Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-09-07
WELCOME BRYAN
HOME FROM HIS TRIP AROUND
THE WORLD.
GREETED BY VAST CROWDS
Twenty ThoosAnd People Gather At
Madison Square Garden. New York.
TO Hear Him spssk-oovsrnos
Folk and Tom L. Johnson Present.

Madison Square Garden. New York.
TO Hear Him 6pssk-oovsrnoe
Folk and Tom L. johnson Present.
New York.-Sueh a welcome as sell
dom In this eountry's history has been
accorded private citizen WAS given
william J. bryan at Madison Square
Garden Thursday nisht in the eeiebra.
'ion OF his return from year Of for
eisn travel.
As the guest OF the Commercial
Travellers Antitrust League. Sir.
Bryan was greeted BY more than 10000
persons. who fiiied the great structure
from floor To upper galleries. Tho
streets and avenues outsid. the garden
were ehoked for blocks by other thou.
sands who stood patiently for hours
for tho privilege Of even n n~etins
glance at the distinguished visitor. Tho
Interior OF the garden was waving
sea Of color. Every person In III. audi.
enc. had been provided with an Amcri.
can fias and every cheer from 10000
throats was aecen,uatcd by tho waving
Of 10000 h,afrs. bearing the stars and
ntripcs.
In his address Mr. Bryan declared
himself In favor Of free trade no Tar ~
necessary To crush combines. election
~ tFuhkbth uy uNstt Not's 8uhtahsuu
ot labor disputes: nm anti injunction
law. conycnins of Congress sooner af.
ter elections than now. and for gov
crnmcnt ownership Of through lines
and state ownership Of local railways.
When Mr.. bryan entered the hall
tho proceedings. which had already be.
gun. were brought To n temporary
pause while for eight minutes voilcy
after voilcy Of thundcrous cheering
rolled through the great building.
when Chairman Tom l.. johnson. In
his introduction OF Mr. Bryan referred
To the guest Of the evening m tho 'nrst
citizen OF the Republic. not yet the firSt
Official. but the first citizen by common
consent" and Mr.. Bryan rose. tho
great gathering broke out In unrc.
strained cheering. while tho band
played Hail TO the Chief"
So touched was Mr.. Bryan by tho
welcome that ns he stood waiting for
tho cheers to snbsidc his eyes fiiicd
with tears and ho strobe nervousiy
from side to side Of the narrow plat.
form.
"How can I thank you for this vel.
come homer" he said. My heart would
DO unEratcful II Il did not consccrato
itself TO your service. II was Kind to
prepare this reception. II was kind of
Governor Folk to come here nil the way
from Missouri. II was kind OF Tom
Johnson. that example of the moral
courage We 80 much need In this coun.
try. to lend his presence here.
1T was kind In you to rccompcnsc
mo fully In being absent so lonx from
my native land. thank you. 1 return
to the land OF my birth more proud Of
nv citizenship than ever before"
Mr.. Bryan then began his formal nd.
dress. saving:
Like all travellers who have visited
other lands. l return with delight TO
tho land OF my birth, more proud of Its
people. with more confidence In Its gov.
crnmcnt and grateful to the kind Prov.
idcncc that cast my lot In the United
States. My national pride has been In.
creased because OF abundant evidence
l have seen OF the altruistic interest
taken by American In the people OF
other countries. No other nation can
show such record OF bcncvolcnccs
and disintcrcstcd friendship. My love
for our form OF government has been
ouickcncd as l have visited castles
and towers and pocred into dark dun.
gcons. and ] am glad that our Nation.
proiiting by the experience Of the past
and yet unhampcrcd by traditions and
untcttcred by caste. mas bccn permit.
ted to form new center OF civilization
on new soil and erect here govern.
ment Of the people. by the people and
for the people also return more
deeply impressed than ever before
with the responsibility which rests
upon our Nation as an eNemplar among
tho nations and more solicitous that
we. avoiding the causes which have
led other nations TO decay. may pre-.
sent higher ideal than has ever be-
fore been embodied In national lifo
and carry human progress to higher
plane than 1t has before reached"
MIR. Bryan's entry into New York
Thursday afternoon was series of
ovations, beginning with his landing
at the Battery at o'clock and reach.
ing an early climax when he arrived
ut the Victoria hotel, Twcnty-sevcntk
street and Broadway, an hour and fif-
teen minutes later. Here the home
coming Nebraskan was fairly mobbed
by the thousands of persons who had
gathered outside the hotel entrances
and the hundreds who had forced their
way into the corridors.