The age-herald., 1899-03-21
HON. ". J. BRYAN
 AT CHATTANOOGA Addressed an Audience Of Over 5000 !, People. WAS RENDERED AN OVATION Magnificent Banquet Given Him at the :
 Southern Hotel. MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS Hon. John w. Tomlinson Responded to 4l,a Too. "NJo aroa ry,,u
WAS RENDERED AN OVATION
MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
Hon. John w. Tomlinson Responded to the Toast No Large Standing Army The American Volunteer the Bull
 wark of American Liberty"

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 20.-Hon. W. J. Bryan was the guest of the Bryan An niversary Cub Democratic association of this city today, and has been rendered an ovation by the democracy of the Third congressional district A general reception was,t rendered MT. Bryan and Governor Benton McMillin, of this state, at the Southern hotel during the afternoon, where the sovereigns xpst and wenseshqak hands with by the distinguished visitors. s1sAt o'clock this evening MT. Bryan ad- dressed an audience of 5000 people at the City Auditorium, Governor Benton Me- Millian, Congressman John A. Moon, and other distinguished democrats of Tennes- see, occupying the rosturm with the speak CT. In his auditorium speech MT. Bryan discussed the issues before the public, among other things the income tax, the money question, trusts, the standing army and imperialism. following the lines simi- lar to those of his recent speeches.
 Speaking of imperialism. Mr. Bryan said:
 '0ur nation is tempted to depart from it's standard of morality and adopt policy of criminal aggression But will 1t yield?
 The Sentiment of America
 'If mistake not the sentiment of the American people they will spurn the bribe of imperialism, and, by resisting tempta- tion, win such victory as has not been won since the battle of Yorktown.
 The forcible annexation of the Philip pine islands is not necessary to make the United States a world power.
 Mexico and the republics of Central and South America testify to the benign in- fuence of our institutions while Europe and Asia gave evidence of the working of the leaven self government.
 "In the growth of democracy we ob- serve the triumphant march of an idea an idea that would be weighted down rath- CT than aided by the armor and weapons proffered by imperialism
 At 10 o'clock Mr. Bryan sat at a banquet rendered him at the Southern hotel by the Bryan Birthday Anniversary club of this city, at which there were seated 435 of the most prominent ladies and gentlemen of this section, and many leading democrats, including Governor Benton McMillin, Hon. John w. Tomlinson, member of the demo- cratic national executive committee, of Alabama, and others who were invited guests. Hon. Tomlinson Fort, of this city, presided as toastmaster.
 Responding to the toast, Democracy" MT. Bryan took up democracy along Jef- fersonian lines and gave his reasons for believing that the democratic idea was the growing one and would ultimately prevail over the plutocratic ideas embodied in re- publican policies. He attempted to show how broad were the principles and how enduring, and why they appealed to the common people.
 The Ideas of Jefferson
 Jeffersons idea was not that the few should be robbed for the benefit of the many, or that the many should be robbed for the benefit of the few, but that each should be protected in the enjoyment of the fruits of his own toll and thus en- couraged to put forth his best endeayor.
 Mr. Bryan said that no harm had been done by that wealth which was acquired as the legitimate reward of a mans own labors, but that wealth acquired in viola tion of law and through the perversion of the instrumentalities of government some- times became menace to the government itself. Democracy, he said, Is protec- ton to every toiler, whether he laborS with his head with his hands. It is only . menace to those who seek to appropriate unto themselves the proceeds of the labor of others without giving adequate service in return.
 He thanked the club for the honor it did him in celebrating his birthday, but dis claimed the possession of any special merit, insisting that the friendly feeling which they manifested toward him was due en- tirely to his advocacy of the principles in which they believed. He suggested that man out of office, matter how popular, would find how small was his personal fol- lowing if he should change his opinion up- on important public questions.
 Was Frequently Applauded
 Mir Bryan was frequently applauded dur
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