The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-15

I4:acoln, Neb., Nov. 14-William j.
this afternoon and evening, which had
previously been announced rs opening
guns of the political campaign OF 1900.
This afternoon he talked to an audience
st the Funke Theatre, composed of 1850
anembcrs of the Mary Bryan Club
Qadies).
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan reached the thea
tire shortly before 3 o'clock in the carriaue
of II friend, and were escorted to the
place of honor upon the stage prcsi-
dent Mrs. William Muerning of the
Mary Bryan Club, introduced the de-
fcatcd candidate.
The pronunciation OF the ex candidates.
name was the signal for continual APP
plause from II forest of glovcd hands.
Mr.. Bryan smiiingly acknowledged the
ovation and when quiet was restored,
said:
Mistress Chairman and Ladies': Allow
ne to thank you for the interest YOU
have taken in the recent campaign, and
still further for the Kind reception ten
dered us upon or return from Washing
tom
Mr.. Bryan then explained that the
audience was pcrforce limited to actual
members of the Mary Bryan Club, ne
cause of the seating capacity of the house.
lie was personally glad to talk to be-
| levers in the gold standard, and had fire.
quently had TO disagree politically with
his oldest and best friends. He believed
now, as always, that every man, woman
AID child has the inherent right of free
political belief, and had no i'll will to any
one who differed from him.
we initiate what we admire said
the speaker. The childs life tells what
laa l,c II,
wives and mothers ut last deeply and
fully interested in the great political
issues CT the day. And if there is one
motto | wish to impress upon their
minds and have them carry away in their
hearts to their home that motto is this:
That Il Government like ours, deriving
it's powers through and by the people,
should he founded upon this one princi-
pie, equal rights to all and special priv
iIcgeS to nGne.'
The common people the masses. those
who are sometimes slightingly alluded to
as the riffratf 0aughtcr) are the very
people who fail To profit by Special legis-
iation. Nedo not mean to say that per-
feet equality can ever exist among the
peoplc--for that, my friends, depends
largely upon character, energy, frugality
ana those distinguished traits in human
beings Which tend by natural agencies to
raise oncAnan above the head of another
But what do mean is that the common
people, every man of them, Shall enjoy
the same legal privileges ms those of
greater financial power That is why we
enjoy our form of government, because
there is Justice to be had a.; between man
and man, when. the right law makers are
elected to represent the interests of the
people. Now, in this last caiupaign |
advocated the restoration of bimctalism
doubtless | lead more works against
free silver than any speaker who opposed
me on the stump. When ! see the great
money classes combine together to make
money dcarer, / know it is because they
mean to profit by it, and not because
they love the people And when find
that these are the ones who desire to con-
tinue the same system under which we
have iollen upon these hard times, want
to do all in my power to Illustrate their
designs
The closing sentences of AIR. Brynn's
speech. were nigh inaudiblc, his voice fail
ing him utterly at times. In this con-
nection he said lnughinely that he was
glad that it had not given ont during
the campaign
Mr.. Bryan tonight delivered II briet
address to the Travelling Mems Bryan
Cab, the veterans and Bryan Home
Guards at the Funke Opera House and
laser spoke n few minutes at an over flow
meeting mt Boliannan.s Hotel. His voice
had practically failed him ut the after
noon meeting, and he had not sufficiently
regatned the use of his vocal chords to
speak long. He was accorded IL warm
welcome and spoke very briefly and in
general terms of the necessity of carry
ing on The work of free silver education
and of maintaining their various orgaai-
cations.
AIDES APPOINTED.