Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-31
BRYAN SOUNDS THE
PARTY KEYNOTE
Destruction of Trusts, Public
Ownership of Railroads and
Tariff Reform
HAILED As GREAT LEADER
HAILED As GREAT LEADER
Speaks 70 Tr.msndou. Audience at
Madison Square Garden-outlines
His Views on All the Great Issues
and Then Makes Few New
Ones.


and Then Makes a Few New
Ones.
New York, Aug. S1.-The 10000 and
more people who filed Madison Square
Garden to the utmost last night saw a
new William Jennings Bryan. HIS
smile was gone.
Instead, when the two noisiest DEM
4 Illustrations OF the night occurred-the
one ait his entrance and the other when
3 he stood up to speak--his face became
crave, the lines about his mouth tight-
q ssaned. his eyes closed at times to hide a
Indigestion of moisture in them, he
bowed his head, and plainly was under
4 q stress Of emotion which he found 1t
difficult to conceal.
Hs.ving become master of himself
while the cheering was going on, he
B xradually waved the people into their
Seats and then began to speak.
Probably recalling the scene in the
3 garden ten years ago-ten years and
Sighteen days to be exact-when Q
great frost on sweltering night de-
4 ecended upon the garden and cooled of
the rest OF New -orK. dir. Bryan did
l not read his speech. He had learned
most OF what he had written out, and
followed his text closely.
MI. Bryan was cheered frequently
]. Andl vociferously. Whers delayed by the
8 clause, he waited, with only the
s0airlted shadow OF a grim smile on his
kightly compressed lips He said:
How can thank you for this well
;rpme home? Ny heart would be flint.
! indeed, il it we're not touched by your
INSTRUMENTATION NY heart would be un>
81 IRA tefui beyond measure II it did not
ssln return consecrate itself to your SER
NICE.
re sss III ike all travellers who have visited
other lands, return with delight to the
Hand OF my birth, more proud OF its
people, with more confidence in Its
= government, and grateful to the kind
4 4rOvidelice that cast my lot in the
limited States My national pride has
Iii increased because OF abundant
Violence have seen of the altrustic
y interest taken by Americans in the
sas6eOpAe of other countries. No other
nation can show such a record of be-.
5ievolence and DISTINGUISHED friend
4 Shis MY love for our form of gov
81 rnment has been quickened as have
visited castles and towers and peered
INTO dark dungeons, and am glad
sthat our nation. profting by the ex-l
fSerfenct, Of the past and yet unham-
I 6Ai,ed BY traditions and unfettered by
GaBte, has been permitted to form
new center of civilization on new soil
md erect here "a government OF the
Il nabrle. by the people and for the peo-
ME I also return more deeply i'm
Snfessed than before with the respon-
Il utility which rests upon our nation
\ ~ an .exemplar among the nations
h Ana more solicitous that we, avoiding
,s,afAa causes which have led other ma
Z Hons to decay, may present higher
Z ideal than has ever before been en-
\ 60iied in a national life and carry
y kiiman progress to a higher plane than
III has before reached.
II a, not know that / can better
4 how my appreciation of the welcome
& aS.corded me by my countrynlen than
"a submit some suggestions drawn.
sfEorn observations during the last.
4 year. IA Japanese EDUCATOR, addressing
w Sn,e thru an interpreter, said:
81 wish you would find the worst
4 4Isine in Japan and tell us about 1t
sA4afs that we may correct it, COM
!, s44inended the generous spirit which ne
Fsnanifested, but assured him that !
4 hid not visited Japan IN search OF
I fai,lts and blemishes, but rather tnat
4 I might f1nd the best. things in Japan
I ara take them home for the benefit OF
n nv own people. Each nation can give
lessons to every other, and While our
nation is in a position to make the
larrest contribution, as L believe, 10
/ The education Of the world. 1t ought to
rtsrnain in the attitude OF a pupil ana
sbe ever ready to profit by the ex-s
perience OF others.
~ aThe first message that bring from
The old world is message of peace.
TshA cause of arbitration is making
rkai progress in spite of the fact that
5a4ha nations most prominent in the es-
y enlistment of The Hague tribunal
have themselves been engaged in war
\ aince that court was organized. a
ON the questions of foreign policy
Mr. Bryan declared our navy should
not be used as q collecting agency for
snrivate debts, saying: 7 venture to
ssnxgest that we may not only promote
sbeace. but also advance our commercial
Interests, by announcing as a national
policy that our navy will not be used
Tor the collection OF private debts"
ss Mr.. Bryan deplored colonialism, ia
svored election of Senators by the peo-
Die, and declared for the income tax.
and would amend the constitution to
that end If necessary.
1.-THE speaker took up the question OF
disputes between labor and capital and
proposed system of arbitration simi-
liar to that proposed for investigation
s0f international controversies under
system which does not bind the parties
gto accept the findings of the court OF
inquiry. On the question Of govern
snent by injunction. he said.
# AS the main purpose of the writ is
Ito evade trial by jury, it is really an
attack upon the jury system and ought
10 arouse an unanimous protest. So
long as the meanest thief is guaran.
Eteed a trial by jury, jury ought not
TO be denied tct wage earners. How
ever, as the writ is usually invoked in
%, AZ of a strike the Inheritance of the !