The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
BRYAN SPEAKS IN MISSISSIPPI Addresses Legislature and People. PROUD HE IS A DREAMER Declares He is Not Candidate for
 Nomination.
 -s- But Says if the Democrats Choose Hins to Carry Their Standard He. wsnts Their usitea
 Support.
PROUD HE IS A DREAMER

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 29.-Before the members of the State Legislature and several thousand Mississippians Wil- liam J. Bryan made a characteristic speech today. MT. Bryan arrived from Memphis at an early hour and was met by Governor Noal and a reception conn mittee. He was escorted to the Cow ernorss mansion where he spent the forenoon. MT. Bryan then went to the theatre where the members of the Sem ate and House had gathered together with large number of spectators were gathered. He was introduced by Gov ernor Noel who paid the Democratic leader a glowing tribute.
 Mfr. Bryan prefaced his remarks by saying that he was glad once more to visit Mississippi. No one could ac- cuse him of coming here from a selfish motive. unless it was selfish to enjoy once more meeting his old friends. It wag not necessary for him to come to Mississippi for delegates. for he had already been assured that the vote of the State would be cast for his nonina- tion. nor could he be accused of hunt. ing for electoral votes. as no one would hardly accuse Mississippi of not going Democratic. He had the distinction when he was q candidate for President In 1896 Of carrying every precinct in the States an honor that no one other State had ever conferred. He had simply gotten into the habit of coming to see the people of Mississippi and good habits. like bad oness were hard to break Ills first visit was. here three years ago and since that time he, Had learned to love the people more and more. @ .tess,
 Men in public. position set used to. A4Tlng good things said about them. and even his political enerales had com pifmented him. he said. Senator Bev- hridgs had once come to his home town and whiIa there said many nice thinss about him. but wound up by saying he was a dreamer. while Rooseyelt did things. 4 few days afterwards Speak sr Cannon told him nc wNN dreamer and no ees iiN and took notice: 4hen Governor Hanly dld the same ts1in6 and fhe ac- rusation began to look serious When Governor Cummings added his teett- many he concluded to plead guilty ana look for evidence to Justify himself. He took the Bible and there he found the story of Joseph. whom his broth CTS aeused of being dreamer They sold him into captivity in Hgypt and he was taken to that country. Alter wards a famine visited the country of his brothers and they were compelled to go down into Egypt to hunt corn fo keep their people from starving. snd there they found Joseph~-and he had the corn. The Republicans had continually said he was q dreamer. yet they had to come to him for corn. to save their starving party. All over Europe stood monuments in the shapes of great cathedraIs and other wonders of art and skill erected by dFeamers, and the world has never since equailed them.
 Jefferson . Dreamer.
 Thomas Jefferson was dreamer. and the dream he dreamed resulted tn the founding of the greatest republic the world ever saw" said Bryan. "gef- ferson dreamed of government by the people, while Hamilton advocated Q government by aristocrats. Jefferson wanted the people to elect their repre- sentatives, while Hamilton wanted President elected for life with the power to appoint governors for life. and who said If we must have elections let them be as far apart as possible Jefferson's idea prevailed. and today we are living under his idea the great est, best and most glorious country on earth. The greater fruit of his dream we see in the signs of the times"
 Mir. Bryan said he was no watchman to tell the people of the night, but that he had learned something by ob- servation during his travels in the past three years. -1F
 ElrSI, Ehe lnteltectual growth Of the nations was one of the signs. In Ja- pan fifty years ago hardly a man or woman in the nation could read or write. Now so universal was study of English in that country that he foand 1t very often not necessary to employ an interpreter. Russia. China and In dia. and In fact all nations were now undergoing an intellectual awakening. and in all of them the idea of govern ment by the people was gaining ground. America has been responsible for much of this. The best thing America had ever done for the Philip pines was to educate them. More Of her natives can now speak the English language than could speak the spanish during the whole of Spain's ruiership.
 What is education without purpose behind it?' continued the speaker. Every boy should be educated to con sider 1t no dishonors to do manual la bor, but an honor. Every one should do enough toll to produce equivalent to what he consumes. Tolstoi had said that what labor needed was sympathy and he believed him right. People