The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-09
HOW BRYAN RECEIVED THE NEWS
tins Show the Battle Lost-TheC Cam
didate Then Goes to Sleep

Lincoln, Neb., November 6.-Mr. Bry-
an received election returns at his res
idence in this city. His house was
fairly .overrun with newspaper men
and telegraph operators MOI only was
the first floor of the house largely CIV
en- up to them, u two Of the rooms
in the second story. Four telegraph
wires were run in the house. Mr..
Bryan had with him his brother. Chas.
Bryan, his former law partner, ex-Sen-
ator Talbot, Committeeman Dahlman
and Attorney Schmidt. Mrs Bryan had
as companions a cousin, Mrs. Rogers,
and Mrs. Dahlman.
Mr.. Bryan took his Dime at a little
after 6 o'clock and after ~partaking of
the meal spent a few minutes in con-
yersation with the newspaper men, re-
ferring to the bulletins received and
asking some questions about different
sections, but without v%enturing any
opinion upon the figures. The first
bulletin was the n announcing that
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, had given Nc
Kinley a majority of 1887 and this was
quickly followed by another bulletin to
the effect that Elmira had gone in Mr..
Bryan's avor to the extent of 1.722 ma
jority.
When shown this message he simply
remarked that it was encouraging.
The other bulletins from New York
came in thick and fast after that, and,
Uhi1a Mr. Pryan made M onnpppnnf
there was a feeling among those pres
emit that he was disappointed in the re-
turns from New York city and Brook
Ign. His reports, up to the last, con-
corning these cities had been encour-
aging, and his own observation had led
him to believe that there would be a
large increase in his vote, rather than
a loss. On the other hand, there was
considerable encouragement from the
interior of New York state and espe-
cially gratifying was a message from
National Committeeman Mack, saying
that Buffalo lac given Mckinley a ma
jority of ONLY abo 5000 against a ma
jority of 12,C00 four years ago.
Coming closely upon the heels of the
Buffalo dispatch was one from a friend
in Boston announcing that city to lave
gone for Bryan by a majority of 1000
as against II, 900 for Mckinley foul
years ago..
The early dispatches indicated the
loss of Maryland and his also was a
disappointment, for it a been believ-
ed that that state was fairly safe for
the democratic ticket.
After receiving the earlier returns
in his library, in the midst of his
friends, Mr.. Bryan retired to his pri-
vate apartments which were conn -ctej
with the outside world by a speciai
wire. Both he and Mrs. Bryan were
in a cheerful mood and a person
quainted with the circumstances would
never have dreamed from their de-
meanor that they were at this time TIL,
center of national interest.
At s o'clock when the newspaper men
congregated at Mr.. Bryan's house
sought to secure a statement from him,
they were told that he had JUS, gone
to sleep, and could not be disturbed.
When he reti.e ed to his w room he
glanced over the returns with apparent
interest and expressing a desire to
make up some of the sleeep he had
lost in the past few weeks, lay down
and was asleep in less than five min
utes.
He slept an o ur in the afternoon,
after which he went for a horse back
ride to his farm. He did not, however,
feel fully recuperated, and, therefore,
sought additional rest, thus manifest
ing probably less concern than hun
dreds of thousands of his followers.