The San Francisco call., 1896-09-12
BRYAN BEGINS TO
LOUDLY BOAST
Starts Forth on a Second
Stumping Tour With
a Flourish.
CLAIMS THE COUNTRY.
Says the Republicans Are Not
Sure of Carrying a Single
County.
FREE COINAGE IS THE CRY.
As Usual, the Boy Orator Can Only
Sing One Song During
His Travels.
FREE COINAGE IS THE CRY.

LINCOLN. NEBR., Sept. 11.-William j.
Bryan LETT Lincoln to- night at 80 o'clock
over the Missouri Pacific road for another
month of campaigning. He will reach
Kansas City at $50 o'clock tomorrow
morning and proceed by the Wabash to
st. Louis, where he is scheduled to make
four addresses tomorrow night. The de-
parture of Mr.. Bryan from Lincoln was
made the occasion of another demonstra-
tion by the local free-silver clubs. They
formed a torchhght procession and es-
corted Mr.. Bryan from his residence on d
street to the Missouri Pacific depot. A
brass band headed the parade, which
made picturesque showing with the far
ing f1ambeaus and the silver and white
uniforms of the members. Quite large
crowd gathered at the station and cheered
Mr.. Bryan as his train drew out. Mr..
Bryan made a brief speech from the rear
platform of the train. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 don't know
whether l shall return TO Nebraska again un-
Til just before the election or not, but ! go
away from Nebraska feeling that it is not nee
essery for me TO stay here. [Cheers.] 1 want
to say to you, my friends, that from the re-
ports which have been receiving do not be-
lieve there is single county in The State
which the Republicans are sure of carrying
this fall ICheeTs.1 And more than that.
every day finds our cause stronger through
out the Union than it the day before.
lCheers. A voice, "Hurrah for tomorrow"
Great cheering and laughter.1 Every day finds
persons who are declaring ior free coinage,
and think am safe in saying that you VIII
not find among all your acQuaintances who
one month ago was in favor OF free coinage at
16 to l. ana able TO give reason for ii, has
changed his mind. [Cheers But you cannot
ind any man who WAS for free coinage who is
thinking themselves into the gold-standard
idea. Loud cheering.1
The reason for that is this, that the people
are studying the money ques ton as they never
studied it before, ard study of the money ques-
tion leads to an understanding OF it, and when
men underst tand it there will be few men for
the gold standard. And they will be the ones
who will be pecuniarily interested in having
dollars get bigger all the time, while the
masses OF the people Will be determined that
no power on earth shall fasten the gold stand
ard upon the American people. [Great cheer
ing.l A little over month ago went into
what l then called the "enemy's country"
but found down there just as much enthu-
siasm as there is in Nebraska. [Cheers.l To-
day some parts OF the country are more friendly
than Others, but there is no enemy's country.
Loud cheerlng.l
Mr.. Bryan's first stop after leaving Lin
coin was at Eagle, where small crowd of
people, drum corps and a bonfire COM
posed the elements Of his reception. Elm
wood, another small place, turned out
with torches, and Wabash added red fire
to smoky t1ambeaus.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEBR., Sept. IL
People stayed up late at Weeping Water,
Nehawka and Union to see Mr.. BRYAN,
and at all places he was cordially received
The train reached Nebraska City at IL 40
P. M, and Mr.. Bryan made speech to
about 1900 people. He said Nebraska City
was in the heart OF one OF the richest
agricultural districts of the world. The
people of the city deal with the farmers
and the formers suffer under the gold
standard because under il prices fell. The
train left for Kansas City at midnight.