The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-09-27
Great Commoner Speaks at
Jackson.
OVATION TO J. S. WILLIAMS.
Eight Thousand People Join in Calling for
the Minority leader-fiis Great Popu-
Iarity With the People of Mississippi
Fully Attested-Attempt to Keep Him
Off the Program Failed to Garry.
Jackson News.

Mr.. Bryan has come, has saw and
spoke. The crowd also came; at least
large part of it did.
Has the meeting been q success :?
That depends. 1t depends upon how
you view it. Maybe it was success
for Mr.. Bryan himself; at least he
ought to be satisfied with his warm
welcome and generous reception.
That is characteristic of Mississippi
ans.
But there is another way of looking
at the success of the meeting. There
were Others mayhap, who had
some irons in the fire as we'll as Mr..
Bryan. Who said spolitics II
there was any politics in the meeting,
the made.to- -order-kind went aglee,
and the only politics which developed
was of the spontaneous kind and was
not on the program.
One thing is certain, and was made
conspicuous on the program was
the attempt, whether accidental or in.
tentional, to ignore the most con.
spicious man in Mississippi, in fact
the most conspicuous national character
in the democratic party, namely, the
Hon. John Sharp Williams.
Mr.. Williams was not recognized on
any of the committees; he was not
given any Ipost of honor. Although
the recognized leader of the democrat
io party in congress, he was not asked
to take part in the entertainment Of
the guest Of Mississippi when the
state was entertaining the man who is
now regarded as the next presidential
nominee of the party.
But Mr.. Williams came, neverthe.
less. He came as Miss;ssippian to
do honor to the man who may be
chosen to hear the party's standard
next year. He is incapable of dis.
courtesy himself, and would not have
it said that man SO conspicuous in
his party could come to his native
state and be ignored by him. Mr..
Williams was invited to a seat on the
platform, just as otner prominent
Mississippians were. He cut no
figure in the performance. He was a
mere locker on. But the people
would not have it so.
The eight thousand people who
heard Mr.. Bryan with respectful at
tention also saw their beloved minori-
ty leader, who had SO bravely fought
the battles of his party against the
combined republican opposition in
the last congress. seated on the plat
form. When Mr.. Bryan had finished
Ehsy evidently expected to hear some-
one announce Mr.. Williams. But
they waited in vain. The chairman
of the meeting attempted to make some
further announcements about the pro-
gram. This was the signal for a
denomination the like of which has
seldom been witnessed in public
gathering. The audience arose al
most en- masse and called for Will
liams. In vain it was attempted to
: still the tumult. The more they were
thwarted the louder they became in
4 their demands, and cries Of "Wil-
liams,'' williams Williams, =
rent the air until it became necessary
to bring him forward. Not until Mr..
AWilliams advanced did the cries cease
land when he came to the front he was
greeted with the loudest and most
prolonged applause Of the day. The
i crowd soon subsided, however, when
they found that Mr.. Williams would
speak to to them. He did sreak in
3 his usual characteristic, forcible and
eloquent style and for nearly thirty
minutes held his audience, or rather
held the entire audience that had
come to hear Bryan.
His reception was an ovation thai
was not exceeded by that Of Mr.. Bryan
himself, and indeed, 1t would have
been hard for stranger to say wht
was the most conspicuous figure Of The
program-the orator and guest, or ths
modest minority leader who came K
see andshear and not to speak. Bn,
: such was the case, and straws show
the way the wind blows.
Il would not take much. .coaxing fol
Mississippians to scratch Bryan ant
insert williams on their nationa
ticket. Stranger things have happen
ed; and those who attended the Lac
national convention Ii this state vii
recall how Senator Money pleaded
with the convention to make Mr.. vii
Jams aooept she endorsement Of Mis-
sfsaippi fox She presidency.