Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1908 — BRYAN IN CINCINNATI. [ARTICLE]

BRYAN IN CINCINNATI.

Twelve years ago William Jenningc Bryan, as the Democratic candidate for president, drew 50,000 people to Music Hall, the record-breaking crowd in the history of Cincinnati. Last night the same man, with a seemingly more magnetic influence, attracted such a mighty multitude to see and hear him that the very lowest estimate was 75,000. It was such a mass of humanity that movement for two blocks was impossible. Never in its long and glorious career has Music. Hall held so many people. They hung in the windows and on the balconies in perilous positions. Men and women vied with each other in taking chances to welcome the Commoner to the home of his Republican opponent. Accustomed as he is to seeing great crowds, Mr. Bryan himself was amazed and thought that he saw in the demonstration a mighty wave which would sweep this Republican city into the Democratic column.—Cincinnati Enquirer, news article. . Mr. Bryan’s trip through Ohio yesterday was a continuous ovation. His entrance into Cincinnati last night was a veritable triumph. Not even in the exciting days of 1896 wxs the Nebraskan accorded such overwhelming evidence of popular interest In himself and bis utterances.

That there should have been manl tested such tremendous enthusiasm for him in the home town of Mr. Taft has excited greatest wonder. There can be only this explanation. Either Mr. Bryan still exerts that magnetism of presence and voice which alone charm the multitude, or else he has grown so greatly in the esteem of the public by his more recent utterances that the thousands would attest their devotion and loyalty to the cause he represents by their presence and plaudits. The story can be told only In November. Whatever be the cause or reason for Mr. Bryan’s magnificent reception here ahd elsewhere, it Is apparent that the enormous crowds that go to greet him are causing no little concern and uneasiness in the camp of the enemy.—Cincinnati Enquirer, editorial.