The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-06
THRONG At LINCOLN.
lmmcn,e toHenur>r Welcome, The
Coming Home ~
BRYAN AND FAMILY


Lincoln, Sept s-w. ] BRYAN rc
turned "Wednesday to his Lincoln home
and tho home folks" welcomed him
with every approval and satisfaction
1t was a neighboriy welcome. planned
as such, and carried out in its entire.
Ky with that understanding Lincoln
has more Republicans than Democrats.
and Bryan has In the past experienced
the belief that il would be task TO
reform the city politically. but on
this occasion there was no line OF par.
ttsan division, and the welcome ex.
tended both to Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
was sincere and openhanded Every.
body showed good nature, nobody
wanted to quarrel about politics and
nearly the whole population showed
that ii was genuinely glad so well
known man as Mr. Bryan lives here
The city was handsomely dccorat
ed for the homecoming, the fronts
OF the business houses being a mass
OF flags and bunting while In the res
'dence districts Autographs OF Mr. Bry.
An in the windows, together with the
national colors. were everywhere seen
The nonpartisan nature OF the recep-
ton was emphasized in every way pos
sible
The Bryan train arrived at the Bur
Hn&ton depot shortly after ) O'Clock
Two hours before that the crowd be
gan assembling and was packed about
the depot, on the platforms OF freight
and express buildings and on the side
walks and in the street for nearly half
a block away. There was roar Of
welcome as the train rolled in. and
Mr.. Bryan appeared on the platform.
Mr.. Bryan's only expression as he
looked down on the multitude of faces,
was: Great scot what a crowd
Showing no signs OF fatigue, but
bowling right and left and smiling hap
PLY, with an occasional word to an
old acquaintance, Mr. Bryan made his
way to the carriage. Seated with him
on the trip up town were Governor
Mickey, Mayor Brown and John F.
Miller, president of the Lincoln Com
mercial club. A second carriage had
Mrs. Bryan, Mrs NJ d. WEIGH, Mrs.
J. f. Miller and Mayor Dahlman of
Omaha.
Then in turn followed carriages
containing members of the reception
committee and newspaper men who
accompanied Mr.. Bryan from the east
| Along the route Mr.. Bryan wa:
| greeted with every evidence of cor
| diality and enthusiasm. Among those
| present were a number of officers an
| men who were members of his reg
ment in the Spanish wal
| and they cheered their colonel heartily
/ The party traversed three of the prin
| cipal streets. lined with cheering
crowds, and then proceeded to the
| home of Charles W. Bryan. where Mr.
| Bryan had dinner and rested for time
| prior to going to the state capital
grounds for the speaking and recep-
ton proper.
Two hours before the time for the
exercises at the capitol grounds a
crowd estimated at from 10000 to
10000 struggled for points of vantage
around the speakers stand
Mayor Brown welcomed him back
TO Lincoln and Governor Mickey to
thes tate
When Mr.. Bryan arose to speak he
was greeted with cheering and clap
ping of hands He began by saving
that in his travels he had learned that
the Arabic language contains 600
words meaning camel, and that since
returning to the United States he had
wished that the American language
contained as many words meaning Il
thank you He declared the happiest
part of the long journey was the home
coming. and then went into desCrip
ton of his travels
Following his speech Mr.. Bryan
shook hands with the thousands who
passed before him. A display of fire
works ended the programme.