Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-09-04
lens OF thousands Peope From Parts Of the United States Greet
the Great Commoner Upon His Return From His Triumphaot
Tour Around the World
GRAET ADDRESS DELIVERED IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Eloquent Nebraska Shows That Ne HAS Accord With the Great
Reform Movements Which Ne Initiated Years AGO When
Candidate for the Presidency

| new YORK, August 3O.-The home
coming Of william ]. Bryan was mad.
| complete tonight. when he was greet
ed in Madison Square Garden by
throng Of welcomers numbering NOR,
than 10000. It was such a welcom,
that seldom, IL ever, has been accord
ed to a private citizen.
Mr.. Bryan's eyes Allied with tears a;
he acknowledge the laundering vel.
come from 10000 throats. For eigh,
minutes. while the great building
seemed to tremble and shake from the
shouts and applause, he strode nerv.
ously from side to side Of the plat
form.
Another demonstration greeted Mr.
Bryan when he told his hearers that
he had been converted to the cause OF
government ownership Of railroads.
Il favor the control Of only the trunk
lines by the national government"
said Mr.. Bryan. "and the ownership OF
all other railroads by state govern
ments."
I'm an instant thousands OF voices
We're raised and thousands Of faces
were turned toward a box, opposite the
speakers stand, where William Ran
dolph Hearst sat.
Three cheers for Hearst" was the
cry, which swelled until the speakers
voice was drowned for a moment
Tonight's reception which was given
under the auspices of the Commercial
Travellers Antitrust league, proved
really to be the sounding Of the demo-
cratic campaign call.
Mr.. Bryan's speech was a clear-cut
outline as to his ideas as to what dem
ocratic policies should be. The elec-
ton Of United States senators by di-
rect vote of the people; regulation OF
the trusts by the government; a uni
versal eight-hour day; settlement of
all International disputes by arbitra-
ton, rather than by force, were his
chief points. He declared that these
ons and not attempting to forecast
the policy Of his party.
Following are excerpts from the
great speech delivered by the great
Amrican cOmmoner:
Like all travellers who have visited
other lands, l return with delight to
the land of my birth. more proud Of it's
people. with more confidence in its
government and grateful to the kind
United States. My national pride has
been increased by abundant evidence
l have seen of the altrusic interest
taken by Americans in the people OF
other countries. No other nation can
show such record Of benevolence and
disinterested friendship. My love for
our form of government has been
quickened as l have visited castles and
towers and peered into dark dungeons,
anu ain Sldu tIldl ouT Idtiou, pIOIll-
ing by the experience of the past and
yet unhampered by traditions and un-
fettered by caste, has been permitted
10 form a new center of civilization on
new soil and erect here government
of the people, by the peopl and for the
people" l also return more deeply
impressed than ever before with the
nation as an examplar among the ma
tions and more solicitous than we,
avoiding the causes which have led
other nations to decay, may present a
higher ideal than has ever before been
embodied in a national life and carry
human progress to higher plane than
it has before reached. l desire, more
over to acknowledge Indebtedness to
the American officials who have every
where shown us all possible courtesy
and kindness.
don't know that I can better show
my appreciation of the welcome ac-
corded me by my countrymen than to
submit some suggestions drawn from
observations during the past year.
The first message that I bring from
the old world is message of peace.
The cause of arbitration is making
real progress. in spite of the fact that
the nations most prominent in the es-
tablshment of The Hague tribunal