The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-11-19
Mr.. BRYAN AT LINCOLN
TWO SPEECHES AS OPENING GUNS
FOR 1900.
In the Evening Travelling Men Were
Told That Gold Standard Is
Not Prosperity.

Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. M-William Jen-
nings Bryan delivered two speeches in
Lincoln this afternoon and evening,
which had been previously announced rs
the opening guns Of the political cam
paign of 1900 Mr. Bryan this afternoon
talked to an audience at Funk's theater
composed of 1850 members of the Mary
Bryan club dadies). Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
reached the theater shortly before
o'clock. and were escorted to the place
of honor on the stage
The president, Mrs. Mary Warren, of
the Mary Bryan club, introduced the de-
feated candidate.
The pronunciation of the eX-candidate's
name was the signal for continued APP
plause from forest of gloved hands
Mr.. Bryan smilingly acknowledged the
ovation, and when quiet was restored
said
Mistress Chairman and Ladies': Allow
me to thank you in behalf of myself and
my wife for the interest you have taken
in the recent campaign, and still further
for the kind reception rendered us upon
our return from Washington"
Mr.. Bryan then explained that the au-
dience was perforce limited to the actual
members Of the Mary Bryan club because
of the seating capacity of the house. He
was personally glad to talk TO believers
I'm the gold standard, and frequently had
to disagree politically with his oldest and
best friends. He believed now as always,
that every man, woman and child has
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and had no i'll will toward anyone who
differed from him.
1--WE initiate what we admire" said
the speaker. 1.-THE chlld's life tells what
the man will be. / am glad to see the
wives and mothers at last deeply and
fully interested in the great political is
sues of the day, and if there is one motto
| should try to impress upon their minds
and to have them carry away in their
hearts to their homes, that motto is this.
That government like ours, deriving it's
powers through and by the people, should
be founded upon the one principle-equal
rights to ALL special privileges to none.
THE common people, the masses, those
who are sometimes slightingly alluded
TO as the riffraff, are the very people who
fail to profit by special legislation We
do not mean to say that perfect equality
can ever exist among the people, for
that, my friends, depends largely upon
character, ftugality and those distinguish
ed traits in human brains which tend by
natural agencies to raise one man above
the head of another But what | do
mean to say is that the common people
every man of them, shall enjoy the same
legal privileges as those of the greater
financial powers. That is why we enjoy
our form of government, because there
is justice to be had as between man and
man when the right lawmakers are
elected to represent the interests of the
people,
His Silver Views
"Now, in this last campaign, l advo-
Gated the restoration of bimetallism
Doubtless l read more works against free
silver than any speaker who opposed me
on the stump. When 1 see the great
money classes combine together to make
money dearer l know it is because they
mean to profit by it, and not because they
love the people, and when l find these
are the ones who desire to. continue the
same system under which we have fallen
upon these hard times. | want to do all
IN my power to Illustrate their design
Even my enemies have conceded nv
physical endurance but I want to saw
that my efforts were meager compared
with those of the people-the common
people of this country. If experience
teaches us that our opponents are right
we shall be able to enjoy and acquiesce
in their victory and its fruits. If. on the
contrary, they feel and we are left to
prove them In the wrong, we shall at
least convince them that our princinIe
was right, and shall ask them to ioin rs
honestly.
In conclusion, allow me to thank Won
most heartily for the courtesy extended
to my wife and myself. 1t will be forever
one of the brightest memories of our
lives. And i would add that / earnestly
hope that these ladies who are Interested
in questions of government and worked
so faithfully throughout this campaien
will not now drop their studies. but win
continue to gain insight into practical
politics, which will prove of inestimablo
value in the training of the oncomino
generation of voters"
The closing sentences Of Mr.. Brvan,s
speech were well nigh inaudible. his voice
railing him utterly at times. In this con-
nection he said laughingly that he was
glad 1t had not given out during the cam
paign