William Jennings Bryan Given Joyous
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lAHA'S title, thij GaU City, never
itemed more nttlna; than when
the train bearing Mr. Bryan and
1. 1 - T.V.. .t. W .11..
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fro;.i Iowa Wednesday afternoon. Flgura-
tlvely, at least, the portals of Omaha, of
Nebraska, of the great wide west that
BlCHlTlinfr OVVr lllfj nilSUUn river
splendid section characterised the world
over by thl distinguished tourist swung
back as far on their hinges they oould
and gave welcome passageway to Mr.
Bryan. The train pulled Into Union sta
tion In the presence of a tremendous
throng, and for once the line of polltlos
were utterly obliterated, effaced from the
minds of the thousands who had gathered,
eager to receive back to their state this,
their fellow cltlsen, who had been honored
In almost every nation of the globe.
It was also fitting that Mr. Bryan's re
ception at home, here in Omaha, should be
infornlal and spontaneous. New York, the
east, had done the formal honors; that
was all right for strangers, but her were
home folks and neighbors, ' and there was
no temper for formalities. It was a right
royal welcome, whole-souled, western, and
you could see Mr. Bryan enjoyed it to the these factories, agents, are i stationed" at' "M00- nd lt" house and factories are William Alden Smith has had a remark
very full. He said so. He told some of Liverpool to buy up the best timber ' c'tterd over seventeen square miles. It abl career. He was born Just about forty
hls Intimate friend privately that it wa brought in from South lmr(m iM-ifrlr ha lkteen. steam railroads, and its trim- five years ago at the euphonious town of
worth all the formal greeting he had re
, ceived. In the presence of such an ova
tion even the Biblical tradition that ' "A
prophet is not -without honor. save in his
own country,' lost Its prestige. -
Weloomo at.Llaeola.
Juat Thow minv nrmln ruumhl1 In Tin.
coin last Wednesday to greet William 3.
Bryan upon his return from a year's trip .
und th world and to extend a wet-
come to Mr. Bryan and their daughter,
Mia Grace Bryan, will never be known,
but the crowd in Lincoln on that occasion
was by many thousands the largest ever
congregated, in the state capital, The cor
dial reception given to Mr. Bryan was a
dial reception given to Mr. Bryan was a
flttlnsr close to a Ion a- line of ovutiona
which ha received throughout hla iourim'
and since his return to American shores. ,
Many sectlona of the atate contributed to
make up .the multitude, aa It wa a .tat
extending a welcome to a distinguished
aon. rather than a strictly Lincoln affair.
The canltal eltv had on its cala attire
'
ita M.tnnr Tha nrin.
.h. i,
dnr. of fire beautiful and reanlendent with
hundred and thousands of electric bulbs.
while every tor and every
publio build-
A hunting of
1I1K WUI KlAtrU Willi HBK UU UUULUiff, ui
Vaa4 mr Vi 1 a anil Vvl 1 1 sk sand SillsirtAnilawl at r-all
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n.r. bearing the word "Welcome." One
patriotic merchant had erected in front of
hla place of .business an arbor of green
leaves and branches, among which was a
large picture of democracy's leader, en
circled with electric lights. It was purely
and solely Bryan day. and every man,
woman and child within the corporate llm-
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ll, of the city was for Bryan for the time
bclng. Each person contributed something
to the rousing welcome tendered th trav
eler. Cathaalasan Breaks lata Wois.
When the train pulled Into the Burlington
. .rtwt wuiiam nf nnia. w..
started. The people did not depend upon
their own voice, to creat the disturbance;
voices were Inadequate to the oocaslon,
but whistles, siren whistles, anvil and
giant dynamite crackers wer . turned
loose. A big threshing machine engine was
anchored across from the station and its
whistle never stopped as long as there was
any olld atmosphere for It ,to pierce.
Of course, with such a demonstrative
crowd, and with Mr. Bryan so glad to get
back, he wanted to shake hands with
everybody at the station, things could not
be pulled off tn apple pi order. In fact.
