The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-08-11
BRYAN'S TRIP TO THE EAST
He GETS OUT or hrs BERTH no
SHOW HIMSELF.

A Night Journey Through Indiana and
Ohio. During Which the Candidate Gets
Little sleep-His Voice, However, Has
Wearied, and He Is Trying to Save 1t for
New York
Van Vert, O., Aug. 1O.-William j.
Bryan had hardly left off handshaking
after leaving Chicago before he began
it again. He did not get much sleep
last night. Men and women were wait
ing for him between daylight and dawn
and although he went to his berth
shortly after midnight, he was routed
crowd at Valparaiso, Ind. The Penn
sylvania railroad attached drawing
room car to Bryan's train, and the
candidate and his wife were enabled
to have greater privacy and comfort
than was afforded by the ordinary
sleeper.
The train reached South Chicago at
1910 o'clock this morning and Bryan
found big crowd awaiting him. The
cheering was very enthusiastic, and
the candidate was hauled down to the
station platform by lusty rolling mill
men and made to shake hands with
the people.
The lateness of the hour did not keep
big crowd from gathering at One
Hundredth street. They had brass
band and were prepared to give a
hearty reception to the nominee. but
the train moved off just as he appeared
on the platform.
Valparaiso, Ind, was reached at 1875
a. m. Bryan had gone to bed, but he
heard the cheers. He was lying in his
berth half asleep when ]. c. Keern, a
member of the Indiana legislature,
routed him out.
Bryan made a hasty toilet and went
to the platform, where he was again
cheered. The crowd wanted a speech,
but Bryan told them he could not talk
at that hour in the morning. There
were more cheers as the train moved
off.
Columbia was reached at 4:40 a. M,
and another crowd was present with
the regulation brass band.
Over one thousand persons were
waiting at Fort Wayne for the Bryan
train when it rolled into the station
there at 5:35 o'clock this morning. Bry-
an was fully dressed by this time. His
eyes showed the loss of sleep. but he
was thoroughly awakened by the re-
sounding cheer that went up when he
stepped to the platform Of his car, The
gathering was bent on a speech, but it
did not get any words from the candi-
date except remark about promising
that he would not speak so early in the
morning. Then the crowd rushed for
ward to shake hands with him, and
during the seventeen minutes stop
both arms Of the nominee We're worked
necessarily.
Bryan intended to keep pretty quiet
to-day. He had decided to make no
more speeches until he reached Pitts
burg. His voice has become husky from
the two hard days in Iowa and Illinois.
and he wants to keep it in good condi-
ton for his New York speech.
Monroeville, Ind turned out good
sized crowd, who cheered vigorously.
and then the train crossed over into
Ohio.
The first stop made by Bryan in Ma
ior McKinley's state was at Dixon.
reached at $40 o'clock. A few persons
were assembled there. They cheered
when the nominee showed himself.
Men and women were lined by the
hundreds along the streets of Van Vert
when the Bryan train reached here at
e.46 o'clock. An audience of fully 1000
was at the station to see Bryan! Cries
Of Speech" went up after the cheer
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candidate had died away, but Bryan
shook his head and said he really
couldn't. Some girls in silvered caps,
with Bryan and Sewall ribbons attach
ed. pressed well to the fore to get a
handshake, and that agonizing process
began at rate that threatened to dis
locate the nominees right arm.
At Middle Point a knot Of persons
cheered Bryan, but most of them ap-
peared too bashful to shake hands.
A serious panic was narrowly averted
at Delphos when the train reached
there at 7:13 O'clock. The crowd was
large. Bryan had stepped to the plat
form Of his car and just as the ex-
PLANTATION that he could not make
speech was finished the porch of store
directly in front of the train and about
twenty feet distant from Wnere ne was
standing gave way with crash, carry
ing with it more than 100 persons.
A cry of horror went up from the
spectators and the shrieks from those
who had been tumbled into the cellar
beneath the porch made things seem
worse than they were. Some of the
women in the crowd started to push
their way out, and their frantic eager
ness to get away, added to the other
causes Of excitement, caused panicky
rush. STAND still! Don't mover
cried Bryan and others on the train,
and their words brought the frightened
people TO themselves. 1t was found
that nobody had been hurt. When this
was told to Bryan he remarked to the
crowd: IF you would get on our plat
form it would not fall down."
In addition to the score of newspaper
correspondents who are on the Bryan
train, Mr. Bryan is accompanied to
New York by Thomas Gahan, national
committeeman from Kansas and John
A. Creighton national committeeman
from Nebraska.
When Lima was reached at 7:45
O'Clock Mr. Bryan found big crowd
awaiting him. The demonstration was
very enthusiastic. Fifteen hundred