Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-30
HANDS TO THE MINUTE
Mrs, Bryan Folds a Reception in the
Clifton House at Chicago
NOMINEES FAST TRIP THROUGH ILLINOIS
Ten Talks During the Day to the
Country People aud Nine
Speeches ia the city
at Night.

CHICAGO. oct. 29.-Af;er a hard days
campaigning william J. Bryan returned to
Chicago tonight, arriving at the North
western railroad station at 7:15 p. m. A
crowd Of several hundred people met him
II the depot and cheered Justify, as he left
his car Mr.. Bryan had dined before reach
ing Chicago, and was met at the train by
the reception committee which was to guide
him about the city tonight. He entered
| carriage at the station and was driven
directly to the hall at which he made his
first address. The nominee made nine
| speeches on the north and northwest sides
tonight. At each meeting he was enthusi-
astically greeted by large crowds.
The Clifton house. where William j.
| Bryan received the news OF his nomination
| by the Chicago convention, was where Ms.
| Bryan received the women Of Chicago. De-
| spite the rain and mud prevailing for hours
! beforehand the spacious corridors and ro-
| tunda Of the hotel were filled with the fair
| sex long in advance of the time set for the
| reception. and the crowds stretched out into
| Monroe street and Wabash avenue before
| Mrs. Bryan arrived. The reception was
| scheduled to begin at 1880 and last till
| o'clock but It was late when the Bryan
| train arrived from the days trip through
| northern Illinois and Ii was necessary to
| prolong the reception beyond the appointed
| hour to give all an opportunity to shake
the hand of the wife of the triple nominee.
| Mrs Bryan proved herself an adept at
| Handwriting, passing the visitors at an av-
| erage OF thirty to the minute. For each
person she had a most winning smile. When
| II was all over she showed much less evil
dence of fatigue than the friends who
| sisted. Mrs. Bryan was simply but beau
| tifully gowned in black silk crepon, trimmed
| with white chiffon. In her left hand she
held a large bouquet OF violets The party
receiving stood follows: Mrs. Lillian Dun
| canson president of the Woman's National
| Silver leagues: Mrs Bryan. Mrs ]. X. Jones
| Of Arkansas Mrs G.. Washburne of Boston,
| DR.. Julia Holmes Smith. and Dr. Sarah
| Hackott Stevenson of Chicago, Mrs. s. ID.
jerks, campaign manager of the Womans
| Silver league. Assisting were q number of
viCc presidents of the league, the organi-
cation under the auspices OF which the re-
| cepton was given. The parlors where tho
| reception took place were eNquisitely dec
| GRATED with palms, smlaX. the stars and
| stripes, and a great profuslon of pure white
| chrysanthemums. Nowhere was there the
| slightest suggestion Of yellow or gold.
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
It was almost $3.50 this morning when Mr.
| Bryan reached the northwestern depot in
Chicago for his days tour in the belt OF
towns in northern Illinois. The train
| reached ElEin at 1925. He was taken 20 q
| platform which had been erected about 200
| feet from the railroad and there addressed
| a large and enthusiastic audience. MIR.
Bryan was introduced by !. n. Adrian, pres
! ident Of the Bimetallc club Of Elgin.
The train reached Belviderc at 1926 and
was met by large crowd OF people, most
Of whom were wearing yellow ribbons bear
| ing the word Mckinley" Mr. Bryan was
! escorted to a platform a short distance from
! the train and delivered one OF his character
| istic speeches.
1 Tho train rCnpbpl nj a in
| driving rain storm. 1t had been intended
! 70 hold a large meeting at the park, but
| owing to the rain the plans were changed
and Mr.. Bryan was driven to Germania hall
4 where he delivered a speech. principally de-
voted to an arraignment of the trusts, bond
| syndicates and capitalists.
| Wltn the train ah,ived at E-NaNford Mr.
| BryaB and his party We're driNsT in car
| riages to the Winnebago fair grounds, where
a large crowd was gathered. MIR. Bryan
was greeted with wild cheering.
Mr.. Bryan reached Forreston at 2i5 and
| addressed large crowd from the rear OF
his car. At Polo he spoke to another large
crowd At North Dixon, the nominee ad-
dressed a great audience that had assembled
in the public square, and was Justify
| choered. Upon returning to the railroad
station, Mr.. Bryan was Obliged to wait ten
minutes for his train, and during the mean
time he was subjected to an ordeal of hand
shaking. At Rochelle, at 4:35. the nominee
was escorted to a platform about a block
from the depot, from which he addressed
the most enthusiastic audience of the day.
At DeKalb large number OF people had
assembled In the main street, where Mr..
Bryan spoke from a platform. 1t was dark
when the train rolled into Geneva, at 5:55
but a great crowd had gathered at the sta
ton, where Mr. Bryan spoke to them from
| a temporary stand, lighted with two or three
slckly looking lamps. This was the nomi-
nee's tenth speech OF the day At Wheaton
II seemed that the entire town had turned
out. and it was evident from the shouts for
Mckinley that a large percentage of the
crowd was republican.
The last stop before reaching Chicago was
ma lie at haywood where there was an i'm
mense gathering In the space between the
railroad and the hotel. Mr.. Bryan spoke