Mr. Bryan was taken from th depot, as
Mr. Hitchcock remarked of the arrange
ments, by "brute strength and awkward
ness.1
Lincoln's best looking ' policemen, with
Sergeant McCorkle In the van, were on
hand to clear the way and make It easy
ailing for the Bryan party and the "dis
tinguished cltlsen" who wer to be In
the parade. The policemen, however, were
fairly eaten up. When they found them-
selves they were trailing along behind th
( hindmost part of the parade. They stuck
together, though, and made a vry cred-
f able finish to an inspiring spectacle.
Hoaottd by the TaraasT.
Mr. Bryan reached Lincoln about I
'clock, Just as the 4J.0O0 person, at the
state fair ground, were coming into town.
These lined up on either side of the street
through which the parade passed almost
to tho car tracks from tha station to the
residence of Charles W. Bryan, where the
great commoner and his family ate dinner.
Barely enough spue was left oa O street
for the1 parade to pass through..
Except right at th station, however, the ,
crowd was nut a noisy ooilacllon of people.
Tlx.-y seined content to raise tbelr hats
and look at the man they honored, cheering
only spasmodically.
The Joy of the Nebraskana at once more
having thetr distinguished cltlsen with
them was no more intense than was th
pleasure , Mr. Bryan experienced . at be'ni
with hi people on his own grounds, ia bis
own home. Mr. Bryan expresesd his pleas
ure In his every look end la his every
utterance. He became "fidgety" before his
train reached Lincoln and nervously hustled
his baggage together.
"'I'll get your baggage together. My.
Bryan," aald some one in the car; "you go.
ahead aiid sit down and rest."
"I don't think I will," answered th
home-comer. 'I Just paid myself a Quarter
to do this, and I want to earn the money
before I get to Lincoln."
And he earned the quarter Unaided and
Jon, evea thaugh. he did have to kiuli
(fro
MR. BRTAN 8 PEA KINO TO THBJ
OU Pmlm'a trunk out of hi war to sat .
hie own chattel.
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f:aAAM Ulaa eAeWmo .
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nd It was fitting that the. first person to
greet him at Lincoln was. his own son.
William J. Bryan, jr., , who leaped upon :
jji jbu . nv iiakvj iu uvta uuuioi
(Copyright, 1906, by Frank O. Carpenter.)
RAND RAPIDS, Mich.;, Sept. .
G
(special worresponaeaoe 01 . inn
Bee.V-Orand Raolda lath f urnl-"
;tur center of the world. It pick'
Its lumber from., averr-If orest and
sends it out all-over the United State and '
to Europe, South America, Africa and Aus-
tralla In the sham
Lpe of beds, 'tables, chair
and offloe furniture. 'There are, at this
writing, lumber camp In Mexico and
tral America chonnlnr out rWhonnv for
for Grand Rapids, and there is ackrfcely a
hardwood sctio ot4 rn,lmLr
Ing my Mn at Panama lat er found
that Oruid lUnidi m.n ki Mit .
cession for the best mahogany on th Isth
mus. I saw other Grand Rapids buyer In
OithA ininnln. ,.. K Wm, . . . . . .i.
were brought out to the railroads and the
sea," and during a recent foreign tour I di-
covered an ax-enor for Grand Raolda offlca
furniture In every European capital. .
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Great Famltnr Fair.
Indeed this is one of the4ueer. commer
cial centers of the globe and J different
from any other in that n m 0 Miivw
,n.. 4.-' ii-..,. Vi -j..-. ..!
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times, at whloh'the merchant and .biiyei
ui meaww-
The World's
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from all over Burope went to 1hakV'helrV" " "- ""'J..
annual purchase .The. most f such, oen-
ters have long since disappeared, although
In one or J wo of them fairs 'are stiU held.
Lelpslg ha a fur market to which fur buy-,
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f rom all parts I of J the ' world annually '
coma and alio a book fair.' which Is largely
"ttended. " In the middle age nearly all
' trading of England was don'e at fafra. ,
anA tne same , was true, of SYance. Cer-
many and Italy. . Th. largest commercial
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fair of the world, today la at Nlinl Nov-
gorod. in Russia.' It. laita ' for ilnui 'a.
