The sun., 1908-10-27
BRYAN DIVES IN WET CLOTHES
And Cuts out the Parade TO Gets ChsnBe
.-street Crowds disappointed

BRYAN DIMES IN WEI OAVA he
And Cuts out the PARADE to Geta Chsns
--strset Crowds DiseppeInted.s
Mr.. Bryan arrived ct the Democrat
Club, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-sixt
street, at O'Clock. two hours behin'
eoheduie and in clothes very wet froU
the rain he had encountered In West
chester. The eating part Of the Dime
had gone on without the guest Of honor
and Mr.. Bryan. Gov. Jennings. Mr.. Macl
and the others Of Mr.. Bryan's party at
their dinner In fifteen minutes while tn
automobile parade was being organizes
outeide. 'E
The candidate was greeted with mann
cheers and many tigers when he entered
the big dining room Of the club. and afte
be had finished his dinner he Was brought
downstairs to speak for a moment to ths
I club memberi and guests.
| he repeated his assertion that thu
Democratic increase this year IL In everJ
section. sThera is not Q State 30 .fal
as we have learned. where We are pei
gaining and tho Republicans losing. hs
aid. Also No repeated that the .Eair
came from every walk Of life. His wordi
were very opfmistio and were loudly
appianded. .4-.
Among those ct the dinner were Nor
man a. Mack. Charles F. Murphy, Vice
Chairman Robert 8. Hudspeth. Senator
| Charles A. Culberson. Francis Burton
Harrison, Justice Warren W. Foster,
Josephus Daniels. David r. Francis,
Edward F. Cobra. NJ. D. Cary. Herman
Riddsr. Samuel Unterrnyer, Sheriff Tom
Foley. Francis K. Pendleton. President
MCGOWAN, John r. Dunlop. Richard
Croker, Jr.. John r. Carroll. D-Cady
Herriok. John D. Crimmins and Augustus
Van Wyck.
Before the parade started Mr.. Bryan
was prevailed upon by his managers to
give up, taking part in the parade and
instead to 90 direct to the Hoffman House
and change his clothes The parade
therefore, with Its fifty automobiles.
started without him., Red fires were
burning up and down Fifth avenue from
the clubhouse and a fringe Of people,
with crowds at the corners and about
the club, were waiting for q glimpse Of
the candidate
The route led east TO Third avenue and
down the avenue as far as Thirty-seoond
street. down Second avenue to First
street. into the Bowery, and then through
Eldridge, Rivington. Essex and Houston
streets to Hamilton Fish Park. Along
most Of this route the red fires burned on
both sides Of the etreet. In front OF the
Democratic clubs stands had been erected
and fireworks and banda and such things
mir. Third @ aSenSe nue.; was well filed with a
crowd which had been waiting for eome
time to see Mr.. Bryan and was to be dis
appointed. and the further downtown
you got the worse the crowd was until
when the Bowery was reached the police
had some trouble making room for the
automobiles to pass. After leaving the
| Bowery and turning into the narrow
streets Of the lower East Side the crowds
continued to increase in density. They
did not put OF their shouting until they
as the police automobile at the head Of
the parade came in sight and continued
until the car had passed. 3.
SWhcre's Bryant was shouted from
every hand, and when he did not appear
there was disappointment, although per-
hapa a majority did not know for sure
whether he was In one OF the oars or not.
Hamilton Fish Park was a solid block
Of people, chiefly from the tenements in
the Immediate neighborhood. Mr.. Bryan
was there when the parade arrived and
was speaking. The police estimated
that there were IS 900 pereons In the park
nobody else tried to put an estimate on
the immense crowd which ciung to the
| fence on all sides and packed every foot
of space between.
Mr.. Bryan in his short speech here
| eulogized the Jewish race and told what
1t had done and what 1t yet could do for
the betterment OF the country. Then he
gave a brief resume Of the issues Of the
campaign, and closed with plea for sup
port Of the Democratic ticket on the
ground that the party was fighting for
good government and for change In
present conditions,
From the park Mr. Bryan, accompanied
| now only by the various committees.
was driven immediately TO Madison
Square Garden. cutting out for the time
the meetings in Cooper Union and the
Word was sent TO New Brighton. Staten
Island. where Mr.. Bryan was down for
a speech, that the candidate couldn't
After leaving Madison Square Garden
at 1880 O'Clock MIR. Bryan took the auto
route to Cooper Union, where q great
crowd had been restlessly awaiting his
coming. There he delivered the same
speech he had just given In tabloid form.
The next Jump was to thePalm Garden.
At ysshh s s5sS srs1 sna .1ssdR
the reward Of strained patience on the
part Of the audience. Near 1 O'Clock
Mr. Bryan returned to the Hoffman
House, there to wait until time for the
8 o'clock speech before the night workers
In City Hall Park.