The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-12
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
ATTENDED CENTRAL PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH
MRS. BRYAN WAS WITH HIM.
REV. LEE w. BEATTIE, OF MAN
Alto. DELIVERED THE DIS
COURSE.
RESTED REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
The Free silver Champion Prepared
to Continue His Talking at
minneapolis Tonight.

worship at the Central Presbyterian
church yesterday morning. and there,
within a stones throw of the Mime
sofa statehouse, he listened atten-
lively and closely to an eloquent SER
mon by Rev. Lee w. Beattie, of Man.
kato.
Mr.. Bryan, of course, was the cynO-
sure of all eyes, but both he and his
lovable wife bore the close scrutiny
ir a deliberate and thoroughly self
possessed manner, which was plainly
devoid of ostentation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan finished their
breakfast about $50 O'Clock at the
Ryan. and were soon afterward Joined
by James Hawthorne, of the West Side.
who is personally in charge of the en-
gagement Of the candidate. A large
crowd gathered around the hotel en-
trance hoping to catch a glimpse of
Mr.. Bryan. 1t became noised about
that the candidate and his wife were
going out for a drive, and the presence
Of a carriage at the hotel door prob
ably gave rise to this rumor While
waiting for church Mr. Bryan was be-
sieged by notes and cards from gen.
tlemen who wanted to shake hands
with him, and he stood for few min
utes in the parlors and received. But
Sunday is a day of rest and quiet for
the candidate and he excused himself
as soon as possible and retired to his
apartments.
AT 1920 o'clock Mr. and Mrs Bryan
and Mr.. Hawthorne appeared at the
riage. The party desired to avoid pub
licity as much as possible. so their des-
tination was kept a secret, although
many questions were asked the driver.
In fact, that functionary himself was
kept in ignorance until the moment
the carriage was ready to start The
party entered the church q few min
utes after and were seated well toward
the front. Services had not commenced
and the entrance of the candidate S
party did not seem to attract much at
tentiOn, as few recognized him. His
arrival, however, did not take long to
spread, and by the conclusion Of the
services, three-fourths of the people
in church knew Mr.. Bryan was pres
emit
Dr. Beattie preached from the text
Acts XVI, 10: "Whereupon, o King Ag=
rippa, I was not disobedient to the
heavenly vision" The theme of the
text was from the life of the Apostle
Paul 1t was g. plea for a higher stan
dard of religious existence. The
speaker touched upon social, COM
mercial and political life, and the lack
of religious sentiment connected with
each. He believes the church would
exert a greater influence if more at
: tehtion was paid to great moral truths
: and less to iron-bound creeds and dog
! mas
+ Immediately after the benediction the
. audience with common Impulse
crowded around Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
and an impromptu reception was COM
menced before Mr. Bryan had had time
to put on his overcoat. He was anxious
to return to the hotel, but made the
best of the situation. He shook every
hand that was offered, and all the time
edged toward the side door, where he
planned to make his escape. Mrs. Bry-
an was the recipient of equal attention.
Her face lighted up with a pardonable
pride as she noted the welcome which
her husband was receiving. She was
very nicely dressed. yet modestly and
becOmingly.
1t took Mr.. Bryan ten minutes to
get to the exit and during this time
he shook several hundred hands. The
party passed around by the side en-
trance to the carriage, and here an
other interruption occurred. Perhaps
thousand people had congregated in
front of the church door to catch a view
of the candidate as he emerged, and
he was again surrounded. He removed
his plain crush hat from his head and
resigned himself to another siege Mr..
Bryan, however, has the art of 'edg-
Ing" down to a fine point and all the
time he was receiving congratulations
and expressions of good will, he was
making progress toward his carria ge
Once In 1t, the driver drove away at
a good gait. AS the carriage started
up, one irrepressible silverite, unable
TO cork up his enthusiasm, shouted,
'Hurrah for Bryan" and unmindful of
the time and occasion, many of the
crowd took up the cheer. 1t was a
quick, short cheer, however. for the
rhrong Immediately remembered that
1t was Sunday, and that Mr. Bryan
was just coming from divine services.
The party immediately returned to the
hotel and retired to Mr.. Bryan's apart
mentS.
RESTED IN THE AFTERNOON.
After his return from service at the
Central Presbyterian church Mr..
Bryan did not leave his hotel. Lunch
was served for himself and Mrs Bryan
In their apartment. About 8 O'Clock
r. d. O'Brien and Mrs. OBrien drove
to the Ryan and after a short interval
Mrs. Bryan went for a drive with the
callers. Mr.. Bryan's door was locked
to intruders during the absence of his
wife and he enjoyed undisturbed rest
until the return of Mrs. Bryan, shortly
before the dinner hour.
At 8 o'clock c. D. O'Brien. Judge
Willis and l.. A. RoSing appeared at
the hotel and shortly after went for a
drive, escorting Martin NJ. Maginnis,
of Montana; j. w. TomlinSon, of Ala
bama; Senator Squires, Of Washing
ton: Col. Harris and John G. Brown, of
Duluth. The drive was about the city
and to Fort Smelling. the party return
ing shortly after dusk
Prominent residents of the Sixth con-
gressional district came to the city
on the early afternoon and evening
trains and went to the Ryan where
they were admitted to Mr.. Bryan,s
room for short time. Among these
callers We're e. G. Gridley, John Ar
mold Reyes, T. T. Hudson. chairman
or the Democratic congressional COM
nlittee of the Sixth district, and others.
At s o'clock 1T was announced that
Mr.. Bryan would receive no more call
ers and a few minutes later IT n
O'Brien reported that he had retired
This morning Mr.. Bryan will be free
to employ his time as he pleases. Col.
Tomlinson will see to it that he is not
z weafied with callers, and after lunch
a special Interuburban car will be pro-
vided for the party to depart for Min
neapolis. Mr.. Rosing and Committee.
man Rosing will be the official escort
and will deliver the person of the Ne
braskan safe into the hands of the
local committee at the West hotel.
Tonight Mr.. Bryan will speak three
times-once at the Lyceum to ladies
only. once at the Exposition building
and the third time at an overflow
& meeting at some point to be announced
by the local Minneapolis committee to-