The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29

| lated 1CE
The answer Mckinley" came from
| all over the hall. Mr.. Stokes reference
to Mr.. Hanna as a faith curist ana Dr.
! Hanna" caused much amusement
! Following Mr.. Stokes address he an
| troduced ex-senator David u. KILL VINO
| was greeted with enthusiasm.
1 For the dinner given in honor OF Ar.
| and Mrs. Bryan, the Hoffman house oa1l
| room was most deliberately decorated
| It commenced at O'Clock, lasting over
william r. Hearst sat at che head Of
/ the table. On his right sat Mrs. Bryan
and on his left was the colonel. On MT
| Bryan's side Of the table were MIS-
| James Russell Lowell, Mayor van
/ Wyck, Mrs. Elliott Danforth, senator
/ David B. Hill, Mrs. Randolph Guggen-
heimer, Governor Stone, J. D. Richard
son, Miss Ellen F. Whalen, ex-Mayor
| Josiah Quincy Of Boston, DR.. }. II
| Girdner Mrs. Max Ihmsen, James X.
Mcclure. Max Ihnsen. Mrs. Phllo ,.
| Bennett John G. Follansbee, James
| Creelman, c. c. Hughes and sidney
Smith.
| Richard Croker Mrs. J. M GIrdner, An
son Phelps Stokes, Mrs George e. Wei
lington. w. Bourke Cochran, Elliott Dan
| forth. Mrs James Creelman, Senator
George c. wellington, Mrs J. l. rom
linson. Randolph Guggenheimer, John
| Whalen, Mrs. Frank Campbell, Fhllo ,
Bennett, John W. Tomlinson, Mrs c Z.
Hughes, Frank Campbell, Mrs James Il.
Mcclure and Mrs. Stone.
The favors were silver baskets by Til
fany, filed with bonbons, and the menu
card was elaborate
When dinner ended, the party at once
started for the meetings. An enormous
crowd had gathered around the Herman
House. When Mr.. Croker appeared, lol-
lowed a few moments later by Mr. Bry-
an the crowd let its enthusiasm nave
full play Mr.. Bryan was driven at once
to the Broadway Athletic club meeting,
where he addressed the Italian-AmerI-
The waving Of 1000 italian and Ameri-
can flags greeted Mr.. Bryan when ne en-
tered the club. Everyone stood up ana
yelled and cheered, and it was ten min
utes before the tribute was over. Ihen
it was only silenced by Mr. Bryan MIN
Mr. Bryan spoke from platform dec
grated with the national colors me
front of the platform bore a large por-
trait of the candidate and another hung
overhead. Red, white and blue electric
light bulbs trimmed the edges OF the
stand. StreamerS hung from the ra1lerS
and the sides of the building bore 1tal-
ian shields and the Italian tri-color and
the stars and stripes intermingled-
Up to 1880 o'clock admission was by
ticket and by that time the place was
damned. Italian marching clubs came
into the building headed by fife ana
drum corps, and there was band OF
music stationed in the upper corner near
Mr.. Bryan talked for 20 minutes and
then drove through cheering crowds 10
Cooper Union.
doors with Germans who had come there
to hear Mr.. Bryan address them under
the auspices of the German League or
the National Association of Democratic
clubs. Anti-imperialism was the strong
est note sounded, both in the speech OF
Mr.. Bryan and those of the other speak
erS
Mr. Bryan's appearance in the hall
was the signal for an outbreak of the
most unbounded enthusiasm. This was
worked up to a point where 1t became
contagious and every person in the large
audience jumped to his feet and waved
the American flag which he found in the
seat
Banner but at first this could not be
heard for the tremendous Volley OF ap-
plauSe.
Mr.. Bryan was profusely greeted by
those on the platform. He returned their
greetings in the most cordial manner
AS he faced the audience he looked sInil-
ing, happy and confident
Second avenue presented a sight which
it has seldom seen. Bryan enthusiasts
swarmed into the avenue until it was
simply impossible from Tenth to Twen-
ty-second streets. The stand erected at
the corner Of Fourteenth street was sur
rounded by living mass OF people For
more than half an hour Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne entertained the
crowd. It was pushing, showing, seeth-
could reach. They were waiting for
Bryan. The windows of the adjacent
houses were filed with people who
showed their demonstrations in all man
ners of ways. Several young women
from a house on Second avenue almost
opposite the stand kept up a continual
ly shooting off of a pistol, while others
from the roofs set off a continual stream
of fireworks
1t was soon after 9 o'clock when the
presidential candidate was announced
by the outskirts of the crowd. Several
mounted policemen rushed through the
crowd and made passa geway for
carriage behind them. This contained
Mr.. Bryan. He alighted when he reach
ed a position just in front of the stand,
and was escorted through the crowd. He
was received with cheers which even he
could not subdue for several minutes.
Mr.. Bryan stood with his head barred be-
fore the crowd and his hand raised for
quiet. Just as order had been restored,
several little boys perched in a window
just back of the stand started to shout
for Bryan, Whereupon the presidential
candidate turned around and smiled.
This was the signal for another out
burst, which lasted several minutes
Mr.. Bryan ended his brief talk by say
7 am opposed to industrial despot-
ism"
The crowd went wild when Mr.. Bryan
walked down the stairs to the platform
and it was with considerable difficulty
that he reached his carriage.
The booming Of bombs on the outside
of the garden at 10 o'clock announced
the arrival of Mr.. Bryan. The crowd
rose enmasse and sent forth a. roar Of
welcome The band played Yankee Doc
de but it could not be heard ten feet
away. Everyone was standing, waving
a flag, shouting. Mrs. Bryan and her par
ty and Mr.. Croker. in the adjoining box,
waved flags and added their cheers to
those of their fellow auditors.
When Mr.. Bryan arrived at the Gar
presented q n I'M
bunch of crysanthemums by a young
girl. He took the flowers, uttered q has
ty expression of thanks and shook the
girls hand. He went to the front of the
speakers platform and the applause
then increased. He stood there looking
toward the box in which his wife sat and