The San Francisco call., 1897-07-05
BRYAN ENJOYS
A NEEDED REST
Passes the Sabbath at
the Cole Home in
Los Angeles.
Visits a Dying Man and at
Night Attends a City
Church.
His Itinerary Changed So as tc
Include a Brief Visit to San
Diego.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July 4-W lillian
Jennings Bryan rested from his oratorical
efforts yesterday and enjoyed the dolce far
niente OF California Sunday at the home
OF Nathan Cole Jr. No visitors were ad-
mttted to see him, and he remained in
strict seclusion in order that he might
arise and gird up his political loins in the
morning and go through the severe or
deal of the days exercises without the
quiver of nerve.
Mr.. Bryan was more than pleased at the
splendid demonstration at Fresno last
night. when Pine Ridge. Grub Gulch,
Stone Corral, McMullen, Oleander, Coils,
Pollasky, Hanford, Selma ard other
towns and places poured forth their hun
dreds to swell Fresno's crowds of thou
sands. Itwas all ''of Bryan by Bryan and
for Bryan" so that even the omnipresent
Christian Endeavorers had to stand in the
shadow before the great blaze of the Po-
htical Endeavorer.
The reception which has been given
him thus far is more than flattering, and
he was deeply moved when at the close OF
last nights NEE ting he thanked George
f. Church and Dante r. Prince for the
business-like and orderly manner in
which they had managed the whole affair.
Mr.. Bryan was accom- panied from
Fresno in the Pullman sleeper Roseburg
by Nathan Cole Jr. anduDr. William
Johnston of the Silver Republican Club,
William R. Burke of the Democratic Ex-
ecuuye Committee, Milton Carlson of the
Peoples party-all OF Los Angeles; Con-
gressman Mcguire, ex-Speaker Gould of the
State Central Committee, ex-Congressman
Caminetti, Judge William Craig of San
Francisco, II. A. McCraney deputy clerk
al Sacramento, of the Sacramento Ledger,
q Silver Republican weekly, W. ii. Al
ford ]. J. Dwyer, W. W. Foote, 7. Y.
Cator, George W. Baker and II. L. Baker
OF San Francisco and E. c. Farnsworth of
Vlsalia.
The sleeper was attached to the regular
passenger train leaving Fresno at 1855
this morning. Ali through the night the
snores of the tired politicians made the
car quiver as though in the throes OF an
earthquake and threatened to throw it off
the track; but, fortunately, the air brakes
were perfect and there was no disaster.
The concert of sleeping beauties was
varied by cheering IS the car passed
through the stations on the way, wher-
ever railroad men were up and about.
Daylight found the train winding its
way in and out of rocky tunnels UP the
steep grade of the Tehachapi Mountains,
seepers arose. Mr.. Bryan slept until 8
O'Clock, and was inhaIing the warm
mountain air on the rear platform when
q stop was made at Moiave for breakfast
Forty or fifty people were there-the
whole population-to shake him by the
hand. He went into tho dining-room
with the committee and showed that his
appetite and his ability for getting away
with food were as ravenous and as strong
as his political am bition.
After breakfast he was introduced to
group of lady and gentlemen passengers,
among them Major Horace A. Moore,
special agent OF the Treasury Department
at San Francisco.
Every station on the Mcjave Desert and
in the San Fernando Valley turned out
its handful Of Democrats to cheer Bryan.
At one of the stations a man reared
aloft a rude banner on which was in
scrioed: Free Silver and a High Pro-
tective Tariff on Olive Oil, Oranges, Lem
ons and Raisins." This caused the good
people in the special car much perturba-
tion of spirit and Mr.. Foote seemed to be
on the verge of a collapse. High tariff
and free silver didn't seem to mix very
well in the Democratic stewpan.
80 o'clock this afternoon the train
arrived in the City of the Angels, but
stop was made near the outskirts, where
al open carriage was in waiting. Mr.. |
Bryan, DR.. Johnson and Nathan Cole Jr. |
entered it and were taken to Mr. Coles
residence to spend the remainder of the |
dav and the night.
This evening Mr.. Bryan went with Mr.. |
Cole to attend divine services at the First |
Presbyterian Church on Figuero street |
A ter church Mr. Bryan went to visit II. |
l. Mcneil, who, lying dangerous. Y i'll, had |
expressed a wish TO see the silver cham |
pion before he died. When these evening !
incidents were over Mr.. Bryan retired to |
get the rest he will need to- morrow.
The Jeffersonian Society, new Demo-
cratic organization recently formed in |
this city to further the cause OF the partv, |
made its first public debut this evening by |
giving reception to the visiting states |
men from the North. The affair was held
at the Van Huys Hotel, where a suite of
rooms had been engaged by the society. |
i was notable social gathering.
Tomorrow will be big day for Mr.. !
BRYAN. At O'Clock in the morning he |
will be at Hazards Pavilion to meet the
1ecep. ion committee, composed of a dele
cation of the leading Democrats o South
ern California.
from until IL o'clock there will be
public reception at the pavilion, followed
hy the presentation of an address of wei