Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-21
BRYAN IN NEW YORK
Does Not Try to Bring Peace to
 Warning Factions.
EXPLAINS HIS OWN INCOME.

Political Prominence Has Enabled
 Him lesitimateiy to Increase Earn
 ing Power-Refers Jokinsly to Re-
 porter's "Gaui."
 New York, April Elf there was a hope in certain quarters that the visit of William ]. Bryan to New York would be as oil upon the troubled wa ters of Democracy that hope was not realized. It was evident that the Ne 'braskan had determined to keep his hands off.
 MT. Bryan reiterated his statements that he had not talked politics with Chairman Corners, and this pleased the up state leaders in the movement to hold trump convention. He met Lewis Nixon, and this pleased the other side.
 The net result was that the factions are no closer together than they were. There is no pipe of peace in sight, but MT. Bryan kept from becoming in volved.
 Calls MT. Bryan Wise.
 Summing up the situation, trans planted amen corner worshiper at the Hoffman House said that Blessed be the peacemaker' did not apply to poll tics; that the records of the police court showed that as rule the peace maker got the worst of it, and MT. Bryan was wise.
 Among the questions which MT. Bry- an did not answer was one put by reporter thus:
 Do you expect to be nominated for the presidency?'
 Well, this is refreshing" said Mir. Bryan, with smile. T presume you have read Caesar, young man, and will remember that the book reads, All Gaul is divided into three parts If Julius Caesar had known you before he wrote that book he probably would have struck out two of the parts."
 With interviewers Mir. Bryan persist ently avoided discussion of the politi- cal situation in this state. Not single comment, opinion or expression could be drawn from him to indicate his views on the proceedings of the recent Democratic state convention. Leading questions along this line were politely parried. but of affairs in general Mir. Bryan talked freely, and on one topic purely personal he cheerfully made q formal statement. This had to do with his income. An interviewer had sug- gested that the Nebraskan, having been credited with an earning capacity of from $5O.000 to S75,000 a,year, might be exposed to the charge by opponents that he was no longer representative of the laborins class. but full fiedged plutocrat.. To this the candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination re- plieda Income From Voice and Pen.
 "My' income is derived mainly from my featuring, with some addition from articles written for other publications and something from my own paper, but the amount has been very much exaggerated. I make more speeches for nothing than for pay and devote more time to public work than private gain. The income that have received has come from the people who attend my lectures and who read what I write. and therefore my obligation is to the whole people rather than to any special class. The best test of the ef- feet of my income is to be found in the things that I advocate. My views have not changed upon public ques- tions. l am contendlng for the same things now that I did then, and think no one will deny that I could make moro by siding with the corporate in terests that I have opposed than have made out of lecturing.
 My political prominence has been an advantage in that it has given me larger reading circle and larger audience. but I could have used the prominence in other ways to greater pecuniary advantage. For instance, l was offered S25.000 year as counsel for corporation. but it would have taken me out of the political field. By lecturing and writing can make what I need in half the time and have the ,-y..t f,y. ,,,,l,If., ,,sari-