The news & observer., 1900-11-04
BRYAN REVIEWS A
SOLEMN PLEDGE.
If Elected He Will be the
Peoples President.
He WANTS THEIR LOVE
Declaration Of Independence Shall be
Law of the Land.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC PARADE AT CHICAGO
Il is One Long Ovation to Their Leader Who
Reviews It. Mr.. Bryan Leaves Chicago
For His Home in L"c3In,
Nebraska.

NJ brask3.
Chicago, H., Nov 3.-With four ad-
dresses in Chicago and one at Harvey,
William Jennings Bryan today practically
closed his long campaigning in the strug
gle for the Presidency. Tonight, from
in front of the Union League Club, on
jackson boulevard, Mr.. Bryan reviewed,
amid a din of cannon and glare of fire
works, an immense parade of Democrats
which marked the close OF the campaign
in Chicago, and late tonight he left over
the Burlington road for his home in
Lincoln, where, with his family, he will
receive election returns next Tuesday
Today the third of Mr. Bryans speech
making in Chicago was marked by tre-
mendous crowds at each of the five meet
ings addressed by him, and the parade
tonight developed into one long ovation,
the cheering for the Democratic Presi-
Dental candidate being almost incessant
from the time he stepped onto the re-
reviewing stand until, rather weary from
his arduous work of the past three days,
he stepped into his carriage and was
today the Iroquos Club gave banquet
in honor of Mr.. Bryan, at which many
of the members who opposed him in 1896
pledged him support on next Tuesday.
At 10 o'clock Mr.. Bryan began his day s
speech making at a big open-air meeting
in front of the Transit House, at Forty
second and Halstead streets, the center
OF the stock yards district Three other
me- I.ynr oil Nv Tr
Bryan during the afternoon At 2:3o p. M
he spoke at an open-air meeting on the
Lake front, Washington street and Mich
igan avenue. From here Mr.. Bryan took
a suburban train to Harvey, where he
addressed a big meeting of foundry men
and mill hands. The final meeting of
the day, and the last of Mr.. Bryans re-
markable campaign outside of his own
State was at the Calumet Theater, in
South Chicago From there Mr.. Bryan
went at once to the reviewing stand on
Jackson boulevard where for over an
hour he stood and bowed as the hosts of
the Democracy marched by and cheered
their leader
REPUBLIC OR EMPIRE?
At the Iroquois Club Mr.. Bryan said
in part:
81 have had imposed upon me in this
campaign a great duty and l have per-
formed it to the extent of my ability
and to the extent Of my strength My
responsibility ceases, so far as this cam
paSn is concerned on next Tuesday
IF l have any further responsibility il
will be given me by the people, it will be
for them to say whether | shall remain
a private citizen or become public ser
want.
81 am glad in this campaign that we
have the support of many who were
AGAINST us before. do not criticisc
them harshly and l did not when they
left us because l believe that the great
majority of them left because they con-
scientouslv believed that the countr!
was in danger. l did not agree will
them in that, did not believe that the
people or the country would be in dan
ger because Of my election, and l make
the statement to you that if l had beer
elected we would not now be confronted
by the crisis that is before us. / believe
that those who voted against me were
at least nearly all men who votet
against me because they thought tha
they were doing their duty to thei
country. When | heard, the night Of th'
| election, that an old gray-haired MAJ
| fell unon his knees and thanked Coz
| that the country had been saved, I knew
| that he was expressing the sentiment
| Of his heart But, many who Thanked
| God that l was defeated then, are nov
| praying that l shall not be defeate
| again. 1t does not mean that they hav
changed their sentiments since then. l
| does not necessarily mean that they hav
changed in their opinions upon the ques
tons which were paramount then, bu
| it does mean that four years of Republi
can rule have brought us face to fac
with a greater question than that whiel
has ever been before this country. l be
| lieve the issue today is even create
than was the issue of 1860, for then tn
question was whether we should hav
one republic or two republics; but now
| the issue in this campaign is whethe
we shall have one republic.
BRYAN REVIEWS HIS PLEDGE.
Our appeal has been to the conscienc
and the judgment of the American peo
| pie. | am glad that this is the onl
| kind of an appeal that we could make
| If it is my destiny to be the Presiden
of the United States l do not want t
| feel that / am President because soTe
| body was bought to vote for me or com
PEELED to do it against his will. 7 be
ieve with those who believe in the prin
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