The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-28
IN CLEVELAND's COUNTY.
One of the Most Enthusiastic Recep-
tiOns of the Campaign.

tiOns of the Campaign.
Buffalo. n. Y, Aug. 27.-No public man
ever received a heartier reception in Buff
falo during political campaign than that
given William J. Bryan tonight
The reception was in fact continuous
from the time Mr.. Bryan reached the
Lake Shore station at $3.50 O'Clock this af-
ternoon from Erie. Few meetings Mr..
Bryan has addressed since his nomination
was as enthusiastic as at Music Hall,
where his principal speech was made;
none was more so. From political stand
point it was considered Of the greater i'm
portance, for It was the first meeting held
in New York to ratify the nomination of
Bryan and Sewall with the sanction, NOM
inal, if not actual OF the state demo-
cratic organization; further it was deliv-
cred in the home county Of President
Cleveland. Judging from the amount OF
enthusiasm manifested when Mr. Bryan
defended the free coinage plank of the
Chicago platform the audience seemed
largely in sympathy with the financial
policy outlined, and at one point, where
silver was eulogized as a money, the ar
dor of the audience went beyond the
bounds within which it had been previous
ly held
The throng at the station when the
train came in, was great in numbers, and
it manifested its enthusiastic interest in
the candidate in such a way that Mr.
and Mrs Bryan were nearly crushed by
the pressure around them. Norman f.
Lack, editor of the Buffalo Times and
leader of the Bryan forces here; John Gu
neen, secretary Of the democratic state
committee; Chairman Cuddeback of the
county democratic committee, and num-
Der of other local democratic leaders COM
POSED the reception committee that met
TIE nominee and escorted him to the wait
ing carriages.
Men and boys ran, after Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan, howl.ng hilariously the name of
the young Nebraskan and the cheering
continued along The streets through
which the central figure Of the hour and
those accompanying him passed from the
station to the Genesse house
A large crowd was gathered in and
around the Genessee, and progress for the
local democracy's guest was again barred
for time. But by dint of hard work on the
part of the police a passage was cleared
and the candidate and his wife reached the
apartments reserved for them without bod
lily injury, and at the expense only of dis
arranged clothes.
From 4:SO until $50 people fairly poured
up the broad main stairway of re
Genesse to the parlors above where M.
and Mrs. Bryan were patiently going
through the ordeal of hand shaking at the
rate of forty a minute. Fully $500 men and
women must have secured the coveted
handshake
At 7:3O Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were taken
to Music hall where the principal meeting
of the evening was held. All along the
route the young candidate was cheered by
the throngs on the side walks and his
progress was marked by a continuous
round of enthusiasm.
Music hall has a seating capacity of
about 5000 Tonight people to the num-
Der of 1900 crowded the stage, floor and
galleries, while outside a vast assem-
blage, estimated at 10000, filled the streets
about the big building and waited pa
tiently for the appearance Of the candi-
date.
The entrance of Mrs. Bryan gave the
people the first chance to express their
enthusiasm, and they cheered her with
a will as she came into one of the gaily
decorated boxes with a number of other
ladies' Then came the man in whose non
or the vast crowd had assembled. and as
he stepped out on the spacious PLATFORM
crowded with many scores Of honorary
vice presidents of the meeting, mighty
shout went up. Cheer followed cheer, and
majority of those in the hall rose to
their feet, and by power of lungs made
the democratic candidate feel that he was
heartily welcome.
Bowing and smiling, Mr.. Bryan sat
down quietly and waited for the enthu'
siasm to subside With Mr.. Bryan on his
entrance were Norman f. Mack, his Buff
falo mentor; John F. Lenz, democratic
candidate for congress in Ohio; John Gun
cen, and several others
When quiet was restored, the meeting
was called to order, at $50 o'clock by John
Cuneen, secretary of the state democratic
committee Hon. Charles r. Tabor, eX-
attorney general of New York, was elected
permanent chairman. He read a speech,
but was obliged to cut it short because
the audience cried for Bryan, and would
not let him go on until he promised to be
brief When Mr. Tabor mentioned the
democratic candidate and Mr.. Bryan
stepped forward the enthusiasm came ike
a ra eing torrent and swept through every
part of the house. The reception given
Mr. Bryan on his entrance was not cir
cumstance to 1t in intensity. Men took off
their coats this time, not satisfied with
the limited emotion that could
be expressed with hat or
handkerchief and waved them
about their heads Many of the honorary
vice presidents forgot their dignity and
shouted wildly with the rest of the crowd.
If anybody used his hands instead Of his
lungs to express his feeling the sound was
lost in the mighty shouts that came, one
after the other, from the throats of a ma
ioirty of that audience of four thousand.
The enthusiasm lasted only a minute but
the time seemed much longer
When the last cheer had died away, Mr..
Bryan began what proved to be one Of his
best and most vigorous speeches. His
voice was so husky at first that he could
hardly be heard. but the hoarseness grew
less as he proceeded. and he had sufficient
voice TO shout out his sentences with an
energy that bore close resemblance to his
bearing while making his famous Chicago
speech. i was not a new address by any
means but Il was delivered in such a
manner that the audience. in some points
in II, was Wild with excitement
Cheering as they went, most Of them
composing the audience left the vast
auditorium when Mt Bryan concluded.
leaving only a handful, comparatively
70 hear Congressman sulzer and others
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