Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-26

/ evening WtIN r. w ANllllH VI lsluNnlu anu
! Charles T.. Sloane Of Geneva. Two meet
! ings wero held one at the court house and
| ono at republican headquarters, Mr.. Collins
| speaking at the former place. Both halls
wcrc packed to the doors and the frequent
/ bursts Of enthusiasm told how well the
speakers were doing their part. Repub-
liranism and sound moneyism are growing
| moro rampant here everyday.
| FA1RBURY. Neb., Oct. 25.-(Special DIR.
| Green OF Omaha addressed an enthusiastic
| gathering Of republicans Friday evening, taxi
| ing the place OF Hon. i. W. Collins who
w1s unable 10 be present as advertised The
| meeting was a grand success. Last evening
| NJ. II. Dech spoke to small audience. HIS
address was very satisfactory to the repub-
licsns present, but contained very little COM
! fort for tho free silverites. He stated that
! n he voted for any presidential candidate
| this fall II would be for Mckinley.
Judge Cromwell spoke in the afternoon
| and Hon. Ed p. Smith In the evening at the
| Bryan wigwam TO very fair crowds the re
publicans helping materially in making up
| the crowd
GREELEY. Neb., Oct. ESPECIALLY Hon.
| A. t. Cady spoke in the court house here
Friday to a good audience and made one
of those mastarful arguments that Convinces
! the intelligent thinking American citizen.
He was followed by Hon. A. 5. Moon, candt-
date for representative, in forceful tax OF
about one half hour. II Is safe to say that
Cady and Moon viii receive larger vote
III bTttlpy tuuulg tniS ldil 'hah t'hS iNf'H
lcan has received IN six years.
BIG DEMONSTRATION At BLAIR.
BLAIR. Neb. Oct 25.-(special telegram
One of the grandest rallies Of the cam
paign was held here last night by the re-
pubicans. Although there had been no spe-
Cial effort made, the city was alive with
McKinleyites Hon John l.. Webster arrived
in time to address the citizens at Ger
mania halt and with him came about sew
enty-ive of the J. l.. Webster Flambeau
club aud fifty OF the Dave Mercer Marching
club all colored voters With the Omaha
delegation came band from Omaha. The
visitors were met at the depot by the Nc
Kinley ana Hobart Marching club Of Blair
accompanied by the Blair band and the shot
gun brigade. After parading the streets
short time, all started for the hall, but not
near all could get in. The management
tried to hold reserved seats for the march
ing clubs, but the rush was so great
they were compelled to release them to
the people and many of the visitors could
not get in. About $50 in uniform were
in the parade. Mr. Webster handled the
silver question and the tariff without gloves
Only one weak minded man Interrupted the
speaker and asked "How about Turkey
When Mr. Webster explained about Tur-
key" the fellow looked as IL he
| had just been struck by cy-
| clone. The only complaint made
! about Mr. Webster was that he did nCi
| leave like similar one did last TUESDAY
| night, when Senator Allen was here, TIL,
| speaker paid a good compliment to Hon
| Dave Mercer, and by the continual cheer
| ing a person would judge the audience was
unanimously for Dave" for congress anC
Mckinley for president.
| FREMONT, Oct. 25.-(Special. )-JudgJ
! Ambrose OF Omaha who was to address tht
| Bryan men at the court house last evening
was unable to be present owing to a mis-.
falFa Of Flo Vsr,nft yft,y lag
| The meeting was addressed by Hon. c. l..
| Loomis and Prof J. a. Collins of Fremont
| ". H. Ely read an original poem on the
| campaign. There was a fair sized crowd ~
| attendance
BIG NIGHT AT DECATUR
DECATUR, Neb Oct 25.-(Spccial) 1.-THE
largest and most enthusiastic political gath
ering thai ever took place in this town oc-
! Cured last night in the rink under the
| auspices Of the Republican club of this city.
| torchlight procession Of 200 republican
voters marched through the main street, leo
| by two bands. a grand display of lireworlt.
4 was exhibited in all parts of the town. The
audience numbered about 200 people There
| was slight attempt by three Bryanite5
| Lewis Younger and l.. Rock to create dis
! turbance but II was hopeless failure for
the crowd was n Mckinley one from the Gel
| lar to the roof.
LYONS. Neb.. Oct. 25.-(Special)-A larg,
| delegation from here attended the repuD-
| lltdH IdilN At btCuluT last evening. from
the enthusiasm at the republican rallies in
| this county. 1t is evident that the county
will give Mex inley large majority.
| OAKLAND, Neb., Oct. 25.-(Special. Tho
republicans filled the opera house here to
| Overlooking last night and listened to [
| good speech by Judge Faucet of Omaha
| Tho evening before the popocrats held g
| meeting with w. Il. Reed as speaker. when
there were twenty-five republican and fI-
| teen popcCTatic voters present with the
house less than one-third filled Burt county
will give Mckinley an overwhelming ma
jorty.
JUDGE sTRoDE'S CAMPAIGN.
BROWNVILLE, Neb.. Oct 25.-fSnar!alJ
Tuesday night the Republicans OF Brown
! willie and vicinity he: the greatest political
meotjp- Ia, has been held here for years
/ Congressman Strobe was the speaker Tho
| opera house was deliberately and beautifully
| decorated for the occasion by the ladies OF
| Brownville, and Judge Strobe was received
| with so much enthusiasm that he alluded
| to It feelingly in the opening of his re-
marks. The opera house was crowded to
| It's full capacity, many standing during the
whole time the speech was being delivered
| A colored quartet from Nebraska City, a
| local glee club and the Brownville band fur
nished the music,
Judge Strobe spoke for two hours and
| held the closest attention OF the large audi
ence. 1t was the ablest presentation OF
| the political issues of the day that has been
| iIduC ny any SDtdhtl Ol any party IN tllS
| part OF the country There WAS no appea!
! to passion or prejudice and no abuse but
! an able and convincing array of historical
| facts and arguments The character OF the
| reception rendered Judge Strobe here ana
| the enthusiasm Of the meeting were con-
| trasted by many with the reception ten
| dcred Judge Broadly, who formerly lived at
| Brownyllle for many years. Judge Broadly
had a small audience when he spoke here
! recently and no decoration of any kind
! not even the display OF a flag in the
| opera house. His audience manifested no
such interest In his address as was mani
! Tested in the speech OF Judge STROBE The
| meeting last night will result in changing
many votes in this part OF Nemaha county
! Dr.. S. w. McGrew OF Auburn made a short
! speech, urging upon the voters the i'm
| portance and necessity of re-clecting Hon
! A. J. Burnham to the office OF county uttor-
ncy. the people Of Nemeha county. and par
! ticuarly Of Brownville and London pre-
| cincts being specially interested in litigation
now pending in the federal court where Mr.
| Durham as county attorney has had
| charge. DIR. McGrews remarks were ap-
! plauded enthusiastically when he closed
| No DESIRE FOR JOINT DEBNTE.