The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-03

Circle Within the Limits of His Home
state-Uncorks His sarcasm Upon the
Farmers Who Have the Audacity to
show up With Yellow Badges at a
BRYAN Meeting Cuitivates the For
eien .Eiement-Closing Sentence Of the
Campaign.
Omaha, Neb. Nov 2.-It was almost
midnight tonight when Mr.. Bryan SPOKE
the last public word incident 10 his cam
paign. He had then made seven speech
es in Omaha beginning at O'CLOCK IN the
evening, and had preceded the night
work with firteen speeches made during
the day, at the following places. all IN
the state of Nebraska: Seward. YORK.
Aurora, Grand Island, Hastings, Har-
ward, Sarenville, Sutton, Grafton, FAIR
mount, Exeter, Friend, Dorchester, Crete
and Lincoln. He had Travelled during
the day go miles.
II had been Mr.. Bryan's original in
fention to speak in every congressional
district in the state during the day, but
this was found TO be imDracticable. and
he entered ony four Of the six. Not
withstanding all the speeches OF today
were made in his own state, Mr.. Bryan
made no special appeal to state pride, nor
did he dwell upon state issues, beyond an
appeal here and there to his TRENDS 10
give loyal support to the silver state ana
congressional tickets, while they were
casting their ballots for the Bryan cleo
tors. He praised Governor Holcomb'
administration of state affairs and re-
peatedly called attention to the utility
of all efforts to secure reforms, even
with a favora bly, disposed chief executive
without congress willing to cooperate
with him. He dwelt in the main, how
ever, upon the national aspects OF the
campaign, and appealed to his hearers 10
support the cause upon the same general
principles which he had advanced as es-
Eential in speeches made in other similar
ly situated communities.
His two most telling speeches Of the
DAY were made al Hastings and Lincoln,
though he made some short addresses
which were pronounced by his friends
as worthy to be classed as Philippe in
character. His strongest efforts were
generally directed at crowds containing
more than the usual number Of persons
| decorated with gold badges.
The demonstrations in the way of gree
! ting and OF applause were exceedingly
| cordial. Those who wore the yellow
| insignia treated him with entire respect
and in some instances applauded with vi
| terances. At no time in the campaign
! has Mr.. Bryan been in better physical
! or mental condition than he was for his
closing day. He appeared to realize thai
| he was nearing the end of an arduOus
siege, and he did not make the usual ef-
fort to conserve his physical energies
| He allowed his voice, which is still I'm.
| impaired, full range. He spent great
er part of the time than ordinarily be-
| tween speeches chatting with friends. lr
these conversations he did not display
| the least nervousness over the near ap
proach of the issue Of the campaign, an6
| 10 all out ward appearances ne was quite
! as unconcerned as were any Of his com
pany. Trs ,9ai ~
! York, Neb., Nov 2-Seven o'clock thi!
morning found Mr. Bryan speeding
westward from Lincoln on his last day.
| work of the campaign.
| The sun had not risen when he reach
ed the special train which was to con
vey him on his trip, and there were onl!
COMPARE lively few people gathered
about the depot to see him off. Thes'
few, however, gave him an enthusiastic
shout as the train pulled out, and h
began his last days campaign under ia
vorable auspices.
! The first stop of the day was made a
the town of Seward. This is Republi
! can place, and there was an exceptional
~ large display Of yellow badges, full,
half of the crowd being decorated witt
| the Republican emblem. Mr.. Bryan wa
however, respectfully received and n
was listened to with marked attention
The appearance of the golden colors il
his own state seemed to put the candi
date on his mettle. and while he talket
for only about ten minutes he Delivers
a very pointed address. Referring {
the appearance Of so many gold color
he minated to his hearers that the pro
per material for the farmer to use VIII
would display a gold badge was straw
for" he said, under existing circum
stances, Wall street gets your wheat
and leaves you nothing but the straw.
His brief address was devoted largel
TO a denunciation of the issue of bonds
Notwithstanding the large number o
republicans present, Mr.. Bryan was lib
orally applauded, and 1t was noticeabl
that some of the Shouters wore the ye.
low badges.
A WESTERN CANDIDATE.
AS the day progressed Mr.. Bryan
audiences began to swell in number
and enthusiasm. At York, which tow
was reached ar 8 o'clock. thousands c
farmers were awaiting the coming c
the candidate, but not nearly Sc man
as at Steward. Mr.. Bryan was intro
! duced as the next president or the I'm
, ted States, and he replied that if Ne
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