The sun., 1900-11-07
MR.. BRYAN EXPECTED 1T.
ne WENT 70 SLEEP AS THE ELE''
ROY RETURNS CANE IN.


| said AFTER lie Voted tie Expected TO Wiz.
! LINCoLN. Nov q. Mr. Bryan evidently eH-
| re"tci II Of the hftv or more newspaper
men friends and reghbors who thronRed his
. home he seemed tho least concerned over the
election result Ntcr supper ne sat down in
his library and cha'ted with his friends. Only
/ occasional bulletins were coming IN then and
! they were nearly all from New York. All
/ were di-couragnG. bu, he did not seem 10
| mind II. liis face was serious In its expression
! There was no light or hope, only erimness.
Upstairs telegraph Instruments were click
! ing away \ few old friends and neighbors
dropped In and personally conveyed their
! wishes for his succcqs MIR Bryan thanked
] them. but "a the crowd was rapidly increasing
! in numbers Mr. Bryan soon after withdrew
! This was az 7.2O o'clock He sat down by the
! telecraphers and read a dozen or more OF the
! bulletins They were of the same general
) tenor. gains for Mckinley. lie stayed there
/ few minutes only. one minute later Mr..
I Bryan had gone upst1ir- one ~ his news
paper friends went up 10 ask him question
! ard found him stretched upon tho bed sound
! asleep Mr. BRYAN was In fact snoring.
Jpon Mrs Bryan devolvcd the burden Of
| entertaining callers II she felt any depression
| she DID not show ~ She greeted friends as
calmly and pleasantly as ever and chs,ted
d
early in the evening gave much encoura cement
and funeral hush. broken only by the ticking
of the instruments. and the sound Of tic bulletin
reader, spread over the house and the throng,
Ats.9O Mr. bryan awoke Mrs Bryan had gone
up to see him and soon Hfterward she an
nounced 10 the newspaper men that Mr. Bryan
would make no statement until something more
definite was known
The only cnr"r that was brought 10 the
gathering at NJ Bryan'- hom" was when q.
& Dahlman Democratic National Committee
man from NeDrls,l t.ty arrived. Mr. Dahl
mpn carefully looked through th" pile OF bull
lrtu. and annouu"yd tha' It looked ns though
Mr. Mrkir'"y lad Carried New York and
Iilinoi. I hon after few moments figuring hr
remarked
I'VE are rot beaten. We have lost New York
and Il in,s. hnt W. will carry Delaware Ind
ana, Wet virginia Iaiirornia. MARYLAND and
Kentucky. "" will lose th" STATES carried four
year. ago hi, gives u, ?2j tes.
Mr. Bryan exhibited considerable interest
IN the bul"tins that gave statements from
Mr. croker and Chairman Jones. II" had no
comment 70 'Ian", however, and s'eadiasily
kept to I'll, Up,'"ir' room. Mr. Bryans body
guard OF metropolitan newspaper men. all OF
whom are on hl- staiT of admirers, early gave
up horc and began looking up the next east
wsrd-hurnd train.
1hn Eryan children were allowed 10 stay up
tonight Miss race took advantage Of the
opportunity presented and acted rs courier
for messages She wl- di-orimina,inG now
eve, and would cnrry none that wero not en-
couraginc. Young William organized corps
OF boys u the ncighhurhood into a shouting
club and stationed them under hi, fathers
window. where they remarked al frequent
i,far,.Yl- that RI.N,u WAS an right
MIR BRYAN held himself iloof from the down
stair, group all evening A. . O'Clock he drew
his armchair alongside tho telegraph nstrI-
mcnt- and for lIl: an hour sat there reading
bulletins as they came from tn" wire. tn"
hopeless tenor of them all seemed to tire him
and n again lsy down on his bed with his eyes
closed Once IN while he would opcn them
to look nj some moro particularly Interesting
or conclusive bulletins.
AT 10 o'clock MIR Bryan was sound asleep
again II wa, evident that no had practically
given up the fight and had proceeded to regain
some Of his lost rr',
Out in the sitting room a circle of close friends
Of Mr. Bryan surrounded modest little table.
There was li'tc conversation and IN" whole
scene strkin>ly resembled the gathering Of
friends before burial service
Mr. BRYAN, calm and impassive aC'ad the
hostess with her old tact aud grao efulne,s
She discussed the returns with Climne~- She
seemed TO hlN" made up her mind that all hope
was sone aud faced the inevitable with corr-
age one 10y one. A. the evening progressed
and the dcrSosSipn grew, the friends and neigh
bors dropped out. and at II o'clock scarcely
dozen persons were left. and MIR Bryan sl
slept
BRYAN CASTS HIS VOTE
Mr. Bryan arrived IN the city from Omaha
shorty after iU o'clock. As he had not regis
tered he had to swear his vote In. Two neigh
bors. one Republican. the other a Democrat.
signed a 81 tqtcmcnt that he was legally qualiaed
voter lie was driven from the train to tho
city Hall and thence 10 the polling place. mile
distant Here he was put through the course
of questions required Of all voters desiring 10
regi ster
In response 20 tho question: with what
political party do you wish 20 arlate?" Mr.. |
Bryan smiled and answered.
Democratic. bur have kindly feelings toward /
two others"
lie went home. where an hour later he was
serenadcd by tho Bryan Home Guards. He /
was asked by the newspaper men and club |,
men bers for few words In ending the cam |
pagn lie spok" ms follows
Il want to thank YOU for the loyalty you !
have shown, not only in this, but in the cam |
pllgrS lnlt nave I'ff'u"N " we NAV ne !
able to meet again within twelve hour. and |
rejoice over n victory"
God grant it,. or I'd voice
i will close this campaign bv readlna an |
extract from a speech made by Lincoln In which |
he declared
Many fine countries have lost their libcr-
ties and ours may lose hers but II she shall
may II ha my pro1Ide-t plume, not that | was
the Last To de-ert her. but that never deserted
her Let none falter who thinks he Is right |
and We may succeed But If, after all, we |
stall fail. be 1t 80 We SHALL have the proud |
col. isolation Of say Iug TO our conscience and
10 tho deuartod shade II our colIntry's free
dom that tIe Cpursr approved by our judD-
meut ana aforcd by our hearts. in disaster
in chains. in torture IN death. We never fal-
tered IN defending
4 hcllov" that we shall win to-day AT the
polls
Mr Brvan was looking worn aud tired His
voice had not failed him. bu' the relaxation
from the strain Of TIA" pa~t two months sent
liu. to bed short" after noon lie was up
aud about again ~ O'Clock. much refreshed
Tolh telegraph companies have wires running
into hi library and a lOitg distance telephone
afforded him opportunity to converse with
National headquarters
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