Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
COL. WATTERSON SAYS
BRYAN IS THE MAN
NEBRASKAN WILL BE NOMl-
MATED, HE BELIEVES
Editor from Kentucky Thinks Move
ment in Favor of johnson Came
Too Late and from Wrong
Source

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 2O.-William j
Bryan arrived here today after two
days spent UP the state in making
speeches and holding conferences with
various political leaders. He said the
purpose of his visit here at this time
is to meet Mrs. Bryan, who is returning
from a European trip. While in New
York he will make several addresses.
Mr.. Bryan said he had no appoints
ments with any Of the political leaders
here. He was met at the hotel by his
daughter Grace, who came up from
her school in Virginia. Miss Bryan
will remain here long enough to well
come her mother home from Europe
tomorrow.
Mr.. Bryan had breakfast with Henry
Watterson, He said he had not dis
cussed the question of abrogating the
two-thirds rule at the national conven-
tion. When questioned concerning the
published report that Chairman Con-
ners of the Democratic state committee
wanted Mr.. Bryan to meet Charles +.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, Mr.
Bryan said he had no reason to believe
the report.
when l saw Mr.. Conners," said Mr.
Bryan. "he said nothing about it, and
because l saw something about it in
to be true; in fact knowing the animus
of some of the papers l assume it to be
untrue"
Mr.. Watterson said there was moth
ing in his conversation with Mr.. Bryan
at breakfast that he cared to make
public.
Personally have no doubt that Mr.
Bryan will be nominated at Denver
said the colonel, "and [ think that We
oh tn i'm
movement in the interest of Governor
johnson comes too late and from the
wrong quarter. If the interests that
are now urging his nomination had
backed me up when | advocated his
candidacy ten months ago he might
have had a chance for the nomination.
Roosevelt Out of Race
Colonel Watterson, discussing the
Republican situation, said that Taft
would be nominated. Concerning Pres
ident Roosevelt he said:
IL left Washington a few weeks age
convinced that the president Will moi
accept a denomination. Under the
general situation | would say the Re
publicans are Just as badly off as we
are We are both trading our eggs
and some of the eggs are bad
Mr.. Bryan has engagements which
viii keep him busy the greater part
of tomorrow in New Jersey. AT Tren-
ton he will have a conference with the
Democratic editors of the state.
Following this conference Governor
Fort will entertain a number Of guests
at luncheon I'm Mr. Bryan's honor
Among the guests will be Frank L,
Katzenbach, jr., who ran against Gov
ernor Fort on the Democratic ticket
and James E. MARITIME, who was Demi-
cratic candidate for United States sem
ator from New Jersey.
Among Mr.. Bryan's callers at the
Hoffman house today were Urey Wood
son of Kentucky, secretary of the DEM
ocratic national committee, and Nor
man E. Mack of Buffalo, national COM
mitteeman from this state Mr.. Wood
son discussed with Mr.. Bryan the Dem
ocratic situation in Kentucky and Mr..
Mack talked over with him Democratic
conditions in New York. Mr.. WOodson
said he did not think Mr.. Bryan was
"shivering over the results expected in
Illinois" so far as an instructed dele
cation from that state to the national
convention was concerned.
Mr. Woodson today notified the mem
bers of the committee having in charge
the arrangements for the national con-
Vention that a meeting of the national
committee will be held in Denver May
6 to look over the new convention han,
review the hotel arrangements and dis
cuss the convention plans generally.