The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-13
GIVE CANDIDATE BRYAN A NOISY
WELCOME TO MINNIE
APOLIS.
HE DELIVERS FOUR SPEECHES
WHICH PEOPLE OF THE MILL CITY
BOISTEROUSLY AP-
PLAUD.
ST. PAUL FROST is DISPERSED.
WOMEN DISPLAY QUITE AS MUCH
ENTHUSIASM AS THE
VOTERS.
THE MEETING FOR LADIES ONLY
Establishes a New Precedent for
Future Political Cam
THE MEETING FOR LADIES ONLY

If St. Paul's reception of William
Jennings Bryan was suggestive of the
marble heart. as is claimed in many
quarters, Minneapolis last evening
changed the order of things and ex-
tended the boy Orator from the
Platte" the new anatomical invention
known as the glad hand"
The record established in the Mill
City was new one for the silverites.
OF course it does not follow that every
one who heard Mr.. Bryan last night
is going to vote for him. Nor does it
follow that all of the skeptics were
converted, for it is safe to presume
that nine-tenths of all the voters have
their minds made UP at this late period
of the campaign. But for enthusiasm
Minneapolis established a very noisy
precedent. The people Of the Mill City
enthusiastically welcome great man
when they do not agree with him. 1t
was the man who won the curiosity
seekers, and both the man and the
arguments which warmed the hearts of
the faithful
1t is safe calculation that Mr.. Bry-
an spoke to no less than 10000 people
last night. 1t was one of his busiest
nights, and at it's conclusion he was
heard to say that it was also one of
his best, as he had grown to fear the
people of Minneapolis would not warm
to him. He took ST. Paul for sample
ST. Paul warns to nothing, except,
perhaps, coal stoves.
Mr. Bryan's Monday night record is
torium speech, $4,000 people; river front
speech, 10000 people; Lyceum speech,
$500 people; Yale Place speech, 5000
people: total 100000 OF this number,
Perhaps a third were Republicans,
sound money Democrats and ladies.
The remaining two-thirds were bolster
Gus. noisy and enthusiastic silver root
ers without pulmonary ailments of
any description.
The scenes enacted vividly recalled
the incidents connected with the Re-
publican convention of 1892, in which
the West hotel and the same auditor
ium were cradles of political history.
Another chapter was added last night.
Mr. Bryan broke bread at the resi-
dence of Senator Steven B. Howard and
his return to the West hotel was sched-
uled for $50 o'clock. But the meal was
somewhat protracted. Mr.. Bryan en-
jCyed the repose of a private family
after his tedious seige of private cars
and hotels and was loath to break
away Consequently it was nearly z
o'clock when the carriage, bearing the
candidate. Senator Howard and wife,
and Hon. P. B. Winston drove up to
the hotel The Veterans Bryan club
had invaded the lobby at $50 with the
expectation of listening to short ad-
dress from the candidate, but after
kicking their toes impatiently against
the tiling for half hour, the club
withdrew to the street and gave it up.
The Exposition hall meeting was
scheduled for an early hour, and all
preliminaries were given up owing to
the delay.
At 7:30 O'Clock the procession was
ready to start. The Veterans Bryan
club acted as an escort of honor. Wat
sons First Regiment band furnished
the music for the occasion. Behind the
club some 200 enthusiastic silverites
trailed along, leaving great dents In
0f 1nfr or
complishments. There were also the
usual number of citizens in carriages.
The faces of Michael Breslauer, c. Nj.
Foote, H. D. Stocker. A. t. Ankeny,
d. f. Johnson and others of the tried
and true, enjoyed the hack ride and the
honor of following the big show. The
line of march was illuminated by
Greek fire and fireworks. The crowd
along the curb discounted that in st.
Paul. but the silver forces in the lat
ter city explain this by saying it rained
on Saturday. At 7:50 the procession
| turned off Central avenue and stopped
| in front of the great Auditorium. the
grim walls of which reflected the glare
of countless torches. The moment the
candidate appeared, the throng broke
into uncomfortable enthusiasm, and
Mr.. Bryan bowed and smiled his graft
tude.
! The hall was packed an hour and a
! half before Mr. Bryan arrived and there
was not room enough left to hang a
side of bacon. The carpenters during
the week had restored the Auditorium
| to much the same condition seen during
| the Republican national convention.
and the seating capacity was fully
! 10000 while 1900 other enthusiasts
crowded into the aisles or hung like
barnacles to the rafters. Mr.. Bryan's
entry was the signal for a long yolley
OF applause lasting many minutes. Hon.
p. 3. Winston was chairman of the
evening, and he made hit in the
| berevity of his Introductory remarks.
| Mr.. Bryan's voice was husky at the
| outset. but as he warmed up to his
| theme, the hoarsness left him. His
| auditorium speech had many new
| features to it, suggested by the de-
yelopments of the past few days.
| 1t took the candidate an hour to say