Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
Great Scene of Welcome.

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Great Scene of Welcome.
The scene down the bay as the
Princess Irene came to anchor in
quarantine established a precedent as
a celebration of the homecoming of a
plain American citizen. OF the great
crowds who greeted -, "Bryan's
Nebraska home folks" were the most
enthusiastic of ALL On two big tug
boats they went to welcome their dis
tinguished neighhor. With tumultu-
Cus cheers they pulled up alongside
the after gangway of the steamer and
called their greetings to Bryan, who
stood on the deck just above them
and hailed and waved his hat. Big
| bouquets of flowers were tossed on
| board for Mrs. Bryan. Then the Ne
braska state flag was flung to the
breeze and the cheering was renewed.
| Songs were sung and cheering was
! taken up time AMI again while Mr..
Bryan was going through the neces-
sary formalities of the customs in.
speotion laws. Two inspectors and
an assistant appraiser had gone down
on the Illini under special instructions
and had been put aboard to take Mr.
Bryan's declaration and make the
usual examination of handbags and
trunks.
There had also come on board the
! Princess Irene, Lewis Nixon, Mayor
Frank W. Brown of Lincoln. Mr..
When the baggage had all been
passed and Mr. Bryan was ready to
descend to the Nebraskan's tugs,
/ there was another outburst of enthu-
siasm which was taken up with a will,
/ this time by those on the crowded
decks of the Princess Irene. Cabin
and second class passengers lined the
rails, cheering and waving hats and
| handkerchiefs as their noted fellow
traveller disappeared over the side.
Huddled forward on the steamers
decks were more thar a thousand i'm.
migrants, gathered from every cor.
ner of Europe The unusual scenes
attending their landing in their new
home must have been deeply i'm
pressed upon the keenly interested
foreigners.
AS he set foot upon the ing Mr..
Bryan was fairly mobbed by the Ne
braskans. Each was anxious to be
the first to shake hands with the
homecomer, who warmly returned
every word OF greeting. All seemed
to be old friends and many were
called by their first names or some
| given name, the memory of which had
lasted from boyhood days All this
time the whistles on the craft which
swarmed about the Princess Irene
were footing madly. Flags were dip
ping everywhere and from the shores
small craft put out in multiplying
numbers.
Mr.. Bryan was called upon for a
speech by the Nebraskans, but con
/ fined himself to telling them. in a
purely personal vein, how happy he
was to be home again and what de.
light and surprise it had been to him
to find so many of his home folks
on hand to greet him.
After being on the tugs more than
half an hour. MIR. and Mrs, Bryan
were transferred to the Illini and
taken to landing at Stanleton, where
they went ashore to spend the night
at the home Of Mr.. Nixon.
Required to Remove Banner.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 30.-Two hun.
dred members of the Jefferson club
of Missouri arrived here yesterday
enroute for New York. When the
train on which the Missourians are
! travelling was turned over to the New
York Central, the railroad officials de.
manded the removal of the banner
from the side of the train. The ban.
ner reads:
Welcome to Bryan"
The rules of the road, it was ex-
lained, prohibited the placing Of a
banner on the side of a passenger
train. The Missourials refused to
allow the railroad employees to take
; it down. The train was sent into
the yards and held until late in the af.