The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-13

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 of Welcome, Declared tlse Best Part of
 His Trip was the Home Com ing-The
 Greeting was Non Partisan and Poiiti-
 cal Differences Were Forgotten.
 Lincoln. Sept. 7.-William Jennings Bryan returned Wednesday evening to his Lincoln home ,and the home folks welcomed him with every evi. dence of approval and satisfaction It was a neighborly welcome, planned as such, and carried out in it's entire. ty with that understanding Lincoln has more republicans than democrats and Mir Bryan has in the past good humoredly expressed the belief that 1t would be a task to reform the city politically, but Wednesday night there was no line of partisan division and the welcome extended to both Mir. and Mrs. Bryan, was sincere and openhanded Everybody showed good nature, nobody wanted to quarrel about politics, and nearly the whole population showed that it was gen timely glad that so well-known a man as Mir Bryan lives here.
 The Bryan train arrived at the Bur. lington depot shortly after o'clock. Two hours before that the crowd be- gan assembling and was packed around the depot. on the platforms of freight and express buildings and on the sidewalks and in the street for nearly half block away. There was roar of welcome as the train rolled in and MT Bryan appeared on the platform. Tn the party. aside from MT. and Mrs. Bryan and their daughter, Grace, was the Lincoln delegation which left here ten days ago to meet him at New York, and which Mir. Bryan accompanied on it's homeward trip, together with few of the Ne braska democratic mayors who also went to New York.
 MT. Bryans only expression as he looked down on the multitude of faces was: Great Scott, what a crowd
 Two hours before the time for. the exercises at the capital grounds a crowd estimated all the way from 30 to co thousand struggled for points of vantage around the speakers stand. MT. Bryan was escorted to the stand by Governor Mickey from his private office in the statehouse prayer by Rev. George w. Martin, pastor of the Methodist church at Normal, Mir. Bryan's suburban home, was followed by brief speech of welcome by May Dr Brown who said in part:
 Twelve days ago 1 left Lincoln with party of good Nebraskans to meet at New York on his return, after a years absence, our most distin' guished citizen and his family, and it affords me the greatest pleasure, as the executive officer of our beautiful city, that l am able this evening to welcome him home.
 Before introducing Governor Mick. ey, who will extend the greetings ol the state. Mir. Bryan, l. as mayor, wei come you home, not as statesman, not as democrat but as that dear est to us all our beloved neighbor."
 As Governor Mickey concluded and MT. Bryan arose, there was renewed cheering and hand-clapping. Mr. Bryan began by saying that In his travels he had learned the Arabic Ian guage contained six hundred words meaning camel and that since return ing to the United States he had wished that the American language contained as many words meaning "l thank you" He declared the hap. piest part of the long journey was the homecoming, and then went into a general description of his travels.
 Following MT. Bryan's speech the formal reception took place in the corridors of the capitol. where MT. Bryan shook hands with the thousands who passed before him.