The herald., 1896-11-03

Bryan reached that place, and here, too.
the nominee was loudly cheered and his
utterances were enthusiastically greeted.
The last speech of the night was at
Creighton's Opera house, and this ended
q campaign SURPRISING all others as re-
cards the work done by a single man.
St was after the theatrical performance
had closed and a short speech by Gov.
Holcomb had been made. His speech was
delivered with a vigor unsurpassed by
any he has made, and the enthusiasm
which greeted him was only excelled
when at the close he said:
"They tell us we must worship the
golden calf. say that the American
| people will not bow down to foreign die.
tation, but are determined to restore the
gold and silver coinage of the constitu-
ton and lead in the restoration of BIZ
metallism throughout the world"
Mr.. Bryan was given one of the great
est receptions of his entire tour by Lin
coin, his home city. He spoke from the
balcony of the Lincoln hotel, and ad-
| dressed an audience which filled the
streets in the immediate vicinity. This
address was made largely to Mr.. Bry-
ans neighbors and contained more per-
sonal illusions to himself than any
speech of the long series he has made.
No gold emblems were displayed. The
applause was free and general. Mr..
Bryan prefaced his remarks with a
! reference to his eastern trip, stating that
IN the beginning of the campaign the
people living along the eastern coast
called it a sectional question, but they
had found out it was not sectional
question. 1t was, he said, a great con-
troversy between the money power and
the common people of this country.
In conclusion, he said: II have stated
that if I am elected 1 shall not be ab-
sent from you more than four years.
When 1 stated it meant it, and 1 want
you to believe in my sincerity when 7
say so. believe that the office is at
tended with duties SO great, with re-
sponsibilities so heavy. that the man
who occupies 1t ought to have no person.
al ambition beyond proving himself
worthy of the confidence of those who
elect him.
IF elected I shall consecrate four
years of my life to the services Of my
country, feeling that when that is done
all has been done in the way Of honor
that can be done; then 1 shall rejoice
again to be private citizen in this ma
ton. where to be a private citizen is
greater than to be king.
my friends, want you to believe
me when I say have enjoyed the op-
portunity of defending bimetallism,
that 1t is righteous cause, and want
you to believe that l would rather stay
among you as private citizen and be
permitted still to raise my voice against
what I conceive to be crime against
the human race, than to enjoy all the
honors in Christendom if had to join in
the conspiracy. tremendous applause.)
'"The work which lies before presi-
dent who goes into office with the desire
to reform a financial policy and to drive
the trusts and syndicates from this
land will be hard enough if is supported
by the people; his work would be i'm
possible if he was not supported by
them.
"If you are earnest I want your earn
estness to be manifested in a clean
sweep, and then, my friends, If by the
suffrage of my countrymen am made
their chief executive I will promise you
that no power in this country or in any
foreign land will prevent the restora-
ton of the money of the constitution
among our people"