The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09
AT LINCOLN.
The Second Homecoming Since His
Nomination.


Nomination.
LINCOLN, Neb., September SIN
the afternoon, a mass meeting was held
in fronn of the state Capitol building.
A parade, composed of Bryan fambeau
clubs, free silver clubs, sUme in uni
form and some in plain dress; floats
bearing free silver devices, were in at
tendance. The parade formed ait City
Hail square, and escorted Mr.. Bryan
to the state house. He rode with Mrs
Bryan, Lawrence Humphrey, chairman
OF the local reception committee, and
George A. Groot, chairman of the ma
tional silver notification committee
AS the head of the procession neared
the capitol grounds, a salute was fired
by a volunteer battery The stand
from which Mr.. Bryan spoke had been
erected on the north front of the state
house. 1t was covered With bunting.
and the walls Of the building were also
decorated. a large photograph of the
Democratic nominee above the plat
form, was rivetted with many lira e
photographs of Mckinley and Hobart.
which some of the Republican state
officeholders had placed in the windows
of their offices and then gone away
after locking the doors.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PRESENT.
Among those who had seats on the
stage was John A. Creighton. of Oma-
ha; John 1. Martin, Of Missouri. wnD
was sergeant alarms of the Demo-
cratic national convention; Governcr
Holcomb, of Nebraska; Ignatius Don
nelly, Chairman George A. Groot and
a number of members of the silver
thousand people, crowded together in
the hot sun about the stand, cheered
repeatedly as Mr.. Bryan appeared. He
was introduced by E. E. Brown, a
former Republican, and president Of
the Columbia National bank of Lin
coin. Mr., Bryan said
Ladies and Gentlemen:-I am only
going to talk to you little while:
there are others here who are prepared
to discuss the issues of the campaign
in your presence, and I am trying to
do as little work as possible. I think
| have done my share so far as time
is concerned. (Cries of Your are
right.) 1t is now just about one month
since l left Nebraska, and turned east
ward. 1t has been an interesting trip.
1 want to assure you that the senti-
ment in favor of the free coinage of
silver is a growing sentiment. (Ap-
plduSc.J II IdT sur passes my eADeCId-
tons in the east, and 1 found among
those people the producers of wealth,
the farmers and the laborers who are
joining with you to free themselves
from the domination Of those financial
institutions which have controlled our
legislation and our financial politics.
Applause.) You will find in the very
shadow of Wall street as
BITTER HATRED
to the influences from which you have
suffered as you will find among the
farmers of Nebraska (applause), and
all through the east I found farmers
who had been Republicans who were
openly supporting the free coinage of
silver, and we're asserting that they
had as much right 10 attend to their
business as the New York banker had
to attend to his business. (Applause.)
AS against the maintenance of a gold
standard either for one day or forever,
the Democratic party has declared for
the immediate restoration of the money
of the constitution. (Applause) Not
only the Democratic party, but the
Silver party and the Populist party
both of these have Joined with the
Democratic party in making this the
paramount issue CT the campaign.
Our opponents began the campaign by
asserting that the American people
were not able to establish binetallism,
and then when they found there was a
revolt among the American people,
against such a policy, they COM
menced a system of coercion and ter