The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23


siye and wonderful In its enthusiasm
and spontaneity was the reception CIV
en- William Jennings Bryan In the
Light Guard 'armory Tuesday evening.
Rarely has such a spectacle been seen
In this city.
Not only was the armory jammed to
the point of suffocation. but. In add
ton to the sweltering audience OF g.
600 within. there was a cheering. tu-
nultuous crowd without that number
ed close to 1000 people which waited
standing In the street until the COM
Ing Of the presidential candidate and
then greeted his remarks with Wild
acclaim that notified those within,
who were listening to local speakers,
that the peerless leader had arrived.
One would have fancied from the
vigor and sincerity Of the crowd that
Michigan Is Democratic state rather
than stronghold OF Republicanism.
Never did Bryan make 80 mastery
an address here; never was he In so
good form; never did his audience
more thoroughly agree with him. II
was hardship to gather In a close
auditorium on such night; there was
long wait for the speaker of the
evening and the immense crowd ne
cessitated a wearisome packing to-
gether and much discomfort. but new
er once did the thousands Of men and
women lose their interest or fail to-
applaud keen sally when driven
home.
During the day and evening Mr..
Bryan made a number OF speeches.
Beside. his morning speech and tho
| adlEes4x TO the party leaders In the
Pontchartrain, and his Ann Arbor
speech In the afternoon, he made one
speech on Cadillac-sq., and another In
front OF the Light. Guard armory be-
fore getting inside for the principal
talk of the stay.
Spirit Of Democracy REEVES.
It was manifest from the demeanor
Of leaders and followers alike that the
spirit of the Democracy In Michigan
has been greatly revived.
Long before the hour for the speak
ing to begin In the Light Guard arm
DRY, the big hall was filed. The vice
presidents and speakers had to crush
their way through the afsies, squeez-
ing through some how. Alfred Luckins
was called upon to preside and he be-
gan by plea for better tariff legfsla-
ton, not In the intereat OF the trusts.
introducing Lawton T. Hemans as the
candidate for governor, Lucking stat
cd that 1t could not yet be told wheth-
or the Republicans have nominated
the candidate Of the upper peninsula
mine Shareholders or the candidate
Of the railroads. There were two In
decent machines, he said, one of which
had been smashed at the primaries
and that other left for smashing by
Hemans.
Hemans got a wonderful reception
and made an eloquent address In
which he congratulated Michigan on
having had a body OF men who had
feariessly fought as minority against
certain defeat for half century. The
present campaign is not one of parti-
sanship but a question as TO whether
the best ideals Of citizenship shall as
sert themselves.
He adverted sarcastically TO the
Glazier failure and declared that, IL
elected governor, he would never al
low any state officer to have state
money on deposit In any bank in
which he was interested. He aeplor-
ed present extravaganza in state ad-
ministration and told his hearers that
the only way to get better conditions
Is to raise up the minority and make
IL virile force 80 that the majority
politicians shall have fear as we'll as
patriotism az check upon them.
w. d. Mahon. candidate for con-
gress, made a remarkable ADDRESS,
which carried the audience by storm.
He denied that. II elected. he will
represent one class alone. With re-
gard to the antiinjunction Issue ne de-
clared that he il not attacking the
courts. Their decisions may be just
under the law but that law Is wrong"
be said. 81 make no attack on the
courts but on a vicious and bad law.
l stand for industrial peace. but we
can have such peace only when the
laws bear equally upon all classes OF
people. THE idea that prosperity
leaks down from above is mistaken
proposition. Prosperity must come
from the masses"
Mayor William b. Thompson was
called on to introduce William Jen-
nings Bryan. He appealed again to
his Democratic auditors to vote their