The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-28
BRYAN 1T BUFFAE0.
4,0O0 People Inside the Hall and 10000
 Outside.

Outside.
 | Buffalo, Aug. 27.-William J. Bryan arrived here from Erie at 3:S0 o'clock | this afternoon. The throng at the sta- tion when the train came in was great and it manifested it's enthusiastic inter- est in the candidate in such way that | MT. and Mrs. Bryan were nearly crush ed by the pressure around them. Nor man D. Mack, editor of the Times, and l leader of the Bryan forces here; John | Cuneen secretary of the democratic | state committee, and number of other local democratic leaders composed the 1 reception committee Men and boys ran after Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. bowling hilariously the name of the Nebraskan and the cheering continued along the streets through which Mr. Bryan and party rode from the station to the Gen. | esee house. A large crowd was gath cred in and around the Genesee house, but by dint of hard work on the part of the police a passage was cleared and the candidate and his wife reached | their apartments From 4:30 until o:3O people fairly poured up the broad main | stairway of the Genesee house to the parlors where MT. and Mrs. Bryan were 1 handshaking at the rate of forty a nin- ute Fully 2,500 men and women must have secured the coveted handshake. | After two hours rest at 7:90 p. nl..
 escorted by the reception committee in
 carriages and by the Cleveland democ- racy and some ward organizers on foot,
 Mir. and Mrs. Bryan were taken to Mu-
 sic hall where the principal meeting of |. the evening vas held. All along the route the candidate was cheered by l throngs on the sidewalks. Music hall
 has a seating capacity of about three | thousand. Tonight four thousand peo- 1 pie crowded the stage floor and gallery.
 while outside an assemblage estimat-
 ed at ten thousand. filled the streets.
 The loud reports of bombs announced
 MT Bryan's arrival.
 I When Mrs Bryan entered the hall | the audience cheered her with will
 As MT Bryan stepped out on the plat
 form, crowded with many scores of
 honorary vice presidents, mighty
 shout went up. majority of those in | the hall rose and cheer followed cheer. Again and again the cheering was talk | en up. Women in the boxes and on the
 floor waved their handkerchiefs, and men fiourished heir hats and their arms
 and threw newspapers into the air. | The meeting was called to order by John Cuneen, secretary of the state committee. The conspicuous part play ed by MT. Cuneen marked 9 victory for the Bryan forces over the state demo- cratic organization. Hon. Charles F.. Tabor, ex-attorney general, was elected chairman. He read a speech, but was obliged to cut 1t short because the audi i ence cried for Bryan. When MT. Bryan was introduced there was scene of wild enthusiasm. Many of the honor- ary vice presidents shouted wildly with l the rest of the crowd. When the last cheer had died away MT. Bryan began what proved to be one of his best and most vigorous speeches. His voice was so husky at first that he could hardly be heard, but the hoarseness grew less as he proceeded and he had sufficient voice to shout out his sentences with an energy that bore close resemblance to his bearing while making the fam ous Chicago speech.