The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-12

That plain Congressman w. j.
Bryan, Of Nebraska, shorn Of the tran
STORY glory of an unsuccessful presi-
Dental canvass, has not been deposed
from the position he had won before
as an orator, as a citizen and as the
pre-eminent exponent of one policy ad-
vocated as the basis of American
craftsmanship, was shown by the i'm
mense throng, 10000 or more, that
packed the vast exposition auditorium
In Minneapolis last night, not to the
doors, but into the streets. The meet
ing was to have begun between $50
and o'clock. The doors were to have
been thrown open at g. they were bro
ken open before that by a restless
mass that hurled itself against the
too frail barriers and overturned the
plans Of the projectors of the meeting,
and defied the efforts of the police
From then until o'clock the crowds
poured into the big barn-like struc-
ture, and the later comers, finding the
real auditorium jammed, forced their
way home again disappointed.
Mr.. Bryan's greeting Monday morn
ing was unfortunately cool; his recep-
ton last night rushed to the other ex-
treme.
Absent, perhaps, was the intense ex-
citement of a stirring, hard-fought po-
litical canvass, but there were present
two factors that could not fail to in
spire the least responsive man-num-
bers and apparent sympathy.
The audience was friendly. Not neces-
sarily sharing the political convictions
of the mastery satirist, brilliant plead
er and persistent fighter before it, It
was as intolerant of any real or fan
cied discourtesy to the city's guest as
it was evidently determined to atone
for the f1asco of Monday morning.
Men of all parties listened with rapt
attention, and women, not allied with
any party, unless by marriage, shared
in the enthusiasm. Indeed, for the fair
sex was reserved the final climax of the
orators speech and the prettiest Incl
dent Of the evening, the presentation
to the idol of the hour of a magnificent
BOUQUET OF EASTER LILIES
in behalf of the Women's Bimetallic
league, the presentation being made by
IIOl l. d. OdlOI
Mr.. Bryan closed with a reference
to the interest the women were taking
in the cause of bimetallism, which, he
said. was due to their realization of
the fact that however they might toll
and save for the benefit Of their sons
and daughters, the latter would be
held at the mercy of avarice in con-
centrated capital and might at any
moment be cast down from opulence to
UIl,s, :.
wanted to save their children from by
a system which would insure prosper
ity to all, and this sentiment was ap-
plauded to the echo by the audience,
now warmed to the highest pitch Of
enthusiasm in spite of the untoward
climatic conditions fostered by the
present high price Of coal, perhaps,
for the building was really cold.
After Mr.. Donahue had read tele-
an affliction in his family prevented
his presence, Mr.. Cation presented the
bouquet, and the meeting broke up.
Mr.. Bryan was late, but when his
advance guard came, in the person of
Judge John w. Willis, Of st. PAU,
Chairman w. H. Donahue briefly in
troduced the new arrival with an in
terested query as to where, in Mime
apolis, at least, were the people who
were not in favor of silver
Judge Willis at once threw himself
into the breach with a new avowal Of
his own. and as he believed the peo-
pies allegiance to the cause of silver.
No crown of gold, marked for deficit
only could deceive the people into the
belief that the much vaunted pros
perity of the day was due to the gold
plank of the Republican platform 1t
was in spite of it. Future generations
of American citizens would honor the
names of the heroes of the battle of
1896, and enshrine the names Of Teller,
Towne, and Jones. A voice from the
audience reminded the judge that John
Lind deserved a better place than to
be punched under the general head of
| Others" and, after retracing his steps
to pay a compliment to the New Ulm
| man, he closed with a tribute, brief,
but eloquent, to the greatest of them
all, the man who, March 4, 1901, would
| take his place as the chief magistrate
of the nation, William Jennings Bryan,
of Nebraska.
| The applause that greeted this per-
grafton was only equaled a few min
| utes later when Prof. T. ]. Cation, in