The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-03
In Other Places.

returns.
In Other Places.
LINCOLN, Neb.,s Nov. "A keen
east wind blew fiercely through the
ranks of those who gathered to hear
Mr. Bryan at Hastings 1t was there
that the Democratic candidate crossed
the path of John 2. Irish, his old OPP
ponent in joint debate, who is camp
ing on the trail of the Democratic
candidate through Nebraska. Colones
Irish reached Hastings on his special
train Just before Mr.. Bryan left that
place, and the Republican meeting be-
gan when the silver meeting was over
People had gathered from far and near
to hear the nominee. Ten thousand of
them, mostly farmers made up the as
semblage that greeted, with wild
cheers, his appearance on temporary
stand. The audience was plainly in
sympathy with his views, and showed
its intensity of partisan feeling in
shrill shouts. Gold badges were few
and far between, White ribbons bear
ing the word Bryan in two-inch let
tiers were pinned on the hats and
breasts of men, women and children.
Tt was truly an enthusiastic throng,
and it heard one of the principal
speeches OF the day. Mr.. Bryan spoke
as follows:
BRYANS SPEECH.
s'Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men. I have been absent from the
state some two months, and L nave
been reading in Republican papers
Rannhlica in
Nebraska who thought this state was
700 far west for a president. (Laugh-
teri I have heard it stated that some
Republicans out here thought man
did not know anything about the
money question unless he lived in New
York where he was surrounded by
London fog all the time. (Cheers) L
heard that there were some Republican
farmers out there who thought prices
were not low enough, and they were
going to try TO continue the goid stanu-
ard so that oats would go down to
cents a bushel. (Cheers.) Well, 1 am
glad to find that these Republicans
did not tell the truth in their dis
patches daughter and applause.) l
am very much gratified to find so many
people testifying to their faith IN BIZ
metallism by coming out today and
doing what they have been doing all
over this country-using their voices
until their voices are hoarse. Cap
plause) Since L left Nebraska have
been as far east as the Kennebec
river and / want to tell you that no
matter what the papers may say,
there is a silver sentiment in MaSSa-
chusettS and Maine that is as intense
as it is in Nebraska (Cheers.) When
1 have found a man who lived upon
money and whose money was increas-
ing in value under a gold standard,
have generally found an advocate of
the gold standard, whether ne was in
Nebraska or Massachusetts; but when
found a man who worked for his liv
ing, 1 generally found a man who
sympathized with you in your strug-
gle. (Cheers.)
GOLDBUG PRETENSE.
my friends, we started out to fight
this campaign on a great ISSUE, and
our opponents pretended that they
were perfectly willing to meet us in
the fight. But they had not gone very
far. until they tried to get away from
the money question, and get on the
tariff question; but when they tried
to talk tariff, they found that the peo-
pie wanted to put a prohibitory tariff
on foreign financial policies before they
discussed the tariff schedule. Naugn-
ter.)
When they wanted to talk tariff.
they found that the farmers thought if
international agreement they might set
tie the tariff question in the same way.
(Cneers.) They found that they could
not bring the tariff question into this
campaign until after they had settled
whether or not this country has a right
10 attend to IT'S own business and nave
d. financial policy suited 70 its own
people. (Cheers.) The Republicans have,
in their platform, endorsed the finan-
cial policy OF the present adnln4stra-
ton, and that means mora bonds and
less money, while our policy means
more money and less bonds. After our
opponents had found themselves driven
from every battlefield upon which they
dared 10 fight, then, IN the closing days
of the campaign, they have attempted
TO resort TO fraud and TO forgery and
YOU have found in this community let
tiers purporting TO have been written by
the chairman Of the Populst committee
of this state, asking you 10 save the
state ticket and sacrifice the national
ticket. 1 am authorized TO denounce
the letter as a fraud and a forgery by
MIR. Emission, whose name is signed TO
it. Great applause.) But the fact that
they resorted TO these things shows the
desperation of their cause. If they had
a cause which appealed TO she people of
this country, il would not be necessary
fer them to resort to fraud out here
they can resort TO that anywhere Cap
plause)
HOLCOMB'S CANDIDACY
Mr. Bryan then reverted TO state is
sues and spoke in advocacy of Governor
Silas a. Holcomb's candidacy for re-
election. Continuing, he said:
I'VE are not seeking votes under
false pretenses. So far as 1 am con-
cerned, I have tried to present before
the people, from the Missouri river TO
the Atlantic coast, the issue OF this
campaign. 1 have tried to defend BIZ
rnetallisn as best I could, and show
TO the people. that it IS TO the interest
of 80 out OF every 100 to restore the
money of tllecons titution. Great cheer
ing.) And now. on this last day of the
campaign, when L come back among
the people OF my own state, 1 want TO
be frank with them. I want to say to
them If there is q. man in Nebraska who
thinks this nation IS not big enough TO
attend to its own business, 1 do not
want his vote (cheers) because stand
for an American financial policy for
the American people and if 1 can help
il we will not consult any nation on
earth as TO what our financial policy
Snail be. (Cheers.) If there is anybody