P10"10 or alx weeks and bring. . together
DUy"" Xrom western Asia and Europe.
The daily attendance at that nm-
bers 200,000. and it la estimated that $m-
000,000 changes hands at each of its annia
aessionsr Everything. Is' at wholesala and
the single purchases are'large.' i '. ..
The furniture fair a Orand Bapld. ara '
twice a va am th. ..t.. th..'--,.
"f1?0 nL th sajM ..tha. n
up into me millions, jsxposiuon' buildings' i ,
have been constructed" for them.' arid 6ne mahogany Is solid, and we often talk
of these la so large that its floors cover of oup olld ogahy dining tables, side
fifteen aorea. Practically all the good. bo,rd nd bed nom ,et- The tnitI '
old are from ..orders given at the fairs, ther m'Khty 'I11' uc
and the factories spend Urge sums ln prel n""t nd the veneered furniture Is far
paring their exhibits. A single Arm mav wra beautiful than any solid article could
Pnd $50,000 upon It samples! and "all
oodl wlu sold from th sample thus
own. .. . :i ' w,
,a ..- ) .. . . '-ii win-cover a large -space. in sneeta
Bayers from Kverywker. are Just .about aa thick aa one'a big. to
i Th furniture aold her I not confined ntt11' but on to" -may mak several hurt
to Grand Rapids. The factories In other dred of them nd whn thay ' are Properly
Prts of the country rent space and send
,n "raples o that the buyer ha th fur-
nature of the United State to choose from.
Tn buyers come from everywhere, and '
they "umber hundreds. Many are repre-
ntatlves of wholesale houses, many pur-
chu' tor oPrtmnt stores and some rep-
'" tai dealer.
a iew oring ineir ramllles with
them, making this the vacation tour of
the year and at such times the Orand Rap-
Ids hotels are full even to the cots In their
nUway- T puts on Us gay-
est clothing. There are dinners and re-
oepUons night after night. ..The furniture new furniture and In another skilled carv
maker suae ribs to aa entertainment fund ers were working the wood out ac
and they give their customers automobile cording to designs piece by piece. There
rides, parties at the . country clubs and , wa. also a large photographic room where
everything t keep them in a good humor,
Th tlm toT ttt ttin " Idwthter and
midsummer, the summer sales being de
voted to furniture for the market for the
following winter and the winter sale t
th summer demand.
Wkr Oraatt Rapids Is.
I have often wondered why Orand Rap-'
Ids should monopolise,' aa it were, the fur
niture business of our country. Here, ' in '
th heart of the United States, with a
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THE OMAIIA
CROWD THAT MET HIM AT TUB UNION STATION. OMAHA.
th platform of the car befor It fairly
Btopped and klase4 hi father, mother and
Bister. The young man wa o Jubilant at
a a kl. auuvlA lii AlAn' eva It
. a twi i tj. K...fiA4
iui 1,11a paiaua Vi aiiuiius iw. iv uuawacu
hi sister Into a buggy . and trotted off
ahead of everybody. .. ... '
An interesting feature of Mr. Bryan's
fnitur
business with all. the world. Th ma-
xerlai 1 .use In. manufacture are heavy
,''il",.
many thousand miles, J The City has some ,:
water power, but there Is no. coal, nearby .
to give it cheap steam. , H was' once close
to hardwood region, ut;lhe greater part .
the hardwood has been . long since Cut
'"way, and nevertheless too city grows ana t
.'increases In it specialty year by year. In
Ch-''lt0 Orand. Rapid had Jus.t about 10.000
Inhabitants. It' has "today more than'
D .tactriclty. have fifty
mires ot track.' The public parks of Grand
mo.t $2 000.000. and
lu ctoa"B ou u.inss Is more than
"vv,vvv'"vv ' '
Grand Rapid has 653 factories, employ-
Ing over 20,000 hands, with a tfaily pay '
roll of over $60,000. The most of the
fctorie devoted to furniture, and
some of them are enormous.
