The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-15
Bryan's Triumphal Tour.

Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, Democratic nominee
for President, left his home in Lincoln, Ne
braska, for New York, on Friday morning OF
last week. and arrived at his destination ON
Tuesday evening He came to receive the
official notification of his nomination for
President, and was met by his running mate,
Hon. Arthur Sewall, of Maine, nominee for
Vice President.
Mr.. BRYAN was accompanied by his wife,
and their trip East was ons grand and con
tinnous ovation. At every village, town and
city crowds gathered to greet the great leader
of the people, and even through the rural
districts farmers in the field waved Il welcome.
From Lincoln to Pittsburg Mr.. Bryan adj
dressed the crowds wherever the train stopped,
making fifteen or twenty speeches a day At
Chicago he delivered a speech of considerable
length and at Pittsburg he made two speeches
on Monday night.
One of the most notable receptions was In
Canton. Ohio, McKinley's home. There the
crowd was immense and the enthusiasm in
tense. From Pitsburg to New York Mr..
Bryan made no addresses, in order to save
his voice for his great speech OF acceptance
Mt Madison Square Garden, New York. He
appeared in response to calls and cheers
wherever the train stopped, and he shook
hands with as many as could reach him. His
wife. too, assisted him in receiving the enthu-
sasts who pressed around them at every
station. shaking hands with the sturdy work
ingmen and occasionally tossing bunch OF
flowers to the crowd as the train moved off,
The greeting was as cordial in Pennsylva-
MIA and New Jersey as in the West, and every
where Mr. Bryan was assured of considerable
Republican support. 1t is safe to say that no
public man ever received such an ovation.
II was one blaze of glory from Lincoln to
New York The people crowded at railroad
stations and stood sweltering for hours await
ing his coming. Men crawled over each other
to grasp Mr.. Bryan's hand, and the multi
tudes were hoarse from cheering. 1t was an
outpouring of what Mr.. Lincoln called 1.-THE
plain people"-the farmers, mechanics, work
ingmen and the store keepers. They greeted
Mr.. Bryan as deliverer raised up TO loosen
the shackles of the money-power; to reheye
them of the unjust exactions of the combines
and trusts; to free them from the grasp of the
money kings.
1t is true that many persons were attracted
TO the railroad stations merely to see now
distinguished citizen and nominee for the
highest office in the government, but these
were the quiet on-lookers. The cheers and
enthusiasm came from those who intend to
work and vote for the Chicago nominees, and
the numbers in which they turned out show
that the people are in the saddle and mean to
control their own affairs.
Few men could have stood the strain that
Mr.. Bryan did With the mercury from SO
to 95 he travelled about two thousand miles in
about five days, made nearly a hundred
speeches, and shook hands with thousands OF
people He got very little rest in all that
time, for he WIS up late every night, and be-
fore daylight he was awakened by the cheers of
the people who gathered at the stations along
his route. He arrived in New York in good
physical condition, barring little hoarseness.