The Mena weekly star., 1908-08-20
NR. BRYAN NOTIFIED
THE WORK OF DENVER coNVEN. TION TOLD TO HIM AT
 LINCOLN.
TIE NOTIFICATION WAS NONPARTISAN
Mir. Bryan Says That He Will Accept The Proceedings of the Day Were Very Plain and Simple-Thousands of Spectators Were in Attendance Many Republicans Present.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13.-"Recogniz- ing that l am indebted for my nomin- atlon to the rank and file of our party and that my election must come, if it 1 comes at all, from the unpurchased and unpurchasable suffrages of the American people, 1 promise, If intrust- ed with the responsibilities of this high office, to consecrate whatever ability l have to the one purpose of making this. in fact, a government in which the people rule-a government which will do justice to ali, and offer to everyone the highest possible stim- ulus to great and persistent efforts, by assuring to each the enjoyment of his just share of the proceeds of his ioil, no matter in what part of the vine yard he labors, or to what occupation, profession or calling he devotes him. self"
 Thus spoke w J. Bryan Wedr esday afternoon in accepting the nnmina- ton as the candidate of the Demo cratic party for the President of the Unlted states.
 Amid cheers and waving 9f flags, Mir Bryan was escorted from he Lin coin hotel through the streets of Lin coin to the capitol grounds, where the carriage with him was John W. Kern of Indiana, the Democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency. Long before the time set fcs ahe ex- ercises to begin the capitol ssounds were packed with humanity. Thou sands of faces met MT. Bryan gaze as he stepped to the front of the plat form and received the official word from Representative Henry D. Clay ton of Alabama that he was the Dem ocracy's choice for the head of the na- tional ticket
 As the Democratic candidate emerg- ed from the capitol building on the platform, in company with Governor Sheldon, Mayor F. w Brown and oth- CTS of the committee on arrange ments, there was cheer which con tinued for several minutes. As soon as MT. Bryan was seated National Chairman Norman Mack opened the exercises by calling npon the Rev. Father John F. Nugent of Des Moines, Ia. to deliver prayer Upon it's con- elusion Mir. Clayton. as chairman of the committee on notification, turning to Mir. Bryan, made his notification speech. He called attention to the unanimous action of the Denver con- vention in making the nomination, and declared that the Democratic party. confident of the righteousness of it's cause" was determined to res cue the government from the hands of the despoilers who have exploited 1t for the benefit of favorites, to the injury of the masses of the plain peo- pie"
 The applause which greeted this ut terance lasted for some time but It broke out again with greater intensity when shortly afterward Mir Clayton, looking Mir. Bryan squarely in the face and speaking in a voice that could be heard by nearly everyone, said:
 You have always refused to com promise with those who prostitute the functions q government for the lust of greed. r. was your lofty statesman ship, your unwavering fidelity. your Ieffersonian standard of Democracy that induced the representatives of millions of American freemen, unani pously to choose you as their candi date for the highest office in the world"
 The letter of notification was no less vigorous than Mir. Clayton's speech MT. Bryan received it with full appre ciation of the importance of it's mean Ing
 The great crowd at once settled it- self down to hear Mir Bryans words of acceptance. With pleased coyn tenance he surveyed his vast audi ence and then began his remarks, but he had not proceeded far when he was interrupted by cheers, the demon. stration continuing at intervals throughout his speech.
 Mir. Kern delivered a short address and then he and Mir Bryan retired to the capitol building. where they held public reception, and the exercises concluded
 Band concerts in the public square and at the state capitol grounds enter tained the gathering crowds.