Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-11-04
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 1896.
BRYAN'S VISIT.
Received by Several Thousand People
He Talks Twenty Minutes.

Received by Several Thousand People
He Talks Twenty Minutes.
The flying visit to Watertown of
William J, Bryan, the far famed presi-
dental candidate of the sllverites, was
the occasion of sort of half holiday in
town last Friday afternoon. For two
hours previous TO Byran's arrival the
streets II the business section were live
~ with humanity and loud with band
music, and finally all wendell their way
to the Northwestern depot, where the
Notable candidate and his party were
scheduled to arrive at 3:I5. However,
the show began earlier than expected,
as it was only about when the special
Erain pulled in from the north and
shouts of "There be comes!" were to
be heard. As the train came to
stand still and Mr.. Bryan stepped out
on the rear platform u ftis palace-car
ne laid his eyes OH Il crowd Of perhaps
3 900 men, women and children The
size of the audience has been variouslv
estimated, some placing it as high as
5000. but conservative guessers do not
place itany above our figure Perhaps
80 per cent. of the crowd DISPLAYED
badges on their breasts. either white
(silver) or yellow (gold.) 1t must have
been disappointing to Mr.. Bryan to
notice that over one-haif the badges
worn at his reception were emblems Of
the gold standard. but he seemed
nothing daunted and entered at once
upon his task. He was given a most
respectful hearing, and was not inter-
fered with in his speech by any
demonstration. Three or four times
there was some applause and shouting,
but it was far from being spontaneous
or hearty, and altogether the Faffair
seemed very tame 1t was evident the
majority Of the audience were not in
accord with his position, and even his
supporters could not arouse any en-
thusiasm.
Regarding Bryan speech it is only
necessary to say that it was charac-
&eristic one and contained nothing
new. 1t was virtually repetition of
what he has said time and time again
during the campaign, the main effort
seeming to be to create class preiudices
He spoke for twenty minutes, at the
end of which the train quietly and
Systematically moved on and the crowd
dispersed, ate. some mild cheering
On his trip through the state last Fri
day Mr.. Bryan made fifteen speeches,
concluding with one at Madison in the
evening Several leading Popo Gratis
accompanied him on the journey, in
Guiding ". G. Silverthorn, candidate
for governor; W. H. Rogers, candidate
for congressman, and G. w. Rck
chairman of the State Central commit
tee. A delegation of five of our citizens
met the party at Juneau, the gentle
men being j. w. Moore, G. E. Straw,
Z. S. Clark, D. Schwieger and A. c.
Kruger. Mr.. Bryan was introduced
here by Bro. Moore.
Miss Alice Mccall, of Ixonia, and
John Powers, of Eiba, were married at
g o'clock Tuesday morning at st. Je-
zones church, this city, Rev. Father
Mcbride officiating. The bride was
gowned in dark green and was attended
10y her sister, Miss Agnes Mccall. The
groom's brother acted as best man. A
reception was held at the home of the
Brides parents st Ixonia after the cere-
mony. The young couple will reside
at Elba. The wedding was very quiet
one, only relatives and intimate friends
being present. OconomoUoc Republican,