The record-union., 1896-08-12

lined with workmen from the railroad
shops. The rear platform of the train
was not in an advantageous position to
enable most of those composing the
throng to get near Mr.. Bryan, and OF
all the vast assemblage not more than
5eG could crowd into the narrow space
between the train and guard wall to
places directly in front of where the
nominee stood. The Bryan and Sewall
Club, bearing badges inscribed 10 to
L." led the enthusiasm.
The appearance of Mr.. Bryan on the
platform brought out mighty cheer.
There was a struggle to get near him
and much confusion resulted There
were yells of Bryan" and Speech
Standing beside Mr.. Bryan was Mr.
Bland, and the latter started to ad-
dress the audience. He told them that
the demonstration was a repetition of
what had been going on in Ohio and
the West and said it meant victory for
the Democracy in November The
crowd cheered Bland, but it did not
want to hear him speak, and cries of
Bryan drowned his words.
Then x-Congressman Kerr managed
to make some remarks about the people
of Pennsylvania being with the people
of the Democratic nominees native and
resident States, Illinois and Nebraska,
in their unanimity for Bryan. This
was interrupted with more cries for
the candidate, but Mr. Bryan shook his
head, and placing his hand on his
throat called out in a husky voice: L
can't boys; I can't" Then a rush to-
ward the car was made, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan went through the hand
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out at II :0o o'clock.
Several hundred people were in the
audience that greeted Mr.. Bryan at
Tyrone. They gave him two or three
good cheers. Mr.. Bland made a little
/ speech. and Mr. Bryan again gripped
some Pennsylvania hai-ds.
TRENTON On. j., Aug. 11.-When
Huntingdon was reached at noon Mr..
Bland talked to the crowd, numbering
a couple of hundred, while Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan shook hands with those
composing It, Both Bland and Bryan
We're cheered.
Lewiston Junction turned out small
crowd, and the story was repeated.
There We're some counter cheers for
Mckinley. Mrs. Bryan was in great
demand at Lewiston, and attracted
nearly as much attention as her hus-
band.
One hundred and fifty people at New
pert cheered Bland but forgot to cheer
Bryan, so intent were they In shaking
hands with him.
An excited, overheated enthusiastic
mass of people swarmed beneath the
/ broad roof of the big Pennsylvania
station building at Harrisburg. They
| crowded the platform, hung two deep
| on railings and ran along with the
train as it slowed up preparatory to
stopping. Among the member; of the
] Bryan party estimates of the size of
! the Harrisburg assemblage were va
| red. Some placed it as high as 5000.
Chairman Hubbell of the Harrisburg
| Bimetallic League presented Mr.. Bry-
an. Cheers followed the announce
ment, and a great cry of Speech" went
up. But Mr.. Bryan pointed to his
throat and shook his head. Jnst in +'a
midst of the fast and furious hand
shaking in progress, and just as Mr..
/ Bland had started u speech, the car
/ was shifted again. Cheering, shout
/ ing, and pushing with might and main,
the people around the car sought to
j
Hundreds of them We're struggling on
| the track between the car in which
| Mr. Bryan was and the rest of the
train. AS they saw the coach bearing
down upon them almost a panic en-
/ sued in the endeavor to get out of
harms way. Men seemed to leap over
| the heads of others, and some Vert
! down. But nobody was injured, and
! the big assemblage, or rather the male
/ part of it, made another dash toward
! the tall, smooth-faced man, who looked
ten years older than he did when he
! left Chicago Sundey night. Mr.. Bryan
stood on the steps of a car and reached
odt both hands to be grasped by hun
dreds of extended lists.
While he shook hands at the rate of
! sixty a minute with each hand, Mr.
Tland tried to talk about great issues of
! the campaign, but his voice was lost in
the shouts of those around the car.
At last the train moved away and Mr.
/ Bryan, with a relieved look, went back
TO his drawing-room.
Barring the shifting process. the
Bryan reception at Lancaster was quite
as wildly interesting. The station was
| crowded with people to the number of
! POO. Mr.. Bryan stood on the rear
platform of his car, which had been re-
turned to its original position at the
/ end of the train. The crowd shouted,
and there was a constant struggle to
set near the nominee. Mr.. Bland s
speech was again lost. The only peo-
PIE who did not appear anxious to join
IN the grand rush for the Nebraska
mans swollen hands were the women
standing at the other end of the plat
form and the members Of the brass
band who had been engaged to play
patriotic airs and We're fulfilling their
contract without intermission. The
yelling of the audience, which, while
constant, had not been united concen-
trated itself into one last hurrah as the
train moved away.
No further stop was made until Phil
adelphia was reached.
: At Philadelphia there was a crowd of
5000 pushing, perspiring people gath
entrance to the trains in the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad station. A noticeable
feature Of the crowd was its makeup.
1t was essentially crowd of plain peo-
ple-the workingman, the mechanic and
the laborer. The pressure became so
strong that men and women caught in
the crush were in danger of being tram
pied under foot. and the railroad Off
Gals TO relieve the pressure, threw open
upon the platform. With a wild rush