The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-16

He and T. D. O'Brien Make Flo
quent Appeals for BRYAN

He and T. D. O'Brien Make Flo
quent Appeals for Bryan.
Special to the Omaha World-Herald.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept THE COM
mittee in charge of the Ignatius Donnel-
ly meeting tonight were wise in their
generation when they concluded to
change the place of meeting from the
hall to out of doors. The people who
came to hear were certainly more than
| could have been accommodated in any
hall in the city of Lincoln The place
nnally selected was in the street east OF
the Lincoln Hotel. Not only the street
and the pavements on each side were
damned, but large number stood in
the government square across the street
and filled the veranda of the hotel. Esti-
mates of the number made by the con-
servative judges placed it at 5000 peo-
pie. A large number of ladies were in
the crowd. but the most of those pres
ent were voters, and the interest in the
public questions discussed as we'll as
the fame OF che principal speaker con-
tributed to bring them out.
1t was another illustration of the ease
with which crowd can be collected to
hear free silver talk. Some Interrupt
lions were made by trOlly party,
whose cars passed through the crowd,
yelling for Mckinley, but the speaker
was too old stumper to be discon-
certed.
CAUGHT THE CROWD.
1t was after o'clock when the crowd
caught sight of Mr.. James Manahan
chairman of the county Democratic CEN
trail committee, and Ignatius Donnelly,
and they were greeted with cheers.
Thomas D. O'Brien, Democratic national
committeeman from Minnesota, was in
troduced, and commenced by saying that
he would not talk long nor cause them
to wait for the principal speaker. One
man shouted Good" OBrien caught
the crowd and changed the laugh by
saying, Certainly it is good. The Dem
cratic party is not sending out men
on the stump to say things that are not
good" O'Brien proved to be a ready
talker. and his good points were quickly
appreciated and heartily applauded.
When Donnelly was introduced he was
greeted with cheers. He said he was
surprised at the immensely Of the audi
ence. He said the people had a splendid
country and a magnificent city, illus
trious because it is named for one pres
ident and is to be the home of another.
He declared that he did not believe
Abraham Lincoln was any more raised
up by the hand of God to serve his coun-
try than w. ]. Bryan, was placed in the
conspicuous position he now occupies
by the same power. He believed that
the people of Nebraska would vote for
w. J. Bryan. This brought out shouts
from the audience of you watch u.s."
You bet we WILL" which made such an
uproar that the speaker had to pause.
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION.
Donnelly said he wished they had such
a man in Minnesota, and they would put
him through by $4,000 majority. The
dramatic incidents attending the Chi
cago nomination he declared the most
in the history of the nation.
The present fight of the people against
the money power, he declared was the
old fight which had been waged since
the declaration of independence. That
it was a battle against the enemies of
popular government. Whether they
were called tories or advocates of
slavery, or the representatives of the
money power, he said they were the
same old enemy.
Some of the sayings of Abraham Lin
coin in the COS were quoted, and DON
nelly declared that the crisp sentences
which w. J. Bryan has been utterng
were constantly reminding him of Lin
coins sayings with which they were
equally effective in demOlishing the
sophistries of the gold standard people,
WHEDON'S FIGURES.
The speaker then went into the discus
sion of the money question. The argu-
ments were illustrated by anecdote and
that kept the crowd alter
nately laughing and applauding. A
reference was made to the recent speech
If c. O. Whedon, in which the latter
said that the amount of money in cir
,ulation did not regulate the price of
Reference to Wheadon's
standing as a great financier, and his
.cting as attorney for Mosher were hear
lily applauded. Donnelly said he only
'eferred to Wheadon's figures to show
What fool statements were being made
~ the recognized authorities on finance |
If the whole world. The principal de-
ect in Wheadon's statement was that !
very financier of any standing in the
world fatty contradicted him. The
alling Donnelly's attention to Wheadon
or the purpose of getting caustic refer
nee to the latter. He declared he did
lot intend to abuse bankers, that they
we're nice clever men, but they were
lot the kind of men to trust the govern
nent with. If anybody objected to his
nalysis Of the bankers make up it must
re remembered that by their demand to
ave the making of the policy of the gov
turned overi to them they in
tied criticism. Drs
The speaker then pEoceeded to COM
are the banker and the farmer to the !
dvantage of the latter, as a citizen and
man of humane feelings and actions.
ome one in the crowd asked, What
bout Sewall?' DonnAhy answered that
e was not the champion of Sewall, and
I he had his way he w4hld not be on the
icket. That he was Populist and for
'ryan and Watson. n.to
He said he believed jn q law excluding
ny officer or stockholler in national
ank from holding an Office under this
The crowd asked number
( questions, which Donnelly answered
18th zest He spoke for nearly two
ours, and held his audience to the close.