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Vol.19. No. 952.
BRYAN'S ROYAL WELCOME
Fifty Thousand in Front of State
House and Thundered a Hearty
Welcome Home
5 William Jennings Bryan came home
-to his home folks Wednesday after
noon. Since landing on American soil
he has been meeting "home folks,"
but the meeting last evening excelled
all, and the Lincoln reception was the
one that most touched his heart.- He
said so. That statement was made
from the north balcony of the state
capitol before a sea of upturned faces,
covering between three and four
acres. From the train he had been
, followed by his enthusiastic admirers
to the home of his brother. There
he was compelled to say a few words
expressing his" pleasure at meeting
home friends. He dismissed his ad
; mirers there that he might refresh
himself, promising to meet them later
on at the state capitol. When he ap
peared on the balcony at 7:30, before
a field covered with human beings
crowded together as thickly as they
could stand, he was greeted with a
mighty cheer one that began at that
point in the crowd where he could
first be seen and rolled over the mass
like a mighty wave as he came into
full view. Thousands who were there
could not hear a word he said, but
they saw him and they made known
their presence." The voice of Mr.
Bryan, strong and clear as it is, wa.s
not equal to the task set, and only
those in a limited area could under
stand clearly what he said. Thou
aands stood with upturned faces dur
ing his entire address, unable to hear
a word, but pleased and entertained at
the scene before them. The state
house grounds were dark toward the
close- of the address, but Mr. Bryan's
figure stood out plainly in the light
given by two clusters of strong ln
candescents. Mr. Bryan's speech was
the feature of the program of speak
ing, the addresses of Mayor Brown
and Governor Mickey being listened
to with impatience. Mayor Brown's
speech was very brief, and he fared
-well, but the rather lengthy address
: of Governor Mickey was more than
the crowd "cared to hear and he was
asked many times to give way to Lin
coln's distinguished globe trotter! The
governor was hooted and interrupted
frequently, but insisted on delivering
his entire address. .
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan returned home
from their travels around the world
in good health, although fatigued by
inconveniences of travel and the stren
uous life they have been leading dur
ing the past week.
After a year's absence from his
home city many of his neighbors de
, sired to greet him. He rode with
. bared head through the streets, recog
nizing his friends and neighbors on
every hand. Passing down South
Seventeenth street where the family
formerly lived, his attention was fre
POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska,
quently directed to personal friends
waving to him from the curb. At the
reception they met him and shook his
hand, congratulated him on his safe
return, and emphasized the home wel
coming. . His partisan friends were
more than usually exuberant, and they
predicted for hint political success
sufficient to cure the political failures
he has endured in the past.
WELCOME IN NEW YORK
Receives Tremendous Ovation Ad
dresses 20,000 People on Issues
Such a welcome as seldom in this
country's history has been accorded
a private citizen was given W. J.
Bryan at Madison Square Garden in
New York City on the evening of the
30th ult., in the celebration of his re
turn from a year of foreign travel.
As the guest of the Commercial
Travelers' Anti-Trust league, Mr. Bry
an was greeted by more than 20,000
persons, who filled the great structure
from the floor to the upper gallery.
The streets and avenues outside the
garden were choked for blocks by
other thousands who stood patiently
for hours for the privilege of even a
fleeting glance at the distinguished
visitor. . ... The interior of the garden
was a. waving sea of color. Every per
son in the audience had been provid
ed with an "American flag and every
cheer from 20,000 throats was accentu
ated by the waving of 20,000 staffs
bearing the stars and stripes.
When Mr. Bryan entered the hall
the proceedings which had already be
gun were brought to a temporary
pause while for. eight minutes volley
after volley of thunderous cheers
rolled through the great building.
When Chairman Tom L. Johnson in
his introduction of Mr. Bryan referred
to the guest of the evening as "the
first citizen, if not the first official of
the land not yet thefir st official,"
and Mr. Bryan rose, the great gather
ing" broke out in unrestrained cheer
ing, while the band played "Hail to
the Chief." ;
So touched was Mr. Bryan hv th
welcome that as he stood waiting for
me uuceis iu suusiae nis eyes filled
with tears and he strode nervously
from side to side of the narrow plat
form. "How can I thank you for this wel
come home?" he said. "My heart
would be ungrateful if it did not con
secrate itself to your service. It was
kind to prepare this reception. It
was kind of Governor Folk to come
here all the way from Missouri. It
was kind of Tom Johnson, that ex
ample of the moral courage we so
much need in this country, to tender
his presence here. It was kind in you
to recompense me fully in being ab
sent so long from my native. land. I
thank you. I return to the land of
my 'birth, more proud of my citizen
ship than ever before."
The doors of Madison Square Gar
den were opened at 5:30 o'clock and
by that time hundreds of ticket hold
ers were clamoring for admittance.
