The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-14

WHEN MR.. BRYAN
CAME TO PENSACOLA
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ne uldn care VINO knew It. some or
| his friends tolds Mr. Bryan of the
! photographic speeches with which
Mr.. McHugh entertained his custo-
| mers during the recent campaign.
| Every time a man walked in to buy
some groceries Mr. McHugh would in
sist upon his listening to a Bryan
monograph speech before he got out.
1 hope, Mr.. McHugh, that you didn't
drive all OF your trade away" was the
amused comment of the democratic
| leader.
A large number Of those who called
at the hotel TO. see Mr.. Bryan were
school children and for each one he
had kind word and a warm hand
grasp. Il am glad to see you, little
miss" he said to a small school girl
who, with her little sister, had trudged
through the rain TO see the man of
whom so much had been heard and
said. Il am glad you called on me-
he said and with a hand-shake and
paternal pat on the head he sent her
away smiling and happy.
Mr.. c. B. Lewis. of, Illinois, one of
Pensacola's regular winter visitors
and president of the Pensacola Tour
iSt Club, was a caller and as he en-
tered the room, Mr. Bryan sprang
from his seat and gTasped his hand,
with a How do you do. Mr.. Lewis?
How are the folks back home?" They
are old friends and were once mem
! berS of the same church in Mr..
| BTyan's old home in Illinois. The
| first time I ever saw this man said
Mr.. Lewis TO those who we're gathered
around. was at prayer meeting years
| ago back in Illinois. ! heard some
| ma -
and looking around / discovered him
| to be young man-almOst boy |
| liked his talk then and | have liked
| all of his talk ever since, and this is
the man right here concluded the
white haired admirer of the boy
/ whom ne first learned to know in
| prayer meeting, but whom the whole
| world has come to know and honor
| since that time
| The readiness with which Mr..
/ Bryan drops off TO sleep when oppOr-
| tunity presents itself has been widely
! commented upon and the reception
| committee witnessed an example Of it
on this occasion. At o'clock when
| the public reception closed, Mr.. Bryan
retired TO his room for a little rest,
| although he looked as fresh and
| bright as though he had never known
what it meant to be tired. At 6;25-
twenty-five minutes Iater-the com
mittee found him stretched at full
| length on the bed, and so sound asleep
| that he had to be spoken to several
| different times before he could be
awakened.
Don't you get tired having to meet
so many peOpIe?" some one asked
1 him. Despite the discOmforts of life
on a Pullman, imagine you can rest
! better there than you can in a hotel
ebecause there are not so many peo-
pie to bother YOU on the train" With
out committing himself as to whether
people bothered" him or not, Mr..
| Bryan replied: Il do have a better
opportunity to rest on the train and |
| do not find travelling uncomfortable a.
To another who asked him how many
miles he had travelled, he replied:
For several years, figure that have
averaged a distance of once around
the world each year.
| Young John Lewis Reese, the six
| year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. p.
Reese, is the happy possessor of a
| fine Bryan photograph at the bottom
of which Mr. Bryan wrote his name in
! compliance with the young mans re-
quest. in the years to come this pho
/
| tograph will be a continual reminder
| to this young citizen of the demo-
| cratic ideals which Mr.. Bryan repre-
sents as well as of the magnetic per-
sonality of the man who wrote his
name upon it.
| Altogether the visit TO Pensacola of
the thrice defeated candidate of the
democracy and its leader still, will
| long afford a subject of conversation
on which his friends will love to
| dwell. He may never be president,
| but that fact detracts nothing from
] his greatness, just as being president
would add nothing to IT; and he will
always live in the hearts of his
| friends as unQuestiOnabIy the greatest
popular leader, in respect to the
number of strictly personal followers
whom the world has ever produced.