The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-03

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Omaha, Neb., Nov 2.-It was almost
midnight tonight when Mr.. Bryan spoke
the sast public words incident to his cam
palgn. He had then made seven speeches
; I'D omaha, beginning ut Z O'Clock in the
evening". and had preceded the nights
work with fifteen speeches made during
inc day ut the following places, all in the
state of Nebraska: Seward, York. Aurora.
Grand Island, Hastings, Harvard, Saren-
vile, Sutton, Grafton, Fairmount, Exc.
ters4triend, Dorchester, Crete and Lin
milss
lt had been Mr.. Bryans original inten-
ZION TO speak i'll every Congressional dis
| trlct in the State during the day, but this
Was found to be impracticablc and he en-.
tered only four of the six Notwith-
s1anding all the speeches of to- day were
inaEe III his own State, Mr.. BRYAN made
no9Special appeal to State pride, nor did
ncvWell upon State issues beyond an an
peal here and there to his friends to give
loyei support to the silver State anu Con-
gressional tickets while they were cast.
ing their ballots for the BRYAN electors.
lie praised Governor IIolcomb's admits
tratlon OF State affairs and repeatedly
called attention to the futilty of all
euorts TO secure reforms even with IL ia
vorably disposch chief executive without
n Congress willing to cooperate with
him. He dwelt, in the main however
upon the national aspects of the cam
palSn anu appealed TO his hearers to sup
port the cause upon the same general
principles which he had advanced ms
essential Ill speeches made in other SINH
larly situated communities.
His two telling speeches of the fay
were made at Hastings and Lincoln.
though he made some short speeches
which were pronounced by his friends MS
worthy TO be cassed rs Philippe in char
acter. His strongest efforts were pener-
ally directed ut crowds containing more
uhan the usual number -of persons deco.
rated with gold badges. The demonstra
tlons IN the way of greeting and of an
plaus were exceedingly cordial. Those
who wore the yellow insignia treated him
with entire respect and in some instances
appiauded his utteranceu. At no time in
thSNceinpaign has Mr.. Bryan been in bet
Ter physical or mental condition than he
was for his closing day. He appeared to
realize that he was nearing the end of his
arduous siege and he did not make the
usual effort to conserve his physical ener-
gies. He allowed his voice, which is still
unimpaired, full range. He spent n
greater part of the time than ordinarily
between speeches chatting with friends
In these conversations he did not display
the least nervousness over the near mn
proach of the crisis of the campaign and
to all outward appearances he was quite
unconcerned us was any of his companv
At Hastings Mr.. Bryan spoke of the cir
cuiars which had been sent out by the Re
publicans and also told the people of his
impressions OF his eastern trim. He snia
in part:
II have been absent from the State
some two months ana have been readinu
i'll Republican papers that there were GER
tain Republicans in Nebraska who
thought this State was too far West to
furnish President and that man did
not know anything about the money
question unless he lived in New York
where he was surrounded by IL 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 20 down
to five cents bushel. Well, | am glad
to find That these Republicans did not tell
the truth i'll their dispatches and Co find
so many people testiiying to their faith in
blmetalllsm by coming out to-day and
doing what they have been doing all over
the country, using their voices until their
voices are hoarse
Since | left Nebraska early in Septcm-
Der, have been rs far East as the Ken
ncbec river and | want to tell you there
i Il silver sentiment in Massachusetts
and Maine that is ..as intense us it is in
Nebraska. When / have found a man
VINO lived upon money and whose money
was Increasing in value under the gold
standard have generally found IN advo-
cate OF the gold standard, whether he was
Ill Nebraska or Massachusetts,; but when
found man who.workcd for his living
generally found man who sympa-
thiHed with you in your struggles. When
! have found Il corporation attorney,
whether he was i'm Nebraska or in the
East, ! have generally found II man who
believes III Il gold standards; but when |
have found young man who WAS trying
10 make his living and to rise in this
world without being favorite of COR
poration, | found Il man who was against
trusts and syndicates and in favor of the
common people. Whenever | found a
man who was connected with the coal
trust found man who was a gold
standard man; but when found one who
was opposed to trusts and wanted to so
make the laws that Il representative of a
coal trust could not sit by every tireside
AKA collect tribute from every family, /
nave found friend, whether he was here