Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-03

elSn nnancferS than trust the deStinieS Of our people in their own hands. Great cheering) But, my friends, while we have against us these influences which are considered great and potent, we have on our side those who believe in the godo old fashioned idea of government that It should each right to all and special pri ileges to none. (Applause) My friends, tomorrow is the day on which you register your will; tomorrow is the day when by your ballot you describe the government under which you desire to live. If you desire a government of syndicates. by syndicates and for sym dlcates, you have a right to 1t and you can cast your influence with those who are against us. (Applausce.) If you still believe in the government that Jef- ferson advocated, the government that Lincoln desired--a. government of the people, by the people and for the people you must join with those who believe in a government by the people. (Ap- plause.)
 So far as I am personally concerned this election will simply determine wheth- CT shall remain private citizen or oc- cuy the most exalted position within the power Of man to confer upon a fellow man. It will determine whether shall remain with you to uphold the best I can the hand of the one who is elected until ms policy can be reversed at the polls or whether shall depart from you to be y with you the rest of my days I have stated that If elected I shall not be ab- sent from you more than four years When stated meant it, and I want you to belfve in my sincerely when I say so (ApplauSe.) I believe that the office is attended with duties so great. win re- responsibilities so heavy, that the man who occupies 1t ought to have no ambi- tion beyond proving himself worthy of the confidence of those who elect him. (Great cheering and continued applause) IT elected l shall consecrate four years of my life to the service of my country. feellng that when it is done all is done Tn the way of honor that can be done and then shall rejoice again to be private citlzen in this nation, where to be citi- zen IS greater than to be a king. My friends, 1 remember that when a little less than two years ago I returned to this city after completing four years in congress you met me and extended to me a welcome which touched my heart; and l want to say to you that nothing you can do in the future can withdraw from me what you have done in the past You may turn against me if you like, but, my friends, you can never undo what you have done, nor can you take from me the feeling of gratitude which I entertain towards those whose kindness and confi- uence nrSt gave me an opportunity to become interested in public questions, the Kindness and confidence of those who en- abled me to begin the great fight in which l am now engaged.
 My friends, want you to believe me when say that have enjoyed the oppor- tunity of defending bimetallism because l believe it a righteous cause, and want you to believe that would rather stay among you as private citizen and be permitted still to raise my voice against what l believe to be crime against the human race than to enjoy all the honors ChriSten6Onn T ha fn iafy 4bo conspiracy. Great applause and cheer lng) And let me ask of you that you who are interested in the result of this campaign shall lose no effort to have the vote recorded tomorrow exactly as the people desire to vote I am seeking no involuntary support. I have said, and I repeat, that do not want vote unless there is behind the vote the heart of the person who cast the vote. The work which lies before a president who goes into office with the desire to reform a financial policy and to drdive the trusts and syndicates from this land will be hard enough if he Is supported by the people; his work would be impossible if he were not supported by them. (Great cheering and applause) I want you if you are in earnest to give us a senate and congress as well as an electoral vote. (Cries of ''We will" and applause.) If you are in earnest want your earn estness to be manifested in clean sweep; and then, my friends, if by the suffrage of my countrymen I am made their chief executive will promise you that no pow CT in this country or in any foreign land will prevent the restoration of the money of the constitution among our people. Tremendous cheering and great ap- plause)
 Three stops were made by MT. Bryan's special on the run from Lincoln to Oma- Ina. They were Greenwood Ashland and Gretna, and at each the candidate was enthusiastically cheered.