The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-04
TAKES
!: ! ! ANOTHER TOUR

ten years William j Bryan, returned
this afternoon itv whose citi-
zens, in his Apaign for the
presidency Kissed him down as DEM
agogue. Today he stood upon the
very platform where the cat-calls of
Yale students tied his tongue a dec
ade ago, and received a tremendous
ovation and was hailed as the Next
President and attended meeting of
prominent New England Democrats at
(which the first Bryan for President
Sin. 1907 club.in, the, United States was
formed.
IS Bryan declared that he once regard
ed New England as the enemy's coun-
Ettry. Tonight he expressed his deep
appreciation of the bonors shown him
II Bryan spoke in q non-partisan vein.
for half an hour, dealing mainly with
the interesting observations of his
trip around the world, and with con-
clusions drawn by him bearing upon
dhe industry and progress of the Unit
ed States and the position of this
country with the nations of the uni
verse Addresses were made by George
Fred Williams, Ex-Governor Garvan,
of Rhode Island, Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff, of Connecticut, and May
or Studley the two latter Republi-
cans. After the luncheon Bryan was
escorted to the Tontine Hotel, where
/ the boom for him for president was
( formally launched at meeting at
tended by Democratic politicians in
! cluding Ex-Governor Garvan, of Rhode
I Island. Mr.. Bryan was present at
the meeting and spoke for half an
hour.
What will probably be known as the
Bryan league was formed.
Mr.. Bryan spoke on the various po-
litical issues and concluded by saying
that 1t took courage to be Democrat
in New England. In the meantime
| fully 5000 men and women had assem-
bled about g-draped stand under
t.the broad elms of the green.
/ Former Representative John j.
Lentz, of Ohio opened the meeting
with a prolonged speech in which he
referred ewiths~great feeling to the
kissing episode of ten years ago.
who s'thefe. Here today who will
hiss him or say that he was wrong
then" he shouted.
e Mr.. Lentz applauded President
Roosevelt, who, he said, had read
deeply of the Chicago platform, much
Hof which was written by Governor
~ ohm P. Altgeld.
~ President Roosevelt is the John
the Baptist in the Wilderness of the
Republican, party preparing the way
: for w. ]. Bryan. said Mr. Lentz.
~ BRYAN SPEAKS.
Mr.. Bryan said:
81 am not sure that l can make
myself heard oVer5such large audi
ence, but my voice will probably be
better In few minutes.
81 am always glad to speak in New
Haven, because this is an intelligent
community. have found in my trav-
!. els that government is an accurate
reflection of the intelligence of the
people. will tell you of certain
unfailing rule that you may judge the
character of party. 1t is an ancient
and simple rule, but it has a strong
application in this country today. If
you have two parties and one ofNthem
tells you what 1t wants to do and
and why it wants to do that thing and
the other refuses to take the public
into It's confidence, 1t Is certain that
the first party Is interested In behalf
of the people and the second party
either distrusts the people or wants
to take advantage of them.
THE trouble Is that whenever the
Republican party attempts to reform
the tariff the man who has given to
the campaign fund for the purposes
rises up and protests and that is the
way in which legislation is bought
and the only reason why the tariff
schedule is not reformed
II want to ask right here what is
the difference between the man who
sells his vote for s5 or he who buys
legislatures and multiplies his in
sestment III ulVluends, returned from
bought laws.
"If man steals $100 there is no
doubt that he is thief, but If it is
i, million 1t is a question whether
.,s:it is larceny or genius
III Mr.. Bryan said that whatever
Roosevelt had done in the trust ques-
''ition he had effected with the Demo-
I cratic party.
(, What makes anarchy? Injustice In
the administration of the law. / want
ito rid this country of anarchy by
+ putting the high and low on the same
/. pedestal
aH 81 fear that we are going to have
+ the same trouble in the country with
the railroads as we have had with