The daily sentinel., 1906-08-31
THE MAN OF The HOUR;
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
WITHOUT PARELLEL In The HISTORY
OF America Was the Welcome Accorded the
Distinguished American and Private Citizen
Home From Foreign Strands. 10000
Heard Him at Madison Square Gar
den. 100000 Greeted Him on
Broadway. The Foremost
American Citizen.

I of even a flecting glance at the dis
| tinguished visitor. The interior of
the garden was II waving sea of color.
| Every person in the audience had
been provided with an American flag
and every cheer from 20, 900 throats
was acccntuatcd by the waving of
! 20, 900 stalls bearing the Stars and
| Stripes.
when MIR. Bryan entered the hall
the proceedings which had already
begun were brought to temporary
pause while for eight minutes Volley
after voIIey of thundcrous cheering
rolled through the great building.
When Chairman Tom l.. johnson in
his introductory speech to MIR. Bryan
I referred to the guest of the evening
as the "First citizen, il not the first
| official of the land-not yet the first
official and MIR. Bryan rose the great
gathering broke out in unrestrained
cheering. while the band played "Hail
10 the Chief"
So touched was MIR. Bryan by the
welcome that as he stood waiting for
the cheers TO subside his eyes flied
with tears and he strode nerveously
from Side To side of the narrow plat
form.
For eight minutes the great
building seemed 10 trcmble and shake
from the shouts and applause.
GLOW can l thank you for this well
come home?" he said. "NIy heart
would he ungrateful if il did not con
centratc itself to your service. 1t
was kind of Governor Folk to come
here all the way from Missouri. IL
was kind of Tom johnson, that cN-
ample of the moral courage we SO
much need in this country, to lend
his presence here. e.. O.. ....
.''It was kind in you to rccompensc
me fully in being absent so long from
my native land. l thank you. re
turn to the land of my birth more
proud of my citizenship than ever be-
fore"
From the time Mr.. Bryan landed in
New York nj four o'clock yesterday
afternoon until late hour in the
night the great leader was the re
cipient of II continuous ovation, which
finished in u notable and powerful
address of an hour and half at Mad
ison Square Garden in which Mr..
Bryan outlined his views upon great
national questions.
He was greeted by SCORES of the
most prominent men in the country
during the afternoon and evening.
The hotel at which he was stopping
during the late hours of the after
noon was fairly mobbcd by the thou
sands of people anxious to shake
hands with the distinguished NcbraS-
kan. He was forced to make II few
impromptu remarks to please this
vast crowd. He drove up BrOadway
yesterday afternoon and was attended
by one mighty ovation from over ZOO
900 people lined up on the ,.idcwallSs
hnd in the windows and ON the roofs
The doors ut Madison Square Gar
den opened nt 5:3O o'clock and by
that time hundreds of ticket holders
were clamoring for admission. Po-
lice lines had been formed foI1 the
three blocks from all entrances. In
this way the early comers were well
handled. The immense auditorium
with its tiers of balconies and CALLER
les rising TO the great glass roof, be
gan to fill up so quickly that the
ushers and policemen had difficulty in
adhering TO the seating arrangements
Twelve thousand persons, many of
whom were women, were seated by =
O'Clock and an hour later not va
cant seat was TO he seen. The heat
i'm the Garden, once the crowd had as
sembled, was SO great that large
portion of the glass roof was pushed
back leaving the stars as II canopy.
The galleries early were idnmed to
their utmost capacity. Hundreds OF
policemen and fifty fircmen were on
duty in the giant structure