The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-31
Ovation Given MT. Bryan is Unheard of in His tory of the Amer
 ican People.

A~SS&A ~OF@
 was without incident other than the cheering which was taken up from block to block by persons on the crowded sidewalks. Mir. Bryan was quickly recognized by all and he smil- ingiy bowed his acknowledgements MT. Bryan after his conference ashore last night with the Democratic leaders at the home of Lewis Nixon. at Stapleton, s. l.. returned to the H. cess Irena yesterday afternoon and spent the night.
 After a late breakfast this morning the Illini steamed In from Gravesend Bay and stopped off the Ocean Yacht Club pier. Staten Island. Mir. Bryan was transferred to MT. Nixon's house. boat, the Loudoun, named for the owners native county, in Virginia. The Illini then proceeded up the North river and landed Mrs. Bryan, who went to the Victoria Hotel to join her daughter and await the arri- val of Mir. Bryan.
 After this the Illini put down the bay again and MT. Bryan went back oh board for luncheon and then the trip to New York was begun. MT. Bryan explained in reference to his not visiting Newark, N. J., that the invitation there had been received after all his plaLs had been made and for this reason he was unable to ac- cept. He expects to reach his home in Lincoln, Wednesday night. The doors OL Madison square Gar
 den were opened at 5:30 o'clock and by that time hundreds of ticket hold
 CTS were clamoring for admittance Police lines had been formed for three
 blocks from all the Garden entrances. xA. fill so quickly that the ushers and po- licemen had difficulty in adhering to the seating arrangements.
 It was a good natured audience which had cheer on the tongue for every one. There were calls and countercalls from the various State delegations.
 Nebraska Home Folks.
 The Nebraska Bryan Home Folks arrived in body and were given seats just back of the speakers stand. The hall was devoid of decorations other than the bunting and flags about the temporary stage, but each person had been presented with a flag by the Re- ception Committee and the waving of these made a picture such as the Gar den, the scene of many notable gath erings, has seldom if ever witnessed. Before the meeting was called to or der a band played merrily such tunes as Maryland" My old Kentucky Home" Way Down Upon the Suwanee
 River" and other Southern melodies called forth tumultous applause, but
 when the first strains of Dixie" were sounded the thousands of Bryan weIeomers were on their feet in an instant and the cheers completely drowned the band for time.
 As each notable Democratic visitor entered the hall and was recoenlecl 1f- the cheering was renewed.
 'Twelve thousand persons, many Of them women. were seated by o'clock and an hour later there was not vacant seat. The galleries early were damned. Hundreds of policemen and fifty firemen were or duty In case Of emergency
 not vet arrived. Harry W. Walker. on behalf of the Commercial Travellers Antitrust League. called the assem- blaze to order.
 Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow citiens
 from all over this broad land:
 'On behalf of the Commercial Tray elers Antitrust League have the great honor of asking this home coming welcome to come to order. The league welcomes back Mr. Bryan fresh from his triumphs in the old world as the most distinguished and best beloved private citien on earth.
 ''It Is my real pleasure to introduce to you the chairman of the reception committed Missouris Governor, Hon John W. Folk"
 Ovation for Folk.
 Governor Folk was given an ovs- tion He said:
 What we say here may count for It, tle our words may be or oniy R,t pasSSn sSnss ideals that bring us here. When those present at this assembly shall nave passed away. We come not or ourselves alone to welcome home the distinguish ed American in whose honor we gather. hut to voice the love and faith of mil lions in the great leader who has again set foot upon his native land-mlllions who love him because his hands are clean. his heart Is pure, and his soul has not been touched nor tainted with the scars of unearned gold. Nor in him alone do we place our trust nor in aught that Is human, but rather in those eternal truths which he has loved and served so well.
 We are on the threshold of the great est political awakening tnls hatl9n 1 mas of a new age. The next few years VIII be distinguished as the time Tn whlch industrial problems are solVeu, ht tht reign of the special privilege brought to an end and the doctrine Of equal rights fixed in national policies ana m the conscience of mankind. Thlngs are not tolerated TOT q not long ago were submitted to In sl- fence. Only few years past bribery was considered merely conventional. Legislative halls were made dens or thieves, and the touch or the uncleah dollar of privileges was over all DIS honesty in public life was either un- noticed or regarded with despair Then a dormant public conscience was aroused to the necessity Of stamping out the offence that strikes the heart of free government, and of making the Government representative In fact as well as in. name. -...,.,,. .,..-
 The energies of this public conscience has been extended from the domain or the public wrong -doer to that or the private wrong -doer, and are probing Into the workings Of rascals or every kind. The insurance investigations have sent forth their messages, rebates revelations have been seen ana heard, and innumerable grand juries have been drawn aside, and revealed to the startled gaze of the people the anarch of corruption and greed In their bac- chanal of avarice. .. p ..,.,
 This awakening that has resulted from the revelations of wrongs, is the spirit of true patriotism. This word has almost ceased to have meaning, and was often used as synonymous with war. We are now learning that there may be as much patriotism in giving ones time to the betterment of civic conditions and Tn getlng good