bryan said he visited
ten capitals and a part of Sweden. lie
spent fourteen hours with Count TOlstOi. lie
also saw Max NOrdau and Mr. Croker. He
and Mr.. Croker visited each other, he said.
What did you say to each other?' was
asked.
Il don't think we said anything of pub
lie interest. You must remember that
know less of what has been going on In
InlS country during the last TWO months
than IN any two months of my life.
Asked about the great men he had visited,
Mr. Bryan said that he thought Mr.. Bal
four. England'5 premier, one of the most
scholarly men he had ever met. He spoke
in terms of high praise and gratitude of
the manner in which he had been received
and helped by Ambassador Choate and all
the other American representatives to
whom he had applied.
KINGS 1 HAVE NET"
81 met President Loubet, of France" Mr..
Bryan said, and found him very pleasant.
President Deutcher. of Switzerland, is
very genial man with German character
istics strongly marked. The Gar of Rus
STA appeared to me to be very charming.
The Crown Prince of Denmark is affable
and friendly TO a degree. With the excep-
tion of President Loubet all of them spoke
English we'll | enjoyed the visit to the
Vatican and was presented to the Pope by
Father Kennedy, head of the American Col
lege in Rome. The Pope did not speak
English. was greatly impressed with the
friendly feeling everywhere exhibited to the
American people. / don't think 1t was the
friendship OF awe. They seemed TO like us. ="
do you agree with other travellers that
the people really more the rulers in
England than I'm this country" he was
asked.
I'm England. 1 think" Mr.. Bryan said
public opinion prevails more than in any
France and Switzerland. Switzerland is far
more democratic than the United States.
Public opinion controls there more quickly
than anywhere | know"
Mr.. Bryan said he was going to Connecti-
cut on Monday and that he hopes TO be able
TO get to Nebraska before the end of the
coming week.
Asked if he favored holding the Demo-
cratic national convention in New York,
Mr.. Bryan gave an emphatic answer. He
said: IF you people have got as much
money as you say you have. you can afford
TO go into the center of the country. You
have ben Boosting about your wealth. and
can affard to spend little of il. 1 am op-
posed TO any extreme points of the country
being taken for the convention" Mr.. Bryan
would not say where he would like the con-
vention. but suggested somewhere in the
center Of the country.
Mr.. Bryan would not talk about platforms
He said he knew'of nothing that should be
taken out of the last platform, and could not
say what should be added. He refused TO
discuss the Panama situation, saying he
wanted to know more about ii.
Prominent local Democrats gave a recep-
ton TO Mr.. Bryan tonight, at which he
spoke of the impressions of his visit abroad.