The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-22
Distinguished PrVat' Citizen is
Greeted By. Crowds During
His Stay in The City
TRAIN WAS DELAYED BY
WRECK NEAR ANNISTON
Bilious Capacity Taxed BY the Throne
Which Crowded to Hear Address.
departed for Jackson,
Miss, Last Night.

William Jennings Bryan was Birming-
HAMS guest yesterday, and the occasion
will be memorable
On train two hours late the democratic
leader arrived at 2:2o p. m. He was
companied by Mrs. Bryan and also by the
Birmingham committee which went to An
niston to meet the great commoner on
his way from Atlanta.
The train was delayed by a wreck near
Admission.
At the station Mr.. Bryan was greeted
Z by throng that had been waiting for
his arrival since long before the scheduled
time at five minutes past noon. Amid
cheers and hurrahs and a waving of hats,
Mr.. Bryan stepped from his car, smiling
and happy. as one returning to his friends.
Mayor Ward grasped his hand and well
coined him to Birmingham.
Then came Mrs. Bryan. and in honor of
her another volume of cheers! She bowed
cordially in gracious acknowledgement
Escorted to the station entrance by j. A.
Rountree, chairman of arrangements, she
was Immediately driven to the Hotel Hill
man with Mrs. John W. Tomlinson.
Bryan Takes Carriage.
Mr.. Bryan and Mayor Ward, with Con-
gresham H. D. Clayton and Colonel
Tomlinson made their way to the first of
the long line of carriages, all of which
by now were crowded with members of
the reception committee-some three to
the seat.
kI,1 x01okA 0f
mounted police; next Memolrs band and
Troop D and Howard college cadets.
Then to the music of the band the pa
rade moved of.
Thousands upon thousands Of men were
lined UP on the streets to greet Mr..
Bryan and witness the parade.
After a short line of march the coll
umn reached the Hotel Hllman in good
order.
At the hotel a general reception, to last
one hour, was to have been held, but ow-
Ing to the lateness of arrival the recep-
tion was dispensed with and Mr.. Bryan
and those holding tickets to the luncheon
were ushered into the dining hail.
The Luncheon.
Three hundred persons, including many
fair women, sat at the festal board. While
the event was entirely informal and al
together democratic the flower of the
chvalry of Alabama and many of the
most charming of the gentle sex were
present. 1t was most delightful repast
and in genuine enjoyment surpassed any
social feasting of recent years.
From the hotel Mr.. Bryan and his escort
proceeded to the Bijou theatre for tho
public speaking The doors of the Bjou
were thrown open at o'clock and the
house was quickly filled. 1t was after
when Mr.. Bryan arrived. The house
was packed and although the crowd had
waited more than an hour it was good
natured and gave the distinguished guest
splendid ovation when he hove in sight.
The Introductlons.
Mr.. Tomlinson:
Ladies and gentlemen, have the pleas
ure of presenting to you Congressman
Hehin, a man of the right kind of convic-'
tions. who never fails on all occasions
to stand up and fight for these convic-
tions; the proper man to introduce our
distinguished guest here today. Gap
plause)
Congressman Hef1in said:
Mr.. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen:
am profoundly grateful for this honor
am glad to welcome such a man as Mr.
Bryan to Alabama; I am glad to welcome
him to that soil where liberty dies not
and devotion to duty lives forever. Gap
plause) 1 am glad to invite him into our
hearts and homes: | am glad to invite
him into the home of your distinguished
friend and our beloved fellow citizen,
John w. Tomlnson (Applause) He
knows that he is welcome in Alabama
I,aI tt1 Ia,,
bore his name. The cause of democracy
is the cause of the people and verify be-
leve that our matchless chief is the choice
of the vast majority of the people for
President in 1908. (Applause)
For ten years he has been conspicu-
ously before the public, and during all
the changing scenes Of that trying period
he has grown steadily In the confidence
and In the love of the American people.
(Applause). His political enemies have
failed utterly to find one blot or blem-
ish upon his public or private character.
(Applause).
There is a mountain peak in the Hima-
layas that towers beyond the reach of
rains and SHOWS and the scientists tell
us that an open book might remain un-
eoiled by dust through passing centuries.
Our champion of democracy towering
above the miasma of time and gravita-
tion purifying the atmosphere through
which ne passed ponucally' through
clashing creeds and warning interests.
has come down to this good hour as
pure life and as stainless as a star.
tApplause). Tariff parent and trust king.
for the purpose of injuriously affecting
him with the people have from time to
time misrepresented him; subsidized
newspapers have from time to time
preached his political funeral, but he
refuted these subsidized funeralizers and
refused the tomb which plutocracy had
so generously offered. He hath no en-
emies you say, my friend your host Is
poor; he who has mingled In the fray
OF duty with the brave.
Pride In Bryan.
Those who look upon society as felo
for sharp practice oppose him now; those
who regard the rights of others as use
less obstacles in the way of their greed
Aegnises him: those privileged ones who