Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-05
MR.. Bryan COMES ro Quo,

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Tho DemocratIc Nominee for the Prest-
dency ls Given Hearty Reception In
CieveIand-Thrce Speeches Delivered in
One Evening,
CHAu1AuoUA, N. Y, Sept. 1.-Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan left Lakewood at 1880
o'clock Monday morning on the little
Chautauqua lake steamer Celeron, ac-
companied by number of people from
Jamestown. AT Bemus Point the boat
made n landing long enough to permit
the candidate to shake hands with
about $50 people. A crowd of about the
same number greeted him at the Chau-
tauqua landing. There were cheers
for Bryan and counter cheers for Nc
Kinley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan we're taken in
charge by Guy II. Fuller, the postmas-
ter, and driven through the famous as
sembly grounds. At 10 o'clock the
Celeron with the Bryan party on board
left for Mayville.
RIPLEY, N. Y, Sept 1.-Mr. Bryan
arrived here at 1880 p. m, after drive
across the country from Mayville. The
candidate and his wife took dinner at
the house of Lyman Bennett. Mr..
Bryan made speech to a large crowd
and then left for Cleveland over the
Lake Shore road.
The journey from Ripley to Cleve-
land was marked principally by a
flattering demonstration at Ashtabula,
o., where nearly $500 people gathered
about his car and listened to n short
talk that was frequently cheered Pre-
vious to reaching Ashtabula the hand
shaking process was gone through
with at Eric and North East, Pa. AT
Conneaut, o., the first stop in Ohio,
the Bryan party were met by Daniel
MeConville, chairman of the demo
cratic executive committee of Ohio; l..
E. Holden, member of the Cleveland
reception committee, his son and
daughter and II. L. Chapman, of Jack
son, o., a prominent politician. Nc
speech was made at Conneaut.
At Madison the members of the local
Mckinley clnb, bearing their banner
and wearing Mckinley badges, came
to the train and cheered for Mckinley.
The train moved on before Mr.. Bryan
could reply and he contented himself
with waving his hat at the member:
of the club.
CLEVELAND, Sept. L-When Bryan.
train rolled into the Union depot here
it was greeted by thousands of people
who gave the nominee a most hearty
greeting and so great was the rush t.
see Mr.. Bryan that the force of police
men stationed in the big building were
powerless to prevent the crowd from
: closing around the party on their wa,
to the carriage in waiting for then
and it was several minutes before tn,
procession could begin its march VI
town.
: Thousands of people from surround
= ing towns had come in during the day
e the number from Canton alone bein
e estimated at 4, 500. Pennsylvania town
were also we'll represented, several b
= marching clubs. The Ohio visitor
q comprised delegations from Akron
d Sandusky, Norwalk, Elyria, Alliance
' Chagrin Falls, Ravenna and Massillor
J. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were seated in a
e open carriage drawn by four whit
e horses and they were conveyed to tn
It Hollenden hotel while a national ST
q lutte was fred by battery of the Obi
S National Guard stationed in Lake Vie
park. The route to the hotel was line
y with thousands of cheering people.
IS After partaking of supper at tn
y Hollenden Mr.. Bryan was escorted
S. the Central armory, an immense struc
1t ure capable of seating more than 7,OC
n people. Double that number wel
II crowded into the building, while O
the outside thousands still clalnore
/. for admission. Mr.. Bryan was give
:e an enthusiastic ovation on his arriva
a. Mr.. C. 2. Salen was chairman of tt
IN meeting and as he stepped forward
lie introduce Mr.. Bryan the immense a,
dience rose to it's feet and cheered fC
several minutes. Mr.. Bryan spoke fC
over an hour and half, and thoue
n n there was nothing in his address th
IL has not been repeated before by Il
advocates of free coinage he put
st much fervor into his words and ges
as ures that he held the enormous auc
is ence to the end.
as At the conclusion of his address nj
is Bryan was taken to Music hall, whe
another immense crowd had gather
sh and the scene in the armory was I
ne peated. After talking to the peor
up at Music hall for an hour Mr.. Bry;
IS hastened back to the Hollenden al
from the balcony of that hotel deli
IT. cred third address to a vast croy
he gathered in the street. This spec
.ft was followed by a reception in t
lobby of the hotel and then the tir
it. candidate retired to his room to rest
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