Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-21
No PLUTOCRAT
DECLARES
BRYAN
HAS ENOUGH TO KEEP
WOLF FROM THE DOOR
He Has Was Made in Le-
gitimate Fashion and He
Could Have Doubled His In
come by Sacrificing Principle


gBS Morning journal Special Iensed Wirc.I
New York, Aprn William Jen-
nngs Bryan, Who arrived in this city
today after "A tour Of the state. maxi
mE speeches and holding conferences
with political leaders, denied in an In
terVieW that he belongs to the pluto
cratic class aud declares that the pop
uJar stories of the extent Of his in
come are much exaggerated. Mr.
BrNau, who IS Just returning from q
European trip, While here he win
make number OF public addresses.
Tonight Mr. Rryan delivered his
lecture on the "Old World and Its
Ways" at ST. Smons Episcopal
church, Earlier IN the evening he
had dincd at the home of the rector
of the church, Rev Ralph Walker.
with intcryiewers today Mr. Bryan
perslstenty avoided discussion OF the
political situation in this state but OF
affairs Ia general Mr.. Bryan talked
freely ana ON one topic purely per-
souel he eheertullS nude a formal
statement, This had to do with his
income. An interviewer had sug-
gesled that the Nebraskan, having
been credited with an earning capac-
/ ttY of 100000 20 $4,000, might he
exposed to the charge by opponents
that he was not longer representa-
/ tive Of the laboring classes, but full
I fledged piutocrat To this Mr. Bryan
rtatiedt
My income is derived mainly from
my lecturng, with some addition
/ from articles written for other pub
{ llpations and something from my
I own paper, but the amount has been
very much exaggerated ! make more
/ speeches for nothing than for pay,
and devote more time to public work
than To private gain The income that
4 have received has come from the
people who hear my lectures, and
therefore my obligation Is to the
whole people rather than to any spe-
eial class The best test of the eff
feet Of the income Is to be found from
tho things I advocate. My views have
|, not changed on public questions,
, am cnntendIng for the same things
now that | did then and | think no
one viii deny that | could make more
, by siding with the corporate interests
that / have opposed, than | nave m@dt
out ~ leeturng
MY political prominence has beer
/ advantageous IN that Il has given me
s4a large reading circle and large
audience, but | could have used thu
prominence in other ways to greater
! peeuniary advantage For Instance
/ was offered S2b GOO a year as coun.
sci for corporation, but II would
, have taken me out of the polttica
| field. by lcCurng and writing | car
, make what need In half the tint
aud have the rest for public work
President Cleveland found his Law
income larger after he was IN w
b White House than before SO die
/ President Harrison This was tn,
experience Of speaker Reed. Attei
his services In congress, Secretarl
+ Shaw found his services more Valu
able after he had been in the cabl
net
t political prominence is an asset II
, any kind of business ! could no
= have turned my attention to anything
! where II would not have been an ad
{ vantage and had | used all Of my tint
! lecturing and writing, | could hav'
+ made twice aa much as | have
! aThe question is not whether ! haV'
: made more than | did before ] WA
8 nominated but whether ! have mad'
I II i'm q legitimate way, and | think ne
/ one will deny that my income ma
been derived from legitimate source
The next question Is whether the In
crease in my earning pnwer ma
changed my views on public ques
uons. No one, ! think, VIII oonten'
that II has"
Among the questions which Mr.
Bryan did not answer was this one
put by a reporter;
r 'Do you expect to be nominated 10
= the presidency
We'll that Is refreshing" said MI
3 Bryan, with q smile. ! presume yo'
T. have read Caesar, young man, am
viii remember that the book READS
r An Gaul is divided into three parts
If Julius Caesar had known you De
fore he wrote that book, he proDanl
would have struck out two OF IN
part8."