The herald., 1897-07-06

| The apparently interminable line of hu
manity passed along rapidly and yet as
Mr.. Bryan possesses the happy faculty
of making every person with whom he
! comes in contact feel that he or she alone
for the time being is in his thought,
every one passed on apparently delight
ed with the opportunity afforded of TAX
ing their political chief by the hand.
And it was done so rapidly. Mr.. Bry-
an has evidently gained wisdom by long
experience in the hand shaking busi-
ness. Aftermath ting one hand with the
other he disposed of fiftyfour per min
ute, and as the speed may have varied
trifle, an average of fifty per minute
would mean that he took by the hand
about 1000 people during the hour and a
half during which he received.
And what a motley throng! Almost
every phase and condition of life was
represented, from the well-to-do man Of
affairs down to the poor fellow in the
clean but not too dainty attire. But for
each and all there was the same hearty
hand shake and genial smile. A very
noticeable thing, too was that by far the
larger proportion of the guests had
something to say. Just word or two,
but many of these words of goodwill
had about them touch of pathos. ''I,i
our section we look on you as second
Washington. sir; God bless you!" and
the honest granger passed out The
God bless you!" seemed the almost ma
tural ACCOMPANYING for many of the
utterances, and doubtless not a few of
these good souls had in their minds that
mortgage on the home or farm, and with
th price of gold going up and the price
OF products going down they had had no
particular difficulty in, ciphering out how
many seasons it would take to close
them out
Judge Phillips was an indefatigabie
master of ceremonies and hurried the
folks along, and as Mr. Bryan's hand
gave premonitory symptoms of soreness
he asked the guests to refrain from
shaking hands. Just bow, gentlemen.
and pass on" he requested; 1.-The first
thing you know you'll be having a mar
bic hand But not marble heart"
facetiously and quickly responded Mr..
Bryan, as he held his hand to the next
man in line. Ard to the end the hand
/! shaking was continued There were
few boys in line with their parents, but
not many, and but one baby. The
mother lifted the little mite up and Mr.
Bryan took its chubby face in his hands
and kissed it, while his face beamed.
Back in Nebraska he has young people
of his own.
THE LADIES' FLORAL GIFT
1nasmuch as Mr.. Bryan had another
engagement to fill at 80 the doors Of
the pavilion had to be closed before one
half of the people had been admitted
AS some compensation it was announced
to the waiting ones outside that Mr.
Bryan would say few words from the
balcony. Before doing so, however, he
received the Ladies' Bryan club in the
body of the pavilion. There were So
members of the club present, of which
Mrs. Salyer is president, and they cheer
/ ed vociferously when Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared in the hall. Mrs. Mills presented
to him magnificent bouquet Of white
carnations and fern, bidding him at the
same time very hearty welcome. Some
of the ladies desired 10 shake hards with
Mr.. Bryan, but again Judge Phillips in
terposed. He had contracted to deliver
him over to the care of the joint Demo-
cratic and Populist committees at the
] Hollenbeck in good order, and Mr.
Bryan had done considera BILE handshak-
ing already.
you can't all shake hands" said the
Judge"
"Oh, yes. they can" interposed Mr..
Bryan, and every lady of the club had
the satisfaction of clasping hands with
| the man after whom the club was named
Ine people cheered as Mr. Bryan was
led out upon the balcony For the first
! moment or two the jinglirg of the bells
! from the cars approaching from eithe,
side prevented Mr.. Bryan from speakine
and he awaited for the people to open q
passage and let them pass. There were
cries to hold the cars back for moment
or TWO, but Mr.. Bryan called down tc
those below to make way, and a passage
! was opened
we don't want the silver agitation tc
interfere with business" said Mr.. Bryan
with a smile, and, quiet being restored
he proceeded with his short address.
BRYAN'S IMPROMPTU ADDRESS
I am going to have plenty of oppor.
tunity later to speak upon certain vita
qnesHons,' he began. 1T has been ar.
ranged that 1 shall speak at Fiesta mark
a44u as <1llOi hey rtHeTdl fltZgeral0 is
to speak on subjecta peculiarly appfo-
pirate to Independence day elsewhere
that fact will enable me to branch out
somewhat
Il am not going to attempt to make. a
speech, but 1 never address myself tC
American citizens without feeling i'm
PEELED to impress upon them their re-
sponsibilities with regard to government
If our laws are bad, it is our own fault
we must make them good Anyth:ns
that makes people think is beneficial, fol
it tends to clear away obscurities and en-.
able the truth to be reached have more
respect for a man having convictions
though they be contrary to my own. thar
the man who agrees with me and We
doesn't know why. While in the las
campaign we were unsuccessful, it ha.
been OF infinite benefit in arousing ths
American people to study economi,
questions. and have such faith in theil