la a Bis; Faraltare Factory. . ,
' During my stay I hare gone through
one of the largest, which make the finest
of beds, china closets, dining table and
sideboards. The factory turns ' out
7!1 T .. v . . . w,"
$2,000, and it has made dining tables
chamber. ' suites ' which cost as much as
Worth Close i to $1,000. . . The most of the
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.Iurn,tlr J"- M eour mucn cneaper, ou
,f"u '"'.r
"'"nuu . . .u J ,
W P'0 tnt',wo1 .ot """i'"""
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W00A fa hrnudrnt here - In. ltwi -and sawed
Wool ' brouBt here ,,n loT" ahd wed
o noaras. . jm owras- r pui iw.,
,n k ,ln" and .4'inMV very, bit of
mol,tur h" 'ron Wt; of -them. -They
. -
r:bsorb enough moisture r to be easily
4t. - V.u.v..vK
'ora- r ne" run mrougn inn
chine f fter ' machine to be trimmed and
hd. f . j?'?
A ' great '
deal of '.the manufacture la by hand and ,
many.pf tho laborers receive high wages.
' Wlth0ut attempting to give the process
,n detn; 1 ntt9 OM 'wo odd
tnln I m I.weht, hroughthe works,
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AU FIV '" V.-eered.
"ww was tnat met pnest furniture ot to
i. n.ri "Hu. .n .him,
The reason is that in veneering a
potion of , wood which, has a beautiful
grain can ba ao cut .up Jnto sheets that
to cheaper woods the two are as
- though they had grown together,
Th machinery here 1 uch that skins of
nn wood can be fitted to furniture
f every shape. It can be pasted around
column or follow th carve of aa arm
chair or the scroll-like roll f a bedstead,
Th mahogany Is put on rough and is
carvea. smooutea ana pouanea in - sucn
a way that ene could not- but Imagine
that every piece Is solid.
I found a great deal of original work
going on In th factory. One room was
devoted to designers who were plannlna?
tho'finiahed furniture Is photoerarhed to
show th trad th coming sty lea
Seaater la Prospective.
During my stay here I have see a some-'
thing of William Alden Smith, who for'
he last desen year or so ha been one of '
he most prominent of our republican
members of congress and who promises to
Ve the next United' States senator from
long railroad haul to each coast, and far
away from the south 1 a city that doe
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SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 9, 1906.
home-coming was the fact 'that Normal.
hi "real. . genuine, blown-ln-th.bottle
home." laid .aside politic for the afternoon
at vA. awanlns A nntiefintail t itnllai mrltK
t . u-a t i- .u
miivviu ail t-uw icvhivii v t vti.
one of the eighty voters of thl ' precinct
was at. the station, cheering for hi neigh
bor. i
Vtichlgan. William Alden I enthuslastlo
over the future of Grand Rapid. He ha
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In addition no his prominence in political (
life, he is :the proprietor of the leading
newspaper, the Grand Rapids Herald. Mr.
Smith is now wealthy, "but his first money r
was made as a newsboy, by selling the
journal wnicn he now owns, ana l uiink
there was some sentiment connected with
'his purchase, although the Herald is fast
becoming a valuable property. Indeed,
powagiae, In southwestern Michigan.-not
far .from tha lake and a little above the
Jnoiana line. . Shortly after he .cam. with
his parents; as a boy. of thirteen, to Grand
pi uw.uuiw im irora una n
he made his own way.' For a time he
acted as a telegraph messenger and later
was appointed page In the Michigan house
of representatives, where he got hi mat
taste of polltlca. , After thla he artudjed
law and was admitted to the bar,' and ha
has since practiced In the intervala of hla
Miitl,..! M .. . .
William Alden la a self-educated ,man.
but he beara the m.rka of one who la col-
w hrH. Th. otnee n.v h. , and .a m.
