Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-03

were made for senator Thurston, Mr. Thurs
ton responded by paying:
My Fellow Citizens: II Is utterly lmpos-
siblg for me TO talk TO you tonight ! hay,
Of mo tonight except my vote, which win
cast tomorrow Hui that will 40 to make
elect Major McKhoy our next president
tCheorsJ ! come back from making
speeches In nineteen states OF this union
and ] come TO say to you that tomorrow
FOR Mckinley except the five SILVER" states
tRencwcd choers) There Is on, thing that
the American people have already settled:
me american people have already settled
II that labor doro for the people of the
United states sail be done by our own
people under the stars and stripes. tChoor-
ingD The American people have also set
tied one other qucstion-thot when this
labor Is done 1t shall be paid in the best
money. Now, tonight | bid you Eodspecd
for the morrow. We have shown tonight
whot the city Of Omaha can do. "a voice
In the crowd; "Hurrnh for Bryan
answered by groans and hisscsl You may
yell that, but 1t will be only for twenty
Tour hours. This Is the United States and
that Is the reason why we can never elect
prejudice to elect him. The American peo-
pie always rally around their iluG When
come to the front with splendid majorities,
You have had your time to yell tonight:
fellow citizens tomorrow is the day for
splendid majoritics FOR Mckinley.
III response 10 calls lot JOnn y. wharton
Mr. Wharton said he had never before wit
messed such enthusiasm and patriotism since
the days OF 1861, when the ncu Of the north
left everything to fight for the dag. He
concluded:
Tomorrow you viii rally for American
honor, you VIII rally your strength for
American protection aud in favor of that
greatest Of all Americans. William Nc
Ninley of Ohio. Go to sleep tonight cherish
ing the same enthusiasm which you have
shown this evening and tomorrow we will
have majority I'm Douglas county of 5000
republican votes. (Checring) l have just
returned from trip through many of the
counties of the western part of the state.
which they claim are populistiC but | tell
you that we are going to have a victory
there tomorrow, We are going to have
victory which will forever settle the qucs-
lion Of reputation and dishonesty and be
a declaration for national integrity and
honesty and prosperity.
w II. Thorpe, the "boy orator." was es-
pied by the crowd riding in cart along
with the large American eagle which had
been carried in the procession and was
called upon for a speech. He declared that
the parade was one tact going to show that
the republicans are in a position to say I'VE
nave met the enemy and they are ours"
The question before the people is the ques-
ton of the triumph of labor over mob law
We will stand tomorrow" he said, with
the star-spar gled banner over our head5.
We must cast our votes as the nation did
in 1860" The speaker said that he would
follow Bryan throughout election day about
Lincoln, speaking in every place Bryan had
directly after him. Remarks were also made
by +. Davis a colored man. who pledged the
vote of his race TO Mckinley. He said
Bryan could not win over the cOlOred people
to the Bryan doctrine. Bryan may fool the
populists but he will not fool the colored
vote. which he said will give Mckinley
1,5OO 600 votes
In spite of the GOODNESS of the air, making
II disc grcGahle to listen to out-of-door sneak
ing the crowd appauded the speakers
Justify, and wound up by giving three ire
mcndous cheers for Mckinley, MacColl and
Dave Mercer