The San Francisco call., 1906-08-31
FOLK TELLS OF REFORMS.


At 5 o'clock, when Mr.. Bryan had
not arrived, Harry w Walker on be-
half of the Commercial Travellers Anti
Trust League, called the assemblage
to order and introduced Folk The
Missouri Governor was given an ova-
tion, and it was several minutes before
he could speak. He said in part:
What we say here may count for
little; our words may be of only pass
ing moment and soon forgotten But
those ideals that bring us here will
live when those present at-this assem-
bly, shall have passed away. We come
not of ourselves alone to welcome home
the distinguished American in whose
honor we gather but to voice the love
and faith of millions in the great
leader who has again set foot upon his
native land-millions who love him be-
cause 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
greatest political awakening this ma
ton has ever known. 1t marks the
beginning of a new age The next
few years will be distinguished as the
time in which Industrial problems are
solved, the reign of the special privi-
lege brought to an end, and the doc
trine of equal rights fixed in national
policies and in the conscience of man
kind Things are not tolerated for a
moment now that not long ago were
submitted to in silence Only few
years past bribery was considered
merely conventional Legislative halls
We're made dens of thieves. and tba
touch of the uncIean dollar of privilege
was over all. Dishonesty in public life
was either unnoticed or regarded with
despair Then a dormant public con-
science was aroused to the necessity of
stamping out the offense that strikes
at the heart of free government. and
OF making the Government representa-
tive In fact as well as in name
HEARST ENTERS BOX.
Governor Folk concluded by intro
ducing Mayor Tom l.. Johnson of
Cleveland as chairman of the meeting
The applause was deafening as Mr..
Johnson came forward on the speakers,
platform AT this same moment VIII
liam Randolph Hearst entered the box
which had been set aside for him For
two minutes the crowd cheered without
interruption. Many rose and waved
hats and handkerchiefs in the direc-
tion of Mr.. Hearst's box. Then there
were more cheers for Mr.. Johnson.
BATTLE of DEMOCRACY.
Mr.. Johnson in his Introductory re-
marks said in part:
we are met to welcome home the
first citizen of the republic Not yet
the first official, but the first citizen by
common consent.
He is a Democrat, for he believes
In the honesty and the intelligence of
the people. He Is Republican, for he
believes In the republican form of
government. Men say he is eloquent,
and so he is; but the charm of his elo-
quence is its sincerity, its strength is
his moral courage.
He has finished a long journey
around the world. and now we of
America know that we have made no
mistake in him; for everywhere the
people have seen him and we have
seen him, and everywhere they have
hailed him as the American leader of
ideal democracy. Over that principle
the thought of the world is agitated
today. In some form or another in all
civilized countries democracy is strug
Cling against privileges.
ENTRY INTO NEW YORK.
Mr. Bryan's entry into New York this
afternoon was a series of ovations. be-
ginning with his landing at the Bat
terry at o'clock and reaching an early
climax when he arrived at the Victoria
Hotel, Twenty street and
Broadway, an hour and fifteen minutes
later. Here the home coming Nebras-
kan was fairly mobbed by the thou
sands of persons who had gathered out
side the hotel entrances and the hum
dreds who had forced their way into the
corridors. Finally an entrance was ef-
fected by the police and Mr.. Bryan
reached the lobby stairs. He was halted
and called upon for a speech, and the
crowd surged about him cheering lusti-
ly all the while. He spoke few words
Mr.. Bryan then shook hands with a
few personal friends. This was the sig
nal for general rush and the Nebras-
kan was almost swept out of the Twen-
ty-seventh street entrance of the hotel
before the police could stem the tide
Finally order was established and the
impromptu reception proceeded. Sew
eral thousand persons passed In line
and Mr. Bryan shook hands with all
T1Isfi n oIrfshed men of fha neyr1 oc "a IN