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Show BRYAN'S LECTURE IS ENJOYED BY LARGE THRONG OF ADMIRERS William Jennint Bryan, " who ha weathered two Presidential campaigns and is ready for a third, made his bow to Salt Lake last evening from the rostrum of the First Methodist church, over 1500 persons being present to hear him. The same bland smile, the same black suit and black string tie that have characterized him since he first appeared upon the political horizon hori-zon eleven years ago, and have become familiar around the globe since his recent re-cent tour, were worn by him last evening. even-ing. Introduced by Powers. Preceding the address, Mr. C. G. Plummer sing "The Flag Without a Stain," which was greetetf with hearty spplauKe. Mr. Bryan was then introduced intro-duced by O. W. Powers, who ssid : "Occupying a most exalted position a position to which he had attained without the assistance of wealth, without the power of the influence of wealth or family William Jennings Bryan has become thp first citizen of the I'nitcd States. His name is known wherever i.lals of true manhood I abound. He is respected by all wheth- er thev agree with him politically or not. owherc in the T nited States does he need an introduction t an audience. ' ' Mr. Bryan at once set his audience at ease with a humorous story. "It is not necessary." he declared "to bHieve all the chairman has said to love the man who said it. When I am overpraised T always think of the homely girl whosp sweetheart told her she was beautiful. She told h i in she was glad he thought so. and then re tired to her closet to thank God that love was blind. Starts With Damascus. After a few pergonal pleasantries he began his lecture in earnest, making the starting pMnt Damascus, the oldest city in the world, touched upon Constantinople, Con-stantinople, and Stockholm, the lat ter, he stated, he considered an ideal summer resort, situated as it is at the confluence of fresh and salt water. Mr. Brvan said that he found the famous rivers of Europe disappointing because thev are so small and none f the famous lakes, he averred, can com i pare in heautv with Lake Tahoe nt California. He told of the Land of the Midnight Sun and of Palestine, deploring de-ploring the fact that so few t"urisM visit the Holy Ind. Sermon on the Mount. ''In the years to come."' h' said, ''we are going to hear more about the sermon on the mount. Preachers h:ie , been preaching of immortality, and people have spent too much tim in pr paring themselves for the next world. Hereafter we are to hear more sermons on life and life's duties. Men are learning that true religion is to go about doi ng good. Tne Himalayas, which Mr Brvan stated he was astonished to find almost twice as high as the Rockies; .Iaa, Syria, and ( hina were all touched upon up-on briefly. The condition of hina.. due. according to the distinguished lecturer, to the teachings of Confucius, was scored strotlglv. Passing on to Japan, Mr. Brran declared that country coun-try is passing through a crisis, the re suit of a struggle f.r supremacy be tween the o'd and the new. the On ental ideas and custom and the Western. West-ern. Conditions in India. Mr. Brvan described the id ola" mu conditions of India, and the different methods of burial amor.g various kind of heathen. He said that the Japanese men had adopted Lnghsh apparel, bit that the women had not. "1 have sjenf twenty two years in married life," he said, "a iJTeat part of which has been occupied in hooking and un hooking. I think the Japanese women are to be congratulated.'' "I met rovalty abroad." said Mr. Brvan. "I suppose every town ha its 400, and. if tnere are ar.v such here, thev mav be interested in knowing how to get in and out of the presence of royalty; and. if any common people have slipped in tonight, t.hey mav be j interested in knowing how a Nebraska farmer go; in and out. Mr. Brvan gave a humorous description descrip-tion of his meeting with the ,-sultan ot Sulu. the Datto 1'iang and the Mikado of Japan. What he had seen in the Philippines, he said, convinced him that "our only excuse for haing anything any-thing to do with those people is to do them g'-od; not to make money out of them. ' Meeting With Czar. Mr. Brvan said thai his meeting with the ar was pleasant. because the Czar could "a Ik Knglis'n. "Ten years ago," said Mr Brvan. "I was called an anarchist. Now, if an, bo.lv knows an anarch'st a' sight, i t "s the ar. Vet ne permitted me to spend half an hour alone with him, and. wion I'm called an anarchist again, I s'eall call him as an expert witness to prove my innocence. lie tol.i of hi re. -option at the Norwegian Nor-wegian court, an.i -i 1 . i he felt like an idiot when he whs bowing anl rapine rap-ine bffore tlie Kitie ami Q'.ifen. whoso coronation he had wi'r.esse.i. He paid high tribute hero to I)omocr.v.i' instit ut ioni in America. He to.) of the Bppro.ichabiiit v nn.l HfT.lbility of King Kdward of h".ng!and. and paid a tribute to King Oscar of Mvr.iiT. whom he met, for not plunging his country info a bloody war when Norway seceded, se-ceded, lie discusAed briefly the fnter-national fnter-national Peace conference in London, which he attended. He paid a high tribute to rresiden' Koosevi-lt for his instrumentality in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan. Condition of Women. In closing his lecture Mr. Rryan drew corn pari sons between conditions at home and abroad. He einpnasi. ed the fact thaf the conditions of women and of labor are infinitely better here than in Kurope and in Asia. Ho attacked the marriage of American girls to the "remnants of foreien aristocracy'' for a consideration. He einphanized the fact that educational conditions are much better in the 1'nited States than anywhere else in the world. Mr. Bryan paid a particularly high tribute to the educational work being done in the Philippine islands, and praised the Christian schools which the missionaries have established in all the heathen countries of the Orient. In closing. Mr. Bryan paid a high tribute to his country, and told how throughout through-out his travel his pride in his native land had been increased and strength enrd. At the conciusi-vn of Mr. Brvan 's lecture he shook hands with at least "U0 peop P. |