The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-02
opyAN'S CAMPAIGNING.
.,.,cA1LY DEsCRIBED by JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
down the rapids of Niagara. For over

down the rapids of Niagara For over a
mile outside the Alton and Chicago Rail
road station horde OF yelling men our
! sued the train The noise they made
drowned the roar of the cars. and we could
scarce hear one another speak within. Mr.
biNan STOOD, with his wife. on the rear
PLATFORM His face was set and rather
stern Rumors of tens of thousands await
ing MN at the depot had come to us.
ihefe is always savage undertone in a
Chicogo mob. We rolled into the station
amid thunderous acclaim. The sight that
met US was uniorgetabic. and can not be
accurately described. Earth building. al
most the sky, seemed TO he made of fren.
zied men. waving their hats. swinging their
arms, yelling open mouthed in fierce ex-
citement The instant we stopped we were
wedged amid mass of human beings who
tracks.
! With fellow journalist succeeded in
forcing my way from the rear end of the
/ car. leaving MIR. BRYAN to be conveyed TO
tie carriage which awaited him by tho com
mittee and the police We gained the
s,eps .eanlhg up to the street. but for the
u'ne' TO proceed further was impossible
i Al the head of the steps we took our
stand At their foot line of nolice
struggled TO keep hack the mad crowd te-
low, through the crowd the strong men
Oh me lorce had strven to maintain mar
row iahe IRON the car hither. but 1t was
beyond human power. They dared not use
| lives. 80
anon. Tar away amid the turmoil I de-
serted Bryan, a gigantic policeman Ia him
pS one arm, a committeeman not less stall
wart by the other. Bryan himself is a
man oil immense strength But those three
caiue on IKE leaves tossed on the surface
of boiling stream.
| feared for their Iivoa. e, ,,,ss,a, ,,.a..,,
nave been fatal Tho mob IN which they
struggled WAS itself dashed beIplessrv ia
aud FRO. The police rallied and fought
'helr way with desperation. swung hither
anu yoh' yet advancing. With a sudden
rush they gained the sters: the noIica
formed in line behind them: for an IN.
! stant they held the throng; then all gave
way and up came the rush on Brynn's
heels w
rs De was horne toward nc he ever
looked backward with great ANXIETY: no
Moad.r' mrs. Bryan "as somewhere in
'hat aWful press behind II was terrible
moment. Do what he might he could not
get back to her one inch Methinks no
would gladly have forfeited the presidenrv
TO have had her safe
But onward must he so. In another mo-
hent ne was on tho top Of .he steps and
was whirlrd onward TO the carriage. and
then for III" irst time I saw Mrs prvon
Glaze behind, pale and brea;hlsss. but self.
pnssessed and secure Ii was a welcome
sight and well nigh miraculous nreserva-
ton.
Tho Bryans wero in the carriage. drawn
by four white horses. l reached the street
by side door In front and along the
tholonghiare, ms far rs the eye could see,
we're the people OF Chicago. They we're
damned along the sidewalks on either side
and on he pavement. ea,ng barely space
for the procession to get through
The dingy buildings that hemmed in the
living river were themselves alive with
forms and faces. 4 narrow strip of path
way was left behind the throng. through
which edged my way. .cstled and jostling.
The long procession had already begun to
march. i hoped to get down some side
street and reach y Battery hotimes but
everything was blocked; II was impossible
to 20 otherwise than along the line of
march
II was long march down TO the lake
froat--pcrhaps 4 mile and a hal'. Vehicles
IN the streets We're bio Nod MS far as could
SEQ Il was one solid double column Of
shouting people from one cuG OF the jour-
ney to the other
The procession advanced brskly. their
heads and banners ilone visible above the
th;onEinl crowd. / Ecpt getting giimpses
Of BRYAN much OF ;he tlrle he stood Greet
In the carriage his head up. confronting
that amazing concourse with an expression
grave almost To grinness. Not twice in a
lifetime. not unNe in most lfetmss has
suc,i n scene been bcheld or imagined. |
can say that The chiot figure in il looked
worthy Of tine occesian--a man Of iron
nerve and unconqLe. ahle dignity. Certain
IS this is a man Of mon.
There is no need for NE TO draw any
conclusions from this reception at The Lake
City But no one can deny that there was
unaffected in Chicago today a remarkable