The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-24
Tour Around the World in.
One Hour and a Half.
HIS LECTURE WELL RECEIVED
Interesting Address Listened to By a
Large Audience at the Presby-
terrain Church Saturday Eve.
From Mondays Daily.

Hon. William Jennings Bryan arrived
an MankatO at five O'Clock Saturday af-
ternoon by automobile, just as sched-
uled. When he completed his lecture be-
for the students of Gustavus Adolphus
college he was met by George NJ Palm
er, Judge w. l.. Comstock and j. G..
Wise and the four came to the city in
Mr.. Palmer's automobile There was
some expectation that Governor johnson
would come, but he did not.
Mr.. Bryan was taken to Senator
Works home on Pleasant street, and
at six O'Clock the distinguished Nebras-
kan was the guest of honor at a de-
licious seven course dinner served by
Mrs. Works. assisted by several ladies.
Those present, besides the host and
hostess and Mr. Bryan, were Congress
man w. S. Hammond of st. James.
State Senators Weis of LeSueur and
John AloOnan of Waseca, Judge NJ. j.
Severance, Judge Comstock, J. G.. Wise,
\. r. Pau Jr. and III. c. Hotaling, the
latter of Mapleton.
The Presbyterian church was well
filed for the lecture in the evening, al
though there was room for several hun
bred more people in the gallery and lee
ture room. Large delegations from Ma
della Lake Crystal, MapletOn and other
nearby places were present. The lecture
began at Sis o'clock. and concluded at
ten minutes before ten. Mr. Bryans
subject was 1.-The Old World and Its
Ways" He was introduced by Senator
Works, who said that the American peo-
pie are not hero worshippers, but de-
light to honor merit. He introduced Mr..
Bryan as citizen of the world. This
was followed by prolonged applause, in
the midst of which Mr.. Bryan arose.
He had been applauded as he entered
the church, and must have been pleased
with the reception rendered him. He
was interrupted several times during his
lecture by hand clapping.
Mr.. Bryan made number of humor-
Gus references to his own defeats and
also INDUCED in humor in other connec-
tiOns.
Mr.. Bryan complimented the Y. NJ. {.
A., and said that where it receives prop
er support it supplements the work of
the churches, the schools and gymnas-
iums, and furnishes to the community
a band of young men prepared to take
part in the worlds work.
Mr.. Bryan said that he had had OPP
portunities in the past to make political
speeches and had improved them to some
extent. but not all of the people had
liked them. He had had proof of that i'll
a way that ought to satisfy any reason
able man. The president was now max
ing his speeches. 1t was difficult to be
partisan. If he was to make a demo-
cratic speech the president would make it
a little later and it would then become a
non partisan speech. If the democratic
party had not been able to use its plat
form it was glad to have somebody else
use it, Mr.. Bryan told an amusing
story to illustrate that he hadn't got
nothin agin nobody" and he wanted to
avoid politics SO as not to have a re-
lapse. 1t was hard for one in politics
to avoid misrepresentation and misinter-
probation, so he was going to avoid pol
itics in his speech.
Mr. Bryan said that he and his wife
had planned their trip around the world
for several years, and took two of their
children out of school to 90 with them,
as they had thought that the educating
effect of the trip would far outweigh
what they could learn in school during
that time The instruction that they
GOT was far beyond his expectations.
The year spent abroad had been the
most thought provoking time of their
lives. for they had met so many differ
ent phases of life.
There are as many evidences of the
hand of God in this country as any
where. and yet it does not have
monopoly of the beauty spots of the
earth Mr.. Bryan briefly mentioned
some of the more striking places and
things that he had seen, skipping from
place to place without any regularity
After saying that Damascus Is the nat
ural place for city, and would at any
time have been rebuilt if destroyed, he
said that if called upon to choose size
for a summer capital for Europe he.
would name Stockholm, because of it's
islands. If called upon to chose CAPT
tai for the eastern hemisphere he would
name Constantinople, because of its
strategic location No great nation of
Europe is willing that any other nation
should have it. and because of the rival
ries and iealousies of these nations the
Turk still holds it. The Tiber is not
as LARGE or the Danube as blue as he
had supposed. While the Rhine is pref
tv. the Danube is equally as beautiful.
There is no lake that equals in beauty
Lake Tahoe. on the edge of Utah.
There is nothing, in America like the
Norway fjords, but the light of the mid
night sun is inonOtonous, and he was
Glad that we do not live where it is.
The three weeks spent in Palestine
were among the most Instructive and
of the year, and he had been
surprised that so few tourists go there.
Less than 1000 visited Jerusalem last
year. although 10000 passed close by it,
and less than 1000 visited the sea of
Galilee, and less than 100 visited the
Mount of Beautitude.
The most sublime view was obtained
in the Himilayas. which are twice as
high as the Rocky mountains. Mr.
BRYAN painted beautiful word picture.
of sunrise among the peaks. Java fur
nshed delightful recollection, and Mr..
Bryan spoke of the wonderful size OF
the stones used in constructing the tenn
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