CRT WELCOME BRYAN thousands assemble to greet noted nebraskan Kebr askan on ills his return home friends of leader stand 0 on n streets of now new york for hours waiting patiently for glimpse of distinguished visitor new york such a welcome as sel bel dom in this count rys history has been accorded a private citizen was given william jennings bryan at madison square garden carden thursday night in the celebration or of his return from a year of at foreign travel As the guest of the commercial travelers Tra velera antl anti trust league mr dr bry y an was greeted by more than 20 persons who filled the great structure from floor floa to upper galleries the streets and avenues outside the garden carden were choked tor for blocks hy by other thousands who stood patiently for fo r hours for the privilege of even a fleeting glance at the distinguished visitor the interior cittie ot cit the he garden garde n was a waving sea of color every in the audience had been provided with an american lag flag and every cheer from 20 throats was accentuated by the waving of 20 staffs bearing the stars and stripes when mr bryan entered the hall the proceedings which had bad already begun were viere brought to a temporary pause while for eight minutes volley after volley of thunderous cheering tolled rolled through the teat reat building when chairman tom L johnson Joh rison in hils introduction of mr bryan referred to the guest gleat of the evening as the first clotien if not the first official of the land not yet the first of and mr dryan bryan rose the great gat gathering bering broke out in unrestrained cheering while the band played hall to the chief so touched was mas mr bryan by the welcome that as he stood waiting tor for the cheers to subside his eyes fill filled ed with tears and he strode nervously from side to side aide of the narrow plat form governor folk of missouri and chairman tom L To linson spoke before mr br braan an addressed the grea great throng mr bryan was presented at 8 40 the audleye was on its feet as one man the cheer cheering ln which be gin at that instant did riot not end until 8 48 8 and then only after mr bryan had bad waved his hands frantically in an effort to still the waves of noise whick rolled in aiom the audience and beat upon the tha speakers speaker a platform