The age-herald., 1898-03-08
 BRYAN CAPTURES MONTGOMERY TOWN He Spoke to Ten Thousand Ardent At-
 miT0TC. ENTHUSIASM WAS GREAT The Jam Was So Intense That Several
 Painted. HE SPEAKS TODAY AT CALERA The Man of the Day Met at the Train by an Enormous Throng-His Health Drank
 at the Postal Board.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Montgomery, March 7.-There were be-
 tween 5000 and 1O,Oo0 people present in the
 big warehouse tonight to see and hear Mr. Bryan. Temporary seats for 5000 had been arranged, but the aisles were crowded, the
 twenty-five thirty windows in the roof
 were occupied, and every inch of space was
 taken.
 The jam and confusion was oppressive
 for half an hour and several tainted Mr.
 Bryan had great difficulty in suppressing
 the ardor and enthusiasm of his crowd
 long enough to get his speech under way.
 After he had calmed the audience down
 he spoke for almost three hours and was
 accorded the most respectful hearing by
 the great crowd.
 MT. Bryan will leave at S30 tomorrow
 morning for his trip into Georgia. He will
 be delayed at Calera for two hours by the
 train schedules tomorrow and will speak
 at 10:S0 tomorrow morning.
 Greeted at the Train
 great many thousand patriotic Ala bamians residents of other counties, spent
 the day in the city. They come on trains,
 afoot and awagon. They have formed a
 thoroughly good-natured throng
 Several thousand people were at the
 depot when Mr. Bryan arrived at 10:40
 o'clock this morning. The champion of
 bimetallism occupied the rear sleeper, and
 was accompanied by Governor Johnston and MT. Tomhnson.
 The engineer who guided the Louisville and Nashville train into the dspot had to exercise the greatest caution, so wedged in was humanity. It was on both sides of the train. Instantly the pulling locomotive arrived in the depot the people surged for ward, hurrahing and throwing their hats in the air.
 When Mir Bryan stepped from the plat form of the sleeper the air was vocal with audible admiration. Bryan! Bryan! Hur- rah! Hurrah!' rang out from thousands of throats.
 MT. Bryan's face flushed and he smiled as he pulled his back crush hat from his head and mada his best of bows to the multitude.
 When MT. Bryan touched the platform he was met by the reception committee from the Montgomery County Bimetalilc club consisting of Hon. Tennent Lomax, Hon. w. A. Sanford, Jr., Horace Hood, Hon. A. T. Dreyspring, Alderman Lorenzo Davis.
 The committee immediately escorted him to A carriage which was in waiting on the north side of the dspot. The crowd still continued to yell itself hoarse as the committee and MT. Bryan entered two carriages. Messrs Sanford, Lomax and Tomlinson occupied the first carriage with MT Bryan, the other car riage carrying the governor, MT. Hood, MT Davis and MT. Dreyspring. The party was driven to the Exchange hotel. There agaln croWu ndu pleceueu Mir Bryan. The party with considerable difficulty managed to reach the elevator and ascend to room No. 10 on the second 6oor This is the room which was occu- pied by Jefferson Davis on the occasion or his last visit to Montgomery. After remaining at the hotel for half hour or more MT. Bryan was escorted about the city by the committee in carri- ages.
 Banquet at Galatas A banquet followed at the Galatas con- r suming one hour and half's time. The banouet was rendered Mir. Bryan by the Bmetallic club, and was held in the ladies aiming parlors on the second floor, where three rooms had been converted into one spacious hall.
 This hall was a mass of color. From every nook and cranny fluttered national emblems. mingled with flowers of every description. The eight tables were radiant in floral raiment. One hundred and twen- tv-six covers were laid. The table in the