Arizona republican., 1909-11-21

democratic central committee and others of the faithful. he stepped from
 the Daylight Express about o'clock.
 into an automobile and with his party
 filled that and another machine. which
 were started rolling at once.
 Mir. Bryan had indicated while in Prescott that he desiTed to get at least kaleidoscopic view of the rich agricultural section surrounding Phoe- nix. of which he had heard so much and seen so little on the occasions of his former visits His friends there fore hurried him through the busy scenes of urban commercial industry without so much as a hand shake pr even d brass band overture. and nUl Central avenue to the pastoral en- he was whirled away to the east. through arboreal scenes where the succulent orange. tangerine and pome- sranate are ripening in the autumnal sun IL was one occasion on which the other valley towns could not complain that Phoenix had mOnopolized the whole show. for prince and pauper. poet and peasant. politicians and pen cil pushers all stood on the sidewalk as Mir. Bryan and his entourage passed by. unable to catch the eye Of the Peerless one. impotent in all efforts to restrain his meteoric flight.
 Mir. Bryan had also announced that he desired to go from Mesa City. where he lectured last night. to his next engagement in Globe. via th, IT n.g h.. party was organized here to go clear through to Globe. with Mesa City as a one night stand. Even the personnel of the party was not learned. other than MT. Bryan. MT. Dillon and Selim Nicholson. who has had inside infor- nation all the time and who was wait ing at the depot with his hat and over coat planted on a front seat of one of the machines.
 \ local representative of the New York World had been ycarning for two or three days to sound the great commoner on the subject of the sugar trust scandals in connection with the port of New York, but he was so slow that he never even got on the job. The telephone. however. caught Mir. Bryan in Mesa City. and the interrogatory was placed before him second hand. IL k q chilly day indeed when the repor- torial shaft fails entirely to reach it's mark in one way ar another. And Mir Bryan's answer was surely guarded one. In this instance at least no man can deny that he was safe. sane and conservative" He said:
 ''I am watching the reports with great interest, but have nothing what ever to say in regard to it at the pres ent time"
 NIT. Bryan delivered his famous lec- ture, The Prince of Peace at Mesa City to large and attentive and surely to an appreciative audience last night. Later he was the chief guest at q dollar dinner. the prepara- tion of which has been under way for several days past by his many ad- mirers in this valley and which many Phoenix people attended. returning home on a special train at an early hour this morning. Though MT Bryan is touring the territory this time on lecture excursion solely he has been too long a prominent figure in politics to be divorced from political discussion even temporarily. for even if he so elected his friends would not permit it. If it can be conceived that he should ever tire of talking politics. it has been fully demonstrated that his friends never tire of hearing him talk politics
 Of Mir. Bryan's friendship for Ari- Zona there has been no doubt. and that he reiterated his pledges of friend ship last night there can be no doubt. though the banquet hour was too late for reliable reports from the scene of festivity However. Mir. Bryan spoke in Prescott on Friday night. and while there he was interviewed by repre- sentative of the Courier who quoted him in the following language which il is certain he will never have reason