Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-12
At NEW YORK.
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of harms way. Men seemed to lear
| over the heads of others and some
went down. Nobody was Injured in the
| big assemblage.o rather the male part
| of it made another dash toward the
tall. smooth faced man who looked 1C
years Older than he did when he left
Chicago Sunday night. Mr. Bryan
| stood on the steps of the car, and
reached out both hands to be grasped
by hundreds of extended hands His
| white hat had been DISPLACED, by a
black skull cap that gave him Il priest
| ly appearance. While Mr. Bryan
shook hands at the rate of 60 a minute
for each hand, Mr.. Bland tried to talk
about the great issue of the campaign,
| but his vioce was lost in the shouts of
those a"ound the car. At last the
train moved away and Mr.. Bryan with
a relived look, went back to the draw
| ing room.
| AT Lancaster the station was
| crowded with 1900 people Mr.. Bryan
| stood on the rear platform of the car.
which had been returned to it's original
| position at the end of the train. The
| crowd shouted all the time and there
was a great struggle to get near the
nominee. Mr.. Bland's speech was
again lost. The only people who did
not appear anxious to Join in the
| grand rush for the Nebraska mans
| swollen hands We're the women stand
ing at the other END Of the platform
| and the members of the brass band
| engaged to play patriotic airs, who
| were fulflllinS their contract without
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o l,e'',i o"N' II was essehilally a
N'Da " pi'," peopie' Morklhsiheh'
- - 49, - y i"e pressure
- 9'''i'S ma. SliohS men ana
N"ust' ~ llic crush ana
"a N"lS " "e.Hs trainpied uh-
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'l'V p'esSufe' thre" open the
CO. ~ ny Pe"ple through upon
'"0 i,'"''''H NJ IN wiz ruSh the
wv" p0uieu 'hiouSh anu reckless or
.h' Instantly shttlils uaihs' flsked
~ anu Iii'ip upon 'he tracks
iitV Deihoeia atic city committee.
ieG1e-o ps chairman curtey' was IN
"al'i"E 10 "eicoHie MI bfyan, as the
ri"lh pulieu INTO the station at 600.
ne crowd with cheer made a wild
iuSn ana 'he committee was swamped
- 'iic hu'iai tue ana swept away.
i'e'"ie 'iie TRAIN stopped the crowd was
SUI siiE up |" the slde OF the last car
an" 'hoSe IN the front swung upon the
SteIS at the RISK OF their hVes. Cheer
Ai''' cHeer went up as MI bryan ap-
pFaieu ON the pack PLATFORM ana the
tCSh TO get near MN was terrlfic. Mrs.
biNah leaned over the rail- of the plat
t"rin ana shook all the outstretched
flahus IN reach. 10 cries for speech
the ured nominee could only shake his
Nrau ana raise protesting hand
IN the meantime the city committee
succeeded IN forcing its way into the
car ana none to soon. as after stop
ol hIhe minutes the train pulled out
l'r New YORK ainld the cheers of the
crowd chairman Curley greeted Mr..
bryan ana wished him success eX-
pressing regret that his stay in Phila-
deiphla was so brief. as otherwise the
committee would nave arranged for a
ittlhS reception Mr.. Bryan responded
briefly and sank Wearily into seat
Mrs. bryan was presented with a
oeautlful bunch OF roses, the gift of the
superintendent OF the sub-post offices
OF PhIiadeiphia.
MI. Bryan mad requested that the
train should not stop at Trenton, as
ne was completely worn out but, as
the train was regular and was sched-
uled to stop, the railroad company
could not grant the request. 1t did the
next best thing, and kept the platform
clear Of all but couple of hundred
people who in some way got through
the gates The train stopped only two
minutes at Trenton. In this time Mr.
Bryan shook hands from the platform
with all those in waiting
Mr. Bryan kept both hands working
constantly. Sky rockets and Roman
candles We're fired and red lights We're
burned. Altogether the scene was one
of the widest enthusiasm:
Mr.. Bryan reached Jersey City at
$40. From there he was driven to the
residence of VIM p. st John, 121 East
.,ith street this cltN where @