The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-13
HATS OFF To BRYAN
Grand Central Station Hack
Drivers Salute Him.
HIS ARRIVAL FROM TROY
THE MULTITUDE FOLLOW HIM
TO HIS HOTEL.
FORCED TO RESPOND BRIEFLY
Cheered ard Hailed bY the Comm n
Pee pie as the Next PresIdent-.last
Campaign Has Put the People
to Watching.

to Watching.
New York June 12.-W. J. Bryan ar
rived here from Troy to-day. He was
met at the Grand Central depot by n
large crowd who accorded him an en-
thusiastic reception.
The party was met by a deputation
from the Progressive Democratic Club.
Quite crowd had gathered to see Mr..
Bryan and as he left the train he was
of Bryan, the next President of the
United States"
As Mr.. Bryan left the station the hack
men, all in a row in front of the build
ing, removed their hats and renewed the
cheering for 1.-The next President of the
United States and Mr.. Bryan again
acknowledged the salute.
Entering carriage with John b.
Walker, and a member of the deputation.
Mr. Bryan drove to the Bartholdi Hotel,
where he will stop during his stay in this
city.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at the hotel about
o'clock and was greeted by large con-
course of people. With the ten minutes
a demand for speech became SO per-
sistent that Mr. Bryan had to respond.
After shaking about 100 hands, Mr..
Bryan sought the seclusion of u parlor,
but was followed there.
The president of the local Democratic
Legion suggested that Mr.. Bryan make
IA few remarks. He suggested, too, that
as Mr.. Bryan might be ayerse to talking
on politics, to choose any subject he
deemed proper.
Mr.. Bryan responded that as his stud
les had been of Il political nature it was
very difficult for him to say anything
that did not touch on politics somewhere.
He dwelt on the duties of American
citizenship and said that he looked back
on the campaign of last year as one of
great value to the American people.
One cannot always judge of the effect
Of a campaign at once" he said "and
we do not know whether the result of the
campaign will remain:permanent or not" j"
OF one thing he was certain, and that
was that it is Il good thing 10 have the
citizens Of Il country keep their public
official under close scrutiny. In that di-
rection, the campaign of last year was
was one prolific of good results.
Later Mr.. Bryan received Il deputa-
ton from the Progressive Democratic
League and he spoke TO them briefly.
Several attempts were made to get
Mr. Bryan to speak about the local
political situation in New York, but he
evaded them all. He said he did not
care to mix in New York City politics
and he did not think it would be a
proper thing for him to go about the
country and tell people how to run their
local affairs in every town. The Demo
cratic party had always stood for the
people having every community regulate
its own affairs. Beside, if he should
try different course, he should only ex-
pose his own ignorance. For a man
could not learn all about town simply
by shaking hands with a few hundred
people. Mr.. Bryan also avoided the dis
cussion of national politics, but he did
say that, so far as he was able to Judge
from what he had heard, the predicted
return of prosperity had not come. He
thought the prospects for Democratic
success next fall were very good and
that there had been growth of silver
sentiment here and elsewhere. Mr..
Bryan will go by rail to Washington,
and thence by boat to Norfolk, Va,
where is to speak under auspices of the
Chautauqua club on Monday. On Tues
day he is to be at Charlottesville. Then
he is to deliver the commencement ad-
dress before the Washington and Jeffer-
son societies of the University of Vir-
ginia. On his way West he is to speak
at Chicago, Montana, Ottawa, Kansas
and Beatrice, Neb. He is to be at his
home in Lincoln on June %, but two
days later he will push on for the far
west. On July 9Th, he will deliver an
address before the Silver Republican
club at Los Angeles and on the 7th he
will speak at San Francisco. He will
go through Oregon and on July 18th he
is to be at Salt Lake City to attend the
convention of the trans Mississippi Con-
gress, of which he is President. Mrs.
Bryan and the children will join him at
Salt Lake and the whole family will
spend a vacation of few weeks in Vel
low Sfoua parly