Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-16
TRA|N-ENO SPEECHES
Bryan Campaigning on His
Way to Rochester.
CROWDS DEMONSTRATlVE
Nominee Encouraged by Reception
in the East.
STRENUOUS DAY YESTERDAY
Immense Throng Addressed at
Washington Park-Big Turnout
at Trenton.
STRENUOUS DAY YESTERDAY
Special From Staff Correspondent.

| Special From Staff Correspondent.
| KINGSTON, N. Y, September 10
| While Mr. Bryan, in his private car. is
making the all-day run from Jersey City
to Rochester the democratic state con-
vention in session there is getting the
| biggest item of its business out of the
way So the people know that when he
reaches his destination, something after
| 6 o'clock this evening he will find the nice.
shiny, brand-new gubernatorial candidate
waiting to shake hands with him. This
thing Of reaching the battle-ground after
| the scrap is over and the dead and wound
| ed have been carried from the field is not
| a matter Of accident. Mr.. Bryan saw to
| it that there was no chance of reaching
Rochester until the excitement was over.
He'd have had a perfectly lovely time.
Otherwise, this day of comparative rest is
! greatly appreciated by everybody on the
Olivette, for yesterdays proceedings were
strenuous to a degree.
Throng at Washington Park.
There doesn't seem to be any agreement
as to the size of the crowd that heard
Mr.. Bryan at Washington Park, but it
certainly was immense. 1 picked up a
nice partisan little newspaper this morn
ing and saw that Mr.. Bryan had spoken to
several thousand people" at the park
On the other hand. the manager Of the
resort figured that not less than 1000
people had journey there by boat and
trolley and automobile and wagon for the
occasion. Both these estimates are away
off. But between twenty and twenty-five
thousand persons heard Mr. Bryan and
were SO enthusiastic and responsive that
they kept him talking for more than two
hours. So he had ample opportunity to
polish and wax every blamed plank in the
democratic platform
In Trenton last night 1900 persons jam
med themselves into the opera house to
hear him, and kept him talking for an
other two hours. So when the peerless
went to bed last night he knew he had
been campaigning.
There are eleven fve-minute stops
scheduled between Weehawken and Roch-
ester. at which Mr.. Bryan will make little
rear-platform talks. shake hands and jolly
those of the faithful who turn out to see
him. Here at Kingston and down the
line at Cornwall and Newburg the crowds
were sizable and exceedingly demonstra-
tive, and it would seem that the word
has been passed along for the gang to
turn out and whoop 1t up.
Mr.. Bryan doesn't need anything of the
sort to give him confidence. However,
the manner in which he has been re-
ceiVed In the chillSOme east has encour-
aged him greatly. That is apparent to the
most casual observer. All the time little
incidents ars happening that have
tendency to keep his confidence above
par
An Encouraging Incident.
Just back there at Cornwall Mr.. Bryan
was bowling from the platform as the
train was about to pull out when
prosperous-looking citizen with a Buster
Brown boy about four years old on his
shoulders fought his way through the
crowd.
Put out your hand, James," he said
to the boy, land shake hands with the
next president of the United States"
James did, and Mr. Bryan smiled and
patted him on the head
There is loyal democrat" / re-
marked casually to native standing by
my side.
Democrat ne snorted. Democrat!
Why that man is one of the leading re-
publicans of this town. but he's going
to vote for Bryan this time
When / repeated this to the 2. l.. he
merely remarked that there were lots of
other republicans who are going to do the
same thing.l l. C.. n.