People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-11-27
BANQIjET1OMR.BRY
Ex-Candidate Royalty Enter
tanned by Denverites.
MANY SPEECHES WE'RE MADE

Toasts Responded to by Senator Teller,
Governor Mcintyre, GOvsrnor-E Elect Adj
ANS, Congressman Towne, and Others.
NebrasIzau Says the Fight For Free Coin
age Will 10 Continued.
DENVER, Nov. ga complimentary
banquet was rendered Hon. William j.
Bryan at the Brown Palace hotel by the
chamber of commerce Of Denver. Plates
were laid for 300. Rev. Myron Reed
was the toastmaster Of the evening. He
introduced Henry P. Steele, president
of the Denver chamber of commerce,
who welcomed the guests of the evening
to the city of Denver Toasts were
responded to by Mayor McMurray, Gov
ernor Mcintyre, Alva Adams, governor
elect; Senator Henry NJ Teller, Hon.
Thomas NJ. Patterson, editor of the
Rocky Mountain News; Congressman
Charles A. TowRe of Minnesota. L was
after midnight before Mr. Bryan spoke.
His address was the last number on the
program. He was received with great
cheering. Among other things he said:
s'The past few months seems to me
more like a dream than a reality, and
when / hear the words Of eulogy, which
have been so often spoken, they do not
impress me as words spoken Of me- A
fear that always comes over nae when I
hear these words spoken with so many
manifest items of affection is whether I
can maintain the feeling that has been
go kindly expressed, or whether by some
misstep may do as so many have done
before me. fall and lose that love which
now is the thing which I prize most in
life. It frightens me when I find how
many people there are in this country
who believing as believe, have put their
faith in me and the work l have tried
to do. The only assurance have that
l may be able to continue to retain your
good will is the belief that my purpose
is the same as your purpose, and that
we, continuing i'll this purpose, will
travel together.
81 believe that during this campaign.
IN every foreign nation the oppressed
were raising silent prayer for our sue
cess, and that in every foreign nation
the arlstocraey was praying for the sue
cess of our opponents, because the am
bassador of the United States to Great
Britain declared Immediately after the
election that he, together with all Lon
don, was rejoicing; AMI when he said he
and all London, he meant that part
of London which he had become ac-
quainted with. and not the toiling part
of London or England. You read what
is said by the financiers and by the aris-
teorats of the old world and you will
find that they recognize. what many of
our own people do not recognize, that
this question which was before the
American people reached down deeper
and lowered up higher than any ques-
ton which has confronted as in time of
peace in the history of this country.
"We cannot give up this fight if we
desire; we have got to go on. I think
we have been successful in bringing our
cause before the people. / think we
will be more successful in the next four
years. We have been successful in
bringing our cause before the American
laboring men; we have failed most in
reaching the business men of this coun-
try. and believe that for the next four
years we ought to give special attention
to the bringing of our Arguments before
the business men Of this country. How
@OdS WILL Az 10 DoLOL0 Jul we'll bO-QO
classes shall understand that they can
not raise themselves far above the
masses of the people; how long before
they realize that their only safety lies
in raising the masses with them?'
fCheers and loud applausel.
It was 2:20 a. m. when Mr.. Bryan
finished his speech. At B o'clock, hav-
ing shaken hands with all the banquet
ers, Mr.. Bryan was driven to the depot
where he boarded a special train which
left the city for Pueblo at $50.
A scene i'll the banquet hall at the end
of a foreeful speech by Congressman
Towne on 1.-the Issue of 1907 was re-
mar&able. The climax of his speech, i'll
which he spoke of Mr.. Bryan as "the
leader of 1896, the victor of 1900,"
start d great demonstration. Men
jumped on chairs and tables, shouted
themselves hoarse, waived handker-
chiefs and acted generally as only en-
thusiastic men stirred to frenzy by
burning eloquence can act.