The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-08-19
SANDERS WAS IN SIGHT
And He Wanted to Let the
Whole World Know II.
WROTE SOME QUESTIONS
And Bryan Wrote the Answers -Silvers
Champion Had a Day in Helena
He Talked and Shook
Hands.

Special Dispatch IN the STANDARD
Helena. Aug, is.-To-day was Bryan
day In Helena The surrounding
camps were dcpopulatcd because Of the
coming of silyer's champion to the cap
ital, and there was. no end ~ enthusi-
asm and M limit a. the crowds. In the
city II was a veritable holiday. Many
of the stores closed during tn. after
noon aud evening In permit their em-
ployes To attend the reception and she
speech. hut the few stores that did not
close might as Well have done So. for
there was no one to patronize them.
Not less than 1000 people visited the
reception In the afternoon. where they
passed In review before Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan at the Auditorium and shook
hands with them.
TIL. Auditorium In all its history
never looked as well AS IL did to-day.
owing To the efforts of the women of
the capital. who showed themselves not
Ia be less Interested in IN. occasion
than the men. The reception was thor
oughly dcmocratic. The members OF
the select circle and the representatives
of the producing classes were shoulder
Ia shoulder In the throng. the reception
lastiag from ; o'clock until &:s0. dur
ing which time u was estimated that
70 persons "a minute felt the clasp of
the hand ~ the visitor of the day. An
orchestra concealed behind a curtain
of aspara sus and cucumber vines dis
coursed sweet music while the people
passed by.
During the forenoon Bryan went for
a drive through the city apd portion
of the day be spent In resting. lie
held a consultation with some of the
! m' mbers of the jefferson club the DEM
ocratic organization here. and spent a
| part OF the afternoon debating fome
answers % II questions submitted q
him by the war horse, who N stiIl here
iTeathing fire from his nosirils Cor
want of something else to d.. Tn.
! questions and answers Mr.. Bryan ala
not read at the evening meeting. as
Colonel Sanders evidently hoped he
would do. He treated Sanders To- a
roast from tn. platform aud announced
that he would not take ~ the time ol
the meeting IN notice ~ thu enemy In
! politics but would furnish the answer,
to the pft~s so that they might be pub,
lished and read M the leisure OF thos.
who cared - per,ise them.
4 After the reception there was din
ner al the Grandon hotel. where Gov
ernor Smith. who was Mr. Bryan's
! host. presided at the table at which sat.
beside Mr. and Mrs. Bryan ami Miss
Welsh. the following citizens of Hell
ena. Major and Mas Maglnnis. ex
Governor and Mrs. J. X Tool. Mr. and
Mrs, A. J. Seligman. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Wallace. jr. Miss Rosencranz, MISS
Mary Word. q q. Reed aud Congress
man Hartman.
/ In the evening the speech WAS from
the steps IN m. High school yard and
the street In front of the building con
tainod an audience of 1000. Mr. Bryan
spoke of the futur. uf hlmeta llism
which he said was sure. Me Expressed
confidence that the battle would bs
won. The last campaign, he said. WA
only ono battle of n war. and II wnuld
end In the ultimate victory ~ the Nhit'
metal.
] A committee from Great Fails met
Mr. Bryan here to-day and VIII accom-.
pany him North Ia the m'Tning Th'
run vii lhe mad. IN threc hours. Thr'
viii be q reception AT the hotel during
the forenoon and be viii dsliy.r his ad
dress IN the afternoon and returning
/ have Hclrnn for Bozoman al 10 II
| o'Clock on ih" regular train.