The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-08

LINCOLN, Aug. THE Bryan tour
through the east was inaugurated at
2 O'clock this afternoon, under de-
cided1y favora bile conditions and aus
pices.
1t was day of torrid temperature.
but long before the time for the de-
parture of the Bryan party the Rock
Island depot platform was crowded,
and when the carriage containing Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan drove up, a. round of
cheers went up from a thousand
throats.
AS the train pulled out, anxious peo-
pie j0stled each other without COM
Function as they pressed around their
honored fellow citizen, and eagerly
grasped his hand and chung to it long
enough TO breathe a feTyent God
speed for himself and his mission.
Children were carried along by the
pressure Of the crowd, and their child
ish voices could be heard above the
uTroar in familiar greeting:
GOODBYE, Mr.. BRYAN"
Lots of them were successful in
reaching his hands before he boarded
the train, which pulled in several min
.utes ahead of time in anticipation of
the delay of the leave taking.
After Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan had en-
tered the car there was a request for
them to appear upon the rear platform,
which they did. AS Mr.. Bryan APP
peared the handshaking was renewed,
and in response to continued and per-
sistent calls for a speech, Mr.. Bryan
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In ordinary
times l would have desired to have
the notification take place at my home,
but this is not an ordinary campaign,
Ill
above any personal desire we might
have, and therefore expressed the de-
sire TO be notified in New York, in
order that our cause might be pre-
sented in the heart Of what now seems
to be
THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY,
but which we hope to be our country
before the campaign is over. (Grea
applause and cheers.)
Il appreciate the kindness whic'- the
nedghbors have shown, and all IT,.
can promise you is that whether what
l do meets with your approval or not.
1 shall do my duty as ! see it and
accept all consequences which may
follow" Enthusiastic cheering and
applause)
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were allotted the
drawing-room of the Pullman coach,
every section of which was occupied.
As the train drew away from the sta
ton a thousand futtering handker-
chiefs waved q parting adieu, the fond
sincerity of which was attested in
many ways. Many men, women and
children rushed along the platform as
the train moved by and persisted in
prolonging the ordeal of handshaking.
"A crowd of boys did not. stop when
the platform was passed. and the lad
who was most reluctant to give up
the chase was rewarded with a Bryan
button, which was
THROWN TO HIM BY Mr.. BRYAN
in lieu of the handclasp he was unable
to win. There were a hundred car
riages around the station, and in the
midst of the excitement a team ran
away.
The first stop was at Murdoch, Neb.,
a. small way station, where a crowd
of about fifty men and boys were at
the depot Mr.. Bryan stood upon the
rear platform and waved a, greeting
at them; but one silver Republican, a
cripple, persisted in climbing upon the
moving train and shaking hands with
him. AS usual Mr.. Bryan was able TO
greet him by name.
The train stopped but a moment at
South Bend. where a dozen men con-
versed with Mr.. Bryan through the
car window, informing him that most
of the party were silver Republicans.
AT Albright about fifty people were
assembled. One old lady chung to
Mr.. Bryan's hand as she shouted:
Mr.. Bryan, 1 hollored for We UP in
Omaha, and am holleTin' yet
About twenty men boarded the train
to accompany the party to Omaha.
As many more got aboard at South
Omaha, and it appeared as if Mr..
Bryan knew every one of them per-
sonally.