Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-01
ALL WELCOME
". j. BRYAN.
New England Opens Its Doors to
Greet Him Democrats Con-
fer at New Haven.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 1.-New
England's greeting to William Jen-
nings Bryan IA given cordial express
sion by an outpouring of men from
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land, Vermont and New Hampshire.
about 1000 in Music hall. There were
thousands outside the hall not hidden
to the feast, and the march from the
railway station was through streets
lined with cheering people.
The visit of Mr.. Bryan to Connect
Gu must have strongly reminded him
Of the strenuous days lie went through
during his two presidential campaigns,
for he did not have many moments Of
leisure, delivering four addresses of
considerable length, attending two re-
ceptions and was the center of hand
shaking bees whenever the opportunity
offered for his admirers to reach him.
All this was crowded into the hours
between noon. when he reached this
city, and the hour of his retirement as
the guest of ex-senator Archibald Nc
Neil at Bridgeport. Everywhere he
was heartily received, his audiences
being at times wildly enthusiastic, es-
pecially at the luncheon.
The features of the day were the
luncheon II the conference of New
England Democrats. At the former he
was welcomed to the city and state
with a cordiality that for warmth has
seldom been extended to a visitor with
in the gates of Connecticut, and at the
latter he stood before a representative
body of New England Democrats, and
with great earnestness spoke of the
problems which the party must face In
the coming campaigns.
Mr.. Bryan, introduced by Mr.. Hewitt
during d~eafening applause, held the
attention of his big audience for near
~ three-quarters of an hour. He spoke
in part as follows:
To-day the Democratic party has a
policy. The Republican party does not
outline its policy as the Democratic
party does. The president today is
embarrassed by the fact that you can
search the platform upon which he
was elected with Il magnifying glass
and you cannot find one single promise
Of reform on any subject. Ii has made
b presidents task difficult. The trou-
bic with the president has been that
when he tried to do anything he had
to whip he Republicans in line with
the Democratic platform instead of the
Republican platform. And the trouble
with the Republican party in his cam
paign is that its motto is, Stand pat,
defend what you have and don't prom
lse anything more They say stand by
the president. Well, my friends, the
only way you can stand by the presi-
dent il he really wants reform is to
give hin a Democratic congress to
back him up instead of a Republican
congress-.
"My friends, . believe that a private
monopoly is IN indefensible thing. You
cannot find a Republican platform that
%aenounces the principle of private mo-
nopoly. The line is going to be drawn.
We are going to find out who is in ia
eor OF DISCRIMINATING a trust and who
Is not in favor of it. and the line is go
ing to be drawn on that principle. The
man who is in favor of regulating it
might just as well take off the mask
and declare himself, for you cannot
regulate a private monopoly; it regu-
lates you.
'They tell you that arbitration is a
fanciful thing. l tell you that the pres
ident of the United States has to his
credit a great achievement. He settled
the coal strike after a loss of $780, O0,-
300. l glory in the fact that he settled
it. / think it is one Of the proudest
acts of his official capacity; but, my
friends, | am not satisfied that we
shall have one strike settled after a
loss of $4,000 900. / want a system
that will make it Unnecessary for a
man to starve his wife in order to fix
the price by which he can live.
"But no American can travel through
other Mnds without feeling his heart
glow with pride that his lot was cast
III the United States. ! have never felt
50 grateful j. my life as have since ]