The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-03

I was opposed to the laboring man or
had poor opinion of him. ! want you
to look at my four years in Congress and
you will find whether / have been the
friend of the laboring man or not.
After our opponents had found them
selves driven from every battle field
upon which they dared TO fight, then in
the closing days of this campaign, they
have attempted to resort to fraud and
to forgery, and you found in this COM
munity letters purporting to be written
hv the chairman of the Populist COM
mittee of this State asking you to save the
State ticket and sacrifice the National
ticket. / am authorized to denounce the
letter as a fraud and a forgery by Mr..
Edmiston whose name is signed to il.
But the fact that they resorted to these
things show the desperation of the
cause. II they had a cause which APP
pealed to the people, of this country, it
would not have been necessary for them
TO resort to fraud ont here, and to In
timidation and force wherever they can
resort to those tactics. / want you to be
as anxious for the election OF Congress
men from Nebraska in favor of free
coinage as you are for the election of
an electoral ticket that will select a free
coinage President.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2.-Mr. Bryan was
given one of the greatest receptions Of
his entire tour by Lincoln, his home city.
He spoke from the balcony Of the Lin
coin hotel and addressed an audience
which filed the streets in the immediate
vicinity. This address was made large
" to Mr.. Bryan's neighbors and con-
tanned more personal illusions to himself
than any speech of the long series he has
made. No gold emblems were displayed.
The applause was frequently and gener-
al. Mr.. Bryan prefaced his remarks with
a reference to his Eastern trip, stating
that in the beginning of the campaign
the people living along the Eastern coast
called it a sectional question, but they
had found out that it was not a sectional
question. 1t was, he said, a great con-
troversy between the money power and
the common people of this country. In
conclusion he said:
II have stated that If elected / shall
not be absent from you more than four
years When / stated it, meant it, and
want you to believe in my sincerity
when / say so. | believe that an Office
attended with duties so great, with res
possibilities so heavy, that the man who
occupied 1t. hnaht &C &c nave no personal
ambition beyond proving himself worthy
of the confidence of those who elect him.
If elected, I shall eonsecrate four years
of my life to the service of my country,
feeling that when that is done all has
been done in the way of honor that can
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be private citizen in this nation, where
to a be citizen greater than to be
a king.
My friends, / want you to believe me
when / say that | have enjoyed the OPP
partunity Of defending bimetallism be-
cause / believe it is a righteous cause,
and | want you TO believe that / would
rather stay among you as a private citi-
zen and be permitted still to raise my
voice against what / conceive to be a
crime against the human race, than to
enjoy all the honors in christendom il
| had to join in the conspiracy.( Great
applause.)
''The work which lies before Presi
dent who goes into Office with the desire
to reform financial policy and to drive
the trusts and syndicates from this land,
will be hard enough If he Is supported
by the people; his work would be impos-
sible if he were not supported by them.
IF you are in earnest / want your
earnestness to be manifested in a clean
sweep, and then, my friends, if, by the
suffrage of my countrymen | am made
their chief executive / will promise you
that no power in this country of any for
eign land will prevent the restoration of
the money Of the Constitution among
our people.
Omaha, Nov. 2-This city was entirely
given up to politics tonight. The par
tisans of both Bryan and Mckinley en-
gagged in demonstrations, the former lis
tening to speeches by their candidate and
the latter to a monster street parade.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at the Omaha station
at s O'clock and was met there by large
concourse of his followers, by whom he
was escorted in a formal procession to
Boyd's theatre. Mr. Bryan was received
by loud burst of applause which was
continued as his carriage moved along
the street. He addressed audiences at
six or seven different halls packed to their
utmost capacity.