Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-01
WILLIAM j. BRYAN
VISITS SALT LAKE
e,,.most Private Citizen in Union
Talks Upon "The old
World
IS ACCORDED BIG WELCOME
rororrow and Remain
w" oyer sunday--,Iay Speak
In salt Lake Thcatcr.

=, -, clad to be able TO speak on
~, not POLITICAL" said William
pryan at the beginning OF ms 'uih
D. p's .o,,ng at the First Methodist
,a s,rcb The large edifiee was ni,eu
en .s an enthusiastic audience which
WY, me many humorous sallies OF
se's ...t Nebraskan with round after
.o, r Of applause. The tram carry
inv Mr. and Mrs. Bryan from Los AN
", ,,s was late, and as consequence
,.,si,ors were driven directly to the
oN,,reh building, upon their arriVsa'
r,dee Powers presided az ths as,a,s
ana ny S,o o-~ the commencement of MI.
~. taIk Mrs. c. G. Plummer sang
orSah rlsg without a STAIN whien
ino ,+osted with prolonged applause
NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION"
,,,s,c powers spoke briefly in intro
, oJ ,be distinguished American. he
u sIi sbat without the influence Oh
sa,u oy nosItion. Mr.. Bryan had risen
~ ,,osition of one of the hrst cltl-
~" ~ Inc United States. ana &c
1Iared that he needed no introuuctioli
~ any American audience, MI brya'i
w. commanding presence ana mag
resic delivery. His easy flow OF hu
nsuN TN, his audience In constant good
i;ie and his talk Of two hours dura-
~ ,.,s rnioyed to the very last WORD.
No remarks have been subjected 10
demonstration Of late, SAID MI,
Bpvan. when have tried TO giVS
a noIitical talk. | have been accused
hv some Of preaching sermon; ana
when m my weak way have tried 10
talk a little gospel l have been &C
cused of making political speech; out
as I see" he said with Twinkle III
his eve. there is very little diiterence
between a good gospel sermon anu
good Democratic speech Ana shoule'
i now say things that sala zen yeats
age might be accused ol quo'iis
from President Roosevelt.
SAW AMERICA FIRST.
"Mrs BRYAN and / spent nearly a
vnar in visiting the old world not
for the main purpose Of seeing the
wonders of nature. for these II We're
not necessary to leave America To see.
have visited the Yellowstone Ma
lional park; have trayerscd the mag
nihcent Yosemite valley, and | have
wondered at the marvels of tho Grand |
canyon OF the Colorado. and of these
places may it surely be said that here |
the hand Of God is seem But to |
sec for ourselves the progress that is |
being made by the human family. |
aud to see and 10 know what the |
world is doing, we started On this |
II TON. and educationally. ii has been
d The best investment we ever made. | 1,
q VIII Try TO tell You Of things | saw /
that are out Of the ordinary. We |
have all heard of the ordinary places |
visited by tourists, and the things |
for which they are noted But the |
points which were of most interest to |
us were things which are little visit |
ca, and the places where history was
made. We went TO Damascus, the old
est city in the world--the outpost of |
The desert, OF necessity must n city
stand here, and Damascus justices |
all that has been written about II.
No PLACE LIKE HOME.
Were | to pick out an ideal sum-
mef resort. would locate 1t at Stock /
holnl' sweden. Here the salt and the
llesh waters meet. Were I to pick
out capital for the eastern hemis-
phere ! would place 1t at Constanti-
nople With Europe ON one side,
ASIA on the other, and across the
Africa; this Is an ideal
'pol ior the seat of government OF the
,asleih continent But | must con-
.ess 10 some disappointment in the
.,tal'latlon OF some Of my early
ileallA The old Tiber was not so
l,"Vh' The Danube was not so blue
n mad thought to see. and the |
ar-lamed Rhine WAS not SO beautiful