The San Francisco call., 1896-11-02
IRISH WILL CAMP
ON BRYAN'S TRAIL
Endeavoring to Undo What
Little the Nebraskan
Accomplished.
The California Colonel Is tbs
Equal of the Boy Orator
in Debate.
THAT LONG CHASE FOR voTEf
No Less Than Seventeen Thousan
Miles Already Travelled by the
Free.Si yer Candidate.

LINCOLN, NEBR., Nov. 1.-When Mr..
Bryan leaves Lincoln tomorrow morning
for his flying campaign trip through his
own State he will be followed at no greai
distance by John P. Irish of California,
who will strive to undo whatever Mr..
Bryan accomplishes. This programme
was decided upon by the National Demo-
Gratis of Nebraska when Chairman Mark
Hanna vetoed the proposition tha. ex-
Congressman William L. Mason should
perform that duty for the publicans.
Mr.. Irish is known in the State as an
ag ressive and skilled debater on the
money question, and when he and Mr.
Bryan met last spring in joint discussion
at the Crete Chautauqua the audience
united in declaring it drawn battle, and
J the declaration was made that it would
| not be their last appearance. 1t is i'm
probable that Mr.. Irish will follow Mr..
Bryan throughout the day, but arrange
ments for his receptions have been made
in most OF the larger towns to be visited.
While party feeling is at high pitch no
trouble is expected as the result of the
Irish programme. The stops generally
will be short, and reports from the towns
to be visited indicate no feeling of resent
|
unless it be at Hastings, where Mr.. Bry-
ans followers are inclined to be bitter.
Prepar ations on an elaborate scale have
been made for the reception of both men,
but :any direct insult will hardly be offered
either unless there be greater cause for it
than is now evident
A long sleep this afternoon and a longer
one to-day was William j. Bryan's way Of
preparing for his flying trip through Ne
braska tomorrow. The unprecedented
cam paign tour of the Democratic eandi-
date practically ended this morning when
he stepped from his private car Idler,
/! furnished by the Democratic National
Committee, in the Burlington station
here. He and Mrs. Bryan spent last night
in Council Bluffs and rode over to Omaha
this morning in an electric car to take the
8: 30 train for Lincoln, to which the Idler
had been attached. About 200 people
were waiting for Mr.. Bryan here. They
gave him a suppressed Sunday morning
cheer and many shook hands with him as
he walked smilingly to the carriage in
waiting. There was jovous scene, of
course, al the Bryan residence when the
three children of the candidate welcome led
their father and mother.
Mr.. Bryan was tired and went to bed
soon after reaching home. He slept until
supper time and retired again early to-
night to secure good rest for to-morrow W. s
journey.
His own State of Nebraska was selected
by Mr.. Bryan for the final rally of the
free silver forces. The confidence he has
felt that he would carry the State was his
reason for not making a tour within it's
/ IOr1 1n~f arl,A
was the same with regard to Kansas; but
that State and his own are the only two
previously in the Republican column.
with the exception of those west of here
where the free-silver sentiment is consid-
cred the strongest. that he has neglected
in his fight for Democratic victory.
The long and lard working campaign
that Mr.. Bryan has pursued began with
his departure from Chicago on July Is,
the Monday following his nomination
From that time to his he has been on the
go, barring three weeks spent in Lincoln
prlor to his departure for New York City
to be formally notified of mis- selection as
the Democratic standard bearer and a
week IN the quiet surroundings of Upper
Red Hook. His hardest day of the cam
psign was that during which he made the
journey from Chicago to Pittsburg, en-
route to the notification meeting.
He left Chicago half an hour before mid
night and made speeches almost continu-
ously from that time until he concl nd ed
his last address to a Pittsburg audience
twenty-four hours later. That record
breaking trip was made during the ter
riole heated spell OF last summer and left
| the candidate pretty well exhausted The
second hardest day included Southern
Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky Starting
from ST. Louis early in the morning, he
talked to many gatherings along his
route and was obliged to deliver four more
speeches on his arrival at Louisville al
night Twenty-seven was the mum ber of
speeches made on his journey from Chi
cago to Pittsburg and he came within one
OF equaling that remarkable record one
day in Michigan last month. He went as
far north as Duluth, Minn., and as far
south as Memphis. Tenn, while the At
lantic Coast was covered from North
Carolina to Maine.
How many miles Mr.. Bryan will have
travelled when he returns to Lincoln again
Tuesday morning, after his Nebraska
roundup, has not been accurately COM
puted, but some OF those who accompanied
him intend to delve out the correct figure
by careful study of the railroad maps
and tables of distance. Seventeen thou
sand miles is an approximate estimate
The Democratic candidate visited twenty
seven States, namely: Connecticut, Della
ware. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
(passing through in the night from LIN
coin to Kansas City,, Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan Mn
nesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hamp-
SHIRE. New Jersey, North Carolina, Mort b
Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. South Dakota, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. He
also made a speech in the District of CO.
lumbia.
James T. Dahlman OF Omaha, chairman
OF the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, will have charge o. the Nebraska cam
paign tom orrow., James O'Shea of the
State Committee and number of cam
naign orators, including several former
Republicans, will accompany Mr.. Bryan
to make speeches along the route. One or
more remain at prominent places to fol-
low up the arguments advanced by the
National candidate. The trip will take
Mr.. Bryan into four of the six Congress
sionai districts in the State. Speeches are
scheduled for sixteen places, but it is
probable more stops will be made. Mr..
Bryan will leave Lincoln on the Idler, by
special train, at 6:45 o'clock, and is due
in Omaha a s in the evening. Mrs. Bryau
will ACCOMPANY her husband The entire