The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-15
MR. BRYAN At CEN7RALIA.
Reception Was Not as Enthusiastic
as Was Expected.
RESPONDED TO CALLS FOR A SPEECH
ven ions-saten in Holiday Azure.
The Nominee Photographed.

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10 william j. Bryan tonight was ai'hv
| a failure. Scarcely 30, peoule all ,cld
were a, tho s.a,,o, ,.ha, ~ ,r,,ir bc,r x
''e s'a'io" "heh INC tn'"
Ar. Bryan and his wife pulled In. y c-no
! of democratic veterans arrived from Nash
v,jln ,c,b , ,oxa -, "a -..,,t .,,I a
| ' - o""' a"O'.s '''' = |'S- 49,
Jew minutes later one came IN from ar
field, but shey added scarcely - people -
| the crowd 10 ,r,La ,,.,.s-s ,y,r.. M.
place selec,,.l r." nI,. -, - - NEE, he
| crowd was at the City park. which had
already been en..,es., H.. Ni,l,om + M4-
sor 80, 1-,,,,,,
son. republican candidate for the hil''
states senate from this state. on this
account Mr. ,sr,.an asa, ,.t..a. hsa In
,.a,,t, ,,ar,.a -, .'' ,,s,.,f,,.
'"1'''r os'ofe CLOCK Inc "is H"JN''-'
| Of The crowd that came t. the park APP
| peared to be ranuhiic.,, Who hal c>re,teJ
| - ,,s.. ~
! 10 t.9'.m - Mr; mason IAN
| nc rain wllch brought M Bryan her"
| aiflNea ~ ';t' y. m. NIT aui MIS-. brSh't
meae hurried through the crowd 20 MI
a. , s"ell 10 ms nome NJ hH4h..
| n cousin OF Mrs. Bryan. At thv h m OF;
.aptaih dwight there was an informal
! reception. the ladies OF CentrahA being
! presented t. the nominee and h we.
mere wers several hundred woTnen ihers
M tnc auaf was decnei ny pieAsa3 T.
| me Flstlng parry was then taken 10 th''
cry park.
pom the arrival of tho carriage az the
| pavilion N the center there were nrarly d
| thousand shouters. The stand had beea
| draped with flags ami bunting for TIE
Mason meeung. 1t Was announced ~
captain DIV sht that Nj. Ryan Won u
! ma" Hut this did no. please he crowd.
! but when i became knewn that Mts.
Bryan was going to stand al the foot %
,ns me paviion to grs., ~ mglit'gde ,h.Te
/ f rward and shake lunds with he "a
! !insmshed visitor. AS time passed III
Bryan clubs from Nashvllle aud Fhirl.' 4
arrived ard the c.amor for . speech was
! rer, ed. 1t became so loud mat NJ.
! i'rNan gave way al length 70 his nrst ~
| tenuons. and spoke. IL said:
| to make speech The campo rn : hard
/ ~ opened ye;. | have coile back TO Ma
| rion county to attend 20 SOM business
| which had to he attended to before re
turned to my Nebraska home. | was glad
TO accept an invitation to spend two or
three hours with my relatives IN this ely
and while here to me-; thc cltizona ana
friends knew before. We are entering
upon memorable cainpa IN and tn. is
saos are being, drawn for N. eon,es' The
parties, or the Two hadinr parties. have
already adopiea their platforms and have
Nominated their candidates, for pr Sid NJ
and vice president OF thu rneed Siai.s,
and IN a sheet time the campaign VIII be
fully open and YOU viii be making W
your minds as to which ticket you will
support
campaign will be clearly understood and
carefully studied. Parties are rot to be
worshiped They are mereiy the ustrl-
ments by which we sersr our country.
The people are not made Tor parti-s, but
parties are made for tn, people. and par
ties can only claim the slpnor; nj the
u.anola when the parties are rsimpafen
believe that there will be loss Of person
al!ties ami NOR. OF p..nciples than in any
campaign which We have known in reeon,
years The people ace thinking about the
great pubic questions You must no.
cxpec, hat any platform will roat, Ain al
You aosire No thinking person finds i,
any platform an expression of everything
III which they believe; nor must You ex-
pect that any platform viii be free from
some objections We select our party
of getting that which Is absolutely in a.
cord with ctt' opinion. but which civas
the fillrs, expression of ali OF our hopes
and aspira.ions and we take that niat.
form and Join that party wh.ch for The
| limo helnfr promises 10 ;,,v, us .Lf ltaa,
OF lerisla Ion, on H.. most lm,,or,ont ,',os
tiofs In MS rafnrairn it is co,,crde1 ~,
w., ~, ~ me- .,i',it i'ost lIhpor-