Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-26
BANNER CROWD OF THE ASSEMBLY
GATHERED TO HEAR HIM.
MANAGED BY THE P0POCRATS,
ASSEMBLY HIRED HIM, But WASN'T
ABLE TO CONTROL HIM.
introduced TO $4,000 People by Gov
ernOr Leedy "the Next Pres
idept- Came to Kansas
city on n Special
Train Yesterday.

Forest Park. Ottawa. Kas., June %
Especially Bryan day at Ottawa Assembly
brought the banner crowd OF the season.
In spite Of the terrible rain storm Oh last
night. there " ere fully 15,o0J people IN for-
est mark to-day. The people began 10 ar
rive early. in wagons and carriages anu
on foot. Then tie incoming trains and
specials brought more people and by noon
Forest park at lcas-, such portion OF II
as was habitable, was filed with motley
crowd Of curious people, al anxious TO see
the apostle of the masses" "the friend
of the poor" and the hego of cross and
crown.
Mr.. BRYAN arrived early. too-Very carly,
indeed. In fact he came into town several
hours before the assembly manage Inept
had scheduled him, and thereby hangs q
tale that threatens TO disrupt the mllaly
pacific relations that have existed between
the assembly management and the local
silver Democracy. The management argued
in this wise: Mr.. Bryan is our main at
traction. We give him half we make OH
him. Therefore we will cage this important
feature and protect him from the free gaze
of the vulgar crowd. But local Democracy
said: Mr. Bryan is our friend. He will put
a large feather in our caps by dining with
US during his stay
Rival committees were sent to escort the
.
assembly committee with strict injunction
not TO produce the attraction until noon
to-day; the other one with stricter and
more imperative orders to get Mr.. Bryan
here in time for morning soiree in town.
Notwithstanding the solid attractions Of
the box office, Mr.. Bryan telegraphed yes
terday that he would arrive early this
morning.
Under the personal supervision and
management of local silver Democrats and
their committee did the idol of free silver
Democracy make his entryo. The manage
ment committee had lost itself somewhere
on the way and without sound of music
Save the steady pour Of the RAIN the pro-
cession moved to the residence of Hon. L.
c. Slime, from where, after much tele-
picnic drumming up of recruits, several
hours later the party, now swelled by the
accession of representative citizens on
foot and in carriages proceeded TO the
Centennial hotel to breakfast.
After breakfast Mr.. Bryan was enter
taiEed further at dinner by Senator Shell
don and number Of guests, including Gov
ernOr Leedy and family and number of
ocracy, graced the festive board.
In the meantime, the tabernacle at the
noisy one and the music, furnished alter
nately by the Ottawa band and Professor
Bshrs boys did not fill up the aching void
in its Imagination of what the meeting was
for. Even the arrival of a company OF
prominent people, VINO absorDed Whal
the contemplation Of this solid evidence
that Bryan was on the way did not satisfy
pany There was McCue. OF Independence
A5ToGG Of tSaggF%oF'fP Sagg1e Popust Isft RyaR
who sifsi hasn't t any town but belongs tc
Cherokee county; Toothaker of Wyan
dotte; W. L. Brown and John Peter 81
John of Olathe. After a while, the mair
squegees of the dinner party arrived anC
the management at last got sight at th'
President Miner, after the mild applaus,
which greeted the half hour late arrival
presented Governor Leedy, who in turn
presented Mr.. Bryan as the next presiden
Of these United States"
Mr. Bryan's address was the same ad
dress, with a few trimmings, that he ha
been delivering for year, little NOR
oratory, perhaps, and not quite so mucl
partisan political discussion. Mr.. Bryan
announced that he was disturbed abou
his subject" that 'he would rather tall
about some things than others" and tina
Il was hard to make a speech wtthou
touching on certain subjects Just her
an enthusiastic partisan shouted: "Toucl
'em hard" which injunction Mr.. Bryal
took to be the sense of the meeting ant
sailed away on delightful waves Of FIRE
silver Oratory. 1t took Mr.. Bryan over tw
hours TO tell the audience what bimetallisn
would do for the country, and he realI
did it very well indeed, holding the clos
attention of the vast crowd until the enc
After the meeting. Mr.. Bryan was es
corted to a waiting carriage. where, care
fully protected from the intense heat b.
the indefatigable local Democratic com
mittee. he shook hands with several thou
sand people after which he was driven I
the depot, where the special car which wa
u convey him TO Kansas City stood. Tn
party which attended Mr.. Bryan to Kansa
City included II. F. Sapp; Galena: A. [
Dctson and wife. A. p. Elder and wife an
William A. DeFord. OF Ottawa; Charlie
T. Dodson and @. II. Killmer, Argentiny
John II. Atwood and wife. Leavenwortl
ans The journal representative.
The trip was without special tnciden
-. shCrt stops only being made at sever;
small towns where smaller crowds ha
gathered No speeches were made, eNceI
a short one at Olathe. where Mr.. Brya
expressed himself greatly pleased at h
reCeption.