Evening journal., 1897-12-29
BRYAN IN MEXICO.
WHAT A MEXICAN NEWSPAPER SAYS
OF HIS RECEPTION.

WHAT A MEXICAN NEWSPAPER SAYS
OF HIS RECEPTION.
FREE SILVER ADVOCATE WAS
NET AT THE FRONTIER BY A RE
CEPTION, AND THE BAND PLAY
ED YANKEE DOODLE"
The Anglo-American of December 19,
q newspaper published in the City OF
Mexico, and received at this office from
a Wilmingtonian now residing there
has the following to say OF Bryan's re-
ception into that country:
THE Hon. w j. Bryan has met with
a most cordial reception.
our advance guard of Mexico's for
eign elite was commissioned TO greet
the eminent statesman on his setting
foot on Mexican soil. The soil and ad-
vance guard were in their most exquis-
ite normal condition of expectancy.
scissors, and in eloquent If hesitat-
ing bursts Of eloquency, scissored
from Jim Blaine's manuscripts, shook
them cape like in the great candidates
face. And the unexpected happened 10
happen again. Eloquence was met by
eloquence. Bryanic bursts bursted upon
Mexican atmosphere and the borrowed
plumes of Blaine were wasted on the
desert air, for a greater light had
arisen
Bryan had arrived in Mexico, he
was met by high and low, governors
and scribblers had shaken his eloquent
fingers. silver was recognized 10 be
king once more. Breweries at Toluca
and other points OF interest were inter-
4 f- uf a ff
American democracy, it passed muster
The trip was a triumphant one, bon
fires were lit on mountain tops and in
shady sylvan wales, the blind Mexican
beggar nddled to his hearts con-
tent the American national anthem and
he created a most admirable scene Of
patriotic enthusiasm.
4" Yankee Doodle came TO town was
the refrain from engine to the palatial
Pullman, first, second and third-class
cars were chanting the soul-inspiring
melody OF colonial days, and when the
would-be presidential train entered the
behagged station, passengers and re-
ception committee en- masse were re-
peating riding on a pony
THE American colony, in all It's
prominence, automatically, financially
and vulgarly speaking. were at the Co
lonia station TO pay their devoir TO the
great man, who came within few mil
lion Of votes of presiding over Colum-
bias destiny. Aged statesmen, journal
lists on their uppers. rustling business
men, all had constituted themselves q
committee of the whole to greet Mr.
Bryan and join in the refrain, started
by a blind beggar OF fiddler at O
neghboring station, and the reception
was magnifque. | was in Washington
when the veterans of q hundred battles
pasesd in review before good old Abra-
ham Lincoln and his patriotic Cabinet
before Ulysses S. Grant and his yictori.
Gus generals. / saw the boys In blue
then in youthful vigor toss their caps
and lower their bullet riddled war ban
ners in honor of Americas great men.
heard the great multitude then assem-
bled burst out in hearty cheers in wei
come of the brave soldiers who hal
been fighting the good Southern boy
in grey, but / emphatcally assert an,
declare that Bryap's reception at th
Colonia station by his admiring coun
trymen and q Mexican multitud
eclipsed that historical WashingtO
demonstration.
Sic transit gloria mundi
Mr.. Bryan was stunned by this spOn
taneous reception, he rendered IN
spontaneous silver tongued flow OF ora
tory his acknowledgement OF the homo
conferred upn him, and when hand
had been shaken, after sombreros ha
been dOffed, after que viva Bryan ha
been shouted, the distinguished part
was whisl1ed to the SAM, where tl
great and only Mazzantini and oths
celebrities awaited the coming of II
other great men from Gringoland.
"The days following his momentoi
appearance in this aged but youthf
city were devoted TO sightseeing and
being seen, the last predominatin
State carriages were at the disposal
the distinguished party, a visit
Chapultepec was de rigueur, a silve
tongued Grafton before the Mexico
Congress was the piece de fulminanc
an Illuminated reception and speecl
making at the Mineria last Frid;
evening and n reception and ball at Il
American Club upstairs corner
Gante and San Francisco is in prospeC
i've contemplation"