""r' 7.1 r-7 r. .
smNonw inauait vi -xniv wn uiiima u -
the capital with Jeter C. Pritchard. who when he was presented to the French em
waa Ih the senate from North Carolina nd Pror, Loui- Napoleon, he wore a pair of
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j. nPW one, of tha judge, of tha United
Btte- circuit court. Pritchard I an In-
.'telUgwit manvbut he ha.' not bad a col
lege, eduoation., . After, he lert th Tale
represimUtlv . said ' to William Alden :
umitn: - "mat man t-rucnaro nss aeimy,
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'0114 I venture he would have made much '.
more of himself if he had had the
,cational advantages that you and I have .
had t understand that William Alden
smiiea in.nm buui, duv uw ne uiu nui..
tell the Tale graduate that hi only achoola
were thoae of experience and self-help.
In my talk' with Mr. Smith I referred to
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH.
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OB ORAlOiJLAPIDa, TBX "FUIISOTUMI
Welcome
Ai Normal roaa. It Is claimed. o rose
the tate and nation, and for that reason
Mr. Bryan' hardest, political tatlle occur
mAM fhaa atlarrilv VAtaM. tt Ilia tmm tiTCW
tarf Ai.h.v. At
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equally divided between republican and
democrat. o'a Lincoln statistician figured.
The fact that Normal was oat In force'
his slf-educatlon,
whereupon he re-
marked: ,
n is noi rigni o say mat i .nave nut
keen to colliae. Durlne the' last doien
yaara or , j have been going to school
in the unlversltv of the house of reoresenta-
fives .nd there is none better than that,
Tn demands of congress are a continual
Bpur towara beturlng one's self. One must
be careful of his- language and be con- inerwise. wnen my turn came to oe pre
tlnually studying English. H has to prac- aented, however, he greeted me Just as
u . .ki.t, j ,,ii.i ma any gentleman would have greeted an-
precisely; and the man who tries to do hla
duty must read and study along educa-
tional lines quite aa nara as any-stuaent
of our best colleges. 'Indeed. I doubt
whether there Is any place where the ac-
tlv thtnlrln atiiitAnt Min ImnrnvD mnri
rapidly than in our national house of rep-
resentativea in Washington." .
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Wllllaoa Aldea aad the Kaiser.
Aa we chatted together the subject of
Mr. Smith's tour of Europe last year cam that the Americans did not like the Ger
up, and I asked him as to his audience man regulations for , the same reason.
with the emperor of Germany, saying that
It wa a jitranara thina for an ex-newsboy ,
e talking familiarly with one of the
chief ruler, of th. world. I mentioned an
interview which I once had with the late
Jnhn h.m.n In which ha told.me that.
-
velvet, knei
knee breeches, and I-aaked William
Aiaen now
he" was dressed. . . ; v . ,
"I wore the plain black of an American
cltlsen," was the reply, "and my dress wa
conspicuous only by its simplicity. My au-
aience took place at me paiace ana 1 w
.1 tM AHA'M..w. Hn
the only one of the party present who
edu-iWas.not in uniform. All the others were
diplomats or army offlcers and they wore
gold braid and epaulettea, I had no' Idea
mat i snoum vc preseniea, na i buuuubo
I wa indebted to Baron Sternberg, whom
'I knew as German ambassador at Wash-
lh'gton, for my audience. X only know that
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MR. BRYAN'S CARRIAGE PASSING UP P STREET
added much to the pleasure of Mr. Bryan,
because It had been publlahed extensively
tht Kormal wu verv murh nut nut h-,
cause Mr. Bryan had cmwit(Hl to atop lor
, hrt "PU n that little old Omaha and
Lincoln. ' But Normal rose to the occasion
nobly and its people seemed satisfied that
when I arrived In Berlin t received an In
vitation that the kaiser would be' glad o
see me."
"Did you have sny conversation with, his
majestyr" I asked.
