The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-13
HENRY D. CLAYTON MADE
 SPEECH OF NOTIFICATION
The Capitol Grounds Were Packed
 With Humanity.
air. Bryan Promised, if Elected, to Con. eentrate His Ability to the One PHSDoss of Making This
 Government ia Which
 the People Rule.

 burning rays of an almost tropical sun and In the presence of a vast assem- blaze which cheered him to the echo. William J. Bryan today received from Henry D. Clayton of Alabama. formal notification of his nomination for the presidency of the United States. thrlce honored by the Democratic party as It's standard bearer, Mir. Bryan piainiy exhibited the pleasure it gave nm 70 once again proclaim the nrln- clpies for which he stood. His nornina- .ion Tor third time. he declared in ms speech Of acceptance, could only ba explained by a substantial and undis- puted growth in the principles and polcles Tor which he. with e multitude or others. had contended
 AS these principles and policies. ne sald' have given me whatever of the convention not only renevvs ,,,- iaith In them, but strengthens my at- | tachment to them"
 The ovation accorded Mir. Bryan an ha rode through the streets of IdncoIn oy, his way to the state House where the exercises were held. were partisan ln charactr II was the homage of the c,tzenry or the western city of the piains toward distinguished neirhhor Almost the entire Republican adruinis- ration was represented. Governor George l. Sheldon and many state of- llcers lending their presence both in taa parade and on tho platform HefoFe coming to Lincoln from Fairvfew over Tour miles distant. Mir Bryan received oss1 o'.s s.SvV visitors. To one and all he extended cordial greeting.
 Ills arrival shortly after f1 o,rt...r at the Hotel Lincoln where he ana John ". Kern. the vice prentdsnfts1 candidate were the guests Of honor af luncheon to the committee on rofi- fication. was the signal for an out burst of cheers and applause. He in- meuiately was surrounded by a great crowd and was kept busy for kon,n time shaking hands
 Never before had Lincoln streets and buildings presented such 4 gaia appearance. never had the profueion of banners, streamers. bunfinn an3 photographs flashed forth to daexie the eyes of the myriad of visitors. with notortety almost nationwide. the Taft banner was almost the first point nf interest visited. The route of th@ parade carried Mir. Bryan directly under the Taft banner. but no notice was taken of the fact by him nr hia party. The state house grounds were \ mass of humanity and Mir Bryan's ap- pearance on the platform. was greeted with cheers and handclapping. The ceremony of notification was conduct cd on the north front of the capitol building. The balconies and every window were damned to overfiowfnw. Not single incident occurred to mar the proceedings
 The police arrangements pyera eweat. lent. realizing that the force was not sufficient to cope with the great crowd. the adjutant general of the state a9 SrN aN ordered out company of tho end Nebraska Regiment and with their as- sistanee, perfect order not only along the line of march, but within the eanf- tol grounds was maintained
 before the notification and acccptarca speeches were delivered. Norman E. Mack, Chairman of the Demoeratfc Ma .lonal Committee who acted as presid- Ing officer called upon John " Karn the vice presidential nominee to make speech. Mir. Kern responded In a Few felicitious remarks in which he gave unstinted praise for the n0n partisan character of the exercises. Public Reception.
 The speech of Mir. Bryan concluded the ceremonies and he and Mir. Kern retired to the capitol buildfnr xvhsrr they held public reception. TonIvts MT. and Mrs. Bryan entertained the members of the notification commit. tee at dinner at their home at FaIr- view, the party being served bv Mra Ruth Leavitt and Miss Grace Bryan daughters of the host and hostess. Mrr spangle and Mrs. T. F. Allen, niece ana slster-in-law respectively of the Demo. cratic candidate and Mrs. winRer.
 Long before the time set for the ex- ercises to begin the Capitol grounds | had become packed with humanity. Ma. tional Chairman Norman E. Mack l opened the exercises Upon it's cone ciusion Henry D. Clayton of Alabama as chairman of the Committee on No- l tihcation. turning to Mfr. Bryan rnade his notification speech. He called nt- tention to the unanimous action of the Denver Convention in making the non- nation and declared that the Democrat ic Party, 'conhdent of the righteousness of it's cause" was determined to res- cue the Government from the hands oe the despoilers who have exploited it for the benefit of favorites. to the injury of the masses of the plain people"
 The applause which greeted this ut- terance lasted for some time. but 1t broke out again with greater intensity when. shortly afterwards. Mir Clayton looking Mir. Bryan squarely in the face. and speaking In a voice that could be heard by nearly every one, said
 You have always refused to com promise with those who prostituted the functions of government for the lust of greed. It was your loyalty, states manship, your unwavering fidelity, your Jeffersonial standard of Democracy that induced the representatives of millions of American freemen. unanimously Co choose you as their candidate for the high est office fin the world"
 Mir. ClaytOn's Speech.
 Mir. Claytons remarks in full were ns foilows:
 ''Mr. Bryan: The national Demo- cratic convention that assembled at Denver on July was truly a repre- sentative body of the people Of the United States. Harmony characterized its deliberations and all of it's conclu- sions were reached with unanimftv. It stood for the conservatism of gov- ernment under written coustitaitson and for the application of Democrafio principles in public affairs Jso naaoa