Police lines had been formed for three
blocks from- all entrances. In this
way the early comers were well
handled. The immense auditorium
September 6, 1906
with its tiers of balconies and galler
ies rising to the great glass roof be
gan to fill up so quickly that the ush
ers and policemen had difficulty in
adhering to the seating arrangements.
It was a gay spirited, big natured aud
ience which had a cheer for every one.
There were calls and eoimterealls
from the various state delegations.
Mr. Bryan was presented at 8:40
o'clock. The audience was on its
feet as one man. The cheering which
began at that instant did not end un
til 8:48, and then only after Mr. Bryan
had waved his hands frantically in an
effort to still the waves of noise which
rolled in from the audience and beat
upon the speakers' platform. At first
the man for whom the demonstration
was planned stood bowing and smil
echoes along the girderedetaoishrdlu
ing. Then his attitude was one of
appeal.
GREATEST IN HISTORY
State Fair Breaks Records in Charac
ter of Exhibits and Attendance
Monday ......... 5,080
Tuesday ........ ........... ...17,720
Wednesday ........ . .42,233
Wednesday Attendance
Burlington coupons ...... , .. , .12,836
C. & N. W, coupons.. ... . . '. .'. 2,080
U. P. coupons. 1,661
Total coupons 16,577
General admissions .'. . . . . .22,457
Paid admissions 39,034
Exhibitors 1,136
Employers' clerks 417
Concessions r, ... . 683
General complimentary ....... 252
Press-... 711
Total at gates 42,233
Ampitheatre .......... .12,936
Total 55,169
All records for a single day's at
tendance at the state fair were
smashed beyond recognition by the
immense crowd which swarmed
through the gates Wednesday. The
banner day crowd of last year's fair,
which was accounted easily the larg
est single day's record in the history
of the exposition up to that time, was
rendered a mere memory. Forty-two
thousand two hundred and thirty-three
people, nearly 15.000 more than psssed
through the gates on Thursday of fast
year, were admitted on tickets. This
number by no means indicates the
total attendance, either, for tickets
were not taken for children, thousands
of whom were on the grounds. As
it was," however, the total-attendance
for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of this year's fair, is already almost
two thousand in excess of the entire
five days last year. The excess over
the first three davs of the exposition
of 1905 is about 13,000. It is believed
by the officers of the fair that yes
terday's attendance will be almost if
not duplicated today, since thousands
of people arrivc-d in the city on the
late trains Wednesday for the Bryan
reception, who were not able to at
tend the fair then but will do so on
Thursday. ,
LIFE
Subscription $1.00
PAY A LAST TRIBUTE
Thousands View the Remains of Ed
ward Rosewater at Omaha Prom
inent Men Attend Funeral
Tlie. funeral of Edward Rosewater,
late proprietor and editor of the Oma
ha Bee, who was found dead Friday
morning, occurred Sunday afternoon
with Masonic honors, from the ro
tunda of the Bee building.
The body was exposed to public
view between the hours of twelve and '
three o'clock, during which time many
thousfjids of people of all classes filed
past the casket.
Never during his long and active
life was there such a token of respect
to the memory of Edward Rosewater
as was paid by the thousands who
thronged the Bee building where the
last obsequies were held. It was an
outpouring of people in all walks of
life, from the., highest Nebraska offi
cials to the humblest employe of the
newspaper or building company, and
all united in their expressions of rev
erence for a man who had for half a
century labored unceasingly and un
tirely for the rights of the people as
he saw them.
The spacious court of the Bee build
ing, one of the prides of Mr. Rose
water's life was a solemn chamber of
mourning and it was sombre with the
Imposing tokens of. death. The court
on every floor was filled and thousands
unable to find standing room In the
great building, thronged the streets
outside or sat on the sloping lawns
of the court house opposite. Sim
plicity, which characterized every
phase of Mr. Rosewater's life, marked
the proceedings.
It was a common remark that Mr.
Rosewater's countenance looked most
natural and the thousands who took a
last look at the familiar features dur
ing the three hours before the services
began, showed by their sad faces and
moistened eyes the loss which they
felt In his death.
The ceremony consisted of the Ma
sonic ritual service, which was con
ducted by Worshipful Master Charles
L. Porter, assisted by George W. Lin
inger, followed by addresses by Dr.
George L. Miller, Robert Colwell and
W. J. Connell, of Omaha'; Norris
Brown, attorney general of Nebraska,
and Melvin "R. Hopewell, republican
nominee for lieutenant governor.
-At the conclusion of the addresses
a quartet sang "Lead Kindly Light.'
The services in the rotunda were
closed with an impressive Masonic
eeremony with prayer by Rabbi Cohn,
of Temple Israel. Cj
Hundreds catr.e from out in the state
and joined with the thousands in
Omaha to make the number the larg
est ever assembled in Nebraska on a
similar occasion the outpouring of
common people to the funeral of a
private citizen ever assembled in the
country.
