The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-21
HAS FINISHED IN OHIO
Mr.. Bryan Makes The Last Of Tw:nty-one
Sie,CaeS in RcKinle|'s State.
MANY EXTRAORDINARY GATHERINGS
The PcopIc nt Eancsyiilc stood Out i'm
tho ronriug Hnin Nearly All
Night in Order Sot TO Nils. .trnr.
fnS Him tee EniGcI McE&iuIcy's
Congregational Dissrict Ycstcrslu,.

Martins Ferry. Ohio, October 20
The last day Of VIM. j. Bryans Ohio
eamraign WAS begun by tie candidate
with very little physical preparation
Tor the speech-naking ordeal. He did
not get to he'd on board the Idlcr." his
SPECIAL car until after ! o'clock this
morhhig.-That was at Ianesvillc
where the people waited for more than
three hours beyond the time set for Mr
BryanS appearancc. and heard three
speeches by him after midnight
me idlcr was pulled out OF Eancs-
Hiiie at l:30 a. M, and waited on Il sid
inE near Bell;ure until o'clock. Then
II was taken to the railway station OF
that Ohio river town, where about
twenty-five hundred people were gath
cred. They shouted for Bryan and a
nand played Dixie while the nominee
was trying TO get an extra forty winks
But he did not appear until & O'clock
lie made short speech, and fifteen
minutes later the rtain resumed its
journey.
DETERMINED TO HEAR HIM.
With one exception the GAINESVILLE
demonstration was the most remark
abie in some particulars of any which
MIR. Bryan has been the central figure
The exception was at Aberdeen :. d..
where the candidate arrived ut nearly
O'Clock in the morning to find that the
three large gatherings that had been
expecting MIN during the many hours
his delayed train was endeavoring to
make nm lost time over the Dakota
prairies. had stuck, sleepily hut persist
emily. TO their places, and woke up full
of enthusiasm and good humcr. LAST
night the conditions differed I'm that MIR
Erynn reached GAINESVILLE an hour soon
er than hc arrived At Aberdeen but
when II is considered that one of his
audiences in tho Ohio town stood In a
pouring rain 10 hear him speak, and did
not permit the wetting IL received TO
dampen It's partisan prdor. the Zanes-
Vile affair may be considered the moro
remarkable after all
Many of the cNCurSiOniStS who wont
to GAINESVILLE yesterday tn hear the Dem
ocratic candidate had decided to leave
by the late trains. and We're Obliged to
return to their homes before Mr.. Brvan';
much helnted special came to n stand
Still ut ZancSville station. Many others
waiting for their tarins To 20 surround
ed the candidates car when il arrived.
and fearful OF being left In GAINESVILLE
over night, got rid of their bottled up
enthusiasm i'm the neichhorhood Of the
station Mrs. Bryan. although very
much fatigued, went with her husband
10 all three meetings.
1T WAS RAINING HARD.
The rain was coming down hard as
they were conveyed in a closed carriage
past cheering crowds In the streets TO
hotei, from the balcony of which he
spoke for fifteen minutes to 5000 people
VINO were seemingly unmindful of the
downpour. Then he was taken to a
place with the suggestive name OF Gold
Hall said to hold 2.50O. 1t was crowded
TO the doors, and the audience made uu
for It's long wait in ringing cheers The
third and last addressc was delivered
10 crowd OF h.5O0 in Memorial Hall,
equally demonstrative.
Then Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan went back
TO the ldler to the accompaniment of
more cheers at the station. The Idler
was attached To a regular Baltimore s.
ohio train that had been held for two
hours for Mr. Bryans accommodation
ed.
WAITING SINCE SUNRISE
At Bridgeport the second stop of the
morning was made. Fifteen hundred
people. some of whom had been waiting
since daybreak. heard him. Yellow Nc
kinlcy badges were the most conspicu.