The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-09
Address i'm the Afternoon to Throng
of Nebraskans Who Had Gathered
to Welcome the Orator.
USUAL INSIDIOUS APPEAL
AND OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON THE
EMPLOYERS OF LABOR.
Denuneiation of BondhOIdcrs and the
People Who Lend MOney-More
Talk About Anarchists.
Denuneinti

LINCOLN Neb., Sept. S.-The contin-
uous welcome Lincoln people and large
contingents from other parts OF Nebraska
gave William j. Bryan on his home COM
ing to-day eliminated this evening in
grand demonstration in honor of his formal
notification of his nomination for the presi-
dency by the National Silver party From
the time Mr.. Bryan reached this city at IL
o'clock this morning until the tired crowds
retired from the streets at late hour to-
night there was parading galore through
the streets of the capital city by local and
visiting campaign clubs, nearly all with
brass bands in front. There escort
procession from the Burlington depot to
Mr.. Bryan's residence; another procession
that accompanied the candidate to a mass
meeting in the Statehouse grounds this aft
ernoon, and the third and greatest pro-
ceeding. the notification ceremonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, George A. Groot,
chairman of the notification committee,
and Norris Humphrey, of Lincoln, rode to-
gether in the midst of the night parade
Men in white duck uniforms carrying fam
beaus formed a picturesque part of the
display. There were members of the silver
clubs from Lincoln and elsewhere in the
State. Nearly, If not quite, a thousand
mounted men were In line, and these, with
the siver-caped organizations. fired off
rockets and Roman candles they pro-
ceeded from the postoffice square along the
principal streets to the Statehouse. All
those members of the notification commit
tee who came to Lincoln to attend the
ceremonies were seated on the platform
erected in the north front of the Capitol
building when Mr.. Bryan arrived. They
were suffering greatly from the annoyance
caused by thousands of small gnats at
tracted by the brilliant glare of large
electric lamp that hung over the stand
Several people were Obliged to leave the
l,lA hon IfAyNa
myriads of frantic insects. With the ar
rival of the torchlight procession the crowd
gathered about the Capitol was increased
ten fold 1t seemed many times larger
than the audience of 5000 that listened to
Mr.. Bryan this afternoon,
Norris Humphrey presided at the meet
ing and introduced George A. Groot, of
Ohio. chairman of the notification commit
tee who made a lon~ address of the usual
silver variety and concluded as follows,
turning to and addressing Mr.. Bryan:
THE National Silver convention. with q
unanimity unexampled in the history or
national conventions in this country, NOM
mated you as the candidate of the Nation
of President of the United States. You
are now the candidate for the great ONCE
ties. of which the Silver party 1t not the
least.
formally notify you of its action, and that
committee conferred upon me the dis-f
tinguished honor of advising you of your
nomnaton as the tcr candidate df OF IL the rss' N
dent of the United States; We are met.
therefore, at this time and place for the
purpose of performing the pleasant duty
imposed upon us by the convention. 1,
therefore, in obedience TO the wishes or
the committee and of the convention, here
by formally notify you that you have been
nominated by the National Silver party as
its candidate for President and request
that you accept that nomination in the
same spirit in which it has been rendered
+ you.
You are now the chosen commander CT
a grand army composed of three grand
divisions which is now mobilizing for the
purpose of fighting in behalf of humanity
on Nov. 3. 1896, the most important political
battle of this or of any other age; battle
which is to determine whether this Nation
shall be a province of Great Britain and he
governed and controlled. as that nation IS,
by the money barons of Europe, or wheth-
er 1t shall be- the fathers intended IL to
be- a free and independent and sovereign
nation
THE people who constitute that grand
army inspired as they are by the noblest
sentiments of patriotism under you leader
ship will. there can be no doubt, on that
day lift high their banners in triumph over
the defeated allied hosts of plutocracy"