The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-31

Then there were more cheers for Mr..
Johnson.
When this joint demonstration had
but partly subsidized Mr.. Bryan, accom-
panied by his wife, entered the Gar"
den and appeared on the platform.
Audience Goes Wild
The crowd, which had been so free
in its cheering before, was now fairly
beside itsolf. The men shouted, jumped
on seats and threw their hats into the
air. The women waved handkerchiefs
and cheered as loudly AS they could.
For five minutes the crowd howled,
cheered and screamed, but eventually
Chairman Johnson secured comparative
quiet and introduced Augustus Thomas,
whose every reference to Mr.. Bryan
called forth additional cheers.
Mr. Thomas snid In part: Colonel Bryan;
the Antitrust league OF the Commercial
Travellers of tho United States. Joined by this
representative concourse OF your countrymcn
and theirs, welcomes you home. The COM
merctal travellers are TO the nation Its quick
personal media OF communication. These
members assume to voice this welcome by the
warrant on their early discovery that such
welcome was the nations wish And the ma
tion will hold them answerable that the
greeting be in no uncertain tone. The league
and its associates therefore know that the
timacy that shall transcend the reserve OF
the private meeting Their appreciation Is
meant not to put you In the pleasant embar-
rassment OF self-satisfaction but to inform
you Of that high level OF personal conduct
which they believe you have reached and TO
fx upon you tho obligation Of maintaining
that standard. The welcome is not for the
politician, but to the man, not by party
but from a people.
Therefore In the faith Of this kind and as
a parent lays her hand upon the shoulders
OF boy and speaks her frank approval and
fond hope. your country greets you. She
feels pride that an unofficial citizen of the
republic has stood In palaces and beside an
cieut thrones and has been OF mans full
stature"
Mr.. Thomas was cheered for several
minutes after he had concluded, and
bowed many times in acknowledge
ment.
Mayor johnson said: We are met 10 well
come home tho first citizen of the republic.
Not yet tho first official, but the first citizen
by common consent.
He is n Democrat, for he believes in the
honesty and tho intelligence of tho people.
He is Republican, for he believes in the
Republican form Of government, Men say he
is eloquent, and go he is; but the charm OF
his eloqucnce is his sincerity, its strength
is his moral courage
He has finished tho long journey around
the world, and now we Of America know that
We have made no mistake in him, for every
where the people have seen him and we have
seon him, and everywhere they have hailed
him as the American leader of ideal Dcmoo-
racy.. Over that principle tho thought Of tho
world is ngitated today. In some form or
other In all civilized countries Democracy
lis struggling against privilege. Millions Of
this irrepressible conflict is being waged in
the United States. They are just beginning
TO learn that American Democrats must
nbolish special privilege. special privilege
will abolish American Democracy. They arc
Just beginning to learn their need for the
Democratic inspiration OF another Jefferson
and the Democratic leadership of another
Lincoln.
They are learning IL fast. And with IL they
are learning smother thing. They are learn.
citizen A whose qualities % T Of fsadsTshp Hs I'll ihs
world recognizes. They are learning that for
ten, years they have had in training an able
political parties. against the intrcnched In
terests Of special privilege Of every kind and
degree. They have come to know for the
sTue t-i,,, man thot he is, our guest of tonight,
Mr- Bryan: In the name and in the pres
ence OF this splendid audience, and in be-
who believe in. equal rights and abhor spe-
cial privilege. in behalf Of every Democratic
Republican, as well as every Democratic
come you as an ideal American, who is
worthy TO lead and competent 10 lead; we
welcome you as an American citizen in whose
welcome you because we trust you; we well
come you because we love you
Ladies' and gentlemen: Mr. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan WAS presented at $40
feet as one man. The cheering, which
began at that instant, did not end un-
til S:4s, and then only after Mr.. Bryan
had waved his hands frantically in an
effort to still the waves Of noise which
rolled in from the audience and beat
upon the speakers platform. At first
the man for whom the demonstration
was planned stood bowling and smil-
ing Then his attitude was one of ap-
peal This at last prevailed, and as
the cheering died away in reverberating
echoes along the girdered roof Mr.. Bry-
an began.
When Mr. Bryan uttered his fret