Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-20
BRYAN SILENT
Arrived in New York To-Day But Refuses 10 Talk About
 Action of Convention
PATTERSON IS THERE

New York, April 20.-William J. Bryan arrived here to-day after two days spent up the state making speeches and holding political confer ences.
 MT Bryan went to the Hoffman house which has served as an infor- nal democratic headquarters for years. He said he had come here to meet Mrs Bryan, who is returning from European trip. While he is in New York he will make several addresses. MT Bryan said he had no political appointments here and he declined to discuss the action of the New York democratic state conven- tion which was held in this city last week. He said he was merely follow ing out the rule which he had made and followed with reference to other states. MT Bryan was met at the hotel by his daughter, Grace, who came up from her school in Virginia to meet her father. MT Bryan had breakfasted with Henry Watterson.
 When asked what significance be given to his meeting yesterday with former State Railroad Commits sioner Beardsley and City Magistrate OConner, both of Utica, at Utica yes terday, MT Bryan said that no word was exchanged at that meeting on the subject of state politics.
 to wife" said MT Bryan. "I am going to speak at three or four places while heer. Wednesday evening I expect to attend the banquet at the Waldorf Astoria given jointly by the Associat- ed Press and the American Newspa- per Publishers association"
 Then I am going home. I have made no appointment to meet any body MT Bryan said he had not dis cussed the question of abrogating the two-thirds rule at the conven- tion.
 When questioned concerning the published report that Chairman W. J. Connors of the democratic state committee wanted Mir Bryan to meet Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall, Mr Bryan said he had no reason to believe the re- port.
 Mir Bryan was asked concerning the statement that Chairman Con- ners had said that Mir Bryan had left it with him whether the at- tempt to secure an instructed dele gation or Mir Bryan was to be pushed at the recent state convention. "I never left anything to anybody in which l was concerned" said Mir Bryan.
 MT Bryan said he had never met Senator McCarren and did not know anything about the report that Mir McCarren would carry the question of the unseating of the Kings coun- ty delegates to the Denver conven- tion.
 Col Watterson breakfasted with me this morning." said Mir Bryan and we talked politics, but I do not care to attempt a verbatim report of the conversation.
 Colonel Watterson said later that there was nothing In this con- versation with Mir Bryan that he cared to make public Personally I have no doubt that Mir Bryan will be nominated at Denver" said the colonel and l think that we have good chance to elect him. The move ment in the interest of Governor Johnson comes too late and from the wrong quarter The democrats of New York in the present chaotic condition cannot dictate to the ma jority of of the democratic party
 Colonel Watterson, discussing the republican situation, said that Taft would be nominated Concerning President Roosevelt he said: 'I left Washington a few weeks ago con- vinced the president will not accept the renomination. I believe that if the convention should be stampeded to him he would insist that it would be called together again to nominate another man. Of the general situa- tions I would say that the republi- cans are just as badly of as we are. We are both trading our eggs and some of the eggs are bad"