New-York tribune., 1896-09-29
MR.. BRYAN HERE AGAIN.
FEW PEOPLE MEET HIM AT THE GRAND
CENTRAL STATION
HE is DRIVEN TO THE HOTEL BARTHOLDi
WHERE HE REMAINS A HALF-HoUR AND
THEN STARTS FOR JERSEY. WHENCE
HE RETURNS TO THE CITY-MR.
sEwAII. AT THE FIFTH

AVENUE HOTEL
William J. Bryan the Popocratc candidate for
the Presidency arrived in New-York late yes
terday afternoon. after a short but continuously
vocal trip through England. Arthur
Sewall. the candidate for the Vice-Presidency
arrived an hour and a half before. but nobody
knew that With Mr.. Bryan came a alf-dozen
of the keepers Of the Tammany tiger who went
20 New-London to meet him. Mr.. Bryan did
not stop at New Haven on the return trip.
The Popocratic headquarters at the Hotel Bar
tholdi were in q state of ferment all day long
From early morning The suite of rooms where
Mr. ST. John has been holding council and re-
ceiving objections TO his way OF running 'he
campaign for several weeks was thronged WIN
silver men whose ardor was great and to whose
speech there was end Many of them mad
come from out of town. and few of them bore
names well known to the public. BESIDES MT
ST. John. about the only prominent man in the
headquarters was Elliot Danforth. the chairman
of the Democratic State Committee.
Those who were there presented to the admir-
ing gaze of the reporters varied and striking
collection Of costumes and boards. Some OF them
were telling with unction OF how they Nad often
yanquished gold orators. and still others read TO
delighted audiences campaign songs they had
been inspired to write. and which they hoped TO
induce Mr. St John TO adopt and circulate. But
Of prominent Democrats there were extremely
few.
At the Grand Central Station. where 1t had
been announced Mr. Bryan would arrive at 40
there no indication of his arrival until fe"
minutes before the hour. Then the crowd be
gan to assemble. 1t was quiet crowd, without
any manifestation of enthusiasm. 1t simply
waited patiently to see candidate for the Presi-
dency of this great Republic. In its compost
ton were number Of business men who drop
ped in on their way home to dinner some or
them silver men possibly but most of them gold
men. drawn there by curiosity. There were sew
eral women in the crowd. There were also three
trucks. but they were not there for transporta-
ton Of Mr.. Bryan's speeches.
THE TRAIN A FEW MINUTES LATE.
The train was about ten minutes late In ar
irving. In the interval six policemen appeared
and banished the general public from the walks
beside the car tracks. Mr.. st. John and few
of his close advisers. however. were admitted be-
hind the ropes where they waited for the arrival
of the candidate. In due time he came. al!ghting
from an ordinary day coach. Around him were
the members Of the Tammany committee VINO
went to New Haven In the morning to meet MIN.
Among them were William p Mitchell, Thomas
K.
G. w Gibbons. Rastus s. Ransom and Wilson
w. Smith. Mr. st. John extended the glad mana
and the people straining their necks for sight
of the candidate. began to murniur gently. AS
Mr. Bryan pushed his way through the throng
of Tammany heeers the crowd outside the ropes
caught their first fair glimpse Of him, and the
murmur became howl.
The candidates progress from the train TO the
carriage that awaited him outside in Forty-sec-
ond-st was like football scrimmage There
were only about a half-dozen policemen TO keep
the crowd away. and they were not enough All
the while the throng was trying to get at MT
Bryan II continued to cheer. not with frantc en-
thusiasm but cordially Curiosity was depicted
on every face except that of Mr.. ST John Every
body was trying to get closer to the candidate
and as everybody couldn't, the crush was great
One woman was particularly insistent she car
ried bunch OF red roses and these she nnaliy
succeeded in sticking under Mr.. Bryans arm
but he struggled on quite unconscious OF MS oec-
oration.
Thus with Mr. St. John pushing and Wlllam
Pitt Mitchell pushing and 800 people yelling and
s,oy,ng tho candidate finally got to his carriage.
rrba candidate wore a light black overcoat. but
,oned nm closely TO his industrious chin. He
rose from his seat and. taking off an Alpine nat
.,rued end bowed to the throng. For one awfui
moment It seemed possible that he would MAKE
n speech, but at that instant an elevated raih
passed overhead. The candidate sat down anu
the danger was over. Into the carriage tumDied
w. p. Mitchell Thomas f. Grady and bernard
r. Martin Then the driver whipped up MS
horses and the candidate vas borne out OF the
cheering crowd Mr.. st. John and the rest OF 'he
Tammany committee followed in other carriages'
The candidate went to the Hotel Barthoioi py
way of Fifth-ave.. but there was no denlohs'ia
tion on the way down Few people Khe" 'ha'
the candidate passing.
Al the Rarthnlii crowd Of perhaps 200 people
lived tho sidewalks when the carriage drove up
~. prya, rose as the horses stopped and