The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-05-09
COL. BRYAN
IN COLUMBIA.
Hundreds of People Meet the Distinguished
Nebraskan at the Public Reception.
HIS ELOQUENT LECTURE ON "a coNaUERINa
OPERA HOUSE UNDER THE AUSPICES THE DAUeH-
TIERS THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INTRO
DUcED E.. H. HATCHER, ESQ

The best that a benefcent Make
can do for his children. is to give then
the opportunity to enjoy themselves
; The homely adage that you ina.
take horse to water but you canno
make him drink. may be paraphrase,
so as to apply to PEG pie; 'you ma,
set before them a feast of reason ant
a flow of soul, but you can't max,
them eat or drink
The coming of William Jennings
Bryan to Columbia was a golden op,
portunity to all to feast upon the
words of man the peer of any mar
this country has ever produced and
his stay will mark day complete
with pleasure to those who ate and
drank from the bounteous feast Of
the great mans soul.
Col. Bryan came from Decatur here
reaching Columbia at o'clock in the
morning. President ]. X. Farrell of
the Leonidas Polk Bivouac and Mr..
F. d. Lander met him at the train,
and together drove with him to the
Bethel House. where room had al
ready been prepared for his coming.
Having had little or no sleep up to
that hour he left word not to be dis
turbed until 8 80, and retired.
=
He had not finished his breakfast be-
fore demands began to be made upon
his time, and from then until the mo-
ment he left here on the 4:1O train,
every minute was engaged.
The public reception at the Bethel
House, by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, began at 10 o'clock and con-
timed until 10, the parlors being
crowd ed nearly all the while with
visitors.
It was just such a reception, we
imagine, as Mr.. Bryan could enjoy
and such an one as would make the
"old world" laugh. Prominent pol
iticians, richly dressed matrons. one
gallus democrats, men in their shirt
sleeves lana not overly fresh shirts at
that, boys in their bare feet land not
overly clean feet at that stood side by
side, happy, jostling, democratic
crowd. And apparently they ''all
looked alike to Mr.. Bryan. But
they didn't. Mr.. Bryan has an eye
'or the beautiful; and more than once
,e said, soto voce, ''what beautiful
woman that is. ~
Several hundred called during the
reception hours, and the parlors and
corridors Of the Bethel rang with the
merry chat and happy laughter Of
,oung and old. The ladies and gentle
nen who assisted Col. Bryan in receiv-
ng his guests, were Mesdames J. G. u
williamson. w. B. Dobbins s. G..
Huntington, E. Fl. Hatcher, J.. H. !
'ussell. Fl. g. Evans. W. M. Biddle,
soht. Mckinney, Rebecca McLemore,
Annie White, F. H. Smith, N. B. 9
leopard, Al B. Rains; Misses Rosa I
'arnett and Laura Galloway; Capt. ]
!. A. Lipscomb, Senator e. e. Err
lin, Hon. John W. Fry, Major W. J. '
J. F. Brownlow, E. H. Q
Iatcher, Fl. P. Figuers, J. A. Smiser, t
X. Farrell, John Trotwood Moore c
nd r. D. Lander. Il
The reception closed promptly at IL, a
i'd Col. Bryan was invited at once a
ito the dining room, where the fol- il
wing gentlemen dined with him n
apt. Lipscomb. Major Whitthorne, "
essrs. Fry, Smiser. Brownlow, o.
arrell, Allen Harlan, P. v. Chanell s
ID F. D. Lander. The hour and tt
If at the table will be remembered 81
hen the viands have long been for q
item. "
It was nearly speaking time when nj
nner was over, and in short while 81
Q party repaired to the Opera House. 70
Here an audience four or five times M
large rs any other man would have
avn at this time Of the dav and he
is busy season of the year, and yet
lall compared with the merits Of the be
IN. was waiting to greet him. Of
Mr.. E. H. Hatcher was accorded the, co
IT Of honor Of making tho intro mi
Glory speech, ana acquitted himself tn
tn that gallsntry. grace and credit gu
Ways to be relied upon. an
!. Hatchsr's Introductory Speech. me
aides and Gentlemen ITO me has "
N assigned the distinguished honor TN
presenting. mot Of introducing. for be,
fame is as wide rs the outstretched do
tits Of civilization. itself; but to -
has been assigned the pleasure Of