The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
STAMPEDED TO HEAR HIN.
Mr.. Bryan at Salem Jostling at En-
trance Things he Said.

evidence at Salem Wednesday ev~
ening. The jam at the Bryan
meeting was the sign of it Sal4za
Is a comparatively small town ana
is politically out of harmony ys5sh
MI. Bryan. But it tumbled oger
itself in the effort to hear him
speak.
The address was in the thea he.
The building is on a corner and
the street on both sides was fl}e6
to the middle by an elbowing pssl-
ing throug two hours before the
doors opened. Men forgot them
selves and fought with weak WON
en- in pushing their way to a van
tage point. 1t was cold and the
street was muddy but an indeser1h-
ablemassof stampeded humanity dug
It's elbows into other peoples ribs
and surged toward the ENTRANCES,
front and back. When the doors
were finally opened the pell NELL
rush of the people was like the
stampede of a cattle herd with dis
order not less complete. If woman
had fallen in the rush of that mob
she would have been trampleo 10
death. 1t was like the flood from
On broken reservoir dam, resistless
from its own momentum. Nobody
could have stopped to pick her M,
because of the impelling force from
those who crowded behind. When.
all were in that could be sand
wiched in, when every aisle was
crowded with standing people.
when every niche and nook had
S occupant, there was still more
people outside than inside. That
was Mr.. Bryan at Salem Wednes-
day.
4 The speech was political. Bnr
it was different. 1t offended none
It is kindly nature, benevofenG
heart that joined in forming sne
words that fell for an hour and
forty minutes from the speakers
: lips. 1t was a striking word pict-
, ure of the wide gulf between kh~
1 masses of republicans, and their
e leaders and OF the warm sympathy
between the motives and purposes
of democratic and republican mass
> es. 1t was prediction of more
= harmonious days for the republic,
= 1t was constant expressions OF
b kindness for the purposes of Theo-
t, dore Roosevelt, whose adoption Of
f SO many democratic policies in np-
position to the wishes of nearly ala
: the leaders OF his party is one Of
IS the remarkable phases of; a re-
l. markable career. 1t was mes
N sage full of good cheer and Con-
e spicuous with wit and humor of the
3 rarest order. Fun poked at him
% self by the speaker not infrequent-
n ly amused the audience immensely,
and the many good laughs kept his
5 hearers anxious for the rest Of Ehat
s he had to say. On the stage. be
: side Mr.. Bry an was a governor
e and two ex governors and another
ex-governor T. T. Geer, was IN
/ his audience. The others were
Ex-Governor Lord and Moody. TWO
thousand people were In the
). theatre.
A charm of the physical height
ems the mental assets of Mr.. Bryan.
r A leauty of expression is made
n doubly forceful by the light fr
e. keen but kindly black eye.
b There is a delightful smile that
IS lights up the face when accentua
e ton of the sentiment requires and
e to which the listener involunta rilyr
. responds. There is a voice that
f often drops into a most musical
q baritone, full Of resonant power
Y that is used with most delightful
2 effect for emphasis. There is a.
n warmth of nature and cheer of
e heart the moment the address he
Il gins that, glows warmer and cheer
= ier until at the end it is stream
:, ofrappott, welcome to the audience
! There is no studied oratory, ut
N simple words worked into a sim pie
N sentence, quietly and gracefully
Y, delivered, but always with meiodic
e accompaniment Of earnestness
le and sincerity. Such is the speaker
o. of whom it has been said that he
sc is not only moulding the destiny
70 to of his own party, but is largely
a. shaping the course of the opposite
er party and is contributing enorm GUS
a. ly TO the betterment of his cou ntry
as and mankind. man who has
spoken to more people, and who at
4S is personally known to more
people than any other man that
a ever lived. -
- - He arrived at Salem Wednesday
r. evening at $50 was banqueted al
er Hotel Willamette. spoke that NIGH
M at the fheatre addrsSSad the hiuf