The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-30
sPORE IN TIiERAIS.
The Weather was stormy and SO was
EnthuSiasi.

Chicago. Oct 29.-During the half hour
spent t Ere ,ort Mr.. Bryan made two
speeches 1t was raining hard when he
arrived there, and the meetings were
held In doors. Both halls were crowded
and despite the dow our large numbers
OF people were at e station when the
candidate and his wife returned, and q
very pretty incident happened.
A PRETTY INCIDENT.
A gray haired. sweet voiced old lady. on
whom fhe burden of years had fallen,
managed to reach the car platform and
looking Mrs. Bryan in the eyes, said:
Madame. / have ridden twenty-three
miles TO see you
Then she put her arms around the
candidates wife and kissed her.
~ brief stop was made Al Forreston 10
enable Mr.. Bryan to address abou, 500
people.
Ten minutes was the time allowed at
POLO, which WAS reached at o'clock
He talked to a thousand or fifteen hun
dred from the rear end of the "Idler,"
and from there went on TO Dixon. whe: e
elaborate preparations had been made
for the candidates reception.
AN ARTILLERY SALUTE.
An artillery company in uniform fired
off In loud sounding clnnon close to the
train as Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan allghted to
take a ca a.rlage for the speaking place
the pUIliCo Ol u motel, WneTe more than
10000 literally estimated al 1900 people
were there to hear him. Some OF them
wore the orange hat, but they did not at
temp any counter demonstration.
Rochelle was the next stop. Here he
addressed 5000 people.
SPOKE IN THE TWILIGHT.
The sun had gone down and twilight
was merging into darkness: as NJ. Bry-
an stepped from the train at DeKalb,
where about $500 persons were gathered
about stand erected on stree corner
With his ha jammed down on his head
and his overcoa, collar bu;toned close
to the throat he talked about the ar
guments advanced by hi: opponents
Wheaton was next. and n crowd as
large, II not larger. N IN that al Geneva,
the previous stopping place, heard the
most Interesting speech of the day
Mayw1od was the las. stop. Cheers
for Mckinley fol- wed the shouts of the
Bryan men among the assembage of
5000 who herd Mr.. Bryan speak from
the balcony Of a ho:el, within sight o:
his tain. Notwithstanding ;ne opposi-
tlon sentimen. the audience showed con-
siderable enthusiasm. The rain had be
gun again when the :pec!al pulled into
the Northwestern station al Chicago.
About a hundred people gathered
about the "Idler" and cheered the can
d!,la' as he alghted, Mr.. and Mrs
Eryan entered a carriage and were
taken - the aulto !um annex where
rhe rominoc hal no ch nee to rest before
starring out on his last tour OF speech
making in Chicago.
HIS NIGHT CAMPAIGN.
1t was after O'Clock when Mr.. Bryan
go: back to Chicago. The distance COW
cred in the dying trip was 2S5 miles:
Mr.. Il yam had scarcely time to eat
hasty dinner at the Auditorium Annex
before he was in his carriage. being
whirled away to the North side. The
i first of his evening spceches was deliver
ed al ST. Stanslaus Hall corner Bradley
and Noble streets. Notwithstanding he
was over an hour late in arriving he
found the hall t!Phtiy packed wi h peo-
PIE. The dis agreeable weather did not
deter the thous from turning out 10
see the cand.da.e and II was with diff
Guilty shat PASSAGE was made through
the crowd from the hall % the clrriage.
FINISHES IN CHICAGO.
Social Turner fIGll. on Relmon. ave-
nue. heard the candidate for a few min
utes at p. m. Lincoln Turner Hall on
Diversy avenue was reached n half hour
later and Lagos Hall at Clybourne and
Southport avenues at 10.
Mr.. Bryan was cneered by tremen
dous crowd In and around Garfield Tur-
ner Hall a. Ga field avenue and LARA
bee gtreets. He addressed them briefly.
and after another talk Of about the same
length at Nueller's Hall, 364 North ave
nue., In which the Bismarck letter was
given prominence, the candidate was
given good resi- while he was driven TO
the Norths!de Turner Hall on Clark
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