The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-26
ALBANY BY THE NEW, YORK
SENATOR.
DEAL FOR SUPPORT FIXED.
STORY DENIED, HOWEVER, BY
THOSE AT THE MUCH DISCUSSED
, DINNER.
HIS PLATFORM BROKE UNDER HIM.
At Utica u Midnight Bryan Meeting
Very Narrowly Escaped Ending
~ In u Disaster.

UTICA, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Wm. J.
Bryan's eventful day ended with an
accident which narrowly missed being
a disaster. One half of the platform
from which he was addressing a crowd
of several thousand persons in the
square in front of the Baggs hotel, in
Utica, at midnight, fell to the ground
and, although the presidential candi-
date escaped injury, Clinton Beckwith,
of Herkimer, member of the re-
ceptlon committee, had an ankle
sprained, John T. Teller had leg
broken and several others were badly
bruised and cut, but no one was seri-
ously injured. The cracking of tim
bers and terrified shrieks of women,
nearly created panic. Mr.. Bryan
raised his hand to quiet the crowd
and after a delay of ten minutes
during which the police and by-stand-
ers helped out those who had gone
down in the wreck, he continued his
sreech.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 25.-The sec
end day Of VIM. J. Bryan's trip west
ward from the seclusion Of Red Hook
was an eventful one, crowded with
variety of incidents Of travel, in
Guiding a picturesque reception at a
summer hotel, a stirring speech to a.
crowd of workingmen at the town of
Kingston, and eliminating In a meet
ing at Albany, where the candidate
spoke to crowd estimated at from
1000 to 10000, packed in the city hall
square under the shadow Of the state
house.
Before this demonstration Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan sat down to a dinner with
Senator Hill rand prominent Albany
Democrats at the senator's magnificent
home, Wolferts Roost, whittier they
were driven directly from the depot,
where a strong 1unged crowd came
near to mobbing them on their arrival.
Those who met the candidate and his
wife at Mr.. HIS much-discussed din
ner were: Supreme Court Judge D.
Cady Herrick and wife; Louis w
Pratt, collector of customs, and wife;
Norton Chase, chairman of the city
Democratic committee, which, with
other local organizations, had the
meeting in charge For nearly three
hours Mr.. Bryan was the guest of the
New York senator, and, although ey-
cry participant in the dinner averred
that it was purely a social affair, their
assertions were taken with grain of
salt, it being the general impression
that an understanding was reached
which will insure to Mr. Bryan the
support of the party organization in
the state. nsof sd
The crowd began to gather in the
city hall square, two hours before the
meeting, and, when Mr. Bryan faced
them. the people were packed in solid
masses over several acres of pavement
and sod, with adventurous men climb
ing the branches of trees, and mount
ing telegraph and lamp posts. Bryan 8
appearance as he stepped upon the
flag draped platform, with to him the
familiar strains of Hail to the Chief
clamoring in his ears, kindled a. fierce
shout which swelled into three cheers
with hundreds of hats and handker-
chiefs in the air. He was escorted by
Messrs. Chase and Pratt, Recorder
James Mathews, Postmaster Woods
and Collector John P Masterson. Sen
ator Hill was not there. Mr. Bryan
spoke with more than his customary
oratorical force and, considering the
size Of the crowd, he was listened to
with most f1attering attention. Once
the speech was marred by a small knot
of Republicans who interrupted with
struggling cheer for Mckinley. Before
the speech was finished darkness came
on and red lights, kindled on the out
skirts of the crowd, threw crimson
glare over the field of heads and then
an alarm of fire, Just as the orator was
ending, created diversion At the
close of his speech Mr.. Bryan shook
hands with the people who climbed up