The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-19
BRYAN MET The
STATE OFFICIALS
ENTERTAINED IN ATLANTA.
GREAT CROWD HEARD HIM DIS
CUss MORAL ISSUES.

THE Former Democratic Candidate
for President Called mt the GeOr-
ria CapitOI-In His Address He
said Moral Ideas Are Being Sub
.erytated to COmmerciRlism-In
an Interview He Replied to Cleve-
Iand's Paper.
Atlanta, Feb. 1S.-William Jennings
BRYAN spoke here tonight to crowd
I'D house at the Baptist Tabernacle on
Moral Issues.
Mr. Bryan arrived from Florida this
.-,ornine. He was the guest during the
aov of Hon. Nym Mccullough, county
Democratic chairman. He spent some
+ir,a at the Capitol this morning, where
-. mot Gov. Terrell and all the State
xIousa officials. The Supreme Court
odiourned for fifteen minutes to chat
,,5th him. He was given a lunch at
+he piedmont. at which Hon. Clark
howell and Hon. J. ]. Spalding were
present. .,.. .,.,.
+he citv. and tonight he was enter
tained at dinner by State Treasurer K.
Y park. He goes from here to Spar
4anburg. S. c., where he will speak TO-
morrow night.
His Address a Live One.
Mr. Bryan's address was in every
-asnect a live one. He discussed the
ISSUES before the people upon which
the. great political battle of this year
will he fought. There is a moral side
TO every issue before the people, Mr..
BRYAN declared, and it is this that is
being lost sight of. The moral SIDE OF
II has been buried under the cloud OF
commercialism and the commercial
shirt. The only question involved to-
dav seems to be whether a thing Will
he of material benefit. For ultimate
good and lasting results, MIR. Bryan
declared, attention must be given to
the moral side of it.
This was the thought and idea which
MIR. Bryan, in his address, applied to
many of the issues before the country
to-day, not only including that of the
tariff and the trusts, but likewise the
situation in the East and the Panama
CaCal.
On CIeveIand's Letter.
In an interview Mr.. Bryan discussed
Grover Cleveland's article on 1.-The
Democratic Opportunity" which APP
peared in the Morning News to-day.
He was asked:
what do you think of the state
rnent by Mr.. Cleveland that he is a
member of the rank and file of the
Democratic party?"
II will admit with pleasure that he
is one of the rank, but will deny that
he is one of the file" was tina reply.
Whom do you think the Democrats
should nominate for the presidency?
Il have no particular choice. l think
the prospects of the Democratic party
are very bright, but 1 prefer not tC
discuss the individual candidates, as
have no particular choice. l am fol
the man who favors the traditions OF
the Democratic Darty-a man who has
the confidence of the people and a man
of sound Democratic principles.
II tfialoaaathe "a Democratic, nominee
should be as far from the example oil
Grover Cleveland as we can find
Roosevelt, l think will get the Repub-
lican nomination. ----
II have just said that Roosevelt
would be nominated by the Republi-
cans and, therefore, / see no hope for
Cleveland from that source.
One Thing He Approves.
There is one thing Mr.. Cleveland
says that heartily commend. 1t is
exactly what 1 have urged for some
time, and that is a platform that shall
honestly state the party's position, and
one that will mean exactly what it
says"
do you think Mr.. Cleveland has
stolen your thunder on the question
of Imperialism %
1T is possible he has stolen the
thunder; he would be more apt to steal
thunder than lightning, for thunder
makes a great deal of harmless noise,
while lightning does the work.
But the best time for him to have
talked on Imperialism was in 1900.
when he might have been of some
service . to the party in defeating it..
When he had a chance to do some
thing he preferred to act with the cor
porations that controlled the Republi-
can party and his utterances on the
subject now, taken in connection with
his conduct, are only sounding brass. "