The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20
BALTIMORE WILD OVER BRYAN
THOUSANDS HEAR AND CHEER THE
BOY ORATOR.


No Room Left for Doubling the
Crowds Sympathy With the
Spenker-Twenty Thousand Per-
sons stand in the Rain to listen
to Him in Front of Music Hall.
Another Crowd of 5000 Hear Him
Inside the Structure.
Baltimore. Md, Sept. 19.-William ].
Bryan presented his Views on the fnan-
cial and other questions of the campaign
to the people of Maryland tonight. The
welcome he received was a demonstration
of such magnitude as Baltimore never wit
messed. How many thousands heard and
saw the boy orator cannot be estimated
with any degree of accuracy, but there
was no mistaklng the feeling of harmony
which existed between speaker and lis
tener, nor the partisan zeal which gave
excessive evidence of unbounded loyalty
to the cause of free silver.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan arrived in
the city in down-pour of rain he was
greeted by big crowd at the station, and
when he reached the little stand erected
in the center of the plaza fronting the
Mount Royal avenue entrance to Music
hall, he looked into the faces of at least
10000 persons who stood in the rain, tu-
multuously cheering his appearance.
For forty minutes Mr.. Bryan was at
tentively listened to by the great crowd
and frequently cheered. Then he went to
Music hall and addressed another aud
ience numbering more than 5000 persons,
which had, meantime, been entertained
by Representative McMilIin of Tennessee.
The two speeches were made necessary
by the fact that 1t early became appar-
ent that there was no hall in Baltimore
| large enough to accommodate a 1.-THE Of
| those who were anxious to see and hear
| the Chicago nominee, and 1t was there
fore, arranged to have an outdoor ad-
| dress to precede the indoor exercises.
The outdoor meeting was a free-for-
all affair. Everybody, without regard to
race, distinction or previous condition, was
| entitled to see and hear Mr.. Bryan, pro-
| vided he or she started early enough. The
| climatic conditions were unfavorable
| enough to have caused an abandonment
| of the open air exercises, but the few who
b gathered about the stand at 6 o'clock grew
| apace, until at s o'clock their numbers
had increased to thousands, who were
wildly shouting Bryan" The prediction
that $1,000 persons would be grouped
| around the stand was not fulfilled, but
the crowd was large enough to I'LL the
| large plaza around the intersection of
| Mount Royal avenue and Cathedral
| street, and surprisingly large considering
| the bad weather. Thousands had come
| from a distance, however, to see and hear
| Mr. Bryan, and they were willing to take
a drenching rather than lose the oppor-
| tunity of satisfying their curiosity.
Mr.. Bryan left Washington at $40
o'clock on the Pennsylvania road, being
accompanied to this city by a committee
of citizens prominent among whom were
Senators German and Gibson, chairman
of the State Committee Talbot, Congress-
man Rusk, A. L. Knott and others.
Among those who came from Washington
were James L. Norris, assistant treasurer
| of the national committee; Gen. Duncan
! S. Walker, Representative McMillin of
Tennessee and Gen. Josephus Daniels Of
| North Carolina.
The trip to Baltimore was unattended
| by incident of any character Mr.. Bryan
ate a small luncheon on the train, and
rested quietly in one of the drawing
rooms until the city was reached.
A large crowd of people were at the
| station to greet the candidate, and his
! appearance was greeted with tremendous
cheers. A Gordon of police cleared the
way for the carriages, and in the midst
| of a rainfall, with heavier downpour
| threatening Mr. Bryan was driven to the
meeting place. AS he mounted the plat
form the crowd broke into a cheer which
rose and fell for some minutes before he
could make himself heard.
After he had finished speaking Mr..
| Bryan and his escort were at once con-
| Quoted to Music hall, which was packed
| from pit to dome with enthusiasts. On
| the stage were 200 we'll known citizens
and the galleries were occupied by ladies
house contained hundreds of the demo-
| cratic leaders of the city and counties of
| the state.
| In introducing MT. Bryan Senator Cor
man said: 'It is my pleasure to present
the next President of the United States
| William Jennings Bryan"
| This applause and cheers were long con-
| tinued, while the Nebraskan stood bowling
and smiling.