The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-16
BRYAN AT HIS BIRTHPLACE.
THE TOWN BIDS HIM A WARM
HEARTED FAREWELL.


Stage Coaeh-DetaiIed Programme
of His Trip 10 Lincoln.
Salem, III. July l5.-Salem paid her
/ farewell to-day TO william J. Bryan in
a grand demonstration that exceeded by
far the pyrotechnic reception given him on
his arrival here Monday night. Yesterday
morning the preparations were begun and
the result is the transformation Of the
/ democratic candidates birthplace from an
/ ordinary county-seat. to a place of varie-
/ gated color and lavish decora tion. In
/ front of the old court house where Mr..
/ Bryan made his maiden speech, and where
his father presided as circuit judge for
many years. platform with foundation
| of empty oil barrels had been erected, and
this was covered with red, white and blue
/ bunting. and other embellishments.
| In response to a proclamation Of Mayor
| Lalin, nearly every house fioated the ma
tional standard or some other adornment,
| and pictures of Mr.. Bryan, most of them
/ clipped from daily papers, were prominent
/ in the windows of shops and private resi-
/ dences.
Business was suspended, and the whole
/ town prepared itself for making the day
the greatest little Salem had ever expert
/ enced. Excursions were run by the Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern and the Chi
cago, Paducah and Memphis roads. and
! people from nearly all the neighboring vii
! lagos and the surrounding country took
/ advantage Of the opportunity afforded by
! the cheap rates TO hear and see Mr.. Bry-
/ an. y promise that Gov. Altgeld would
also make an address was another attrac-
| ton.
/ T7or,r hands bod beor -o,,eoe,,1 eor tba
| occasion, and the three which helped the
| Salem orchestra to make music headed
! delegations from nearby towns.
! Mr.. Bryan was late in reaching Salem
! from Cenralia last night. He went to
| Odin by train and made the journey from
| that junction to Salem with a party Of
| newspaper men in a stage drawn by mules.
! Two or three times the stage was nearly
| overturned at bad places in the road
! and Mr.. Bryan was obliged to jump to
save himself from being cast into the
mud. Mrs. Bryan and several Salem peo-
/ pie preceded Mr.. Bryan in surrey.
/ The detailed programme of Mr.. Bryan 5
| trip to Lincoln was announced to-day.
| lie will leave Salem by the 3. and o. 3.
! W., at 5:23 o'clock Thursday morning, will
get to St. Louis at 1923. and after changing
| to the Missouri Pacific train, will renew
the journey at o'clock. He is scheduled
| to arrive IN Kansas City that evening,
| and will probably make a speech there.
! The night will be spent in Kansas City,
| and in the morning at II o'clock Mr.. Bry-
an, Mrs. Bryan and their three children
| will start via the Burlington line for Lin
| coin, where they are due that evening at
! O'Clock. The trip through Nebraska
will be made in the day time, and Mr..
| Bryan will probably make several infor-
| NAL speeches en- route.
| With reference to a published story that
| Mr. Bryan had not been polite in declining
| the offer of railroad company to fur
nish him with special car a gentleman
| here, who was present at the interview,
| says that Mr.. Bryan was not discount
| eous to the railroad managers. He simply
| thanked them for their offer to furnish
| him with the special car, and expressed
a desire to travel as an ordinary passen-
ger.
After the Bryan family dinner yester-
! day. Mr.. Bryan saw a great many visit
| ors all old friends; had his picture taken
! on the porch of the house in which he
/ was born, with his three children about
! him, and took a walk about the town.
! During the afternoon he visited the Park
/ hotel and had chat with the newspaper
II am not being interviewed" he said,
! smilngly half a dozen times. in answer
to questions from the journalistic contin-
gent. one of these questions was whether
| he would challenge Maj. Mckinley to a
| joint debate, and the reply given was re-
| turned.
| that the people of Lincoln were losing
| enthusiasm over the statement that the
! democratic nominee would not make his
| headquarters there, was shown to Mr..
! Bryan.
you may say he answered, that my
personal headquarters and residence will
be at Lincoln during the campaign I will
reach Lincoln Friday evening at O'Clock
| and will probably go to Omaha Saturday
evening. On Monday, / will receive the del
egates from Coloroda Utah and wyoming
en- route to the national silver convention.
Further than that I have no plans"
Mr.. Bryan added that he would make
no political speeches until he was noti-
! fed of his nomination.
Among the kilograms received by Mr..
Bryan yesterday was one from the st.
Louis Merchants Exchange asking him to
! address that bodg while he was passing
through St Louis Thursday This, he has
been obliged to decline, as he will remain
! here long enough only TO change cars. The
| jefferson Club of st. Louis also sent a
| request asking Mr.. Bryan to fix an early
| date for a speech in the auditorium there
and promising big demonstration.
Mrs. ID. T. Marshall, Mr.. Bryan's aunt
| al whose house the Jennings and BRYAN
family gathering was held yesterday, met
| with a serious accident this morning A
| porch pillar against which she was lean
five feet below. Mrs. Marshall landed on
| her head and shoulders, on a pile Of
| rocks. and received a severe cash i'm the
/ head She is suffering from the shock.
! DESPITE her 60 years, it is believed She will
recover but she is by nosmeans out of
| danger.
] A heavy WlnQ ana ram storm came IN
| at noon and for while there was
a stampede among the hundreds of visit
| ors. who believed that a cyclone was I'M
| mfnent. The rain ruined the decorations
! and when it had ceased Salem presented
| a sorry and bedraggled appearance
| Court house park was a mire when the
| rain was over, and the 5000 people VINO
were crowded into the square had very
| uncomfortable feeling under foot. 70.
| cention committee and several bands as-
| corted Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan from Mrs
| Raird's residence to the park and their
/ appearance was the signal of hearty
| cheers. ,,,
! heean slowly and distinctly When he
referred to his father and to his mother. i
| reeent death, there was much feeling in
bis tones. The speech contained very III H.
tIa about politics and Mr.. Bryan exnress-
" disclaimed any intention Of MAKING q
| political speech
tiemen and Fellow citizens. he
| Ia "I have no disposition +o
| tail[ nolitics to-day. I shall leave disc,,s
sion si,r, Of party questions TO those who shall
| sniiow Returning to the scenes wbicb
sUrround my home. the memories OF otbar
avs crowd out all thoughts of other siibl
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