Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-21
GREET mrs. BRYAN on HER RETURN
Talks Entertaininsly TO the Ncwspa-
per Men About the Income Which
He Derives From His Lectures and
w'itinso-PoliB,cal Prominence is
an Asset For Any Man.
(By Associated pressl

NEW YORK, April 20-His lec.ur-
ing tour brought William Jennings
bryan to this city today and he mad
also planned to meet Mrs. Bryan on
her arrival from Europe tomorrow
AT the Hoffman House he was joined
during the day by Miss Grace Bryan
who has taken n holiday from her
studies at Virginia school to wei
come her mother home.
Mrs Bryan is passenger on the
Atlantic Transport liner NIinnehaha.
The steamer was reported off Nan
ticket today. The vessel will land
her passengers tomorrow. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan will leave for the West
on Thursday.
In the meantime Mr.. Bryan will fill
several engagements and take part
in conferences of more or less polit-
ical significance.
After his arrival from Utica early
today he breakfasted with Colonel
Heirly Watterson, met many personal
friends, including some prominent
Democrats and chatted with the news
paper men.
No Idle Hours for Him.
Tonight he delivered his lecture on
"'rhe OLD World and It's Ways" at the
ST. Simon Episcopal church. Earlier
in the evening he had dined with the
rector, Rev. Ralph Walker 1omor-
row he Will be entertained by Gov
crnor Fort and others at Trenton, n.
j.. and in the evening he will address
the Peoples Institute ut Cooper Union
here.
Later he will attend the dinner of
the Missouri Society of New York.
Wednesday evening he will be q guest
ut the joint banquet of The Associa-
ted Press and American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
His lecture at Cooper Union will
have no bearing on political affairs.
Aside from few lecture engagements
i'll Nebraska, Mr.. Bryan said tonight,
that he had nothing scheduled until
May 49, when he is to attend the con-
ference to be held at Washington to
further the Conservation of Our Nat.
ural Resources"
With interviewers today Mr.. Bryan
pcrsistently avoided discussion of the
political situation in this state. Mr..
bryan talked freely on other matters.
Talks About His Work.
One interviewer suggested that the
Nebraskan, having been credited with
an earning capacity of from $50, 900 to
$4,000 year, might be exposed to
,l,.. oh,raa l,,r nnnopapt. +bat I,o NO g
no longer representative of the labor
ing class. but full fiedged plutocrat.
no this Mr.. Bryan replied: My in =.
come Is derived mainly from my Les
turing, with some addition from ar.
ticles written for other publications
and something from my own paper
but the amount has been very much
exaggerated. make more speeches
for D5thing than for pay. and devote
moe lime to public work than pri
vyyte gain. The income / have receiv-
I'd has come from people who attend
my lectures and who read what /
write and therefore my obligation is
TO the whole people rather r:ian 20 any
special class. The best test of the
effect of my income is to be found IN
the things that 1 advocate. My views
have not changed upon public ques-
tons am contending for the same
things now that | did then and /
think no one will deny that / could
make more by siding Will the cor
porate interests that have oppose
than have made out of lecturing.
Political Prominence an Asset.
MY political prominence has been
an advantage in that it has given me
n larger reading circle and a larger
audience, but could have used the
''1ance In other ways to greater
u advantage. For instance /
d $4,000 a year as coun-
corporation. but it would
n me out of the political
lecturing and writing can
| need in half the time
| she rest for pnbl!c work.
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