The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-30
TugfuIs Of Nebraska "hoHlo
Folks" Greeted Him With
Whoops Of Joy.
TO TALK POLITICS O-HIGHT
Guardea Replles to Quaslfens
About lils Presidealial
Prospects.

Peerless Leader Escaped Erem Knthuszassfe
Friends to Yacht MIInt. md HAteP was
Whisked I'm Automobile @ HAWf6
KIxon's House On Staten xssana-Csn.
ference There q DanneesGaas : MEaa-
agezs-speecbas for AsadAssn Square
Garden Reception Cs-SG.5 .S-@@
Mr.. bryan Locked Wen = were
Continuous smile-Hen Rnvsdo AEazs.
haitian To-day With Proceazssn q efx
Carriages Much Gratined By Domen.
stratiou at Quarantine and Tssnanui
for Courtesies Received while Abroad.
William Jennings Bryan; with Mrs. Bryan
and their daughter Grace, got In yesterday
| afternoon on the North German Lloyd
steamship Prinzsss Irene. They had been
| abroad eight months and had made the cir
cult OF the earth.
The liner wal met down the bay by the
| $50 Nebraskans who have com on to join
in the reception to the Peerless One and by
q small party OF Mr.. Bryan's friends who
| were on board Edward F. Goltra's yacht
| Ilini. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan left the Princess
Irene at Quarantine, going first to the tug
boats which contained the tumultuous
| Nebraska delegation. There he was lassoed
by Mayor Jim Dahlman Of Omaha and
greeted with other little attention. which
were intended to let him know how glad the
| Home Folks were to welcome him back.
From the Nebraska tugboats Mr.. Bryan
went on the Illini to Stapleton Staten Island.
He spent the evening" 40 tss home Of
Lewis Nixon, where he conferred with a
number OF Democratic managers. Late
in the evening he returned to the Him,
| where he passed the night.
He will come to Manhattan this afternoon
In accordance with the programme framed
by the reception committee and he will
speak at Madison Square Garden in the
evening.
Mr.. Bryan had little to say to the naws-
| paper men who met him down the bay.
| The hustle and excitement Of leaving the
vessel, together with the unbounded en-
| thusiasm of the Home Folks" were too
much for the silver tongued orator. He
| expressed great pleasure at getting back
| and qualification at the way he was being
| received.
POLITICAL POSITION DEfINED.
To, newspaper men who accompanied
him on the trip Mr.. Bryan, however, granted
an interview. before the Princess Irene
entered the buy. He said: o
Il have enjoyed my trip immensely.
although | have had a good deal OF work
to do. 1 nave been kept very busy pre-.
pairing my articles for publication, and
| during the last few days l have had to
devote a lot of time to the speech which l
am to deliver at the reception to he given
me in New York
vii you touch on politics in that speechf'
Mr.. Bryan was asked.
yes, I will, " he replied.
"To what extent?'
Il cannot at this time speak OF tne issues
that | intend to discuss
Mr.. Bryan was asked whether he hadi
as reported, since he left this country
offered himself as a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President.
"No," he replied. Il have not announced
myself az a candidate. l wrote a letter
to former Senator James X. Jones q few
weeks ago. You will find that It is not An
announcement / said that I would accept
the nomination under certain conditions
sHas your attitude changed any since
you wrote that letterP'
-No."
is it likely that you will announce your.
self as a candidatef'
1T Is not necessary for me to say. any
thing beyond what ia contained in my letter
to Senator Jones. and l don't think the
time will come when It will be necessary
for me to say anything MORE
DKMocRAcY's CHANCES.
Mr.. Brya an said that he had seen no polia-
cis.ns while he was abroad. He had met
two or three Congressmen and talked with
them about conditions In q general way.
When asked for his opinion in regard to
the Damocracy's chances In the coming
fght he said:
81 have been away from home too long
to make prophecies as to b outcome OF
any election. The statements OF CAM
paign committees on the " Of elections
compared with the actual results show
the futility Of such representation
Mr.. Bryan did say that In his opinion
the chances for Democratic success were
improving all the time.
But he added. 1T Is not easy to fix
the time when the principles Of the Demoo-
racy shall triumph
DO you think the Roosevelt edministra-
ton has tended toward the success Of the
Democratic partyf'
THE Roosevelt administration has done
much to educate the people,
Some persons are saying now that MI.
Roosevelt is mUre radical than you are
THAT seems to be the conclusion some
people have arrived at
Mr.. Bryan was then asked what he had
to say about the Idea which some Of his
old supporters have that he 10 becoming
too conservative,