Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-10
AS THE Dawn CAME
Bryan Notified of His NomIna-
ton for the Presidency.
might OF WEARY WAITING
Nominee Smiles and Treats All to
Diluted Grape Juice.
THEN SEEKS NEEDED REP0sE
Day at Fairview Passed in Loung-
ing, Walking About the Farm
and Inspecting the
Animals.
THEN SEEKS NEEDED REPOSE
Special Dispatch TO Tue Star

IA n,ily and neusnaper men had sat up ali
night waiting for news from Di>.''
when there came a fash message oNei '"V
wire telling of the make-lt-uhahitio"S
selection of the peerless 10 lead. TOT ''ie
third time the democratic hosts in the ma
tional campaign
1t galvanized into life the somnolent
spirits and dropping lids of the ali-nigh'-
ers. and for a little while there was the
merrest kind of a congratulatlon-fest III
progress. During the excitement far
view servitor appeared on the scene WIN
a frost-crusted loving cup. The news
paper men frightened up right smart put
Gained down again when they had wet
their eager noses and discovered that the.
chilled liquid was merely INTERVIEWED
grape juice. and cruelty diluted at thal-
These newspaper correspondents We're MI.
Bryan's only companions during the nignt
vigil. with the exception OF his immediate
family. his former law partner. his secre-
tary and Mrs. j. w. Winger. and his SIS
ter. Mrs. Allen.
sofa beside his daughter Grace when the
| news of his nomination was received lie
did not slide off. nor did he cheer. But he
| smiled large. comprehensive. brick-in-a-
puddle smile and did a grand-change
uandshake all round.
"A Dreamy summer Lay.
Th. day at Fairview, the idle. yawny
waiting g for sonnet hing to-happen day. was
a DIRE ana pastoral, an agriculturally set
triumph memorial to rural scenes and
| clover-grown lawns. and the modern
farmhouse with open plumbing and tele-
phone and telegraph wires out Of the sit
ting room window. And Mr.. Bryan loafed
and rested ard waited with admra BILE
a hG NJ
the cuimina ion of the inevitable.
In the morning he and his secretary did
a little work. just tn start the day Alright.
and then. armed with pillows. they fed
to the lawn and assisted q bulldog.
dac hshund, two nondescript CANNES and
a yellow purp-all legitimate tenants of
the Fairvlew kennels-in demonstrating
the art Of profound repose. Whenever,
as occasionally happened. a neighboring
farmer stopped his gasoline go-cart at
the airview gate and stepped across the
lawn in the latest thing in automobile
footg gear to allow that news was slack
Mr.. Bryan elevated himself on his left
elbow to reply but most of the time he
lay fat on his back. shrtsleeved and
comfortable. nibbling an alfalfa stalk and
building W hite Houses in Spain.
Now and then the overworked telegraph
operator would shove his perspiring per-
son out of the nigh sitting room window
and bawl a private message across the
clover carpet to the Peerless and the Peer
less would interrupt himself III the midst
of mental inaugural ceremonies and bawl
back a private message in reply. He did
not sleep. for in the coma of slumber the
mind turns where 1t will, and Mr.. Bryan
might have dreamed of lecture tours or
cows. But In waking dreams the fancy
Is in leash and obedient to ambition or the
will.
Walking About the Farm.
After the dinner hour and before the
telegraph operator. who also had 10 eat.
had stuffed himself to safety. Mr.. Bryan,
accompanied by Mrs. Bryan. his daughter
Grace and his secretary, Mr.. Rose, and
followed by train of admiring scribes.
took a walk about his splendid farm
Here truly he was at home. He waded.
breast high. in the fragrant alfalfa. dug
up with his own fair hands a test potato
from the soil. coaxed into the near vi
entity with eloquent clucks a brood of
fat and sassy broilers, nearly ready for
the table, and whacked resOundingly upon
the curried rump. pedigreed calf Of
gentle eye. And he ate cherry-by the
gods, he did-and wandered homeward
with his train complacent. patient and
well satisfied
With Ear at the Phone.
During the night, when the sun parlor
was Illuminated by few pale lunar rays
plus the yellow radiance Of coal oil
lamp, Mr.. Bryan and the other men,
bers of the night watch listened from
time to time over a phone cpntrivance to
the noise in the convention hall at Dem
Yer. At times the apparatus got cranky
but the big cheering demonstration was
faithfully recorded with photographic mi
nuteness Of detail. and often the voices
of individuals straining their vocal cords
in the vicinity Of the receiving megaphone
could be distinctly heard.
At one time the party heard Sergeant
alarms Martin yell "ClaHton"--that's
Says the Tammany tiger will make
meal of the G. o. p. elephant next fall,
and through the instrument Mr.. Martin 8
comment was mingled with the dull roar
of thousands Of voices and an occasional
strain of music or song.
When the big cheer ended Mr. Bryan
disappeared for bit and Geturned with
supply of cigars for his fellow watchers
A moment later he got up again out OF
his new and comfy porch chair, presented
to him recently by Mrs Bryan, and dis
appeared to return a moment later with
an immense pitcher, brimming with ice
cold buttermilk. oh, JOY of joys! Yes
terday was churning day at Fairview.
hours. when the news OF the nomination
came. And after the handshakeS and
congratulations were over the democratic
presidential candidate and the other mem
bers Of the watch said good night to the
rising sun and yawned their way to bed
for brief repose.
Celebration in Lincoln.
LINCOLN. Neb, July 1O.-In honor Of
the nomination OF William j. Bryan citi-
zens Of Lincoln united in a noisy .celebra-
ton this morning. The demonstration was
non-partisan. Locomotive whistles joined
in the noise-making and a band paraded
the streets
Crowds gathered at the various hotels
and prepared to so to Fairview.
ENDORSES LOCAL LEADERS,
State Board, Order of Hibernians,
Adopts Resolutions.