Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-20

A great change has taken place since
Mr.. Bryan went away from here the
last time. The people Of Lincoln are
beginning to realize that he has made
their town known In every part OF the
world and through him Lincoln has
been heard Of in parts where the exist
ence OF such place was never dreamed
OF. It il taken for granted here that
Mr.. Bryan is extremely likely 10 De
again nominated for the presidency ana
that Lincoln Will be the Mecca toward
which hundreds Of thousands Of people
will travel, and the hotels and business
houses are already preparing for the
expected influx of visitors. Every pic
ture-taker in the city is stocking UP on
scenes in Lincoln, and photographs OF
everything and everybody connected
even in the most remote wa with Mr..
Bryan.
And when Mr. Bryan returns to
America he will be greeted In new
York by a large number of representa-
tive citizens of Nebraska, VINO dld not
know a few months ago that he was
out of town Lincoln will turn itselt
inside out when MIR. Bryan gets back
home, and It is declared here that he
will be given a homecoming greeting
by his friends and neighbors greater
than ever was accorded private cltl-
zen of Nebraska.
In the streets you see the Bryan nat,
and in the shop windows the Bryan coll
lar. the Bryan cuffs, the Bryan neck
tie and the Bryan socks. And every
one who can by tonsorial skill trans
form his face into the Bryanesque Is
doing so. An army of newspaper cor
respondents is expected, and the pusl-
ness men are preparing to take care OF
them, anticipating a large amount OF
freee advertisement of Lincoln through
Mr.. Bryan.
The business men have awakened to-
the realization that it Is pretty GOOD
thing for their town to have Mr.. Bryan
as a citizen. Lincoln is a pretty town
well watered and well shaded and It's
buildings are modern, but there Is
nothing about 1t that so attracts the
attention of the visitor from the east
as the fact that it is the home of Mr.
Bryan.
''You have a. nice little city herei"
suggested to the clerk of the hotel.
"Yes, we think so-and, of course, you
know" and the chest swelled until the
diamond in the shirt front resembled
an electric bulb on a snow-drift. but
this is the home of w. j. Bryan
could not help smiling at the clerks 8
display of pride-due to the fact that
Mr.. Bryan is a Lincolnite-a display of
pride that was not made ten years ago.
Mr.. Bryan Is not called William Jen-
nings Bryan out in this country, nor
does he sign his name that way. His
signature is w. ]. Bryan, and he never
nings form came from the east.
In the event that Mr. Bryan is nom-
mated again for the presidency, and all
Lincoln expects that he will be, 1t is
believed he will remain at home and
not travel about the country as he did
in previous campigns. Many news
papers will have staff correspondents
here; several have already secured
quarters for their men. On his return,
however Mr.. Bryan will remain only
short time, and will then go to. Aus
tralia for two or three months, after
which he will resume life in his hand
some home close to Lincoln.
The Bryan home is two-story
brick, with wide verandas, on grassy
knoll six miles out from town. In one
direction you have a fine view of Lin
coin. In another direction is the great
college of the Seventh-Day Adventists,
and not far away is a bunch of build
ing that used to be a normal college.
The farm contains about 16O acres, has
all the modern Improvements and
termelons. On the farm is lot of fine
stock, and running at large is Mr..
Bryan's magnificent saddle horse Gov
ernor, and in the shade Of the trees a
great bloodhound known as Joe and an
ugly looking bulldog, General, the gift
of admiring friends. watch the visitors,
but do not molest them.
Inside the house the furnishings are
superb and Mr.. Bryan's den or
library is the acme of decorative art.
Two large rooms are given over tol
souvenirs and bric-a-brac picked up a
his travels, and he has a collection of
thousands Of original cartoons made of
him. There are a number of gavels
voted him by various state conventions
and photographs of Mr.. Bryan riding
in street parades in all parts of Amer |