The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-24
BRYAN IN WASHINGTON
A Great Ovation During His Brief
Stay in the City.
The Candidate Yields to the De-
mnnds of n SurginE Crowd and
Makes Brief Speeci-Men and
Women Struggle to Get n Glimpse
of the Democratic Standard bearer

William Jennings Bryan was In WASH
ington for an hour yesterday morning
Into that single hour there was probably
crowded more intense enthusiasm than in
any other twelve hours in the history OF
the nations Capital. At 1855 a. m. Mr..
Bryan arrived at the Pennsylvania station
in his weather-b beaten special car. the rear
platform (which has become famous dur
ing the present campaign, and one hour
and five minutes later he left the Balti-
more and Ohio station for the East. Cheers
a tremendous crowd greeted him upon his
arrival. and cheers more hearty and more
prolonged bade him farewell as he was
borne swiftly away from the city.
Shortly after his arrival. when Mr.. Bry-
an was attempting to pass to an automo-
bile just outside the Pennsylvania station,
the crowd was SO dense and SO eager to
get near him, to shake his hand or to get
a closer view, that his progress was i'm
peded and required the united efforts OF
a squad of policemen to clear the way.
Mr. Bryan took breakfast with Judge Will
liam NJ. Springer. ex-Representative from
Illinois, at his home, As B Street southeast.
Later, just prior to his departure. Mr..
Bryan spoke for ten minutes to crowd Of
fully 5000 people at the Baltimore and
Ohio depot.
Gathering of the Crowds.
The fact that Mr.. Bryan was to arrive
in Washington yesterday was we'll known,
and as early as o'clock people in small
groups of three and four, in couples and
singly were making their way to the
Pennsylvania Station. Squads of police
men from the various precinct stations
arrived at the station few minutes after
o'clock. Seemingly a favorable omen
was brilliant morning rainbow that
hung over the west of the city for about
half nour between and o'clock. The
carly corners soon were given the fnforma-
tion that the Chesapeake and Ohio train
to which Mr.. Bryan's car was attached
had been delayed and would not arrive in
the city till about o'clock.
The crowd increased as the minutes
passed Local Democrats of prominence
organized an informal reception commit
tee and brought their influence to bear
upon the station master who finally ad-
mitted them beyond the portals OF the
iron grating that kept the huge crowd
from breaking out onto the tracks and in
tcrfering with the movements of trains.
1t was nearly o'clock when the train
was seen rounding the curve just outside
the station yards. and the cry of here he
comes was taken up by the multitude
with hoarse clamor that shook the roof
of the station.
II OF the eight cars attached to the en-
CINE the last was Mr.. Bryan's. Decorated
with smoke stained and ragged bunting
the special car moved slowly into the sta
ton and was rushed upon by every man
that had been fortunate to get beyond the
iron gates. Murray Vandiver, Chairman
of the State Central Committee of Mary
land, swung himself upon the platform of
the car and entered the door at which
he appeared a moment later followed by
Mr. Bryan. Then the crowd went wild.
The Nebraskan looked fresh and vigor-
Gus. There was no evidence of the IA
tigue that he has undergone during the
campaign. He was clad in suit of black
and wore upon his head a black SLOUGH
hat. He was met at the car steps by
Judge Springer. The two shook hands ond
exchanged greetings. As Mr.. Bryan step
ped to the station platform the crowd
came forward with a surge. The men in
front struggled to grasp his hand; some
of those behind. that they might get
better view, attempted to climb upon the
shoulders of those before them. Mr..
3ryan shook all the hands he could reach,
and smilingly acknowledged the tremend-
Gus ovation. All progress toward the
street seemed utterly blocked. Finally
Mr.. Vandiver and Judge Springer. one on
either side, and Ike Hill and Lieutenant
Byrnes. of the police force, attempting to
clear the way in front. Mr.. Bryan started
for the street. where an automobile was
waiting to convey him to Judge Springer's
home. There were shouts Of keep back
and don't shove" but the crowd pressed
forward to get as near as possible to the
candidate.
jam Mt the Station Entrance.
When the street entrance of the depot
was reached many Of the crowd who had
been unable. because of the jam, to get
within the station, had their first view
of Mr.. Bryan, and from their threats went
up thunderous roar of greeting. With
Judge Springer. Mr.. Bryan finally gained
the waiting vehicle, toward which the
great crowd swept. Hands were thrust
through the windows and as many as pos
sible given a hearty shake. After about
two minutes Of this delay the street about
the automobile was cleared sufficiently to
enable it to start, and it rolled away. The
crowd watched the retreating vehicle for
a moment and then started away toward
Avenue and the adjacent
streets. Many bicyclists followed the au
tomobile to Judge Springer's home, in B
Street southeast
At Judge Springer's Mr.. Bryan met only
the immediate family. and sat at the table
but twenty-five minutes. In the mean time
the special car was switched around to the
Baltimore and Ohio yards. where 1t was
to be attached to an outgoing train. The
crowd, of course, learned that Mr. Bryan
would leave the Baltimore and Ohio sta
ton later on. Those that had come too
late to see the candidate awaited them
selves of this opportunity to get glimpse
Of him. Many who had seen him went to
the other station that they might see him
again.
Around the Baltimore and Ohio station
began to gather the crowds soon after they
dispersed from the Pennsylvania station.
While waiting and increasing the thr6ng
found amusement in all the little occur
rences of humorous nature that always
attract the attention OF crowd. Not
often, IL ever. before has such 4 crowd
gathered at the station. The streets were
black with people. and the hum of their |
voices could be heard far away. In the |
station itself the employees and passengers |
Of incoming trains had trouble in forcing |
their way through the dense mass Of HUI |
mainly Many women and children were |
noticeable in the crowd, and were quite as
eager and quite as excited as the men.
MIR. Brynn's Speech.
About $50 o'clock the automobile hove |
in sight, and was greeted with tremendous |
cheering. 1t glided through the outskirts |
If the crowd. but was stopped when the |
people, packed SO densely as to impede Its |