The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-17
BIG DAY FOR BRYAN
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE KEPT
BUSY IN THE TWIN CITIES.
He and Mrs. Bryan Hold n RcccD-
lion in st. Paul md Later Go to
Minneapolis, Where They Hold
Another ReceptiOn-Mr. Bryan
Addrcxsex Four Audiences in Min
ncnpolfs, One in the Exposition
Building.

Minneapolis, Oct. 14.-William Jen-
nings Bryan came from st. Inui 10
her sister city and Minneapolis re-
ceived him With a whoop. Part OF the
town had gone ove to see him II the
balance was awaiting his arrival when
the special trolley car bearing him and
his party came to Il stop III front OF the
West hotel.
He spoke to four big meetings in
these places: Exposition hall, Bridge
square. Lyceum theater to an audience
of women, and Yale Place.
Mr.. Bryan rested in st. Paul all
morning, printing himself for what he
knew must be q great effort in Min
ncapolis. Consequently he was in his
best form. He stayed in his rooms at
the Hotel Ryan until after luncheon,
when. he was persuaded to hold an
<7nformal reception in the parlors.
With Mrs. Bryan by his side the candl-
date stood in the doorway and smiled
to the greetings of the hundreds of
persons who filed past during the
course of an hour. Strangely enough
there We're few women in the line.
Mr.. Bryan having expressed n
preference to make the journey be
tween the Twin Cities by trolley rath-
err than in his private car, a special
car, deliberately decorated, had been
engaged and carried the party from
hotel to hotel. Arrived here, a second
reception was held in the West and
then Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were driven
to the home of State Senator $. r.
Howard, where they took dinner. Dur
ing their absence the Bryan
club. 200 gray beard warriors, marched
IL ~, 1>-%o1 o,,1 FD,,roo1 n 1iNr10 io <lN
spacious lobby. When he came they
gave him
a Royal Reception.
and escorted him to Exposition hall.
No such crowd has been packed into
the walls of that building since the
day when the Republican convention
nominated Benjamin Harrison for
president in 1892. 1t has a seating ca
pacity of $500. Every seat was occu-
pied and there was a standing army
of very many more lined around the
walls and choking the aisles. Out
side the hall the crowd was so great
that the services of Il squad of police
men were required to force al en-
trance for Mr. Bryan when he arrived.
The hall was prOfusely decorated and
the demonstration was enthusiastic
throughout.
Ex-Mayor p. B. Winston presided
over the meeting. and after the demon
stration which welcomed the candidate
had subsidized, he introduced Il. G..
Marchard, who. in behalf Of "a large
part of the laboring class of Mime
apolis'' presented to Mr.. Bryan an
inkstand made. so the speaker said,
of gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1.
This brought another outburst of ap-
plause as Mr.. Bryan stepped to the
front of the stage to begin his speech.
When the sreechmaking was ended
MI. Bryan and his party retired to
their private car, %preferring to spend
the night there rather than be dis
turbed early in the morning by the de-
parture for Duluth at an early hour.
Congressman Towne, the leader of
the silver movement in this state,
Joined the party here and will accom-
pany it throughout the state.