The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-21
BRYAN MEETS
BIRD 5. C0LE[R| /: |
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AND
BROOKLYN LEADER CONFER.
NEBRASkAN is QUIET
Refuses TO Express Himself on Action
of New York ccnvention-In Ad-'
dress Declares THAT War With ia
pan ls Not Probable.

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Glens Falls, N. Y, April 18.-Atter
q long swing across the Empire state
today on q trip that recalled the cam
paigns OF eight and twelve years ago,
w. J. Bryan reached here tonight and
after q. lecture at the Empire theater,
held conference with Bird s. Coler,
president Of the borough Of Brooklyn.
Mr.. Bryan's day was filed with in
cidents which were regarded by many
politicians, who gathered here tonight
to confer with him, as forecasting po-
litical events Of moment during the
presidential campaign In New York
state.
Mr.. Bryan left Rochester. N. Y,
early today, but before he left he held
a conference with Peter Keefe, state
committeeman Of the independence
league, the nature Of which was not
disclosed. Enroute here Mr.. Bryan
left the train at Albany, where he was
the guest of Comptroller Martin H.
Glynn at luncheon, after which he left
for this city.
Leaving New York Alone. ~
He carefully refrained throughout
the day from giving expression to any
opinion on state or national issues. He
also declined to make any comment in
regard to the recent democratic state
convention at New York city. It was
understood, however, that he was
made acquainted with the action taken
at tie state convention by Mr.. Coler,
who, with other delegates from Kings
county, was placed on the permanent
rolls Of the convention instead Of the
McCarren delegation. While Mr..
Bryan would make no statement con-
corning the political outlook in New
York state, Mr.. Coler, after confer
ence with the presidential democratic
candidate, said: 5s@,.
''Mr. Bryan is letting the state run
It's own business, which Is the right
course"
The situation with regard to the
unseating Of the McCarren delega-
tion was brought to Mr.. Bryan's atten-
\ tion by Mr.. Coler, II was learned, and
NJ Bryan was further informed that
McCarren had intimated that he
would send q contesting delegation to
Denver. what opinions he drew from
what he learned tonight could not be
ascertained as he resolutely declined
70 make public any statement
Enthusiastically Welcomed.
Mr. Bryan was enthusiastically vel
coined here on his arrival, and moro
than thousand people hlled the Enl-
pire theater tonight to hear his lee
ture on "The Old World and 1ts
Ways" s5 &
Mr.. Bryan confined his lecture
strictly to the subject Of his talk,
which was made up Of incidents which
developed during his recent trip
around the world. In the course Of
the address he declared that war with
Japan was neither possibility nor q
probability.
II do not see any cause for war
with Japan" said Mr.. Bryan, "other
than to furnish an excuse for new
battleship or larger navy"
coier Praises Bryan.
An impromptu political meeting fol-
lowed the lecture at the Rockwell
house, where Mr.. Bryan was guest
and Mr.. Coler made a speech in which
he declared that Mr.. Bryan would be
the next president Of the United
States. Mr.. Coler said:
'Mr. Bryan stands today In COM
plete control OF the democratic party
in spite OF the fact that the bosses
are opposed to him almost unani-
mously, and he SO stands because.
among the democratic voters there is
an agreement with him as to the,
things for which the democratic party
should stand in this republic of ours
I He has come through every fight
stronger than before. He has been
consistent in all things. Those things
which he stood for at the beginning
he still believes to be right, and he
has the courage to say SO. The democ-
racy Of the county under his leader
ship viii this fall win signal victory
and restore to the hands OF the plain
people the control Of the machinery
of the government v,
coLoMslARs OCCUPY TOWN.
Minister say. That Thsy win Essab-
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