The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-18
SECRETARY OF STATE BRYAN
SAYS HOME RULE VICTORY
WOULD PLEASE WORLD.
CONFERS WITH GOVERNOR
Dunno and Bryan Meet in Chicago
Folk Meets Secretary and Travels
With Hir, to ringfieId-English
Paper criticizes commoner for Re-
marks About Situation in Ireland.

Chicago, March Secretary of
State Bryan in his address here tonight
at the st. Patrick's day banquet of the
Irish Fellowship club, reiterated his
words of Saturday at the ST Patrick's
banquet in Washington. ...
Two years from now Ireland will be
lehrating home rule" he said. There
Is every reason to believe that the
house OF commons will pass the bill
ard make 1t law"
Mr.. BRYAN declared that the victory
for Ireland would be a victory for the
world, and would mark the end of aris-
tocratic rule.
'N hen the house of lords Is COM
PEELED to bow to the people, said Mr.
Bryan, ut win mean the beginning of
home rule for the whole earth 1t will
be tremendous triumph for Ireland,
and her part in the great struggle will
be gratefully remembered by every
country that is struggling for freedom
THE victory of this great principle
will not be acceptable at first, perhaps,
to Great Britain and Scotland, but in
the end they will find that 1t is i'm
mensely to their benefit"
Mr.. Bryan did not refer at any time
during his stay here to national or
state politics. "The Lord gave me two
ears and one tongue" he said as he left.
1t might have been better If | had
many ears and no tongue. l am not
talking. / am listening"
Another conference with Governor
Dunno followed Mr.. Bryan's brief ad-
dress to the Fellowship club. Only
the governor and his campaign mana
ger, William l.. O'Connell, besides Mr..
Bryan, were present at the two con-
fcrences.
Springfield shortly before midnight.
accompanied by Governor Dunno
OConnell, Colonel j. Hamilton Lewis
and former Governor Folk of Missouri
When 1t became known here tonight
that Mr. Folk had met Mr.. Bryan here
by appointment and would travel with
him to Springfield tomorrow and ac-
company him to st. Louis on the Sec
retary's journey to Lincoln. it was
rumored that tender of some important
office in this country or abroad would
be made to Mr.. Folk
Confers With Dunno.
Secretary of State William J.
Bryan arrived here tonight short
~ after 8 o'clock and went into
conference at once with Governor
Dunno Later Mr.. Bryan made
n brief appearance at the Irish
Fellowship club of Chicago's ST. Pat
ricks day banquet at which Governor
Dunno was one of the principal speak
ers.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis,
democratic candidate for United States
senator from Illinois, headed the list
of speakers at the banquet, and many
state legislators We're among the diners,
but before the conference with the
governor MIR. Bryan refused to dis
cuss the senatorial situation In Illi-
nois.
There will be no political signifi-
canoe In whatever | may say at Lin
coln,' said Mr.. Bryan when he arrived
here. Il have been busy in Washing
ton, and I had no time to prepare
speeches, and l don't knaw what shall
say either at Springfield or at Lincoln.
It Is the first time In q good many
years we democrats have had anything
to celebrate in Lincoln and that is
the reason | am going there.
Mr.. Bryan took time tonight to go to
the wedding of Miss Amy VESSEL and
Edward Stransky, Jr., of this city. Mr..
Bryan was best man 25 years ago in