The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-09

" hAh MN ASt1t sa0e ~A< e@~AN - Friday night had poured down on Mena did not cease as the early hours of Saturday wore away, expressions of regret were heard on all sides.
 Despite the bad start, however, < by noon most of the clouds had passed away, and the sun shone forth bright and warm, and na- 8 8ture interposed no obstacles be- tween the desire and realization & of those who wished to hear and see the city's honored visitors. While the trio of candidates for governor of Arkansas held the attention of good audiences from 30 to about 400, as the Latter hour approached the center -of interest shifted to the railroad station, and long before the train bearing William Jennings Bryan, the chief guest of the day, reached the yards, the plat forms aud streets in tte vicinity of the depot were swarming with the hundreds who desired to get glimpse of the man who prob- ably has for more years held the confidence and respect of larger portion of his fellow citizens than any other American statesman.
 When Mir. Bryan stepped from the car platform there were cheers and hand-clappings, but Sno great outbutst. As be- with barred head, bowed and smiled as the reception committee led him to carriage, there was an ex- pectant buzz of intense interest in the multitude that fell in be- hiud and followed to the Elks' clubrooms.
 A short and informal reception was held in the club rooms, but the crowd became 100 dense, and Mr. Bryan was escorted down stairs for the purpose of address ing the people.
 On arrival at the sidewalk MT. Bryan glanced about for point of vantage from which to speak. Spying decrepit old wagon near to which was hitched pair of donkeys, he clambered aboard, amid laughter and cheers.
 Eulogized the Donkey.
 Recognizing at once the allu- sion, MT. Bryan said that he thought his rostrum very appro- priate, being as it was attached to specimens of the Democratic emblem. He said be considered it a good omen. He liked the donkey. He had visited many lands, and none where he did not find the donkey, and always It was serving the common people. In but few did he find the Repub- licau emblem, the elephant, and when he did it was of little use and generally on dress parade.
 After a few further remarks MT. Bryan was driven-not with . the donkeys, however-to the Antlers hotel. On arrival, and in conformity with previously arranged plan, MT. Bryan was in terviewed by a representative oi The Star and other Arkausas pa pers on the insurance of bank de- posits and the labor question. He said:
 Would Guarantee Bank Deposits.
 "The sentiment in favor of guaran. teeing of bank deposits has been grow, ing so rapidly it is safe to predict that it will not be many years before we shall have such security for bank de posits in State and national banks a: to make it impossible for any man t' lose his money through bank failure The plan is simple one and it's bene fits can be seen by both banker and de positor at a glance. The actual los by bank failure is small when compared with the total deposits, less than one tenth of one per cent in national bank in the past forty years, but no one cal tell what bank will fail and thus peo
 pie get frightened and make runs oi
 banks when there is any threatene' trouble. If depositors knew that tn money would be paid on demand the,
 would not demand it, for people ha'
 rather keep their money in bank thai
 in hiding. The plan is for the govern
 ment to stand back of the deposits am