The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
WELCOMED At LINCOLN
BRYAN TENDERED AN OVATION ON
HIS RETURN FROM
CHICAGO
DISCUSSED THE CAMPAIGN
In an Address to Citizens He Ex-
planned why the Issues of the
Presidential Fight Have
Changed.

| dered q very handsome welcome to w
]. Bryan upon his return to his home
! after an absence Of ten days. He reach
! ed the city on the Rock Island Road at
| $40 today, and was met at the depot by
| quite large concourse Of people, who
| escorted him to his residence, and who
| after listening to a speech and shaking
] hands with both Mr. and Mrs Bryan
only dispersed to meet In the evening
with many others. in a reception given
In the state capitol grounds, which par
| took more of the nature of an ofticiai
| function
When they alighted from the train Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan were met by a local
committee, who, as soon as they could
! extricate the homecomers from. the
crowd, escorted them to carriages Then
the crack local musical organiza ton
known as the Hagenow band, struck up
march, and the procession started for
| the Bryan home. There was local COM
mittee Of escort in carriages, all be-
decked with the national colors, while
the Bryan guards, in white suits and con-
tinentals, in new George Washington
uniforms, together with many citizens
not in uniform, marched on foot as a
| guard Of honor.
The march consumed about half an
hours time. and when the escorting party
| Joined the people who were already In
waiting about the front porch of the
Bryan residence. there was a congrega-
ton of people on foet and in carriages,
which not only covered the lawn and the
! sidewalk, but extended across the street
and we'll out towards the intersecting
| streets.
/ There were speeches of welcome and
there were loud cheers for not only
| the next president" but also for "the
/ next presidents WIFE"
! Mrs. Bryan was presented with a bou-
quet Of roses The speech to Mr.. Bryan
was made by Mr.. VIM. Working, a local
silver Republican leader. who congrat.
ulated Mr. Bryan upon his indianapolis
speech as one which would be used by
| future generations as q weapon against
| tyranny and oppression" Mr.. Bryan
| spoke at some length in his reply, first
| expressing his and Mrs Bryan's appre-
| citation of the good will of their towns
| people, and all parties, and explaining
! why he went away from home to meet
| people instead of having them come to
Lincoln to see him. On this latter point
he said:
"I have sometimes been criticised for
| going away from home instead Of stay
!
me, but have felt in the first place that
people could not come here as Well as
they could go to Canton Lincoln Is not
in the center Of thickly-populated coun-
try as Canton is, and our people have
| not the means without cost as they
have in some parts of the country under
1t was a great deal cheaper for me to
go and see the people than to compel
them to come and see me. (Applause)
/ Even hooking at 1t from a business
I EfaOdnOiOf of those In civ WIN
| would find a profit IN crowds coming
/ here ] have felt that / could do moro
| election than in any other way, for 1t
| Is a great deal better for the city to
| be the home of a president for four
years than to be the home OF a pres
! idential candidate for a little while. But
| in the discussion Of public questions in
! q great fight like this we cannot stop to
measure the advantage of any policy to
| the people In a particular section. l be-
! lieve that the fight in which we are en-
| gagged Is one that concerns every citizen
| In this broad land. More than that. be-
/ world / believe that here we are try
/ ing an experiment, and that experiment,
1 If successful, will be a blessing to the
| human race everywhere. and that If the
experiment fails here there is no place
| where 1t can be tried with better pros
poets OF success.
! REPUBLICANS HAVE AGREEMENT
/ Mr.. Bryan then discussed nationaf Is
| sues at some length, In part, as follows:
1 mot long ago a Republican was child
4 Ing one of our people on the fact that
the F1llpinos were looking to a Demo-
| cratic election for the securing Of their
| rights, and the Republican said:
4 Are you not ashamed that the Fill
! ipinos are expecting aid from the Dem
4 ocratsT And this man replied to the
4 question: DO you know OF any people
| in all the world who are fighting for
/ liberty who are looking TO the Repub-
| hcan party for help at this timer
/ THE Beers in South Africa are hop
| ing for the success Of the Democratic
/ party, because they believe they have
| a right to expect the sympathy of the
| American people In their struggle for
1 Is not the representative OF human rights
4 as 1t claimed to be for forty years
4 want those who are about to cast their
/ first vote, as well as those who have
! voted before, to take these questions
/ that press upon them for solution and
1 ask themselves What win the result
/ be" When we say that Republican sue
| cess menaces the foundation of our gov
| eminent some Republicans laugh and say
| that We are. afarmists. but It is much
easier to take the second step in the
| wrong direction than 1t Is to take the
| first step, and If today the American
/ people declare that We can hold fine Deo-
4 PIE OF Porto Rico as subjects and exclude
| the people OF Porto Rico from share in
| the government in which they live we
Will deny our faith In principle that
has been fundamental in this country
THE CHANGE OF ISSUES.
He then explained the reasons Of his
| party for apparent change Of issues
saying:
Parties do not make fssues--parties
meet issues. 1t is now ten years since |
| f1rt became candidate In this ccmmu-
nifty, and you will remember that In that
compaign OF 1880 the dominant question
was the tariff question. That was the
question then before the country Before
1892 the silver question began to rise Into
prominence, and In the campaign of 1892
we discussed both the tariff question and
silver question, but the silver question
more than the tariff question. By 1894 the
silver question had SO risen in import
ance that 1t became the main question
of discussion In tbs state. You Will re-
member in that campaign Of 1894 we lost.
The Republicans carried this state and
had two-thirds of the legislature, but the
silver question went on increasing in I'M
portance until 1885 we had the fight in
the nation upon the same lines that we
had In the state two years before, and
after two years OF consideration the pep
pie OF Nebraska had so changed their
minds that we carried this state oy 13, 600
majority. (Applause)
THAT was the change that toose' place
after study CT the subjects then before
the country. If we had had our way
about it we would have in this campaign
at this time the same questions we had
in 1896, but events have thrust Into the
arena Of politics new questions. The
trust question, which was considered