Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
4 Gathering of the Faithful at 0'Meh Hall Last NiQht
 To Greet the Orator
Eminent Nebraskan Warmly Welcomed to Phoenix by All Citizens Regardless of Political Complexion-A
 Banquet, a Dollar the Price of Plate, Follow
 ing the Lecture, "The Price of Soul'

The address of William Jennings ! Bryan at the dollar dinner at O'Neill
 hall last night partook in a large
 measure of the nature of a strong
 ocracy. One after another MT. Bryan took up the principles of the party and showed to the satisfaction of three hundred of his staunch support
 CTS that the democratic party has not lived in vain. In the latter part of his discourse he touched on the tariff bill. He referred indirectly to the recent arguments advanced by Senator Bailey of Texas in regard to tariff on raw materials. Colonel Bryan was cheered to the
 echo when he entered the hall. He
 was shown to a seat between National Committeeman Nicholson and Joseph Dillon of Prescott. Immediately on
 his left were Governor Sloan and
 Chief Justice Kent.
 When he sat down everyone had an opportunity of getting a good look
 at the colonel. It was seen that the years have dealt kindly with him since he ran for the presidency in 1896. In
 fact. he looks much the same; little stouter perhaps. but his hair is still
 raven black. though his forehead ex-
 tends a little farther back toward his collar than it did then. He is still youthful: still fOrceful-and, what is his chief characteristic, a sense of electric force.
 After his introduction. in which he stated his appreciation of the hospi- tality which had been extended to him since he has been here, he spoke of the many friends he has made in his little jaunts throughout the country. and in his peculiar way added T would much rather have lost the presidency than the friendship of those who have helped me in my con- test for it.''
 He spoke of his early ambitions: how when a boy it was his dream to become a senator and of the later de- velopments of his political life. He referred to his three nominations for the presidency and then turned to a discussion of what the democratic party stands for.
 The election of senators by the peo- pie was one of the principles first in- troduced by the democratic party Then came the money question. It was the issue of 1896 The question of a silver or a gold standard, he said was only a surface indication. The real question was whether there was enough money in the country for the car .1r today there is a 30 per cent increase per capita in the wealth of the nation. but the dollar has a purchasing power of 30 per cent less than it had then.
 Tn 1900 we declared the colonial policy of the administration to be radically wrong. When the indications pointed to a disposition on the part of the republican party to hold the islands of the Orient we cried out against it. We insisted that the na- tion had no more right to hunt trade with gun than the individual has. Since then $500 100000 has been spent in an effort to ape the nations of Europe in their colonial policy. What is the result? The sum that has been spent is more than enough to irrigate all of the arid lands of the west Now We have islands in the Orient, and they tell us the Japs will get us if we don't watch out, and demand that We build navy three times the present >size to protect them"
 He asserted that the democrats were the first to introduce a plank in their platform enlarging the scope of the interstate commerce commission