The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17
THE TIRELESS TALKER TAKES
TO THE ROAD AGAIN,
BOUND SOUTH.
A LARGE CROWD SA|D GOODBYE. ="
He Spoke Briefly, Abiding Hopefully
to His Prospects-Palmer and
Buckner Will BE Notified
at Louisville. Ky.

Lincoln Neb., Sept. 1.-The silver
clubs of this city, headed by Il brass
band. escorted VIM. j. Bryan to the
depot this evening, where n large crowd
gathered to say goodbye to the nominee
Mr.. Bryan started on his campaigning
trip through the south and east at .
D. NJ. taking the Missouri Pacific for
Kansas City at 8 Il. M, stopping few
minutes, when Mr.. Bryan will continue
to st. Louis.
Mrs. Bryan will not accompany her
husband through the south, but it is cX-
pected she will join the party later.
Mr.. Bryan, when he reached the car,
before leaving Lincoln, was called upon
to make speech. In response he said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen-I do not
know whether | will return to Nebraska
again until before the election or not,
but | 90 away from Nebraska because
| it is not necessary for me to stay here.
| want to say to you, my friends, that
from reports l have been receiving | do
not believe there is II single county in
this state that the republicans are sure
of carrying this fall. And, more than
that, every day finds our cause stronger
throughout the Union than it was the
day before. Every day finds persons
who are declaring for free silver, and |
think | am safe in saying you will not
| find among all your acqualntdnces man
who one month ago was in favor of free
silver at IL to l and able to give Il
reason for it who has changed his mind.
| We can show you men who were i'll
| favor of free coinage Il month ago, but
who have to keep quiet about it today
| because of some influence. And you
can not find any men who We're for free
coinage who are thinking themselves
into the gold standard idea. The reason
for that is this, that the people are
| studying the money question as they
never studied it before and studying the
money question leads to an understand
there are just Il few people who will be
for the gold standard. And they will be
the, ones who are personally interested
i'll having dollars getting bigger all the
time. while the masses of the people will
be determined that no power on earth
shall bring the gold standard upon the
American people,
Kansas City. The train will reach
A crowd of 100 farmers gathered
about the depot at Elwood and a bonfire
had been built in honor of the nominee
How are you, boysY said Mr.. Bryan.
smiling, when the train slowed up. rs
the silver sentiment growing here?'
GU bet, two to one" was the reply.
Mr.. Bryan shook hands with them and
found many personal friends among
these citizens of his congressional dis
trict.
In Nebraska City Mr.. Bryan was
given an ovation by 1000 people and
made short speech. asking his hearers
to study the national questions and vote
as they thought best.
Nebraska City" he said, sis in the
heart of one of the richest agricultural
countries of the world. The people of
your city deal with the farmers and the
farmers suffer under the gold standard,
because under it prices fall and what
ever is good for the farmer is good for
the people of Nebraska City. Any
thing that hurts the farmers hurts the
people of Nebraska City