Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-03
ALL ALONG TIE LINE.

The Mighty Warrior Was Greeted With
 Immense and Enthusiastic Crowds.
 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2.-Elimna ting the effect of William J. Bryan's trip through Nebraska today, which none deny has been factor in his benefit, the political trend of the state for the past thirty hours has been favorable to the repub- licans. For this condition of affairs the populist supporters of MT. Bryan have men in their own ranks to blame. The meetings of today and Saturday night were marked at a number of towns by overt banners, and the reaction has set in. Aside from this there has been noth- ing to change the estimate either way The vote will be close in any event, and 1t is questionable if the result even on heads of tickets will be definitely known before Thursday. If betting is any ndi- cation Bryan men have a tri1e the bet ter of it. No large wagers have been made or odds offered by either side MT. Bryan's home county is claimed by the republicans by 1000, but his support CTS insist it is far too large.
 A keen east wind blew fiercely through the ranks of those who gathered to hear MT. Bryan at Hastings. It was there that the democratic candidate crossed the path of John P. Irish, his old opponent, in joint debate, who is cam paigning on the trail of the democratic candidate through Nebraska Col. Irish reached Hastings on his special train just before MT. Bryan left that place, and the republican meeting began when the sil- yer meeting was over. People had gath cred from far and near to hear the nom- inee. Ten thousand of them, mostly farmers, made up the assemblage that greeted with wild cheers his appearance on temporary stand. The audience was plainly in sympathy with his views, and showed its intensity of partisan feeling in shrill shouts. Gold badges were few and far between. White ribbons bearing the words Bryan in two-inch letters. were pinned on the hats and breasts of men, women and children. It was truly an enthusiastic throng, and it heard one of the principal speeches of the day.
 Stops of five or six minutes only were made by the candida te's train at towns and villages between Hastings and Lin coin. win the exception of Crete, where fen minutes were spent Harvard, Sax onvile, Sutton and Grafton turned out good sized crowds. About 1000 people, with a sprinkling of orange among them, were at each of the two last named places, and hearty shouts were given for MT. Bryan. As the train drew out of Sutton number of small boys ran af;er 1t shout ing for Mckinley at the top of their voices
 Mir. Bryan started to speak from the rear platform of the ''Idler' at Fair
 
 awaited him, but one of the local recep- tion committee persuaded him to make his address from the more preferable tenn porary stand, about which most of the throng had gathered. Its the worst re- publican hole in the country; you must go," said the committeeman, and MT. Bryan went.
 A brief speech that was almost fierce in its delivery was made by the candidate at Exeter. The line of demarkation be- tween his supporters and his opponents there was well defined. MT Bryan talked a minute or two to those whose ribobns showed their interest in his cause, and then turned quickly to the people whose breasts bore evidence of sympathy in an other direction. To these he said that in voting for a gold standard they forgot the feeling of pride that must come to every American in reading the pages of history devoted to the revolutionary war
 Emphasizing his words he told them that unless they wanted their children to feel the blush of shame for the action of their fathers they should not vote fo1 . policy that allowed American finances to be dominated by foreign influences MT. Bryan's remarks worked his follow CTS up to high state of enthusiasm, and