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Show m at mum 1 Ttolks to Large Audience in the Maine City. 4 Portland, Me., Jan. 31. William J. Bryan was the guest of the Democratic club tonight at a banquet in the city hall. Mr. Bryan, with Congressman Lentz of Ohio and ex-Governor Altgeld of Illinois, left Boston early this morning, morn-ing, each speaking at a mass-meeting in the city hall at Lawrence at noon. Mr. Bryan appeared on the rear plat- form of the car at Haverill for a short ! speech to about 1,000 persons, and also shook hands with most of those in his immediate vicinity, receiving a bouquet in exchange. . . At Dover, N. H., where a large crowd had gathered, there was a little handshaking. hand-shaking. Portland was reached at 5 o'clock, the party being taken to the Hotel Falmouth. After a short rest Mr. Bran was tendered a reception in tne council chamber of the city hall. Following this was the banquet in the larger hall above. The speaking began at 8 o'clock, and as there was another big meeting at the Auditorium the three chief speakers speak-ers were taken In turn from one meeting meet-ing to the other. Ex-Governor Altsreld was the first, speaker at the city hall. ' Given an Ovation. Mr. Bryan, the next speaker, was given an ovation surpassing any which he had received at any previous time in New England. He said that when he came Into the eastern states he came among Democrats who are such without with-out hope or reward or fear of punishment. punish-ment. He spoke of his visit to Bath in 1898, and said he learned to love his colleague on the ticket for his sterling qualities and manly nature. "The eastern Democrats in 1896," said Mr. Bryan, "did not have a large share in making that platform, but they will have a large share in making the next i platform, which will be just like the last. I am glad that the time is past when either a gold Democrat or a silver sil-ver Democrat can lead astray any large number of jeople.- If any of our silver Democrats was to leave today he would take with him Just one person. That is all." Mr. Bryan divided the remainder of his address into three parts and discussed, dis-cussed, in turn, money, trusts and imperialism, im-perialism, in the same manner as he has at recent meetings. . Congressman Lentz, the last speaker, devoted hl3 attention almost entirely to the Philippine question. |