The times., 1897-04-06
AN IMPR0MPTU RECEPTION
Many Friends Greeted Bryan in
the Capitol Corridor.
SENATOR'S WELCOMED HIM
Announcement That He Would Ap-
pear Before the Supreme Court
of yisitors-All Anxious to Shake
His Hand-A Smile for Each.

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vided yesterday between business and re-
ceiving the attention of large proper
tion Of that multitudein Washington which
| Is known as his friends. AS previously
noted, Mr. Bryan is here in case before
the Supreme Court which is of great inn
| portance in Nebraska, and will be every
where in the Union. The question arises
as to certain legislative powers with ref
erence to railroads or any class of common
carriers.
Attorney General Hastings appears for
! the appellants in the three cases in which
the defendants or appellees before the
Supreme Court are Oliver Ames, George
! Smith, and Henry'L Higginson. James
| C. Carter is on the brief as of counsel
for the appellees.
The contention from the brief of the
appellees is thus stated: These suits arose
out OF attempts on the part of the State
| OF Nebraska To prescribe the compensation
which railroads operated in that State
shall he permitted to exact for the carriage
/ of goods The attempt is made through
/ the instrunlentality of a law enacted by
! the legislature of that State, April, S93.
/ TO regulate railroads, to classify fieights
! ana fix reasonable maximum rates. Tie
| latter clause gives a name to the cases.
Some OF the important claims set up
by those defending the legislation are:
That railroads are allowed TO be built
for the public benefit, and must, therefore,
be made to subserve the benefit of the
people; and that any private interest which
may be involved is of secondary inport-
ance
That all people having occasion to need
the services of a railroad are entitled to
them; and that the compensation required
OF them must be made TO depend, not upon
what the railroad can afford to render he
services for, but upon what they can afford
to pay.
That the carriage of goods TO and from
large and compact communities which fur
nlsh large amounts of transportation ana
thus enable the service to be performed at
much less cost, are not entitled To the bene-
fit Of this natural advantage, but that all
parts of the State must be put upon an
equality"
The case was partly argued yesterday
up TO the adjournment of the court at
p. m. 1t was stated that MIR. Bryan, who
has special brief, will begin his argument
today at about 2 p. m., his argument to
consume about an hour.
1t was she expectation that Mr. Bryan
might address the court yesterday hat ac-
counted for large attendance up TO the ad-
journment hour. There was also a crowd
in the cl.rridor, to which MI Bryan spoke
individually between the acts OF the
session OF the court. He also went over to
"a SiI 10 Hp
on Vice President Hobart, with whom he
had d friendly and social chat, and later his
appearancein in the marble room caused 20 be
gathered around him a great many Of the
Senators, among them being Allen, Gear,
Mason, Turner and others.
The crowd was rewarded for its patience
on the ad journmento of the court The mar
shal made way for him through the large
number of ladies and gentlemen who be-
set the door. out in the lobby he held
reception which lasted until he escaped
into the office Of the clerk.
A bright faced young man made his way
through the mass of feathers, spring goods
and perfumes To take MI Bryan handanu |
to say that he had cast his first vote for |
him. This. of course, pleased Mr.. Bryan, |
but il made a lot OF girls Jealous. 1t |
prompted one Oh bHeii 10 viii a Su- /
perior smile md a look at the young man, |
that "of course. didn't vote for you,
but was with you, and we ere all with |
you,' she continued, bringing up a half /
dozen or more ladies, who were all pre- |
sented, not by name, but by States
Are any of these the Massachusetts |
Democrats who wanted to see me?' in
quired MI. Bryan.
We're not" said some; we're from |
Georgia, and we're from Alabama. and |
we're from Texas, and we're from Ohio"
BY this time MT Bryan was making a
Moreau's retreat toward the clerks room,
into which he eventually disappeared He |
was in excellent humor and gave the cali
ers all the time he could, because he saw,
or must have known, how long they had |
waited to greet him.
From the clerks office he went to his
hotel II is likely that if the argument !
for the appellants is concluded he will 20
TO New York tomorrow, where he will re-
main until Jefferson Day eve. when he
will come back for the big dinner, at which
he will respond to the sentiment of the !,
day.
The hero of the last campaign and prob
ably of the next campaign is looking re-
markably well. he recovered from his
defeat on the morning when its news was
announced to him, and has been since
doing work that is not physically exhaust
ing as was that of the fiery field work OF
1896
After dinner Mr.. Br yam received a
number of callers, and from Z to in
the evening the parlors of the Metropolitan
were again crowded, Senator Jones and
Mrs. Jones being among those present.
Nearly all of the Representatives and
Senators who stood with Mr.. Bryan in
he campaign called
Mr. Bryan was. Of course, interested in
the results of the municipal contests yes
erday, and he received last night kilograms
from many OF his friends in these cities
the victories.
He was evidently and naturally pleased
at these evidences of the success of the
Democratic party. First came a report
hat Cincinnati had gone Democratic