' ta- He talked with me for ' about.
twenty minutes. - In meeting his own peo-
Pla ne na1 "" nor or leB ceremony
Bna M mea to me ratner surr man
"th ' our country. He thrust out
" todk Tt and we shook, and hla
-' r " " ' followed
w' tn m' "
no Wets tnimiiifu ana iutrreLiii. r o
each said nice things to the other, and his
aJty propesed a number of aubjecta
common to the two nations. One of these
was the tariff. He referred to our pro-
tectlve duUes and said that he did not like
An h- ,.4 h. hv nreventod
the increase of German trade. I replied
Thereupon his majesty laughed; I wish
t .h.t T w.. imnr.i with the force
of character which shines out In every irt.
of the kaiser, and .1.0 'by hi. evident
. 1 riendahlp for the United State.."
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r stories of Senator Alger.
If William Alden Smith is elected he will
have General Alger's seat in the United
States senate, a Place which has long been
held hv noted men. Zach Chandler ' keDt It
ln the Umellght of publicity for many
years. Thomas M. Palmer did likewise and
both McMillan and Alger were aenatora
1 m ...
of national Influence.
i undersund thatJeneral Alger is by
no means well and that he Is anxious to
rest. He 1 now over 70 and hi work ba
oee a conunuous lor ainioai suiy years.
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From Los; Cabin to tha Senate. -
Indeed, I doubt whether there is a man In
publio life who hod as hard ' a boyhood
as that of the senior senator from Michi
gan. ' Alger's father was singularly unlucky,
He tried a half dosen different buainesaes
and failed ln all. ' He was a pioneer farmer
-In- Ohio at the time Alger was born and
this millionaire senator, who is now three
score and ten, first looked out upon the
world ' through the door of a log cabin.
.When he was about 11 years of age his
father died, and prior to that both father
and mother lay sick in the same bed in the
log hut. with four little children about
and but little to eat. They both died
within a short time of each other, and at
the age of 12 the future senator was the(
main prop against the cabin door which
kept the wolf of hunger out. He once told
me of his struggles at that time. He
worked for a neighbor, receiving as wages '
three teacups of flour a day, and this,
. mixed with the milk from the family cow,
formed the food of blmaelf and sister.
There was a little corn ln the house, and
one day young Russell shelled a bag of
this and carried it on his back to a mill
nine miles away and traded.lt for-meal.
He walked eighteen mile for that meal
and says he cannot remember that he felt
especially tired upon, hi return.
It .was shortly after that that young
Alger got home for hi younger brother
and . sister, in neighboring families and
then went out to work as a farmer's hand,
taking three month's off for schooling each
winter. His wages during the first two
years ranged from $t to $6 per month, and
after he had worked six year he received
$15 a month,' which he aay, wa big'
wage for farmer In those days, AU thl
tlm th senator went to school a part of
th year and studied In the meanwhile. '
Later on he taught school snd then read
law, and later still went to Michigan snd
got Into the lumber business, In which.
after some finenclal disasters, he flaally
became established and gradually amsssd
a fortune. He I. largely Interested ln lum-
per today, and. ha.. In addiUon. other ln-
resvnenu which mske him one of the
wealthiest men of hla state. y
, . FRANK O. CARPENTER.
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FROM TUB DEPOT AT LINCOLN.
It were better to have the big lore feaet la
Lincoln.
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Bryaa Rarttons aad nadares.
' An amusing Incident occurred lu Omaha
Just before the train pulled out for Lin
coln. An Omaha concern had made a few
thousand button bearing the picture of
Bryan. 'These were boxed up nicely and
sent-- to 'the Burlington station through a
, representative of the firm. The man gave
the box 'over to the keeping of one of the
attaches of the station while he attended to
other duties. Some one asked for a Bryan
button and the depot official promptly com
plied with the request. Then others asked,
and more buttons were given away. The
crowd became so -thick around the depot
man that he dumped the buttons out on a
window ledge and told, the crowd to help
itseu. wnen me owner came uacK hi
buttons were gone. He had brought them,
to the depot to sell and they represented
5 to his Arm.
.And In the meantime,. down at that dear
old Lincoln, where they do things, parties
were selling "offlclalM Bryan badgea at II
each, and Dearly every other person had
on. ' ."
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Though he had been gone from Lincoln
almost a year. Mr. Brv.tt ar,nea,.d . n- .
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had appeared, strong and weU.
