The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-11

yvan &. Kelly, r 80 80,
J. Lawless, I'll and the others 'F"
lOwskl. I. iro"'"'
prominent, .,,,,tee started for Jope' :,
rms con', ~ afternoon. AZ soo', a.
CLOCK ia ,ro neople who "eic ,onarlv
49, 80 90, 10 work to prepa'o
for the reception - commissioner
,rbey tried 10 Induce inc .tn erection
- p1blic Works to permit ", ,,, ,yonldn't
az a st.nd on the lake 'front.'
have II. 49, vould get
cart and ,rot the candidate aro'" 49, Tho
nanv thev settled down to carry The
first propositlon which was ~ INV
snoech from the Clifton hotei ,,. long
rho balcony was decorator VIZ ,,d
striD of bunting and the stalr"as ,iisriv
the corridor leading TO II were s,. .,,,,o-
lifted up. THAT completed the "'i""9
mcnts M the hotel Al. ,ta-chlng
The Cook County Democratic Ma
Club was called out. and at
start was made for the station ~,
q,ho c,o,rd wns headed by two men WIZ
carried bright red flags. The only thlhg
10 relieve the anarchistic redness We
small letters i'm white In each spein's
Tho word Chicago. why red was CHOSEN
ne the marching color the sun reporter
endoovorod vainly 10 ascertain. HIS queI-
les were not answered a crowd had AZ
roadv Gathered and got the news that
tho train was thirtr-hve minutes late
because n had been held at various places
olonr The line 10 enable the orator 10
exercise his talents.
Tho notice were nj the depot I'm force.
There was n platoon OF mounted heh anu
fifty fo0tmen.
Thov kent those who got into the sta
ton moving until the regular train time
came and then one OF the committee VINO
had been LETT behind mounted a car pla'-
form and made a speech in when ne
said the crowd was peaceahle and fe
police should not Interfere with H. The
police took the hint
Tho committeeman went on and made
n campaign speech and sang a siXteen-to-
one song which caught everybody.
Tho First Regiment Band came along
then. and after that until train time
divided honors with him
II was frst s O'Clock when tho tran
rallied into tho station. The crowd inside
was pushed back again. delegation OF
tho marching club marched M the plat-
form. the leaders waving aloft the red
flags
7 If boy tfAAfA Ntht WIZ
end OF nle train n seemed an awfui
time 10 tho crowd at the head of the
platform before he could be seen march
Ing down. The roi flags were waUng
over his head and he was bowling ana
scrarfng and doflng his hat
Mrs Bryan hid his left arm ana she
was smiling and happy. When he had
gone twenty feet tho crowd set mp It's
first cheer. and n was n good ono.
Tho Boy Orator and his wife stopped a
moment and bowed and smiled. Then
they went on. The cheering and yelling
kept mp.
The police led the party out hv a side
entrance. and when the crowd outside ~
r sight ~ Bryan 10 set up cheering
that dwarfea what had gone before.
Two carriages. ono drawn by four
white horses. were Mt the entrance or the
station. A way was made 20 them. the
crowd scrambling. yelling. and fighting
Tor every inch OF ground. and the BOY
Orator smilinelv happy
Tho four-horse carriage was for him.
srd he was hustled into IT. Two mem
hers Of tho committee climbed IN with
him and another climbed upon INC ooN'
Then n signal WIS given and from
hundred places IN the crowd there far
al M n red light The procession was
| got under way az once New YORK SUN