Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-10-11
BRYAN AND WILSON
CENTER Of DRAMA
Crowd Surges Around Leaders at
First Meeting Since Con-
vention.

| LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. Sob, East
is East and West is West;
| And never the twain shall meet
Till earth and sky stand presently
At Gods great judgment seat.
| But there is neither East or West
| Border nor breed nor birth
| When two strong men stand face to
face,
Though they come from the ends OF
the EARTH"
That sentiment, so powerfully
Numbered by Kipling, was the senti
ment that gripped the hearts upon
thousands of moist-eyed, joy-frenZied
men and women who saw William j
Bryan and Woodrow Wilson meet on
the open platform Of the Burlington
station here at sunset tonight.
AS the Commoner stepped from his
, automobile into the throng, cheer af-
ter cheer was sent skyward. AS the
Democratic candidate for. president
stepped on the platform of his pri.
/ vate car, the cheers were doubled and
redoubled. But as Wilson advanced
down the steps and Bryan advanced
across the cleared space between the
police lines to greet him, silence
almost holy. in it's reverence settled
over the vast mass. of humanity. 1t
was only for an instance. The mo-
ment the two great leaders-whO had
not met since before one of them
fought so nightly for the other in
the sitting convention hall at Balti-
I more-clasped hands, the memory Of
all previous cheering vanished.
The police lines broke and a crowd
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000
people screamed with delight and
| each person apparently determined to
get close enough to shake the hand
or even to touch the person of these
| men whose friendship sprang from
enmity and whose meeting furnished
one of the most dramatic moments
/ in American history.
The intense emotion which the
crowds made no efforts to conceal
was partially concealed only with the
utmost effort on the part Of the prin-
cipals of the drama. When Bryan
saw Wilson on the car platform, he
removed his wide brimmed, old black
hat. His eyes lighted. He stepped
forward quickly with hand out
stretched.
Governor Wilson was carrying an
overcoat on his arm but he shifted
it and removed his hat as he came
down the steps and met the man to
| whom many people believe he owes
his nreSent DISTINGUISHED nOsitiOn
Welcome. welcome, welcome y
That was all Bryan could say for the
first few seconds. Governor Wilson
held Bryan's hand while Bryan held
the governors arm with his left hand
They did not shake up and down,
They gripped each others hard and
looked into each others eyes search.
ingly. Admiration, deep respect, sin.
cere affection was the unspoken mes
sage that passed between them.
Governor Wilson was apparently
the more affected of the two. For a
few seconds he could not speak. He
swallowed a lump in his throat just
like any plain, unpretentious individ
ual at crucial moment in his life
Then he said brokenly:
Thank you, thank you; I'm Sc
glad to be here. am so glad to be
with you, to see you at last"
Further attempts at conversation
were useless, for at that moment the
crowd descended upon them, swept
them off their feet, almost tore their
coats from their backs and drowned
| thair w0rdc in a ovc1Oua IF cheering