The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-14
Great Leader Of Democracy
Makes Delayed Visit to Ke-
nosha Today
PRAISES SENATOR SPoONER
Bryan Says He Has Great Respect for
the Retiring Senator, But Does
Not Like His Stand ON
Some Questions
(From Fridays Daily.)


William Jennings Bryan, Of Lin
coin, Neb., twice candidate for the
Office of the president of the United
States on the Democratic ticket, saw
Kenosha today. He reached the city
from Milwaukee just before noon and
left on the western train this after
noon for Lake Geneva where he
speaks this evening. Mr.. Bryan
spent the day at the Eichelman Hotel
and during the afternoon many of the
leading Democrats of the city called
at the hotel to pay tribute to their
chief and discuss the political situa-
ton.
Mr.. Bryan is now making a series
of lectures in various Wisconsin
cities and his trip through the state
is not of any political significance
He positively refused to enter into any
discussions of national politics or to
the probability or possibility of his
being aEcandidate for president and
said that itlwas little early for him
to discuss this question. He stated
that he was having a fine trip through
Wisconsin and that the reception he
had received had been very gratifying.
He said that he felt that the Demo-
Gratis ofSKenosha had warm spot in
their heartssfor him and that.he was
always glad to come to Kenosha.
81 am sorry" said Mr.. Bryan, "that
missed my connection last fall when
was billed to speak in kenosha and
/ hope at some future time to come to
the city and deliver an address to
your citizens. took the train.that
had been ordered to take by the COM
mittee in charge Of my Wisconsin
itinerary and afterward I learned that
the p ogram had been changed to in
clude Kenosha. 1t was in this way
that missed your Kenosha committee
and failed to keep the engagement
in Kenosha. / am sure that can ar
range to get to Kenosha at some
other time and greet the friends
that proved their friendship for me
at that time.''
Mr.. Bryan, while declining to dis
cuss the national political situation,
spoke on the resignation of Spooner,
and ii is evident that Mr.. Bryan is a
greater friend of Senator La Toilette
than of the.retiring senator. He con-
scented to make the following state
ment in regard to the retirement of
Senator Spooner:
81 know nothing of the reasons for
the resignation of Senator Spooner
save those given in his letter to Gov
ernor Davidson. Senator Spooner's
ability has always been unquestioned,
but have felt that his sympathies
were with Ethe corporations rather
than with the general public, and for
that reason l have been friendly to
Senator La Toilette in places where
he and Senator Spooner have differed
on questions effecting the control of
corporations. While have great re-
spect for 9&the ability of Senator
Spooer, I think that it is much more
important that our public officials
shall vote right rather than that he
should speak ably"
Mr.. Bryan refused to enter into any
discussion of the probable candidates
to succeed Spooner as he declared
that he was not fully advised of the
political situation IN Wisconsin and
was not acquainted with the qualif-
cations of any of the candidates.
That Mr.. Bryan is still the hero of
Democracy was shown by the fact
that during the afternoon when the
news of his presence in the city be-
came noised about town many people
called at the hotel for the simple
chance of getting look at the able
Nebraskan. The county Democratic
committee stopped all their work as
soon as the presence of Mr.. Bryan
was discovered and the afternoon was
given over to making him comfort
able.