The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-03
Little Lincoln Puts Her Arms
IAround Him.
TOWNS IT; SPEECHES %
Travels 900 Miles and Better
Physically Than at any Time.
NAILS SOME CAMPAIGN LIES
Last Word at Almost Midnight--Spoke
n4Out of 6 Congressional Dis
tricts--Made No Reference TO
Self or State Pride.

Omaha, Neh, Nov. 2.-It was almost
midnight tonight when Mr.. Bryan spoke
the last public word in his campaign.
He had then made seven speeches in
Omaha, beginning at Z o'clock in the
evening. and had preceded the nights
work with fifteen speeches made during
the day, at the following places, oil III
the State of Nebraska; Seward, York,
Aurora. Grand Island, Hastings, Har-
ward, Sarenyille, Sutton, Grafton, Fair
mont. Exeter, Friend, Dorchester, Crete,
and Lincoln. He had travelled during
the day 900 miles.
1t had been Mr.. Bryan's original inten.
ton TO speak in every Congressional dis
trict in the State during the day, but
this was found to be impracticable, aud
he entered only four of the six. Not
withstanding all of the speeches of to
day were made In his own State Mr.
Bryan made no special appeal TO State
pride, nor did he dwell upon State issues
beyond an appeal here and there to his
friends TO give loyal support to the silver
State and Congressional tickets while
they were casting their ballots for the
Bryan electors. He praised Governor
Holeomb's administration in the State,
and called attention to the futility of all
efforts to secure reforms even with fa-
vorably disposed Chief Executive without
Congress willing to cooperate with him.
He dwelt in the main, however, upon the
national aspects Of the campaign and ap-
pealed to his hearers to support the cause
upon the same general principles which
he had advanced as essential in speeches
made in other similarly situated commu-
mites
His two most telling speeches of the
day were made at Has3ings and Lin
coin, though he made some short ad-
dresses which were pronounced by his
friends as worthy to be classed as phil
ippic IN character.
His strongest efforts were generally
directed at crowds containing more than
the usual number Of persons decorated
with gold badges. The demonstrations
in the way of greeting and of applause
were exceedingly cordial. At no time in
the campaign has he been in better ply
sical or mental condition than he was
for his closing day. He appeared to real
ize that he was nearing the end of his
arduous siege and he did not make the
usual effort to conserve his physical en-
is still unimpaired, full range. He spent
a greater part of the time than ordinar-
lily between speeches chatting with
friends. In these conversations he did
not display the least nervousness over
the near approach of the crisis Of the
campaign to all outward appearances,
he was quite as unconcerned as was any
of his companions. At Hastings Mr.
Bryan spoke of the circulars which had
been sent out by the Republicans and
also told the people of his impressions
OF his Eastern trip. He said in part:
sI have been absent from the State
some two months and / have been read
ing in Republican papers that there were
certain Republicans in Nebraska who
thought this State was too far West to
furnish a President and that man did
not know anything about the money
question unless he lived in New York
where he was surrounded by a London
fog all the time / heard that there
were some Republican farmers out here
who thought prices were not low
enough, and they were going to try to
continue the gold standard SO that oats
would go down to FIVE cents a bushel
Well, ! am glad to find that these Re
publicans did not tell the truth in their
dispatches and to find so many people
testifying to their faith in bimetalilsm
by coming out to-day and doing what they
have been doing all over the country us
ing their voices until their voices are
hoarse.
"Since left Nebraska early in Septem-
Der, ] have been as far East as the Ken
nebec river and ] want to tell you there
is a silver sentiment in Massachusetts,
and Maine that is as intense as it is IN
Nebraska. When / have found man
who lived up in Maine and whose money
was increasing in value under the gold
standard have generally found an adVo-
cate of the gold standard, whether he
was in Nebraska or Massachusetts,; but
when found a man who worked for this
living / generally found a man who SYM
pathized with you in your struggles.
When / have found corporation attor-
ney, whether he was in Nebraska or in
the East / have generally found man
who believes in gold standard; but
when found young man who was try
ing to make his living and to rise in this
world, without being a faYorite Of a
coruoration, l found a man who was
against trusts and syndicates, and in
favor of the common people. Whenever
I found man who was connected with
she coal trust, found a man who was a
gold standard man, but when / found
one who was opposed to trusts and want
cd to so make the laws that o representa-
tive of a coal trust could not sit by every
freside and collect tribute from every
family, I have found friend, whether
he was here or in the East. You have
been told by circulars issued here that