The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-08
Great Host Fills Madison Square Gar
den to Hear Denocraoy's Leader
Proclaim Campaign Cry.
SPEAKERS ARE LAVISH IN PRAISE OF The NEBRASKAA
Gov. Folk Calls Him "the Great Torclabearer of
Righteousness" and Tom johnson Says
"Not Yet First Official Citizen of Land"

New York.-The 10000 and more
people who filled Madison Square gar
den to the utmost Thursday night saw
a new William Jennings Bryan. His
smile was gone.
Instead, when the two noisiest dem
onstrations of the night occurred-the
one at his entrance and the other
when he stood up to speak-his face
became grave, the lines about his
mouth frightened, his eyes closed at
times to hide suggestion OF moisture
in them, he bowed his head, and
plainly was under stress of emotion
which he found it difficult to conceal.
Having become master of himself
while the cheering was going on. he
gradually waved the people into their
seats and then began to speak.
Probably recalling the scene in the
garden ten years ago-ten years and
Is days, to be exact-when a great
frost on sweltering night descended
upon the garden and cooled off the
rest of New York, Mr.. Bryan did not
read his speech. He had learned most
of what he had written out, and fol.
lowed his text closely.
Speaker In Good Voice.
His voice was clear. and fresh, and
carried well into the farthest corner
of the garden. All through his speech
and those of the speakers who pre-
coded him there was a subdued roar in
the place, like that OF traffic in
city, and after Mr.. Bryan had been
speaking for half an hour there was
constant stream Of people coming out
Of the place-mostly those who had
had to stand and had become tired.
The audience, in the main, remained
TO the end.
The occasion was the Commercial
Travellers Antitrust league reception.
No attmept was made to decorate the
garden, and the setting WAS bare for
the speech OF the man proclaimed by
all the other speakers than himself as
the nations foremost priratec itizen."
Lauded BY Friends.
The Characterization Of Mr.. Bryan
as the speakers endeayoreo 10 find
some new appellation interested the
audience much. Gov. Folk. II Mis-.
souri,, called him the great torch.
bearer of righteousness" Augustus
Thomas referred to him az another
Lycurgus and as Roman conqueror,
leading his iron legion through the APP
plan way" Tom Johnson said he was
mot yet the first official citizen Of the
land" but that he was two years In
advance of his election" the re3t OF
his remarks along that line being over
whelmed with laughter and then with
cheers.
While these phrases of eulogy were
being uttered Mr.. Bryan remained i'm.
passive, occasionally chatting with "a
friend who sat beside him. He made
no open acknowledgment of them.
Outlines Party Policy.
Mr.. Bryan's speech was practically
that OF q man who already had been
nominated for the presidency. and
who was making an address of accept
ance. He outlined a policy as II he
was outlining the policy OF nation
over which he had been chosen to
rule.
In brief. Mr.. Bryan urged arbltra-
ton between nations In order to avert
the horrors of war.
He opposed the use Of the navy as
q collector Of private debts.
He opposed the continuance OF
American rule in the. Philippines.
He urged government ownership OF
railroads.&c. trunk lines by the ma
ton and the local lines by the states.
He demanded equal rights for cap
ital and labor. antitrust laws, and
an income tax.
He said socialism was mistaken
theory, but censured the arrogance Of
wealth.
His peroration was q scathing de-
nunciation Of plutocracy.
He urged an amendment to the con-
stitution requiring congress to meet
soon after election instead Of waiting
thirteen months AZ now. He favored