The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23
Democratic Leader Delivers Two Addresses and Touches Up
 Political Issues
JUDGE HARMON ALSO
 MAKES GREAT SPEECH
Monster Audience Hears Bryan at the Auditorium and He Declares That
 Democrats Are United and
 Opponents Are Divided. .

Nashville, January 22-w. J. Bryan rounded out very busy day in Nashville with an address before a monster audi ence at the Ryman Auditorium tonight. He was accompanied by Hon. Judson Harmon, who also spoke briefly tonight. Mir Bryan, in his speech tonight, took occasion to say that the idea that pros perity was an inevitable result of repub- 1ican aseendancy and administration had been rudely exploded in the last few months, and contrasted the rdicule heaped upon his advocacy of the silver dollar with the prayerful anxiety with which capitalists had so recently grabbed for clearing house certificates. He scored imperialism, the cost of it and the wrong. He did not blame President Roosevelt for the panic, but scored the laws and their executors who would com- pei the people ito stand and shiver every time a Wall street gambler got cold The tenor of his speech was that dem- ocrats everywhere are united, while the republicans are divided. So that the rall- road regulators, the tariff reformers, the advocators of arbitration between capital and labor and the trust busters" are, he said, in an overwhelmingly majority.
 He praised the new constitution of Ok idilOnld, pdTllCuldIly tie feature Sdlt- guarding the bank deposits. He predicted that this feature is going to be initiated by Kansas, Illinois and other states as soon as action may be had. He said this ~hs the onIy resleeming features of the Fowler currency bill in Congress.
 Arrival at Nashville.
 Hon. William J. Bryan and Hon. Jud- son Harmon of Ohio arrived here about o'clock this morning. They were met by large reception committee, and headed by band, were driven to the Tulane hotel, where the party breakfasted
 Later MT. Bryan and Judge Harmon visited the state capitol. where they made informal calls on Governor Patterson and other state officials. While at the state capitol MT. Bryan briefly addressed the School Officers association which is m session.
 After leaving the capitol the distin guished visitors were rendered an infor- nal reception at the Elks' club. At 12 0 clock MT. Bryan delivered a lecture on ''Elkdom' at the Vendome theatre At o'clock this afternoon luncheon was tendered Messrs Bryan and Harmon at the executive mansion by Governor and Mrs. Patterson. From 4 to o'clock this afternoon public reception was rendered the visitors.
 At o'clock this evening MT Bryan delivered a political speech at the Ry- man auditorium. Mir Bryan will leave here at an early hour tomorrow morn ing for Birmingham.
 Address To EIks.
 In his address to the Elks at the Ven dome theatre MT. Bryan said, among other things There is no hostility between the lodge and the home. I now belong to them all. including one the name of which I can't remember, I have oh attend since my initiation
 believe that fraternal orders lift one out of himself and cause him to think and minister to others. Others marks the boundary line between selfishness and charity. The fraternity does an important work when 1t teaches men to think less or self and more of others. Instead of contracting ones sympathies, fraternal- ism expands and educates
 The fraternity has tendency to min-~ ,mize minor deficiencies. The influence has been to cultivate charity and has assisted the church. The fraternity will help us to raise policies to higher plane and help us to work out differences on principles without injecting personality" MT. Bryan was applauded when he de- clared that he feared the plutocracv of wealth, esteemed the aristocracv of learning and thanked God for the democ- racy of the heart.
 Judge Harmon's Speech.
 Judge Harmon spoke as follows.
 The result of elections does not de pend alone on the ideas advanced hv the contending parties, but one of them sometimes holds advantages over tbe other which help to turn the scale. The republicans have, during the last twelve years, had two such advantages over the democrats.
 The first is a false pretense which circumstances have enabled them to use with effect.
 Just 15 years ago the wolf was at the door of a republican administration. The times were bad and getting worse, The public funds were rapidly disap- bearing. large amount of bonds were engraved and on the point of be- ing issued, but 1t was finally managed to skimp along through the few re- maining weeks.
 Then the democrats took charge. They found the bottom of the treasury staring at them and this pile of nice new bonds all ready for use. And as the trouble increased, and the crops failed and the income tax was over thrown, the democrats had finally to father those bonds in order to maintain the credit of the country. Straightway, with the assurance which only republi- can politicians can carry off. they laid everything to the democrats, hard times, bond issue and all.
 G. O. p. Claims Everything.
 Then, when conditions were rapidly improving, the republicans came back again and at once set up the claim that they had monopoly of good times and were kindly letting the country in on them, If you will come north with me will show you, worked in colors on factory roofs the words Roosevelt, Fairbanks and Prosperity which have