The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-31
,0lNM0E,ER WEI COINED BACK TO NATIVE LAND

uncertain tone. Tne League dHu itS ao- sociates therefore know that the sen timents to be uttered demand a rude Intimacy that shall transcend the re- serve of the private meeting Their the pleasant embarrassment of self = satisfaction, but to inform you of that high level of personal conduct which they believe you have reached and to fix upon you the obligation of main tafning that standard.
 The welcome is not for the politician. but for the man: not for party, but from people. You have come home The problems that confront you are grave and complex. You will find the productive industries of the country In the hands of few allied to crush at home competing venture and pattern ally protected from outside interrup- tion. a legislatively fostered minority, who at one and the same time invoke defy in 1t predatory combination: who in order that they may retake from la- bor also that small part of labor's pro- duct which they allow as wages, have advanced the cost of life's necessities forty-two per cent.
 The American people are beginnig to know that a contempt for and an evas- ion of just laws tend no less to anarchy W hen plotted over the directors table. than when shouted under a red flag O nthe railway crossing. The con- science of the people is aroused. It is
 
 enactment and behind the law in it's execution, there shall be an incorrupt- ible moral force. It believes that the navigator who foretold the condition of on the chart. will be q better guilds than one of the pilots who drive against a rock and thereupon announce It's dis covery.
 The people welcome you as such a guide; a champion who early saw and stoutly resented the wrongs they suf- e. AAN . grown for full decade TheY welcome you, the man who compassionately pro- claimed himself a commoner and who has been fraternaliy greeted as one of natures noblemen by the princes of the earth.
 Chairman Johnson then introduced Mir. Bryan.
 Mir. Bryan was presented at $40 o'clock. As he arose the audience was on It's feet as one man. The cheering which began at that instant did not end until s:4s and then not till Mir. Bryan had waved his hands and beat upon the speakers platform. At first the man for whom the demonstration was planned stood lowing and smil- Ing. Then his attitude was one of ap- the cheering died away MT. Bryan be- gan.
 When Mir. Bryan uttered his first words Mir. Chairman there was tremendous applause
 Mayor Johnson,s AddremS.
 We are met to welcome here the first citizen of the Republic. Not yet the common consent.
 He is a Democrat, for he believes in the honesty and the intelligence Of the people. He is a Republican, for he be- lieves in the Republican form of Gov ernment. Men say he is eloquent and so he .s; but the charm of eloquence Is his sincerity. it's strength is his
 He has linlshed the long journey around the world, and we of America know that we have made no mistake In him; for everywhere the peoIle have seen him and we have seen him. and everywhere they have hailed him as the American leader Of ideal De- mocracy. Oyer that principle the thought of the world is agitated to- day. In some form or other iI all civ- lliEed countries Democracy is struR- gling privilege. Millions of our people have but just begun to learn that this irreprsssible conflict Is being waged in the United States. They are just beginning to learn that American De- mocracy must abolish special privi- lege, or special privilege will abolish beginning to learn their need for the Democratic inspiration of another Jeff ferson and the Democratic leadership of another Lincoln.
 They are learning fact. And with 1t they are learning another thing. They are learning that they have among them a simple citizen whose qualities of leadership all the world recog- nlzes.
 They are learning that for ten years they have had in training sn able and sincere leader of the Democracy of all political parties, against the fntrench- ed interests of special privileges of ev- cry kind and degree. They have come to know for the true man that he is. 70 4urh svRar
 Mr. Bryan, in the name and in the presence of this splendid audience, and in behalf of that great host of Ameri- and abhor special privilege, in behalf of every Democratic Republican as well as every Democratic Democrat, I well come you home.
 We all welcome you as an Ideal Dem ocrat who is worthy to lead and com potent to lead; we welcome you as an American citizen in whose pre- emi- hence we have an honorable pride; we welcome you because we trust you: We welcome you because we love you.
 Ladies and gentlemen, MT. Bryan.
 Three Cheers for Bryan.
 Ladies and gentlemen" he con tinued. after three cheers for William l. Bryan" had been called for and given, how can I thank you for this welcome home? My heart would be flint indeed if 1t were not touched by vour demonstration. My heart would be ungrateful beyond measure if 1t did not in return consecrate itself to your service.
 Tt was kind of the Commercial Travellers Antitrust League to pro pose this homecoming reception. It was kind in Governor Folk to come all the way from Missouri to bring the testimony that he might join In thls reception. IL was kind of Tom John ston. that example of moral courage that we so much need in this. country to lend his presence to this occasion
 Kind in the officers of this League to bring you here. Kind in MT. Thom- as to voice the welcome in words so generous that could not admit myself worthy of them. Kind in you to so fully recompense me for any danger that I have encountered or any sacrt- fees that I have made in being absent SO long from my native land.
 T cannot use a better phrase than the old, simple one. I thank you. wErWSPAPER MAN WILL RECOVER