The herald., 1896-09-09
SLYER'S CHAMPION
REACHES Lincoln
From Touring Through the
Enemy's Country
II HAS been 4 TOUR 0E TRIUMPH
Votes Are Gained From Coast
to River
REPENTANT REPUBLICANS
Flee From the Wrath to Cons. 4
Bryan's Camp
Ringing Speeches Delivered aaa Hnthuslay(n
Thousands Llsten
The Trip concludss With . Fittlag De9ea
stration at Night When NJ. Bryan Re-
eelves Notification Of the
Silver Nomlaatioa
REpENTANT REPUBLICANS
Flee From the Wrath to Come. q
Bryan's Camp
Ringing Speeches Delivered aa6 Hsthuslsy(lR
Thousands Listen
Tho Trip Concludes With rittlag Dsoeol
stration at Night When NJ. Bryan Re-
eelves Notification Of the
Silver Nomlnation

Oh<1Ii<1s &NCDss O0Pts os-eAS 3l0GJU
mouth Mr.. Bryan was introduced 70 AlB
first Nebraska audience by the CHAIR.
man of the county central committee.
who. on behalf Of the citizens Of Nebras-
ka, welcomed him home.
Mr.. Bryan, in answering. thanked
them for their cordial'welcome and said
he hoped at some future time to address
them at length and discuss the political
situation. He was cheered and applaud
ed and everybody crowede about at the
conclusion of his brief remarks to well
come him home.
At Omaha about 600 people awaited
the train. Mr.. Bryan said he would not
speak at Omaha. but the cordial greet
ing given him by the friends assembled
at the depot apparently compelled him
to tell them Of his trip east. Mr.. Bryan
said:
While am glad to come back, want
to say to you that have felt just as
much at home in other parts of the
country as here. I thought it might be
necessary to take some Of you down east
to show them how they cheer for free
silver, but If had my way would have
brought some of them back here to give
you few lessons. Gaughter.) Because
there is no question but that the interest
manifested Is national. It is not con-
fined to any section. I have not
found any more enthusiastic people than
in the neighborhood of New York City
and all through the states Of New York
and Pennsylvania. And the reports are
so encouraging that you can hardly be-
lieve they are entirely true. (Applause)
I used to think we opght to have a
mourners bench at our meetings so that
those who were under conviction and
about to undergo a change Of heart
might come to the mourners' bench.
Gaughter) But instead Of coming to
the mourners' bench they come shout
ing, they are SO glad. daughter and
cheers.)
Among the Republicans who have
there is as much enthusiasm as there II
among the Democrats. "a voice,
More" and applause) and I believe
that for every Democrat we lose because
of the position we have taken on the
money question we are going to get 16
who are not Democrats. (Applause.)
"While our opponents do not under
stand what 16 to means, and give var
ious definitions believe that definition
is the only one they fear most. laugh
ter and applause.) In one county In
Ohio wher the vote was five to one for
the Republicans there have been thirty
three speeches made by silver Republic-
ans and they say they are going to carry
that county (applause) and wherever
have been men have told me they were
Rpublicans from the time they first
voted for Lincoln and some even for
Fremont, and this was the first time
they ever bolted the Republican ticket.
(Great applause.) But they consider ft
as important now to have their country
to govern itself as ever before. (Ap-
plause.) And they are Just as earnest
now in trying to release the people from
financial bondage as they had ever been
in advocating the principles of the Re-
publican party. (Cheers.)
Crowds gathered at Gretna and ASH
land to catch glimpses Of the disting.
uished champion of silver
AT LINCOLN.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept San audiences
of 5000 people heard Mr.. Bryan in the
afternoon. He spoke from a stand erect-
ed on the north front of the state cap
itoi ONSI his Htdu was u
large photograph of himself, while In
many of the Office windows of the build
ing lithographic likenesses of his Re-
publican opponents, Mckinley and Ho-
bart, looked down upon the crowd. They
had been placed there by some of the
Republican state officers, who had locked
the doors of their rooms and taken tho
keys away. Bunting had been used
profusely in the decoration of the cap
itol. Four white horses were attached
to the nominees carriage. and seated
with him in it were Mrs. Bryan, Chair
nam Humphries of the local reception
committee, and Chairman Groat of the
Silver party's notification committee.
A long procession escorted them from
the postofflce square to the capitol
grounds, and as they came in sight
salute was fired by local battery. Men
from this and other counties, mounted on
broncos, formed a picturesque feature
of the parade. Mr.. Bryan was cheered
heartily when he appeared on the stand.
He was introduced by Chairman HUM
phries of the Lincoln committee on re-
ception. president Of the Columbia Ma
tional bank, who was formerly Re-
publican. ~'-e,-xs ~
Mr.. Bryan first spoke of his trip