Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-05
Began Speaking in Nebraska at 7
O'clock This Morning.
HAS 4 Big DAYS WORK AHEAD
He Cites Statistics Regarding
Mortgages in the State.
CLOSES CAMPAIGN IN OMAHA

HASTINGS, Neb., November 5.-Half an
hour before dawn William ]. Bryan began
the last day of his campaign with the pros
pect of an eighteen-hour day. When he
reached the depot at Lincoln at 5:45 am.
he found his special train awaiting and
nifty or more persons prepared to go on
the journey. The itinerary for the day en-
braced the towns of Exeter, Fairmont,
Harvard, Minden. Hodrege, Wilcox. Blue
Hill, Hastings, Aurora, York and Seward.
with return to Lincoln and a speech
there at 6 o'clock, and then dash to
Omaha, with seven or eight speeches in
that city tonight.
Exeter the first stopping place, sixty
five miles from Lincoln was reached at
o'clock. AS the train halted crowd ap-
peared, Notwithstanding the early hour.
and Mr. Bryan was hastily escorted to a
public hall nearby. The hall was filled to
oVertowing. Mr. Bryan's speech varied
little from those to agricultural communi-
Ties III other parts of the country.
Talks About Mortgages
In the course of his remarks he said:
When Mr.. Roosevelt was here he made a
statement that 40 per cent of the real
estate mortgages in this state had been
paid off under this administration
Ihe fact is that a little less than S24-
100000 in real estate mortgages have been
released in excess of those filed, and you
must take out of the S24 100000 all of the
property where the property is turned over
to the mortgagee in satisfaction of the
debt. But while the mortgages paid off
and released real estate are very much
less than Mr.. Roosevelt says, the increase
IN the chattel mortgages of this state in
the last four years is very much greater
than the increase in the real estate mort
cages. And if you will take the real estate
mortgages filed and released and the chat
| tel mortgages filed and released, you will
find that adding them together we have
now S1i9,oO0,COO more mortgaged indebted
ness in this state than we had four years
ago; that is, the chattel mortgages have
increased much more rapidly than the
real estate mortgages have decreased that
the increase is $40 600 600 in four years
Bear in mind these figures were taken from
the statistics in the labor bureau office and
those are made up from the sworn state
| ments of county officials of this state"
Reverts to the Trusts.
Mr.. Bryan reverted to a discussion of
trusts, saying: Il promise you that If
am elected every power of the President
VIII be used to make 1t impossible for
private monopoly to exist in tie United
States"
Fifteen-minute stops were made at Fair
mont and Harvard, and in both places Mr.
Bryan spoke along the general lines and to
fair-sized crowds.
At Harvard there were many gold badges
in the crowd and fewer cheers than at
most places. In the course of a brief
speech Mr.. Bryan said: "All that 1 can
ask is that those whs formerly voted the
republican ticket will stop to consider be-
fore they vote it this year"
MINDEN Neb., November "a larger
crowd assembled here than at any other
point visited during the morning. MIR.
Bryan spoke only fifteen minutes, and after
declaring that the full dinner pail argu-
ment of the republican party had been
abandoned addressed the farmers, of whom
his audience was largely composed, upon
the trust question.