The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-25

Denver, Colo. Nov 24.-Cheers that
found their echoes in the mountains
rent the air as William Jennings Bryan
.stepned from his train at 7:30 this
morning. and told the silver leader that
he was welcome in the Queen City. Mi.
BRYAN had come 10 Denver 10 "leW
the vanguard OF his army, and found
it ready for another contest, 2oO'Ooo
strong. Such d welcome as ne re-
ceived has never been accorded TO an
other man in the west. The crowd
that cheered him filed the station, eX-
tending into Sixteenth street, and
frineed the long viaduct that reaches
over the railroad yards and the river
Tito North Denver, three-Quarters Of a
mile away. The reception committee,
headed by Hon. Thomas NJ. Patterson,
ard aided by a squad of police, worked
like trojans to get him to his carriage
and the crowd swarmed around the
carriage, shouting and cheering, and
accompanied him 10 the residence of
Hon. c. S. Thomas, where he took
breakfast with the receptions commit
tee. Each mouthful they ate was
punctuated with cheers from without,
and every few moments sound wave
greater than the other arose, caused
by the words of some impromptu
speaker. who would ask: What's the
matter with BRYAN" and the answer,
Hes all right" would be shouted
back in a voice Of thunder.
Al the Brown Palace hotel at 10
o'clock the women of the city rendered
him a reception The interior of the
building for nine stories was banked
in flowers, and when Mr.. Bryan was
introduced there was a scene of eX-
citement that moved high. Mrs. Mary
c. c. Bradford made a brief speech,
ana presented him with a memorandum
book of Colorado, chased with silver.
The diverse side bears the seal of Colo
RADIO. and IS silver miners apd one gold
pick On the reverse side is a picture
of the Mount of the Holy Cross, and
3 fac smile engraving of the silver
dollar, surrounded with colurhbines, the
state flower.
Mrs. T. NJ. Patterson introduced the
spea ker, who paid a tribute TO the
women by speaking first of his wife.
whom he said he had hoped would be
the first lady of the land in fact;
and though he had met defeat he said,
that to him she had ALWAYS been the
first lady OF the land. He acknowl-
edged the work done by the women,
not only those with the right of suf-
frage, but those without, and con-
cluded by saying that he would trust
the women always, for they were al
ways found on the right side of every
great question.
a reception was held in which Mr..
Bryan endeavored to shake the hands
Of all who came to him. This con-
sumed nearly two hours, when he was
driven to luncheon, and the programme
of the afternoon was carried out. This
included a carriage ride over the city
The streets were packed and black
With people. Just space enough was
left by the crowd for the carriage to
proceed in 10 move forward. The We
hicle moved through an ocean of
sounds that rolled up between the high
walls of the buildings, and made the
ear drums sore with its deafening din
Flowers were thrown at him. People
alongside the carriage screamed to at
tract his attention. They were wild in
their enthusiasm. Block after block.
mile after mile, was passed in this
manner. and the sentiment of the crowd
seemed to be that If he failed in 1896, the
future held in its clasp victory in 1900.
Wouldn't he make an ideal presi-
dent?" shouted some one. and imane-
diately the crowd began to shout.
Wen stay with Billy" You're our
leader" We're with you first. last and
all the time and the like At the
corner Of Sixteenth and Lawrence
streets. there was an outburst of en-.
thusiasn that stopped the progress of
the carriage. The people flowed into
the streets and damned up against the
carriage, when Mr.. Bryan arose to
utter q few words, simply remarkins
that though defea ted, the people here
were equally as happy as those in the
east. Our enemies" he termed them
were defeated in their victory This
was the sentiment OF the crowd. and
for five minutes the crowd yelled until
ii seemed that the noise would shat
ter the window panes. Then the car
rage moved on. The next stopping
place was at the state capital grounds.
where 5000 school children were to wei
come him The streets that face the
grounds were packed with people, the
grass was covered with children car
rying flags and flowers. The wild
crowd that surrounded the grounds
taxed the powers of the police to hold it
back. It was a scene of simplicity and
youth. The little ones screamed in de-
light at the sight of Bryan. Their ell
ders roared in deeper tones. The noise
was frigntful and constantly growing