The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-13
BRYAN TELLS PARTY.
HE:.HASNOT CHANGED an
Nebraskan Clings to Government
Ownership Idea, Tho It !:
.,%s u Hurts Democrats Il.

: Louisville, Sept. 13.-Entering the
southland for the first time in two
years, William j. Bryan last night re-
ceiYeu a welcome which in warmth and
spOntaneity has not been surpassed by
any of the greetings given him since his !
return from his tour of the world; At
10000 persons. && &5",' T." 81
The mass meeting at the armory con.
stituted Kentucky's greeting on behalf
of the south, and altho the attendance
Of southern notables was smaller than
at first expected, on account Of Mr.
Bryan IS recent acceptances of numerous
invitations from other southern cities,
still it was a representative southern
gathering, graced by the. Kentucky
welcomed to Kentucky by Henry Wat.
I5tcrson, who presided over the. meeting.
The other speakers were Senator Car
mack of Tennessee, and Senator w. j..
Stone Of Missouri, who introduced the
guest Of honor. .5.s -.t........ Z
When Mr. Bryan entered the hall
leaning on the arm of Mr.. Watterson,
there was a demonstration that lasted
ten minutes thousands Of flags being
waved in unison with the. surges Of
cheers that swept over the throng. !.
Explains G. 0. Speech. :
| On the occasion Of his entry into the
south, where his recent declaration as.
to ownership of. railroads has aroused
the most opposition, Mr.. Bryan made
more explicit statement as to his posi-
ton in the matter. He read a lengthy
declared, that Vthe makin0 Of plat
forms rests with the voters Of the
whole party and I never have. and
never will attempt to forge my opinions
| or those of any few men on the peo-
| pie. -
While thus Indicating that the doc
| trine Of government ownership is in
the hands of the voters, Mr. Bryan's
has as yet occurred to shake his belief
in the ultimate efficiency and necessity
Of it.
The latter part of the speech was
i devoted to an emphatic condemnation
of imperialism and the policy Of the
republican national administration in
! He declared that President Roosevelt
! had to go to the democrats for help
In his efforts to regulate the trusts.
Tribute to Bryan.
Mr.. Watterson spoke in part as fol-
lows ~ III
4 lOTI "Guc next %pTeSlueuU1alS DaLCl6, ana
that is the rescue Of the government
from the hands that have misused and
! debauched it, and its restoration to the
custody Of the plain but sovereign peor
/ pie. The parties to it are, upon the
/ one hand, a standing army Of trained
politicians, held together not alone by
i the cohesive power Of the public pat
1 tronage, but by a community Of inter-
! ests as unYielding as it is unthinking,
richly caparisoned in all the panoply Of
successful war, and on the other hand.
the mass and body Of those who heW
the wood and draw the water and pay
!, the taxes, eundrilled, unskilled and
widely separated, often cropping in the
dark. sometimes misdirected by divided
4 counsels, always lacking the resources
1 by which results arc reached and dam
gers turned, but never yet united ex-
cept to co nquer. tgf
1T is veteran troops against the
array, as many Akllsfougsht field in days days
of old bear witness. Give us but half
the discipline of the regulars and a
1.-THE of their equipment, and we shall
4 drive them before us across the BARI
cades Of criminal wealth, tho led by
Theodore Roosevelt himself. q 4
~ - II recognize as our chieftai in this
lapproac ching conflict the Honorable VIII
i linn Jennings Bryan Of Nebraska.
asas 1T costs me no sacrifice either Of
i personal preference or prideaof opinion
to make this declaration. Mr.. BRYAN
md have not a lwaYs agreed as tOsstha