The record-union., 1897-07-04
", J, BRYAN'S SECOND VISIT.
HE SPENT ABOUT FIVE MIN
UTES HERE YESTERDAY.
A Couple of Thousand People
Gathered at the Depot to
See Him.

w. J. Bryan visited Sacramento yes
| terday for the second time. When he
was here a couple of years ago ne at
tracted very little attention, so little,
| in fact, that there are probably not TWO
| dozen persons in the city who remem-
| Der having heard his speech in Turner
| Hall.
| But his nomination and candidacy for
| the Presidency last year gave him
marked prominence, and it was quite
natural that yesterday a large crowd
| of people should gather at the depot
! to see him when he stopped here for a
! few minutes on his journey to the
/ southern counties.
The early overland train on which
he was a passenger was late, and at 5
o'clock it was known that it would not
reach Sacramento before IL O'Clock at
| the earliest, and the crowd scattered
only to gather later.
The Pullman car "Roseburg," which
had been engaged to carry Mr.. Bryan
to Stockton from this point stood on
a side track, and the local Iroquois
Club and the ladies who had attended
to it's decorations were early at their
! posts to give the visitor warm well
come The car had been wound about
! by streamerS of red white and blue,
| while on each side were fashioned an
immense shield bearing the legend so
| dear to the silver apostles heart-"Wil-
liam j. Bryan-16 to L.
The interior of the car was banked
high with rare eXotics, and several fine
floral designs occupied prominent
places, each being appropriate to the
coming of Bryan.
Shortly before IL o'clock the crowd
again gathered at the depot, and it was
estimated that fully 1000 people were
on the ground to get a view of the
| 16-to-1 leader. Even then there was a
long wait and men and women jostled
each other goodnaturedly for long
half hour before the delayed overland
train pulled in.
When Mr. Bryan showed himself on
the platform of the incoming train
those who saw him set up a cheer, and
| those who were in the background
stampeded to get nearer.
Into the crush of humanity the silver
leader swung himself, and, with
Charles Reed and Joseph Geoghe-
gan, c. FL. E. Hardin and Sen
| ator G.. w. Summerfield (Pres-
ident of the California State Bimetallic
Ieague) and Fl. S. Baker, fought their
way inch by inch and step by step the
short distance intervening between the
car he left and the one which had
been provided for him.
! When Mr.. Bryan reached the plat
| form he was met with a round of
cheers, but without doing more than
smile and wave his hand to the crowd
he passed into the car, where he was
welcomed by Governor Budd. Hon. A.
Caminetti, Hon. Z. d. McCabe and
other prominent Democrats The visi-
tor met with a cordial reception from
| the ladies of the party, but the multi
| tude was clamoring for him. and
scarcely stopping in his march through
the car he appeared on the front plat
form and said a few words in acknowl-
edgment of the reception, though what
they were even the men who stood
near him were unable to understand.
owing to the out-of-tim yelling of
| those of the crowd who were unable
| to get near
Seeing that all efforts at speech-mak
/ ing We're futile, the orator from the
| Platte filled in the short half-minute
with smiling, boWing and waving his
| hand to the crowd, and as the train
| or rather the engine and car-pulled
| out ne re-entered the car only to re-
| appear on the rear platform, where he
again smiled bowed and waved his
| hand at the crowd, which emitted a
long loud cheer as the car rounded the
curve, and Bryan had passed.
Mr.. Bryan stands nearly six feet in
night, and his face. which is of the
sailow variety, despite the fixed smile
which spreads over it, wore a drawn
| appearance as though it's owner had
| slept but little during the past week
His curly hair, which was worn several
| inches long, has running through it a
| lew scattered threads of gray. His
| fgure is ordinary, rather than striking
| but his face is one to be remembered
The nose is very prominent and stands
out high between the eyes, which gives
TO the latter a sunken appearance. His
face is what would be called square. .
ana MS features of a strong cast
The time spent by Mr. Bryan in the
city yesterday was a short five minutes
ana many of the crowd at the depot
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