Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-30
nnxAy,s CA,rPAIGN.
The Scenes Painted by Julian Hnw-
thoruc.


CHICAGO, ILL, october III hear II
suggested that a trip like this must De
monotonous. find no monotony In It,
There is a superficial similarity between
the rushing. jostling, shouting, eager
crowds that lire our way through the
pralrles and assemble in hundreds or
thousands at every station. Yet they
differ with an infinite difference
To each new audience or circle OF spec
tators Bryan himself is now the man OF
the people long looked for come at last
He is the seal OF his own opinions which
they have already heard or read anu
each word that he says that mas not
been said before is received with enor-
nous recognition and sympathy.
AS long as humanity Is interesting 10
human beings. spectacles like this can
never become mOnotonous. Never can
cease TO be affected by those outstretched
upreaching hands. crowded together,
striving to touch the hand OF the man or
their hope; hands knotty and gnarled, out
each one with heart in 1t.
Strange. unknown creatures shoulder
their way to the platform on which ne
stands: figures grmy with the SOIL or
the field and the smoke OF the factories;
men who never till now have teit an
interest in the politics Of their country.
They are poor men. but in this election
they cannot be bought. The buried Titan
"a bestirring himself. He feels dimly that
he is strong; he begins 10 realize that
nothing is so strong as he. He Is getting
TO his feet.
Let no one underrate the significance OF
these facts. Pictures worthy OF a paint
er's genius continually come and go. Just
now we paused for a moment at some
small wayside station. All that could be
seen Of the village was few lights
tvirlling against the gloom OF the sur
rounding prairie. At the rear Of the
train. round the platform where Bryan
stood. was jammed together the whole
populace Of the squalid little place, wild,
unkempt figures shown in intense con-
trast Of light and shad low by the lanterns
OF the brakemcn: twisted. homely faces,
staring eyes, grdsping hands. and the
light shOne against a red placard on
the side OF a board shcnty behind the
crowd. and on the roof Of the shanty half
a dozen figures stood. bending forward
in intent attitudes 10 see and hear.
They were outlined against the deep,
clear violet Of the eastern evening Sky.
Overhead hung a single great star. only
the voice of Bryan was audible for a
moment. IL ceased; a piercing shout
went up; the figures on the roof tossed
their arms wildly, and the train moved
away from them. taking their leader
from their hearing and sight forever.
But they will never forget him. and
many a man years hence. will recall the
| stalWart figure Of the silver candidate.
with barred forehead. black hair. and
| flashing eyes, as ne saw it for a moment
/ on the platform Of the train when he was
/ q little child.
! Nor can / ever forget these pictures OF
/ the American people, seen for moment
/ then forever gone. It has happened 10
! few Of us in our lifetime 10 see the
| sight.
The reception and scene at Alton, some
two hours from jacksonville, would
/ seem incredible told i'm frigid prose. The
roaring of the crowd outside the train
| long before the station was reached, was
] almost appalling TO hear. An open
square. sloping upward from the station,
was overlooked from its upper side by
| the decorated rostrum from which Bryan
| was 70 speak. This square was a sway
! ing wilderness Of people.
From them went up a voice OF welcome
| that must have been heard across the
! Mississippi. II seemed impossible that
| any one could reach the platform. And
10 address a gathering like this. 10 make
| them hear and understand. 10 hold them
/ silent and attentive, to win the control,
seemed feat beyond human power. Yet
| this was what Bryan did. and then he
/ seemed greater than the crowd. and the
!
Alton is but a type OF many But 10
may be said that the longer this cam
| paign lasts. and the better its true is
sues are understood. the deeper and UNI
| quenchable the enthusiasm Of the people
| becomes.
Two old college-mates OF Mr.. Bryan
were discussing him in the smoking-caI
I last night and one OF them said
lie would never go out with US when
we wanted him to come and make a
night Of Il. He would say that he didn't
| know what fortune the future might have
in store for him. but whatever n
was. he was determined 10 DO nothing
now which might IN any way impair his
! power 10 deal with effectively then"
The other remarked that Bryan. like
other men in college, was always re
| ligiously minded, but. unlike the others
he was always respected by those OF
another turn, because Of Transparent
| honesty and simplicity.
The boy in this case was father Of The
man. Those who see him believe in him
| His aspect and gesture as he faces thf
succession Of seething crowds that pune
tuate our journey are assurance q
| those who cannot hear him that Dr.
is a man whose deeds are the expression
OF his convictions; and those who car
! near him feel that MS he speaks so is he
And this is the secret Of his extraordl
nary and immediate power over every
| audience that he meets. Nothing les,
than the entire population Of the town.
| az which we pause turn out to WELDON,
him.
At Lincoln. where we lay last night
| the people began 10 gather about our cal
before the earliest dawn; but. respectinl
his need of rest, they maintained an al
/ most complete silence. At breakfast q
| group Of pretty women entered the cal
/ with fresh roses for Mrs Bryan. an,
then the hushed concourse found voice in
a gathering roar The broad square adj
joining the railway was impossible
The trees al Jacksonville bore human
fruit. and the telegraph poles supported
clusters Of men as flowers grow on tn,
cactus. Mr. Bryan's voice was audibl,
10 the limit Of the crowd. A local pauel
put on the train. by a grotesque para
! graph aimed at the silver cause afforde,
him a trail on which he based an ad
| dress powerful as the blows Of O. sedge
| hammer ard terse as telegram.
! At Bloomington he was driven a mil,
! through a continuous double line o.
cheers. At mining town further on n,
spoke to an audience composed OF 50 De
cent. Of miners and % per cent. Of farm
ers. and IL is safe 10 say that where h,
found one friend he left ten. At Joliet i
| was the same.
IL is significant 10 note the behavior o
the wearers of the yellow ribbon in thesr