Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-06-09
BRYAN OVATION
FAMOUS ORATOR PROVES TO BE
THE CENTRAL FIGURE AMONG
SPEAKERS At ST. PAUL.
THE POLITICAL POT BOIlS
Gathering 10 Marked BY Distinguished
Array Of Notabies.-Hammond
Defends Congress and
Criticixes Bryan.

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st. Paul. - Col. William Jennings
Bryan, three times candidate Of the
Democratic party, was the dominant
figure at the banquet given in st. Paul
Before an audience representing the
Democracy Of the Northwest, the hero
of three Democratic campaigns. his
voice possessing the inspiring music
of old, his eye bright and his enthusi-
asm as keen as before. held his audi
ence late in the night and compelled
attention and interest by the sheer
power of eloquence.
Exerting the magnetism Of the great
orator. and combining with it voice
Of exquisite timber, Colonel Bryan
spoke to meet the interruption of ap-
plause only and held his audience as
though he had been the first speaker
instead Of the last on long and some
what tedious program.
Leaders In Evidence.
And Colonel Bryan was not among
ordinary speakers. The toastmaster,
Martin j. Wade, is a speaker of I'M
usual eloquence and of ready wit.
Governor Burke has been three times
elected governor of his state as the
result Of his eloquence and address.
Congressman Hammond is a speaker
of more than ordinary ability and
spoke on subject which had about
it more than ordinary interest. JOS
eph w. Folk, expounding the Demo
cratic doctrine of the elimination Of
protection, is man of wide reputa-
ton and there attaches to him the
added interest of his wellknown and
acknowledged candidacy for the presi-
dency. In F. A. O'Connor, the young
Democratic leader from Iowa, the au-
dience had speaker who spoke with
fire and purpose. Yet among them
all, Bryan was easily the master.
The Democratic dinner. advertised
as harmony affair designed merely
for the purpose of gathering North
western Democrats, had appeared an
aimless function. The only definite
movement developed during the day
was that in the interest. of Governor
John Burke, which expended itself in
meeting in the afternoon on the roof
garden on the Saint Paul hotel and
had the nomination of John Burke
for president as it's ostensible aim.
This was one of the incidents f,the
day, but above all this was the domi-
mating presence of Bryan. Where
Bryan was, there was the center Of
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Governor Burke, Congressman Ham
mond and Judge Wade, he left in an
automobile for Minneapolis to visit
John Lind, the Democrats watched
him depart. Later in the afternoon,
when he appeared in the lobby of the
Saint Paul hotel, admirers thronged
about him and shook his hand, while
the famous Bryan smile worked over
time. And at the Democratic dinner
it was the same program over again
and at every move of the Democratic
meeting Bryan held the spotlight.
Congressman w. S. Hammond was
in evidence but put damper on the
boom started for him for governor
by giving out an interview in which
he said he was not candidate for
anything but thought he would be a
candidate for reelection to congress.
ITO Be or Not to Be-"
In his utterances, he was cryptic
and non-committal. No one knows
any more than before, whether or not
Bryan will be a candidate again for
the presidency, whether he will sup
port Wilson, Joseph Folk or some
other man.
Hammond Hits Bryan.
Congressman Hammond also paid
his respects in subtle and indirect
way to Colonel Bryan's structures Of
the Democratic ways and means COM
mittee, of which Mr.. Hammond is a
member, for not putting wool on the
free list, by entering a defense for
the position of the house ways and
means committee, saying it was fol-
lowing out the direction of the last
Democratic national platform which
Mr.. Bryan is supposed to have die.
tated over the long distance phone.
from his home in Lincoln.