Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-25
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Great Enthusiasm for Bryan at a
Denver Banquet.
BE is HAILED As THE VICTOR OF 1900
Frightened at the Many Manifesto
tons of Belief in Him.
DEPARTURE FOR PUEBLO

DENVER, Col, November pa compli-
mentary banquet was last evening rendered
W. j. Bryan at the Brown Palace Hotel
by the chamber of commerce of Denver.
Plates were laid for three hundred. Rev.
Myron Reed was the POSTMASTER of the
evening He introduced Henry p. Steele,
president of the Denver chamber of COM
MERGE who welcomed the guest of the
evening to the city of Denver. Toasts
were responded to by Mayor McMurray,
Governor Mcintyre, Alya Adams, governor
elect: Senator Henry NJ. Teller. Thomas
Patterson editor of Rock Mountain News;
Congressman Charles T. Towne Of Mime
sofa 1t 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: 1.-The past
few months seem to me more like dream
than a reality: and when 1 hear the words
of euolgy which have been so often spoken.
they do not impress me as words spoken or
me. The fear that always comes over me
when / hear these words spoken with so
many manifestations of affection Is whether
1 can maintain the feeling that has been so
kindly expressed, or whether by some mis-
step / may do as so many have done before
me. fall and lose that love which now Is the
thing which / prize most In life. 1t fright
ems me when 1 find how many people there
are In this country, who. believing as be-
ieve. have put their faith in me and the
wCrk have tried to do.
The only assurance l have that / may
be able to continue to retain your good
will is tho belief that my purpose is the
same as your purpose, and that We con-
tinuing il this purpose will travel together.
Il believe that during this campaign
in every foreign nation the oppressed were
raising silent prayer for our success. and
that il every foreign nation the aristoc-
e. -
opponents, because the ambassador of the
United States to Great Britain declared
Immediately after the election that he, to-
gether with all London. was rejoicing; and
when he said he and all London. he meant
that part of London which he had become
acquainted with and not the toiling part
of London or England.
You read what is said by the fnanc.ers
and by the ariStocratS 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 question which
has confronted Us in time of peace in the
history of this country.
We cannot give up this fight If we de-
sire: We have got to go on. I think we
have been successful in bringing our cause
before the American people. 1 think we
VIII De more successful in the next four
years. We have been successful in bring
ing our cause BEFORE the laboring man: we
have failed most in reaching the business
men OF this country, and 1 believe that for
the next four years We ought to give spe-
ctal attention to the bringing of our argu-
ments before the business men of this coun-
try.
How long will 1t be before our well-to-
do classes shall understand that they can
not raise themselves far above the masses
of the people, how long before they real
ize that their only safety lies in the rails
ing of the masses with them" Cheers and
loud applause)
The scene at the banquet hall at the end
of forceful speech by Congressman Chas.
A Towne of Minnesota on The Issue OF
1900 was remarkable. The climax of his
speech. in which he spoke of Mr.. Bryan
as The leader of 1896. the victor OF 1900, -
started great demonstration. Men jump
ed on chairs. tables, shouted themselves
hoarse, waved handkerchiefs and acted
generally only enthusiastic men stirred
to frenzy by burning eloquence can act.
1t was 2:2o this morning when Mr.. Bryan
finished his speech AT o'clock, after
having shaken hands with all the ban
queters, Mr.. Bryan driven to the
depot. where he boarded special train.
which left the city for Pueblo at 6:3U
O'Clock. A committee of leading citizens of
Pueblo acted as escort for Mr.. Bryan on
his journey.