The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-23

Peace" before a Chautauqua audience
in the city opera house on Wednesday
morning which packed the building.
He prefaced his lecture with thirty
minutes address on the political is
sues of the day, in which he told of
what had been accomplished by the
Democratic party and of the vindica-
ton Of the party in the triumph OF
| che righteous causes for which it had
stood, these causes having forced
themselves upon a. reluctant majority
and forced that majority to acknowl-
edge them as the will Of the people.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for more than an
hour and half. His audience at
times broke into spontaneous ap-
plause. During every minute of his
talk he held the close and undivided
{ attention of every hearer.
MIR. Bryan reached NeWberry ON the
Southern train from Columbia at 9
O'Clock Wednesday morning. He was
accompanied from Columbia by Gov.
| and Mrs. Cole. L. Blease and Mr.. 3.
H. Aull. He was driven to the Crot-
well hotel, where at $50 o'clock an
impromptu reception was rendered
him. Following his address in the
opera house he had bare time to re-
turn to his hotel and reach the depot
by the time for the departure OF his
train. He left Oh the c., N. & l.. at
1856, going to Chester.
Notwithstanding the strain of from
two to three lectures a day which he
has been under since he has been IN
South Carolina, Mr.. Bryan was in fine
form on Wednesday morning, and in
his political address there was as
much fire and in his handshakes there
seemed to be as much warmth and
friendliness as during his three cam
paigns for the presidency. Some OF
those who have heard many OF Mr.
Bryan's speeches both in his younger
and later days have said that his voice
has lost much of the charm and melo-
dy which it possessed when he made
the famous address in the national
Democratic convention which secured
for him the nomination for the presi-
dency. The writer has heard Mr.. Bry-
an In two political speeches sever
al years ago, and if his voice has
lost any of it's charm from the con-
slant use to which it has been put, !
# is very, very Little.
Mr.. Bryan is a magnetic man and
magnetic speaker. He seemed to be !
glad to meet the people of Newberry !
and to shake their hands-the people
who have been devoted in their loyalty
to him and to the party.
In the beginning Of his address, MI.
Bryan spoke of the benefits of Chau-
taoua, and said that he trusted the
support given to the Chautauqua here
would be such as to ensure its per-
manent retention as part of the year
ly program.
Mr.. Bryan said he thought he would
preface his religious speech with a
little politics.
"The reason why it is so easy now"
said Mr.. Bryan, ITO get me to turn
aside from politics and to discuss 9TH
er questions is that there are SO many |!
Republicans now who are making the
speeches that We Democrats used to
make that We don't have to spend so
much time on politics as We used to.
And it is a very gratifying thing. In !
fact, 1 have been enjoying myself the
last few years more than I ever did
before in poliics-and I have had
reasonably good time all my life. But
it has been more than good time
the last few years. Ever since Mr..
Roosevelt began to show familiarity
with the planks of our platform I have
been feeling good.
81 was in Washington just after he
began to borrow from us. He was at
tending a banquet as the chief guest,
and was also present, and the boys
these newspaper boys, who gave the
banquet-Were joking him from the
beginning of the meeting to the end
about what he had taken from our
platform, and when it came my time
7 ;oked him, too. l mentioned some