New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
BRYAN SEES LEADERS
GIVES LONG INTERVIEW.
McCarren Tells Him He VIII Carry
Kings County Easily.

| strenuous
this city yesterday. Arriving in Jersey City from
Wilmington 10 o'clock, he went direct the
HOFFMAN House, the headquarters of the Demo-
| cratic National Committee. where he in
ference with OF leaders of the party until
| he went TO the home of Melbert 3. Cary, at No.
SO West 5lst street. where he dined with party
OF friends and where he spent the night Only
| once before did he leave the Hoffman House,
when he went to address meeting of the Com
! fnercial travellers League at No. 5e7 Broadway.
Last night Mr. Bryan addressed meeting in Car
nege Hall, which packed to the doors
Among those who called Mr.. Bryan ar the
Hoffman House were Mayor Mcclellan and SEN
ator Patrick II. McCarren. Daniel r. cohalan, rep
resentng Charles r Murphy, did not Mr..
Bryan until after dinner. 1t said at head
quarters that Mr. Murphy was slightly under the
weather, but Thomas r. Smith said that he had
| missed his train from Good Ground. The Brooklyn
Senator who is smarting under the affront placed
/ upon him by Murphy at the Rochester convention,
had a private audience with the Democratic candi-
date which lasted for forty minutes Mr. Bryan Ia
| bored with him for harmony. and the Senator
| promised to arrange a Bryan meeting in Brooklyn.
When he came ont the Senator said of course
he would support the ticket but he did not appear
| to be overenthusiastic.
! Mayor Mcclellan offered to do everything in his
| power to assist Mr.. Bryan in the campaign He
VIII preside at large meeting to be held in this
city, and may be called on TO make several speeches
| in other cities If he can find the time.
Mr.. BRYAN TIRED OUT.
! Mr.. Bryan is almost exhausted on account Of the
strenuous schedule he has been carrying out since
| he left, the West. Tho train left Wilmington so
early yesterday morning that Mr.. Bryan was I'M
! able to get breakfast and he had nothing eat
until nearly noon, when he snatched q hasty meal
while discussing politics with visitors.
| After reaching the Hoffman House Mr.. Bryan re-
| Piled to a long series of questions of newspaper
men, Regarding his attitude on the Roosevelt poll
cies and the fact that he been careful not TO
criticse the President in the West Ar- Bryan said
There is a great deal of confusion as to Mr..
Roosevelts policies. A distinction ought TO be
drawn between his popular policies and his
popular policies, You cannot both kinds OF
policies in the language.
Some of Mr.. Roosevelt's policies popular in
the West; some are unpopular The popular ones
are those that have been borrowed from the Demo-
cratic party. and the unpopular those
upon which the Republican party has patent
II have criticised Mr.. Roosevelt where thought
he was wrong. I have commended him where
thought he right and have done this with
out waiting to see whether his actions were popu-
lar not
81 have been careful to distinguish between the
things which 1 approved and the things which
disa ppreved but the newspapers have not always
observed that distinction Very often paper will
take small part of a speech, selecting that part
which it desires to emphasize and the part taken
out sometimes gives false impression
1T is difficult remedy this sort OF nisrepre-
sentation, because speech Of an hour or an hour
and half is lorg to be reported rule, ex-
port part.
NEVER INDORsED MR. ROOSEVELT
'I have never indcrsed Mr.. Roosevelt but have
Endorsed things that he said and things he has
DONE just as I have criticised things that he has
said and things that ne has done. have been |
specific in both my Endorsements and my criticisms
There have been many different versions of your
heir apparent remaFk-just what did you say!
was asked.
II said" replied Mr.. Bryan chat so far as re- |
forms were concerned was not only the heir ap-
parent but the parent-meanins that as the rep
resentative of the Democratic party 1 was emit |
tied to the support who favor reforms and
that those reforms which have made the President
pepular having been borrowed from the Demo- |
cratic party, naturally revert to the Democratic
party.
But here too YOU must distinguish between the |
Democratic reforms which the Democrats in Con-
gress have favored and the undemocratlc PROPOSE
tions which tho Democrats in Congress have OPP |
posed
Asked if he had noticed any difference in the way
he was treated in the East now and when he was q
candidate before he replied that he thought there
was not that marked feeling of hostility to the |
Democratic platform or the fear that Democratic
victory would be followed by depression. The Re
publican platform, he SAID, was ambiguous and
evasive.
Mr. Bryan was careful not to make any sweep
ing statements regarding the result OF the cam
paign. He generalized as follows:
'I think it be safely stated that the changes
being made from one side 10 the other show a net
gain to our party in all parts of the country-that
is the tidal wave, so TO speak. is running in our
favor In some places the accessions TO our party
are more numerous than IN other parts, but every
where the trend is toward the Democratic party.
am not in position to discuss relative gains in
different localities TO estimate the total change
CAUSES OF HARMONY.
"severaI causes have contributed to bring about
the harmony now existing in ranks The spe-
caI cause of disagreement in the Democratic party
in 1900 was the money question. That question
having been eliminated by conditions, it no longer
separates Democrats
Mr. BRYAN declared that there steady trend
toward Democratic principles. And this growth OF
sentiment" he added, has been accelerated by the
advocacy of certain Democratic policies by Re
publican reforrners- There is constant advance
toward the renedying Of abuses and this advance,
While bringing the Democratic party together has
divided the Republican party, that party being re-
snonsibIe for abuses which ought TO have been
-emedied The fight in Republican ranks between
the 'standpatter' and the reformer is real fight,
and il cannot be postponed.
.rTbese are some Of the things that have con-
r,buted to improve the chances of the Democratic
party"
Mr. Bryan said he thought the sentiment Of or
xsnized labor was largely for the Democratic
1artv and attributed it to labor panks in the
Democratic platform. He was asked If the fulfil
neut of the promises made TO labor would
not widen the breach between capital and labor,
md he replied:
NO: the effect of the immediate legislation pro-
,osed nv the Democrats will be bring labor and
,apItal into harmonious cooperation I think the
apitalist II he will take far sighted view OF his