Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-25
WOULDN'T SlpETRACk CAR
For Fear the Shifting Process Night Cause Ac-
cidf Sin the Big Crowd.
NOR ALLOY cir. BRYANASPEclAL ENGINE
Because 1Swould Confuse the Train Ser
vice. S5 the Monster Gathering at
7 1fidian Was Disappointed.
~ Reception at Hartford.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 24.-Mr. Bryan's
trip from New Haven to Hartford was
without special incident, except for the
development of considerable feeling over
the disarrangement of the programme at
Meridian. 1t had been announced that
the special car of the Connecticut state
committee would be shifted to side
track there and remain over for forty
minutes, until the express due in Hart
ford at $3.50 arrived When Meridian was
reached, however, at $40, the officials of
the New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad refused to allow the car to be
detached. Colonel Graves, a member Of
the democratic state central committee
and chairman of the Hartford reception
committee, explained to the delegation
from Meridian, who had boarded the
train at Wallingford, that the railroad
officials based their declination on the
ground that the shifting process might
cause accident in the big crowd expected
al the Meridian station. Colonel Graves
said he had applied for a special engine.
but this also was refused, the officials
claiming that accident would be just as
liable, and special schedule would cause
confusion In the train service and make
collision possible.
The Meridian committee expressed its
Indignation forcibly and the comment
was iiNely lOI Wnlle. MT. Bryan reach
ed Hartford ahead of his schedule The
Meridian reception was participated in
by great throng. Mr.. Bryan appeared
on the rear platform and was cheered.
He had opportunity to say a few words
only when the train moved out Short
stops were made at Walllngford, where
Mr.. Bryan made a few remarks to an
audience of several hundred.
Mr. Bryan ended his Connecticut tour
tonight by making two speeches in
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the open air.
When Mr.. Bryan reached Hartford
from New Haven in company with Colo
mel Graves and Alex Troup he found a
great throng at the station. and received
many cheers. ss.s..aeS s.ty
At o'clock he went to the Capitol
park. The gathering in the park was
large. Around the speaking stand,
erected 100 feet from the capitol building
people were massed by the thousands.
They formed a solid throng and num-
bered $4,000 or more. Mr.. Bryan stood
on a table on the stand in order that the
crowd might see him better. over his
head was big electric light and this
with the bright moon and continuous
glare of red fire made his figure stand
out in picturesque relief against the
black human figures packed solidly on
every side of him.
The formality of introduction was
dispensed with, and the candidate
which marked his appearance was over
The Capitol park speech concluded Mr..
Bryan was taken to the City hotel where
he found another big assembage,
smaller, however, than the other Main
street is Hartford's broadest thorough
fare. 1t was thronged from the build
ings on one side to those opposite. Just
across from the City hotel Is the house
of the republican club and Mr.. Bryan
found staring him In the face during all
the time he talked the names of Mc1<in-
ley and Hobart, displayed In great cleo
tric letters from the republican clubs bal
cOny,