The record-union., 1896-09-01

The members of the Madison Mckinley
Club, bearing their banner and wearing
Mckinley badges, marched up to the
train and gave three hearty cheers for
the Republican candidate. The train
moved out before there was any oppor
tunity for any further demonstration.
and the Democratic nominee waved his
hat at his enthusiastic opponents as he
speed on his journey
At Paynesville a committee of the
Cleveland Sorisis, headed by Mrs. N.
CoeStWart, it's President, boarded the
train laden with flowers for Mrs. Bryan,
who is President of the Lincoln branch
OF the organization. Ex-Congressman
Foreman and others from Cleveland
also joined Mr.. Bryan there. The
Paynesville audience numbered about
500 and showed considerable enthusi-
asm. Mr.. Bryan was called for speech
and in reply he said:
There is only one issue in this cam
paign which people seem to desire to hear
anything about. That is the money
question, and the great point that en-
| ters into discussion on that question is
| whether this nation shall have it's own
or whether it will let others decide for
| them.'
There was a handful Of people to
cheer the candidate at the pretty village
of Mentor, famous as the home of Car
| field
| Willoughby, farther on, furnished
amusement to the candidates party by
| the zeal and activity displayed by the
200 people gathered there to get a
| glimpse of Mr.. Bryan. The candidates s
car stopped short Of the station and a
! rush was made to get to the platform
I where he was standing. Unfortunately
! for many, a fence was in the way, and
/ over 1T men, women and children
/ scrambled with disregard for appear
ances. Most of them accomplished their
| object, however, and shook hands with
Mr.. Bryan.
AT CLEVELAND.
The welcome given w. j. Bryan to-
night by the people of Cleveland was
unprecedented in his campaign tour
from New York to his home in NebraS
ka. Beyond doubt it was the most
magnificent and most gratifying recep-
ton ever accorded to the young candi-
| date, exceeding in heartiness even the
greeting Of the city of Buffalo last Fri
day, and that was an ovation of which
any man might we'll be proud.
To-night's affair was more than an
ovation. 1t was something beyond
comparison in the series of enthusiasts
tic outpourings that have marked the
progress of Mr.. Bryan toward his
Western home. 1t was considered more
remarkable from the fact that Cleve-
land is the residence of Marcus A.
Hanna, and one of the places where the
tended to strengthen the influence of
Major Mckinley.
From the time he reached Cleveland
until he had said good night to his last
audience Mr.. Bryan was given one
continuous round of emotional welcome.
Arriving at the Lake Shore depot he
found it packed almost to suffocation
in and about the station, who cheered
and shouted with all the power of their
lungs in honor of the Democratic candi-
date.
All day long the interest of the vast
crowds that thrOnged the streets had
been whetted by gatherings on street
corners, addressed by regularly as
signed speakers, and the arrival of
\ yd1 contingent ITDlu 1dHIOH ana
other places had augmented the already
overcharged feelings of political inter
est. Excursion trains brought crowds
to the city, and it is estimated that
1000 came from Canton alone, and in
cluded in this was the Canton Bryan
and Sewall Club numbering 1000
Many Bryan and Sewall clubs came
from towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
nearly all having bands Of music
| Nearly 10000 people gathered about
the Lake Shore depot to await the COM
ing of Mr.. Bryan's train, and when it
| arrived they shouted enthusiastically
An open carriage drawn by four white
| horses was in waiting for Mr.. and Mrs
| Bryan, and in this they were conveyed
through the streets crowded with cheer
ing people to the Holenden Hotel, fol-
| lowed by more than a score Of other
carriages containing members of the
| local committee and escorted by sew
| eral clubs from many of the Cleveland
wards.
| A national salute was fired by Bat
| terry A, Ohio National Guards, as the
| train came in and fireworks were dis
| played all along the route to the hotel
More than 1000 cheering yelling men
and boys clung close to the nominees
carriage from the depot to the hotel.
and refused to fall back, despite the
| efforts of the police.
| When the carriage reached the Cen
tennial arch erected in commemoration
| of Cleveland's one hundredth anniver-
| sary the structure burst forth into a
! flood of light furnished by a myriad
of electric gloD,s.
After hat dinner at the Holenden
Mr.. Bryan was escorted by many of
the local and visiting silver clubs
| through the highways. packed closely
with people, to the Central Armory,
an immense structure capable of seat
ing more than 5000 people. But double
| that number were crowded into the
auditorium.
AS the Democratic candidate entered
| he was given such an ovation as few
men rarely receive. Cheer after cheer
went up, and the people forgot their
suffocating position in their desire to
! shout. After some, time Mr. Bryan
was allowed to speak.
There was nothing new in the address
delivered by the young orator. but he
put a fervor into his words and gestures
that gave the audience every opportu-
nifty Of venting its enthusiasm The
speech there was the principal one de-
! livered by Mr.. Bryan during the even
ing Most of the crowd left the armory
when he had concluded, leaving a com
paratively small number to hear Hon.
| NJ. A. Foreman and Thomas G. Fitz-
| simmons.