Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
THOUSANDS GREET
GREAT COMMONER
,contlnued from raae onep


or to the loft. He realized that he was
late, and apparently he was determined
not to loso an additional moment.
The reception was planned to occur
between 1880 and 1880, but 1t was ex-
actly 10 o'clock when Mr.. Bryan, who
had insisted upon calling upon a close
personal friend who was unable to come
to see him, entered the reception room
at the chamber of commerce.
He found there Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Ma
than cole, ir Miss Emily Wing and
Miss Eleanor Allen, the latter former
sChoolmate of Mrs. Bryan, and all OF
whom had been visiting several of Mrs
Bryan's friends I'm various parts OF the
city. The party had arrived before ll:SO
and were entertained by Mrs. w. j.
Washburn. wife of the president OF the
chamber of commerce.: Mrs. George II.
Stewart, We of the vice president and
chairman of the reception committee,
and Mrs. G. G. Gibbons of Nebraska,
who had been selected to assist Mrs.
Bryan in receiving.
There we're also present members OF
the first section of the reception COM
mittce, headed by A. w. skinner.
Reception Begins
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied by Vice
President Stewart 9nd Mayor Harper
and after Mr.. Bryan had shaken hands
with the various members of the COM
mittce having in charge the conduct
of details in the reception room he
took his opsition at one end of
the room. TO his right stood Mayor
Harper, and on Mayor Harper's right
was Mrs. Bryan, holding an immense
bouquet of roses, presented her by the
chief executive.
on Mr.. Bryan's left was President
Washburn and beside the latter stood
Mr.. Skinner. then O. T. Johnson, 7. E.
Gibbon and Niles Pease. Other men,
bers of the committee formed an aisle
to the door through which the crowd
would enter and approach the guests,
anl also extending to the door leading
into the corridor, into which the crowd
would pass and then proceed down the
stairway to the street entrance.
Sharp at - o'clock the door leading
from the reception room into the eX-
hibit room was opened, and the crowd,
many of the members of which had
come from outside towns and had watt
ed patiently for several hours, began to
file in.
Uses Both Hands
At first each was introduced by name
to Mr.. Bryan and Immediately after
ward by Mayor Harper to Mrs. Bryan,
but ii soon became apparent that in
order that Mr.. Bryan should greet even
majority of those who desired to
shake his hand it would be necessary
to expedite the affair, and thereafter
only an occasional name was men
toned.
Afterward, in order to still further
hasten proceedings. the crowd was
urged along and Mr.. Bryan utilized
both hands in his greetings.
Frenquently. however, some old ac-
quaintance would put in an appear
ance, and then the line would come to
a halt until greetings were exchanged
In a number of instances people who
had never seen Mr.. Bryan before were
desirous of telling him how much they
admired him, but in a majority of these
cases the words of the visitor we're cut
short by members of the reception COM
mittee.
Secretary Frank Virgins stood di-
reCtly in front of Mr.. Bryan and he did
| not permit any one in whom Mr.. Bryan
was not personally interested to delay
the movement of the line.
Rushed Down the Line
A number of prominent citizens of
Los Angeles also were rushed down the
line by members of the committee, with
whom they were well acquainted, and
this process, which was unusually Wig
orous in the case of those well known,
furnished much amusement to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan and those Of the receiving
party.
Among those who were given the
grand rush, amid much merriment and
good feeling, were f. P. Clark, William
H. Workman, Frank NJ Coulter, Paul
de Longpre and Lee c. Gates
A number of people reminded Mr.
Bryan that they had shaken hands with
him in some particular year and al
some praticlar place, but as a rule
the words of greeting were common
place, although frequently the hope was
expressed that Mr.. Bryan would be the
next president. To these wishes Mr.
Bryan invariably replied in low tone
of voice, Il thank you"
Vigorous Exercise
At one time, when Mr.. Bryan was US
ing both hands in greeting, while Mrs
Bryan had one of her hands engaged
in holding her big bunch of flowers
and seemingly was in danger of beint
Iswamped by the tide of humanity, Pres
ident Washburn suggested that Mrs
Bryan might become exhausted.
mot she," said Mr. Bryan, as h
looked at his wife and smiled. Ssh
once shook hands with 5000 people II
| d
else we get" added Mr.. Bryan, with I
smile.
At the conclusion of the formal re
ception Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan shool
hands with members of the reception
committee and then departed with MI
and Mrs. Nathan Cole jr., and seVera
other close personal friends for tn
Jonathan club. where they were guest
at luncheon of several members VIII
are personal friends of MIR. Bryan.
Several hundred people gathered a
the Salt Lake depot to witness MI
Bryan's departure. and the great com
moner. was given another ovation whe
, he appeared few moments before tn
departure of the train for Salt Lake.
After shaking hands with persona
, friends Mr.. Bryan stood upon the step
of the parlor car Caliente and as tn
train moved away he raised his hat /
response to a rousing cheer.
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