Evening star., 1896-09-09
GREAT WELCOME TO BRYAN.
Democrats of Lincoln. Ncb.. and the
Surrounding Country Turned Out.

Surrounding Country Turned Out.
An audience of 5000 persons ne ,rd Mr..
Bryan yesterday afternoon at Lincoln.
Neb. He spoke from a stand crec,el on
the nortn front of the state capi: )l build
ing. Over his head was large photo
graph of himself, while in many of the
office windows of the building lithographi
Ekenesses of his republican opponents. Me
Kinley and Hobart. looked down upon the
crowd. They had been placed here by
some of the republican state officers, who
had locked the doors of their rooms and
taken the keys away. Bunting had been
used profusely in the decoration of the
capitol, and four white horses were at
tacned to the carriage in which the young
rominee was taken 10 the state house.
Seated with him in it were Mrs Bryan
Chairman Humphreys of the local recep-
ticn committee and Chairman Groot of the
silver party's notification committee. A
long procession escorted them from Post
Office square to the capitol grounds and as
Trey came in sigh, a salute was fired by a
local battery. Men from adjoining coun-
ties mounted on bronChos formed d pic
tIIesque feature of tho parade.
Campaign clubs in uniform and not in
uniform. big wagons covered with free
silver legends, carriages containing men,
berS OF the notification and loc Al reception
committees. interSperSed with several brass
bands. composed the rest of the escort
Mr.. Bryan was cheersd heartily when he
appeared on the stand. He found there
Gov Holcomb, John A Creighton of Oma-
ha, Ignatius Donncliy ana other prominen;
free silver men. He was introduced by
Chairman Humphreys of the Lincoln com
mittee on reception, president of the CO.
rmbia National Bank who was formerly
a republican.
The welcome Lincoln people and contin-
gents from other parts of Nebraska gave
Mr. Bryan eliminated last evening in a
demonstration in honor of his formal no.
t:hcation of his nomination for the presi-
dency by the national silver party From
the time Mr.. Bryan reached the city until
tne tlred crowds retired from the streets
at a late hour last night, there was parad-
ing galore through the streets of the capi-
tai city by local and visiting campaign
clubs. nearly all with brass bands in front
@ mere was an escort procession from the
Burlington depot to Mr.. Bryan's residence;
another procession that accompanied the
candidate to : mass meeting in the state
house grounds in the afternoon, and the
tnlrd ara greatest preceding the notifica-
tlCn ceremonies.
Mr.. Bryan and George A Groot chair
man OF the notification committee, and
Norris Humphreys of Lincoln rode together
IN the midst OF the night parade. Men in
white duck uniforms carrying fiamheaus
termed picturesque part of the display
There Were members Of the silver clubs
from Lincoln and elsewhere in the state
Nearly. II not quite. thousand mounted
n en- were in line, and these, with the silver
capped organizations, iii ed off sky rockets
and Roman candles as they proceeded from
the Post Office So, are along the principal
streets to the state house.
All those members of the notifica ton com
mlttee who went to Lincoln to attend the
&C ceremonies were seated on the platform
erected in the north front OF the capt. oil
building when Mr.. Bryan arrived. They
suffering greatly from the annoyance
caused by thousands of small gnats, at
tracted by The brilliant glare of large cleo
trio lamp that hung over the stand. Sew
~lI,
ing unable to bear longer the myriads of
frantic insects. With the arrival of the
tcrchight procession the crowd gathered
about the capitol was Increased tenfOid. Ii
emed many times larger than the audi
ence of 300 that listened to Mr.. Bryan in
the afternoon. 1t was 1920 o'clock before
Mr.. Groot's long address was concluded.
Mr.. Bryan was immo odiately presented and