Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-09-12
SECOND NOTIFICATION
Committee of the National Sill
YER Party Wait on Mr..
Bryan at Lincoln.
Formally Notified of His Nom-
ination by Them for the
Presidency.
Great Demonstration in Honor
of the Candidates Re-
turn Home.

AlNCOLN, NcD, Dcpt' Ho COu-
tinuous welcome Lincoln people and
large contingents from other parts Of
Nebraska gave William j. Bryan on
his Homecoming eliminated last even
ing i'll grand demonstration in honor
of his formal notification of his nomina-
tion for the presidency by the National
Silver party. From the time Mr.. Bryan
reached this city at II in the morning
until the tired crowds retired from the
streets at late hour there was parad-
ing galore through the streets of the
capital city by local and visiting cam.
paign clubs, nearly all with brass bands
in front. There was an escort process
sion from the Burlington depot to Mr..
Bryan's residence, another procession
that accompanied the candidate to a
mass meeting in the statehouse grounds
in the afternoon, and the third and
greatest
Preceding the Notification Ceremonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, George A. Groot,
chairman of the notification committee,
and Norris Humphrey of Lincoln, rode
together in the midst of the night pa
rade. Men III white duck uniforms,
carrying fambeaus formed a pictur-
esque part of the display. There were
members of the silver clubs from Lin
coin and elsewhere in the state. Nearly
if not quite, 1000 mounted men were
in line, and these, with the silver
capped organizations, fired off sky
rockets and roman candles as they pro-
ceeded from the PostOffice square along
the principal streets to the statehouse.
All those members of the notification
committee who came to Lincoln to at
tend the ceremonies were seated on the
platform erected in the north front of
the capitol building when Mr.. Bryan
arrived. Norris Humphrey presided at
the meeting and introduced George A.
Groot of Ohio, chairman of the Motif
cation committee.
Mr.. Bryan Accepts.
1t was 30 o'clock before Mr..
Groot's long address was concluded.
Mr. Bryan was Immediately presented
and said in part:
/ beg to reply at this time without the
formality of letter The platform
adopted by the Silver party contains but
one plank, and that plank, the plank
upon the silver question, is identical in
substance with the silver plank of the
Chicago platform.
AS have already discussed that plank
Il -
into any extended discussion at this time
i beg to answer the committee that l &C
cept the nomination rendered by them on
behalf of the Silver party in the spirit in
which that nomination was presented.
My convictions upon monetary ques-
tion are not shallow convictions. l may
be in error-none of us can claim infalli-
bility-but believe that the gold stand
ard is conspiracy against the human
race.
Old Parties Have Changed.
My friends, when declared more than
q year ago that l would not support a
gold standard candidate, was standing
upon the record of the Democratic party.
/ was defending it's principles as we'll as
the interests of the country at large and
when the Republicans who assembled in
the silver convention at st. Louis refused
to worship the gold image which their
party had set up, they were defending the
history of the Republican party. The Re
publican platform of 1888 denounced the
Democratic administration for having at
tempted to degrade silver. Following
these same lines the Republican conven-
tion in 1892 declared at Minneapolis that
.se American people from tradition and
interest were in favor of bimetallism
That is the language in 1892 that the
American people from tradition and in
terest are in favor of bimetallism. Have
traditions changed in four years? Have
interests changed in four years? No, my
friends; and yet, forgetting former plat
forms, the Republican party, in conven-
ton assembled, declared that the Ameri-
can people must forego the advantages of
the bimetallic system.
The Afternoon Meeting.
An audience of 5000 people heard
Mr.. Bryan in the afternoon. He spoke
from stand erected OH the north front
of the state capitol building. Over his
head was large photograph Of him
self while in many of the office win
dows of the building photographic like
nesses of his Republican opponnets, Nc
Kinley and Hobart, looked down upon