The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-26
BRYAN PUTS IN A QUIET DAY.
THE CITY FULL OF INTERESTING
"REMINISCENCES FOR HIM.

Six Years of His Life spent There in
school and COIIege-He Also First
Met His Wife There as "a Seminary
Girl-CrOwds of Curious Persons
Surround His stopping Place and
the Church He Attended.
Jacksonville, H., Oct. 25.-All church
going Jacksonville turned out this morn
ing to see Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Bryan,
and during most of the day the residence
of DR.. Hiram K Jones, where they are
stopping, was surrounded by curious peo-
pie 1t was in this old educational town,
with its wide, well made streets it's pretty
houses, its benevolent and scholastic in
situations, and all the other appurtenances
that mark the refinement of an academic
community, that Mr.. Bryan spent six
years of his life as a student, two at
Whipple academy and the rest at the
Illinois State College. Mrs. Bryan, too,
was a pupil at the Jacksonville Female
Academy, and the acquaintance which
eliminated in their marriage began here.
The candidate and his wife naturally an.
ticipated a pleasant day in such fmii-
lar environments and they spent a de-
lightful Sunday. meeting old friends and
talking with them over their college days.
Although Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan did not
reach Jacksonville until nearly ? o'clock
this morning, after a run through the
night over the Burlington road from
Quincy, many people had waited up TO
see and hear the candidate. Little rest
had been allowed the nominee in that
fast ride. He was awakened twice, the
first time to make midnight speech to
a big audience of torch-bearers and
shouters at Bluffs and again at Mount
Sterling, where neither the lateness of
the hour nor the fact that it was Sun
day could stay the enthusiasm of the
Bryanites.
The Jacksonville people, who awaited
the arrival of their former townsman,
were disappointed, for Mr. Bryan re-
NAMED in his berth and did not leave the
train until nearly o'clock this morning
With Mrs. Bryan, he went to the house
of DR.. Jones' and later in the forenoon
attended divine service at the State
Street Presbyterian church, where the
pastor, Rev. A. B. Morey, preached a SER
mon that had nothing in it about silver or
gold. The church was crowded to the
doors. A number of small boys and some
others, who were not so small, all wear
ing strips of yellow ribbon, followed Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan from their carriage into
the building. and gave a suppressed hur-
rah for Mckinley.
-Four houses of worship, including that
attended by Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, occupy
the four corners of the streets and the
congrega tons of all of these were dis
missed within few minutes of each other,
so that with the five hundred or more
people who had been waiting outside for
the two most interesting persons in Jack
sonville to appear, State Street Presby-
terrain church was surrounded by quite
a large assemblage as the candidate ana
his wife hurriedly made their way to a
waiting carriage, and were driven bck
to the residence of their host Mr.. Bryan
slept part Of the afternoon, and the rest
of his spare time was devoted to receiving
old friends.
When he went out at dusk, accompanied
by Mrs. Bryan, to take tea With f. Dun
lap a Jacksonville banker, with whom
he had been associated in local politics
while a resident here, DR.. Jones house
was the center of interest for several
hundred people, many of them in car
riages, who had waited patiently Tor a
long time to see the democratic nominee.
Tomorrow morning Mr. Bryan will visit
the state college and probably talk to the
students there about the time when he
was an undergraduate. In the Afternoon
he will make a speeck in the public en-,
! closure known as ''The Square" and at
| O'Clock viii leave on his special train Tor
| Alton. Many farmers drove into town to-
night and the chances are that with ex-
pected excursionistS to augment the Jack
| sonville people, who want to hear Mr..
| Bryan one of the biggest crowds thai
! ever gathered in this town of colleges
will attend the political meeting in honor
of the democratic candidate.