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Show BRYAN IS HONORED III IK CITIES Returns From Bridgeport to New York, Thence Goes to Jersey City. THOUSANDS GREET HIM AT EVERY STOP MADE Will Start Homeward Today in Company With His Nebraska Ne-braska Friends. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Three cities joined today paying the final tributes of tho continuous welcome accorded to William J. Bryan since his arrival Thursday from his tour around tho world. Returning from Bridgeport this morn-inp, morn-inp, Mr. Bryan, after devoting scant time to personal business, was escorted to the National Democratic club, whore an enthusiastic welcome was accorded him and where he spoko briefly. From the club he wns escorted by former Senator Sen-ator .fames Smith and other prominent Democrats to Newark, where ho ad-dressod ad-dressod an nudionce of 10,000 in Military Mili-tary parlt-nnd afterward held an informal infor-mal reception, shaking hnuds with hundreds hun-dreds who crowdod nround the speakers. Hailed with cheers, he drove to tho railroad rail-road station. Mr. Br3'an then- hurried to Jersey City, where he made three addresses and reviewed a parade of the Hudson county Democracy and thorn returned re-turned to New Yor: und finished the day with an informal dinner given in his honor b- 200 of tho working newspaper news-paper men of the metropolis. Mr. Bryan will rest until tomorrow evening, when lie will start on his journey, jour-ney, in company with "home folks," on their special train. Thoy expect to roach Lincoln on Wednesday, after stops at Detroit and Chicago. W, J. Bryau was the guest tonight at a dinner given by 200 of the working work-ing newspaper men of New York City. The affair was strictly informal, in accordance ac-cordance with tho wishes of Mr. Brj'an, who stated in his letter of acceptance that ho would "just like to sit down with the boyu to an odd fnshiouod American dinner." The reception at Jersey City occupied a greater length of time thnn was anticipaiod, nnd us a consequence Mr. Brynn was late in reaching the diningroom. On arrival at his hotel here he waB met" by a committee com-mittee of the newspaper men and escorted to tho restaurant. 11 was after 31 o'clock when he en-tored en-tored the dining hall, where he wns tumultuously welcomed. Mr. Bryan's address was entirely informal and' non-political, non-political, dealing almost entirely with his early experiences as a newspaper man and his relations lator with other members of the crnft. |