The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
HYPNOTIZED BY
BILLY BRYAN
Penusylvanians Eager to Clasp the
Hand Of the Boy Orator.
ENTHUSIASM ALL ALONG THE LINE
The Silver Candidates Tour Marked
by OvatiOMs at Every stopping
Plncee-CrOwds Struggle ut Harris.
burg aud Philadelphia to Reach the
Glad Hand.

| Huntingdon. Pa. Aug. 11.-Altoona
gave Mr.. Bryan rousing reception.
When the train came to q standstill in
| the station there, thousands of people
We're lined up along the tracks. Many
| others We're crowding balconies and
windows of neighboring houses, while
box cars and other points of vanta ge
We're lined with workmen from the rail-
| road shops. The rear platform of the
| train was not in an advantageous posi-
tion to enable most of those composing
| the throng to get near Mr.. Bryan. and
of all of the vast assemblage. not more
| than five hundred could crowd into the
narrow space between train and guard
rail. to places directly in front of where
the nominee stood. The Bryan and
| Sewall club. bearing badges inscribed
| sixteen to one" led the enthusiasm.
The appearance of Mr.. Bryan on the
train platform brought out mighty
| cheer. There was Il struggle to get near
him and much confusion resulted. There
were yells of Bryan" and speech" "
Standing at the side of Mr.. Bland. the
latter started to address the audience.
| He told them that the demonstration
was "A repetition of what had been going
on i'm Ohio and the west and said 1t
meant victory for the Democracy in No
vember. The crowd cheered Bland. hut
it did not want to hear him speak and
cries of bryant" Bryan" drowned his
| words.
Then eX-Congressman Kerr managed
| to make some remarks about the people
| Of Pennsylvania being with the people
Of the Democratic nominees native and
adopted states. Illinois and Nebraska.
in their unanimity for Bryan. This was
interrupted with more cries for the can
| didate. but Mr.. Bryan shook his head
and placing his hand to his throat called
out in husky voice: Cant, boys:
| can't" Then u rush towards the car
was made and Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan went
through the handshaking ordeal until
the train moved out at 11.05 o'clock.
Several hundred people We're i'm the
audience that greeted Mr.. Bryan at Ty-
rome. They gave him three good
cheers. Mr. Bland made a little speech
and Mr.. Bryan again gripped some
Pennsylvanians' hands.
Trenton. y. j., Aug. 11.--When Hun
tingdOn was reached at noon Mr. Bland
talked to the crowd numbering a couple
of hundred while MIR. and Mrs. Bryan
shook hands with those composing it.
Both Bland and Bryan We're cheered
Lewistown Junction turned out a small
crowd and the story ives repeated
There were some counter cheers fol
Mckinley Mrs. Bryan was in great
| demand at Lewiston and attracted
nearly as much attention as her hus.
band. One hundred and fifty people al
Newport cheered Bland but forgot tt
cheer Bryan 50 intent We're they on
shaking hands with him.
WILD SCENE AT HARRISBURG.
An excited, Overheated enthusiastic
mass Of people swarmed beneath the
broad roof of the big Pennsylvania sta
ton at Harrisburg. The crowd on the
platform hung two deep on ratings and
ran along with the train as 1t slowed
down preparatory to stopping. Among
the members of the Bryan party esti.
| mates of the size of the Harrisburg
congregation We're varied. Some placed
ii as high as 5000. Most of them were
gathered in that part of the station
where q brass band was playing but
the band leader had not calculated his
distance correctly for the train halted
quite distance down the track. A wild
rush followed and just as those who
had took part in II had reached tho
train the engineer started ahead again
When the train stopped people pushed
and struggled to get near the rear car
| hIlf hn ctIr nj nf hav h,,
their efforts were futile for Mr.. Bryar
had been conducted to a day coach II
front to enable his car to be shifted
When 1t became known that he was
forward. back went the people rushing
over each other.
chairman Hubbell of the Harrisbure
bi-metallic league presented Mr. Bryan
Cheers followed the announcement ant
a great cry of speech" went UP. Bu
Mr.. Bryan pointed to his throat ant
shook his head. Just in the midst o
the fast and furious handshaking II
progress and just as Mr.. Bland hat
started a ypeech. the car was shifted
again. Fighting, shouting. pushin.
with might and main, the people II
the throng around the day car sough
|
Hundreds of them were struggling OF
the track between the car in which Mr.
Bryan was, and the rest of the train
AS they saw the coach bearing dowr
upon them almost a panro -nsued II
the endeavor to get out of harms way
Men seemed to leap over the heads o.
others and some went down. But no
body was injured and the big assemb
lage. or rather the male part of it. mad,
another dash toward the tall smootl
faced man who lOked ten years Olde
than he did when he left Chicago Sun
day night. Mr.. Bryan stood on tn,
steps of the car and reached out bOti
hands to be grasped by hundreds o
extended fists. His white hat had beer
displaced by black skull cap that CAV,
his priestly appearance. While h,
shook the hands Of 60 a minute for eacl
hand, Mr.. Bland tried to talk abou
the great issue of the campaign but hi
voice was lost in the shouts of thos,
around the car. At last the train moved
away and Mr.. Bryan with relieve,
look, went back to his drawing room.
BLAND'S SPEECH AGAIN LOST.
Barring the shifting process. the Bry
an reception at Lancaster was quite a
widely interesting. The station wa
crowded with people to the number o
1.2O0. Mr.. Bryan stood in the rear plat
form of his car upon which had beer
returned to its original position at tn,
end of the train. The crowd shouted
and there was constant strug
gle to get near the nominee. Mr.
l3land's speech was again lost Tn,
only people who did not appear anxiou,