The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-11
TRlUMPHAL PROGRESS
OF Hon. William J, Bryan From Chicago
on His Way 10 New York City.
GREAT THRoNGs At EVERY STATION
EIadiy Struggling 20 Grasp the Can
slidnfe.s Hand and Catch the
Words which Fall From His lips
In Ohio Towns the Enthusinsm
Was Grcat-At Sherman's Home.

Van Vert. o.. Aug. 10.-William Jen-
nings Bryan was at 1t early this morn
ing. In fact, he had hardly left off hand
shaking after leaving Chicago before ne
began 1t again. He did not get much
sleep last night. People were waiting
for him between daylight and dawn,
and although he went to his berth
shortly after midnight he was routed
out between l and o'clock to see a
crowd at Valparaiso Ind. Through
the foresight OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road drawing room car had been at
tached to the Bryan train, and the
candidate and his wife were enabled
TO have greater privacy and comfort
than is afforded by ordinary sleepers.
The train reached South Chicago at
1910 this morning, and Mr.. Bryan found
big crowd waiting him. The cheering
was very enthusiastic and the candi-
date was hauled down to the station
platform by luSty rolling mill men and
made to shake hands with the people.
The lateness of the hour did not keep
a big crowd from gathering at One
band and were prepared to give the
heartiest sort of reception to the nomi-
nee. but the train moved off just as
he appeared on the platform.
Valparaiso, Ind, was reached at :35
a. m. Mr.. Bryan had gone to bed but
he heard great shouts from several
hundred throats. He was lying in his
berth lust half asleep when Hon. J. C.
Kern. n member of the Indiana Lcgisla-
ture. routed him out. Mr.. Bryan made
hasty toilet and went to the platform.
where he was again cheered. The crowd
wanted n speech, but Mr. Bryan told
them that he could not talk at that hour
of the morning. There were more
cheers as the train moved off
Columbia was reached at 4:40 and an
other crowd was present with the regu-
lation brass band There was no lack
of enthusiasm because of the early
hour.
More than n thousand people were
waiting for the Bryan train when it rolled
into the station at Fort Wayne at 5:3j
o'clock The gath ring was bent on a
speech. but did not get any words from
the young orator, except remarks that
he had promised not to speak that early
in the morning. The people rushed for
ward to shake hands. and during the s':v-
en:een minutes stop both arms of the
nominee worked necessarily.
Mr.. Bryan intends to keep pretty quiet
to-day. He has decided to make no more
speeches until he reaches P!ttsburg His
voice is husky from the two hard days
In Iowa and Illinois, and he wants to keep
in good condition for his New York
speech.
Munroevile, Ind. turned out good
sized crowd, who cheered vigorously and
tn the train crossed over nto
Oh!o. The first stop made by Mr. Bryan
in Major McKinley's State was at Dixon,
which was reached at $40. a few peo-
pl' gathered there and cheered when the
nominee showed himself.
The people were lined by hundreds
along the streets of Van Vert when Mr.
Bryan reached that big town at GAG
O'Clock. An audience OF fully a thous-
and was there TO see Mr.. Bryan. Cries
of speech" went up after a cheer. which
marked the appearance of the candidate q
Id,
had and sad he really couldn't. Some
girls in silvered caps, with Bryan and
Sewall ribbons attached, pressed well 10
the fore to get a hand shake, and that
aEoniz!ng process began at a rate that
threatened 10 dislocate the nomins e's
right arm. At Middle Point a knot of
people cheered Bryan, but most of them
appeared too bashful to shake hands.
a serious panic was narrowly averted
at DelphaS Whsn the train reached there
at 7:l3 The crowd was large Mr.
Bryan had stepped to the platform OF his
car. and just as his explanation that he
could not make a speech was finished,
the porch of store directly in front of
the train and about twenty feet dis
tant from wh5re he was standing gave
way with crash carrying with II mo,e e
Fhan a hundred people. A cry of horror
went up from the spectators, and the
shrieks OF those who had been tumbled
INTO the cellar beneath the porch ma de
1nines ssem worse than they were. Some
OF the women in the crowd started to
push their way out, and their frantic
eaEcrhess to get away. added to other
causes or eXc!temant. started a mad.
pahlckE rush. Stand still: don't move" "
cFied Alr. Bryan and others on the train.
ana their words brought the frightened
people to themselves. 1t was found tha.
NOBODY had been hurt in the cars. WI, n
Ihis was told Mr.. Bryan he remarked
no the crowd: IF YOU would get on our
platform II would not fall down" \
laugh followed. of course and the people
recovered enough fiom their fright TO
cheer the nominee as the train moved.
In addition to the score of newsnancr
corTespo< dents who are on the BRYAN
train. Mr.. Bryan is being accompanied
10 New York by Thomas Gahan. Ma
tional Committeeman from Illinois
Judge William Prentiss, of Cbica go: I
Is. johnson, National Committeeman
from Kansas. and John A. Creighton
National Committeeman from Nebro IS,
ka.
When Lima was reached at 7.45 Mr..
Brvan found big crowd waiting him.
The people were packed i'm between
the train and the station building a
very narrow space. and there was much
pushing and crowding in the endeayor
of majority of them to get near the
nominee. The demonstration was en-
thusiastic In the extreme. There were