The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-01
The World Correspondent Re
vises His Or inion.
DESCRIPTION Of BRYAN
Stirred thu Depths of Chicago
and Alarmed Republicans.
WHAT Mr.. BRYAN EATS DAY
Has Had No Stimulants, TONES or Doc
tors, Only Cola Baths, Natural Sleep
and Hearty Meals Mrs. 5rYan's
Programme After Election.

Programme After Election.
/ Especial from a World Staff Cores
pondent)
Chicago, oct, 28.-All through this
hot, breathless day and far into the
night, Mr.. Bryan has moved from one
audience to another in Chicago, fight
ing for the Presidency with a power,
persistence and eloquence that place
him foremost among the political cam
/ paigners of the age.
He has stirred the depths of the great
city and alarmed the Republican man
! ayers. No man who witnessed to-day
scenes can doubt that the young leader
is the hero of the Chicago working
men.
The spectacle at the stOck-yards this
afternoon was thrilling. Fully $4,000
men were assembled in a solid mass.
The sum was sinking like a red flame
beyond gigantic black masses of drift
ing smoke that bIotted out everything
but the strange solar glare, and the
last rays shone upon the figure of the
orator where he stood, high above the
shouting multitude, like one inspired.
Every man in that frenZied crowd was
a labOrer.
NO DOCTORS-NO TONES.
When MIR. Bryan arose this morning
there was a throng of politicians wait
ing in his hotel to see him. He soused
himself in cold water and rubbed him
self with a rough towel until the masses
of muscle ON his breast and back were
pink 1t was his only preparation for
the great battle He drank no stimu-
lants
The most wonderful thing about this
wonderful man is that he has endured
the strain of this campaign and kept
himself fresh without the aid of doctors
or tonics. He sleeps the deep sleep of a
child and eats with the appetite of
plouglhman. The members Of the party
accompanying him are exhausted by
the mere effort of travel, but Mr.. Bryan
seems to be as strong as ever.
The extraordinary endurance he has
shown iustifies me in giving the public
some idea Of the food he lives on. Here
are the meals he ate to-day:
Breakfast-A big sirloin steak, a
baked potato. a dish of sliced tomatoes
sprinkled with vinegar, two mullins
and a cup Of coffee.
Lunch-A plate of gumbO soup, a
slice of cold ham and a slice OF beef
tongue, sliced tomatoes and a cup Of
coffee.
Dinner-A half dozen of Saddle Rock
oysters, two plates of mock turtle soup,
a large slice of roast beef, potato
salad, a pear and a cup of coffee.
Midnight Supper-A bowl of bread
and milk and bunch of grapes.
Mr.. bryan made his greatest effort
of the day at the business mems meet
ing in the Armory of Battery d. The
huge hall was packed, and a crowd of
about 10000 waited outside. There
were business men ON the platform,
but the audience was made up largely
of workingmen. The business men of
Chicago are almost a unit against free
silver
So great was the crush in the build
| ing that scores of men climbed up the
| pillars supporting the roof and
! perched themselves like sailors in the
iron rigging
Mr. Bryan had announced in advance
that he would make a speech that
would hurt. When he came into the
hall the great audience seemed to go
mad. But before he had left the build
ing he had learned something.
EARLY in the campaign he refused
to make the antitrust idea prominent,
because he feared it would lessen the
importance of the money question.
Yet he saw a sight there that must
have astonished him.
The crowd applauded his attacks on
] the money and the gold stand
ard. 1t roared it's approval of free sill
YER but when he uttered a threat
against the trusts the response was
terrific.
That moment dwarfed everything
else. 1T showed plainly that the ha-
tired of trusts was deeper than the love
of free silver.
They tell you that / stand for law
Iessness, he cried, clinching his fists
and stamping his foot. II want to
say to you, my friends, that stand not
only for THE enforcement of every law,
but stand for arbitration as a means
of adjusting difficulties by peaceable
means"
The audience Numbered. There was
a feverish red spot ON each of the ora
tors cheeks. His eyes burned in his
head
Our opponents" he continued, 'Fbe-
! lieve in allowing the railroads to en-
gage in a controversy with the labor
organizations and then call out the
standing army to preserve order.
believe in compelling them to submit
their claims to boards of arbitration
: and adjust by peace what our oppon-
Z ents would adjust by force.
You business men have been told
{ than an era of lawlessness would pre-
vail ii / am elected. j want to tell you
! that until we find some means of adj
justing the difficulties which arise be-
, tween labor and capital some system
J, that compels both to come before inn
q PARTIAL tribunals you can expect In
creasing disorder instead of increasing
: confidence"
I There was another wild outburst of
sound.