The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-24
GREETED BY THOUSANDS
Mr. Bryan Warmly Received on
His Maryland Tour.
Evidence Tint the State Will Re-
pudfatc Its Action of Four Years
ment in Baltimore Polls Show
Republican Minority Wiped Out.

of Chairman Vandiver and Secretary vii.
kinson of the Democratic State Commit
tee.
At Baltimore he was met upon the stage
of the great Music Hall by Gov. Johr
Walter Smith and Arthur Pue German, o.
whom it is pertinent to remark that he is
not enacting the role of Achilles, contrary
to the opinion of divers and sundry states
men round about in these parts in whom
it has not pleased the austere and astute
German in the past to repose confidence
The Marylanders lay such great stress
upon the seeming fact that German is now
a Bryan man. that no Maryland political
literature is complete unless the name OF
German dots it like the sunfreckles on the
face of the summer girl.
1t is a circumstance of more or less in
| terest, II not Of significance. that German
is not averse to returning to the United
States Senate in the event demand to
do SO is made upon him by the reunited
Democracy of Maryland-the said reunion
being due in large part to the eloquent
pleadings of the splendid and -souled
! young Lochinvar who came out OF the West
four years ago and was viewed with mis-
givings quite akin to jealousy by the old
cavaliers OF the German stripe.
But this is somewhat apart from the
! great goings on in which the Marylanders
have INDUCED themselves today. Nearly
| hundred thousand OF them have seen
Bryan.
The witchery of his eloQuence and the
| magnetism OF his presence have en-
thralled the Maryland felix, and there can
| be scarcely any doubt that they will give
| him their eight electoral votes in Novem-
| Der.
Shouting multitudes OF Marylanders
| showed today that they are "as sorry as
| sorry can be- that four years ago tn y
repudiated the Democracy simply and
| solely because Of lis new leadership and
assisted in elevating to the Presidency
the affable and imperturbable Ohioan,
whom Senator Wellington is uncouth
| enough to say bears false witness when
in moments Of abstraction.
Lowering clouds. a lazy. drizzling rain,
and chill winds they braved by the thou
sand. Shivering under dripping umbrel-
las. they stood and cheered. Through
streets OF slush and mud they marched
to the stirring tune of Maryland, My
Maryland" the martial cadences of
Marching Through Georgia." and the
yell-provoking crashes Of Dixie
Every station along the circuitous route
| from Rockville to Baltimore was gay with
nemocrot;o ornblams- olrdiDo NJ oo,rua
the flag that the founders of the Republic
intended should be followed by the Con-
stitution. Squadrons of ,horsemen-what
in England are called the yeomsnry-
were conspicuous in every parade. Obvi-
ously, there was determination in every
community visited to Guido its neighbor
in the magnitude and enthusiasm OF the
! crowd assembled to pay homage 10 Mr.
Bryan. In this Westminster probably is
entitled 20 the palm, though there were
enormous throngs. considering the popu-
lation Of the surrounding country. at
Rockville and Frederick.
1t was lucky for Mr.. Bryan that Cow
ernor Smith gave authority to the police
commissioners of Baltimore to send out
an escort OF policemen. But for these
long EARNED and muscular fellows Mr..
| Bryan might have suffered injury from
the thousands who pressed DANGEROUSLY
forward to grasp his hand. At nearly
every stopping place the police had to
threaten to use their clubs in order to
protect Mr.. Bryan from his overzealous
admirers.
into a downpour. Through the rain Mr..
| Bryan was conveyed in a closed carriage
| a considerable distance to an uncovered
stand. Behind him trailed long process
sion OF shouting men and women. Be-
| meath an umbrella Mr.. Bryan spoke for
five minutes to sea OF upturned faces
that were undisturbed by the pelting rain.
Sharp questions were peppered at Mr..
Bryan by Republicans who were in
the throngs. What would he do with the
Philippines? He told them as plainly and
as frankly as he has told every other
audience in the East what he would urge
Congress to do with the Philippines il he
were elected. How about the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver? Mr.. Bryan re-
ferred his questioner to the Kansas City
platform. with the further assurance that
he stood today where Mr.. Mckinley stood
before he bowed to the dictation OF Wall
Street. And the Ice Trust man, of course,
had to pop his question. but he ask
ed no more after Mr.. Bryan reminded him
that all the directors of that trust were
Republicans, and that it lay in the power,
and his alone, OF Rough Rider Roosevelt
as Governor Of New York to crush the
monopoly.
In a word. there was no change in the
tone, temper, or subject Of Mr.. Bryan's
speeches through Maryland today. Upon
the issues of 1895 he spoke to the Mary
landers Just as he spoke to them four
years ago. Upon the new issues he spoke
to them with the same feryor, earnest
ness. and high purpose with which he has
been speaking to tens of thousands of his
countrymen nearly every day for two
months He spoke to them in such way
that these Marylanders will have only
themselves TO blame If now they do not
understand Mr.. Bryan and the vital prin-
ciples for which he stands.
That they do understand him now is
attested by the enormous crowds in
which they nocked to hear him and
by the genuine and unmistakable
enthusiasm with which they received him.
Baltimore, which four years ago was the
centre Of hostility to him In this State, is
not hostile now in the sense in which this
term was once applied. There are ma
tional bankers. tariff bensfciaries, and
trust magnates here in plenty. claiming to
be Democrats. who profess still to distrust
him.
1t follows. Of course, that there are also
some Democratic politicians in Baltimore
who glibly prate OF the dangers of Bryan
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