Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-28
BRYAN DAY In DENVER.
A Santa Fe Representative On What
Was Seen and Heard at the Great
COmmOners Reception.

To the Editor of the New Mexican
Denver, Nov. 25.-Who says that Will
lam Jennings Bryan was not elected
Surely nobody believes such an absurdity
who saw his radiant face in Denver yes
terday and saw the acres and acres o
human beings who filled the air with en-
thusiastic shouts of welcome! And i
Mark Hanna could have seen the samt
sight he would have said again to hi
Napoleon las he was recently picturea)
"Faith, Mac, an 1 thought we hai
licked that felloww
But for ''licked" candidate Mr.. Bryan
certainly showed up remarkably pert
There is no sort of doubt but he has sue
ceeded in the difficult and heroic task oi
plucking feather of triumph from the
ragged wings of defeat, aad we, his
friends, glory in the way he wears it. II
is an old truth that anyone can endure
victory, but it takes hero to bear defeat
gracefully.
Everybody here, from the raggedest
newsboy to the loveliest lady in the city
delighted in doing Mr.. Bryan honor, and
as he said in his deep qualification over
his welcome, had he been elected the ova.
tion might easily have been accounted
for, but coming as he did defeated can.
| didate, with no favors to distribute
I his autograph of no more account than
that of any other private citizen-and
having only gratitude to return, it meant
much, indeed, to him.
In Switzerland, one of the best gov
erned countries in the world, the custom
is to vote by cantons, what we call cleo
toral votes by states; but in matters OF
deep import and hot dispute subjects in
controversy are submitted to the people
| by popular vote. It occurs to one, in
contem plating the late struggle, why not
do the same in this corntry? 1t seems a
trife hard that Colorado, that can get out
a street demonstration of fully 100000
people should have only four votes in the
electoral college.
The women's reception to Mr.. Bryan
in the rotunda of the Brown Palace was
especially significant when we take into
account that each Colorado woman pres
ent was empowered to cast a vote with as
much electoral force as Cleveland him
self. The floral, flag and bunting decora-
tions we're superb, and at each side we're
immense pictures of the honored guest
draped in voluminous folds of Old Glory.
The balconies for six or eight stories up
were packed with women, and the lower
floor was something crushing. Millinery
ard other bodily decorations suffered
quite alarmingly in some instances, and
not few expressed fears of pressed meat
demises; but my one should never grumble
in crowd until you hear rib crack. In
that event, of course, you have to give
yourself some attention, and in nine
cases ont of ten it is a lucky break, for
you generally faint and are carried ont,
which is much easier way out of the
crush than the usual "yendo en- ell caballo
vallo."
Any number of men entered the crowd,
as teres 40 oftea insinuHte themselves
among the wheat, and started in the most
cavalier manner to elbow their way to
the speakers stand; but the omnipresert
policemen was equal to the various
emergencies. They didn't literally "yank"
them out, out of consideration to the
feelings of ladies inclined to fainting fits,
but the way they took hold of them and
hissed "this is ladies' day!" in their ears
sounded awfully like "git" and they
SCOT" quite amiablY. The hero of the
day was left alone to enjoy the more or
less enviable position of the most ran
after man in town.
Everybody who could get to the stand
shook hands with him and he beamed
upon US in the most genial and delight
full manner, truly as pleased man rs the
city held. Once the idea got loose in
the crowd land how it ever did in such a
jam will remain mystery that Mr..
Bryan was really elected, after all, and
one woman crowded back to shake hands
with him again.
He s trife thinner than when he was
in Santa Fe and there are one or two too
many grey hairs in his black looks for
suck "boy," but then I supposs he must
play shinney and steal eggs at Easter
time like the rest OF the urchins in LIN
coin, though he doesn't really look like it;
and his deep eyes and strong Roman
suggest rather the old time quo.
tation: "The noblest Roman of them alp
spoke of the massive jaw of |
the man! My gracious friend! and where,
pray, would be our next president but
for the massive strength and endurance
of that same jaw? And it never rose or
fell over a foolish or ignoble utterance
during the whole summer!
The scenes in Denver on Tuesday we're
but a repetition of the seasons canvass.
Speech after speech was made and ova-
lion followed ovation. The reception by
The school children at the capitol grounds
in the afternoon was magnificent, and
girls and boys shouted themselves hoarse
who will swell Mr.. Bryan's majority in
1900. 1t was all little loud, not to say
leafening at times, but if it will only
,old out We will not complain of a few
broken ear drums now. Little screaming
lewsboys crowded around with the most
boquets and literally filled the
carriage with them and the genial gentle
nan leaned forward and shook every
title dirty hand extended.
We are reminded right here that Thos.
efferson was defeated by John Adams in
I796, and four years later he routed old
John. History often repeats itself, and
What more fitting and natural in the
course of human events" than that 1t
should do 80 ON the centennial anniver-
,sry in November 1900! Wellington
fought many difficult and discouraging
battle before he reached his Waterloo,
but he got there just the same and he
was only three years older then than our
wellington of to-day will be four years
hence when he will send Mark Hanna's
Napoleon back to entertain his friends