The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-12
BRYAN IN JERSEY
An Unenthusiastic Handful
See Him Pass Through
the P. R. r.
Station.
PLOTTED BY THE POLICE
Through Some Ones Blunder the
Candidate is Marched From
Slip to Slip.
pILoTED BY THE POLICE


President of the pirates, who captured
the ~goodship Democracy last month in
Chicago, passed through Jersey City
he would arrive at $50 o'clock, and at
that time people began to arrive at the
Pennsylvania station, at the foot of Elk
change place, but not in such crowds as
the leaders of the Bryan movement an
ticipated. Upon arriving at the station,
the people found every entrance strong
ly guarded by policemen. Everyone was
stopped, and in order to get into the
station he was obliged to say that he was
going to take a train. Once inside the
station it looked like strike times. Ev-
cry gate was guarded by a uniformed
policeman with a big club; the platforms
We're fanked by closed lines Of coppers,
like they do IN Russia when the Gear
passes through a suspected district, and
small bodies of blue coats, all armed with
side the high iron fence which divides
the train shed from the waiting room.
were two or three hundred people who
had pull enough to get through the
gates. They were huddled in g
small space into which they were
driven by the police. Inspector
LANCE and Captain Farrier rose
to the occasion, and were very much in
evidence. Beside the uniformed police
there were several detectives, both from
this city and New York, present. Peter
Morris. the P. R. r. detective, was also
there, but he kept cool and collected and
did not get rattled.
Inside the iron fence were probably 800
or 400 people, who could not get past the
gates,
Arthur sewaIl, the vice Presidential
nominee; Mr.. st. John, Treasurer of the
Campaign Committee; Senator Jones. j..
7. Tomlinson of Alabama and Jimmy
Oliver, ex-Duke of Paradise Park, New
York, took their dinner in the station res
t%aurant, and as soon as the news had
spread that they were present they had
an audience of from one to two hundred
persons watching every mouthful Of food
they took and passing m upon
their looks and manners Mr.. Sewall. who
sat at the head of the table, facing the
crowd, appeared quite happy and uncon-
cerned.
Shortly before eight O'Clock fart cheers
came from the crowd inside the fence and
soon Mr. Sewall and his panty came into
view escorted by Inspector LANCE in his
IiOSL 1l6SlerIlGiQldn 1IlallGT- 41Sy were
given a POSITION where it was thought
Mr.. Bryan's ear would stop. Exactly at
$40 the train bearing the great silverite
pulled into the station.
All assumed that Mr.. Bryarlis party
would be In the hast car on the train, as
is. usual when speeches are to be made.
When the train rolled In the police sta
toned at the extreme end of the plat
form had to make a quick run forward
TO get to the front car, Many of the pas
sengefs on the other cars jumped out
Write the train was still in motion to rush
70 a point of vantage for a good sight of
the free silver leader.
There was a crush, and the police had
hard work to keep the platform clear. In
the meantime the crowd outside was
pressing against the bars and waiting for
Mr.. Bryan to appear. A minute or two
after the engine came to a stardstill a
heavily set man, wearing a white soft
nat and a black alpaca coat, appeared ait
the door of the parlor car.
He was Immediately recognized, and
homts were heard IN every direction.
Three cheers for Bryan!!' yelled some
variations Of 'fhurrahs' and "hocrays,"
tigers" and cat calls. demands for a
speech and all manner of noisy welcomes.
Mrs. Bryan came in for her share of
eheered. Those outside were greatly dis
appointed because Mr.. Bryan did not pass
out by the regular way.
MT; Sewaal took one arm and Senator
Jones the other OF the candidate and i'm
mediaoely started him through the lane
which the police managed to maintain
through the door to the elevator Close
behind carne Mrs. Bryan on the arm of
Mr.. ST. John She looked hot and tired.
but was all smiles.
MI. Bryan walked with mis- hat in his
hand and q is to l smile on his face. He
bowed to the noise which the smaN crowd
made. There was no time for any pre-
tense ito order or method. AS soon as etbe
candidates.. party passed the crowd closed
IN 'Den.nd HIM and he was fairly swept
onto the elevator In spite of all the DO
hce could do the crowd pressed SO close
upon the parity that the elevator was
packed and damned before the police
gateman to close the gate. When this was
done there was still some DELAY. buf
finally the elevator began to descend
slowly, and MT. Bryan stlq smiling and
view of those in the station.
When Mr.. Bryan disappeared In the
freight elevator the crowd behind the
iron railing made a rush for the STAR
ways to the ferry entrance. PASSENGERS
coming into the waiting room from The
ferryboats were forced on one side. and
one woman was thrown violently against
en-. too, rushed to the ferry entrance
where by this time a large number ri
people were gathered. They poured in
boat, and what with the pushing shout-
ing and struggling the Bryan party had
the greatest difficulty in even emereine
from the elevator. Mr. st. John had or
defed q carriage to be in waiting at
this point, but there was no carriage
and there was nothing for it but IL
force a way through the living mas,
The police tried to make q road for them
and managed to keep the howlinc. str,1g-
Cling crowd from the party. 1t was q
miracle that some were not pushed into
the Slip.
Inspector LANCE and Captain Farrier
ordered the police to push the crowd
back from the Desbrosses street wharf.
which the organs, after d great deal Of
exertion. had managed to reach. The hoy
Orator stood wiping his red face with his
handkerchief and g0od-husnorediy shak-
ing his head In response to repeated
calls of Speech.
Tell us something about free silver
dried a lantern-jawed mar with no hat.
coat or vest; but the 3. o. Of the. Platte
wouldn't be coaxed.
All this time the crowd was surging
backward and forward, occasioned by
some extraordinary manoeuvres ordered
BY Captain Fred Farrier, who was not
quite sure what WAS the right thing TO
be done, so he told the scoppers to make
the people move on. First the police
rushed towards one slip and then TO-
wards af1other, pokinE their clubs into
mems and wonnen's RIBS and shouting.
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