Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

A. where be was given ballot retired 90
r be- booth and cast bic ballot in his order.
sure you ye Eot The rirh' elec,c-r
gusried one o. The judges Gs The big ballot
vas punched into the box and the name oi
w. J. Bryan was announced.
I'm take the chances on that" responded
the presidential candidate
When M Bryan was about 20 vote one
% the election challerrers -Etsei his voice
90 sucEcs; tlat "ss a mark 90 respect go
our fellow citizen, We all take on our hats.
The suggestion met with The unanimous
response % the crowd Cf perhaps 2Hf men
who stood outside the rrred iur'rsu-e which
held the election 'yrctIoraries The casting %
the halia. was received with applause. and
after shaking hands wita The election Cfhcial
usares; him Mr Bryan edged MS way out
horses and again taking his seat iu his
carriage be was driven so his home.
NT. B-yaCs home coming was modest
ovation. He was met al the station by
large escort o. the Bryan Home guards
consisting largely o. farmers. who received
him with a shout o' welcome as be descended
from the steps % his carriage the ac-
ccupEcyiur band playing Home. Swet;
Home The guards AID q miscellaneous
conCourse OF people followed To procession
as TIE carriage wound lts way through
the streets The sidewalks were lined with
people and there were many shouts along
the way Tor the democratic standard bearer.
iutersperssi quite frequently with cries Tor
his opponent
Il was indeed an imposing home coming
when William :. Bryan reached h.s resi-
delCe today. A large number % his neigh
b1-s and friends were assembled lu front o.
the house 20 receive him and as the process
sion drew up before these the BRYAN Home
guards formed q line. reaching from the
stree; 20 the door the band started The air
which the nominee had asked % be the clos
Home" su5 when at las; be reached the
house g mighty shout went Up from over
q thousand thrua-s They called upon him
FOR a speech and turning 20 them. his voice
shaking with the emotion he :elt ae SAID
g Few words 20 them. They cheere1 MIN
repeatedly and when he said that the bolt
Ing democrats were given first place on The
ticket in order 20 pc-petrste fraud. his
audience Kissed and promised they would do
all IL their power 20 stop any wronEdo.ns
he said.
Ladies and Geutleuou-I have now done
all that ! can 70 secure success in this cam
pa.Ec. and for me there is nothing left
but 20 await the returns ! want 20 thank
the good friends Who have been so Kind
and courteous in ny leaving and
my returning and whatever may
be the resul; Of this campaign.
shall always be able 20 say that my neigh
/ bors Who agree with me in my political con-
vlcticuS did everything !n their power TO
. secure success IN this election. ] ask YOU
now 20 manifest your further interest by
giving so much o. the remainder o. this day
as you can 20 getting the vote out ana 20
see 20 h that every rus understands the
form o. ballot 50 that no mistakes will %
made
You understand tha; in this state they
have allowed the boiling democrats 20 20 On
I the ticket as democrats and they did IL IN
. order 10 psrpetrste a fraud upon the voters
. o. this state. a-d s. is the duty q our
. q defeat the f-HFra - gr
having perfect VI lerstacEirE just how the
. ballot reads. SO tEa; each person can vote
. iuteligeuIv. All We have asked IN this
campaign is tina; each citizen might 5s
allowed 70 vote as be pleases and when tha.
is done We shall all tIde the result what
ever ); may be
The forenoon o. election day in Mr
. Hrysus home city was very quie; ana -he
day bids fair 20 pass without exciting Incl
dent: There were strings o. people ranging
from Eve or SIX 70 twenty OF thirty ~ the
. various polling places when the voting be-
gan az o'clock and While Grow ds hgvs-ei
about each o. them during The day they
. were orderly and quiet 10 the main. The
weather was cloudy and there was a ii--le
rain in the early morning. bu; the air was
. mild.
Reports received by Chairman Pos; Of n,
. republican committee from various parts O
the safe are 20 the effect that % 20
. O'Clock about twc-thi-1s %, the vote had beef
y
. Post SAYS that the reports received are en-
tirely satisfactory.
Al 10 this afternoon Nr Bryan had re
Z Ceiyed but few -eleCrams indicative OF the
I voting throughout the country. Mr.. Bryan
spent the day after arriving home in open
1 ing packages containing presents from ad-
Z miriug friends and Joking with the CORE
| spoudenrs. Mrs. BRYAN also was not az al
7 nervous and said she had tried 20 prepare
I herself for anything. a; l.s5 Mr. Bryan
/ retired TO his room and il q Few moments
vas asleep.
sEwALL's PLEASANT DAY.
BATH. Ne, Nov. 2.-In spite O:
unusually bright and warm weather the at
tendance a. the polls here This morning
was not u0-lceably large. Reports from
other sections o. the state indicated that n;
enthusiasm o. the state election has beef
greatly diminished. Neither party is max
iuE any special effort 20 e, ou; the vo:.
here the ultimate resu!, being considered
settled Mr.. SsTaN vss among the early
voters He walked 70 the polls srd witt
the utmost confidence cas-; the scralEl
democratic ballot.
THOMSON. Ga. Nov. e-Eon Thomas 2
Watson. p0pullst candidate for vice pres.
dent walked from MS home 10 the polt
early this morning and deposited his bEl. o.,
He voted FOR John 7 West peoples CEudl
date for congress. but tore or thar port %
q the ticket bearing the names q the Nc
Ki-ley electors. Nj. WEtsous example IL
this respect Is being largely followed b,
the poyullsts Of the district NJ. Watson
remained about the polls several hours
he said he had nothing 70 say for putlica
tiol as 70 the present political situa-lJ,
Or his future plans.
Levering Was Busy Removing.
BALTIMORE Nov S.-Joshua LeverIur
he prohibition candidate for prezldeu,
spent mos; OF the day experimenting ~