,now
" ir. m ius ion.
fav,U' fcnd- '"a0' Inatlep- tteltnr
tha members of his family. He was gen-
rou wlth hl mile and hla handshakes.
l. j . . . .
d Omaha to Uncoln spoke many
.tiuc ui las ueauiy 01 ine siaie ana 01 mi
great pleasure at being at Home.
. " .. V " v , n,ent "
"a,d' nd outh we kept the children
jj "J J haV len mJr!
n If they had bn in achooV"
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lum ""u' mayor, vim Ml. uryan
were . Biad to acceDt tha reflected honor
confered upon them.
."This Js the closest I have been to Mr.
Bryan since Jim Dahlman lasooed him."
' .aid Fred Hunker, mavor of West Point.
vv. i..r mt hi. wnr ih.i v,. ni nn.
home on our train, and then we left th
easterner have him. and they certainly
took him." And at that Urn Hunker was
. ... .
in one ena ot tne car ana uryan la toe
other. "
"Home Folks'" Nla-ht.
, There were no democrat and no repub
lican in the crowd which heard Mr. Bryan
at the atate hoiue Wednesday night. Th
crowd consisted of Bryan's friends and,
"home folks." This was very sptly dem
onstrated when ' Governor Mickey pro
longed his address of welcome into a discus-
"un ot lh work tn congress.
The crowd knew all about that; but It -
didn't know what Mr. Bryan was going t i
say. The crowd was anxious to know what
Mr. Bryan had to aay, and it didn't car
to hear what Mr. Mickey had to say after .
he had , welcomed the distinguished Ne
braskan. Therefore the crowd had to let
Governor Mickey know what it wanted by
yelling, and it did. Tha governor bravely'
held on and told th people to listen to,
him. But they couldn't and , they didn't.
Th cries for Bryan drowned -the about -;
of Mr. Mickey. , .. ..-.-'
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' Ovation at tit State Hoasa,
' Th demonstration at Lincoln reached Its .
height at th state house in the evening.
People covered at least one-fourth of tha
?u'1"' ru.u u, "" "
treei, ana extending aown miieenui
street. Either the crowd was so extensive
that Mr. Bryan's voice wa not equal to
th occasion, or ha- was not at his bast,
for he could not be beard at th outskirts
of thr crowd. ' .. . . , . .
' - When th) home-eoroer walked out on tn
ba'cony vhich extend from the supreme
colli t "om, those m front began to cheer;
the cries were taken up by those ln tha
rear, and then for several minutes a Joyous
multitude let loose all the pent up en .
thuslasm- it had restrained especially for v
this occasion. Mr. Bryan stood silent; at
first he smiled, and 'then as it seemed ta -dawn
upon him this was a tribute to him;
a tribute from hi neighbor; from tho
who live with him and know him beat; an
expression of . Nebraska's opinion of him; '
the face of tha great commoner became
serious; 'and then when he attempted t '.
speak he wa unable to conceal hla emo
-
deep feeling. ... .
. wb h nnouncement wu mad that
iBrra" wuld ,h bnd 7'th "
P-Pl.er Mj apeech th. audience let
-J d wb,-
tre-; Tht V01' dldn 1 wa,t to nep from
- ajiy on else' when the home-comer con-
'eluded hi remark. .Everyone made a
break for the. state house to be the first
to touch his hands, even as they touch,,
the hand of the datto in bis own country.
Dyspeptic Philosophy -
An affinity ' is generally a person with.
.,, noney. . . v
Too many cosy corners will drive s maa
to hi club.
Even the office that seeka th man most
first see the boss.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, but Ilk
olive it' a cultivated taste.
The greatness that 1 thrust upon a man
generally goes to hi. head.
A true friend I on who won't hold yoa
responsible tomororw for what you say
today.
The romantic boy who want to grow tin
and marry bis school teacher doesn't exist
In real life.
In spite of the fact that man I mad pf
dust, he Isn't satisfied. H always wants
mot.
, Magnetism Is largely the secret of a
clergyman's success, and It' much tha
am with th bunko strr. Nw York
Time.
