The sun., 1900-08-23
BRYAN TALKS IN NEBRASKA
RAIN KEEPS DOWN THE ATTEND
ANCE AT the EARLY MEETINGS.

Farmers Gather TO Hear HIN. and the Candi-
date Tries to Explain That Repubiicnu
Rule Has Nothing 10 do With Their Pros
pcrity-He IL Due at Topeka This Morning.
AUBURN, Ncb. Aug. 22,-Mr. Bryan began
his second days campaigning In Nebraska
| under lnauspiciolls circumstances His train
| arrived here at o'clock this morning but not
vithstandlng the lateness Of the hour a crowd
OF several hundred. greeted him He spent
the night nj n friends house. There were about
2,OO persons present at o'clock when the
meeting opened. The majority Of these were
farmers, and many had driven in from distant
points in the light rain that was falling.
Mr., Bryan adrotly skirted a discussion OF
the money question. He said that no admin
istration could insure TO the farmer prosperity,
because that prosperity depended upon favor
able weather and good prices which could not be-
permanently secured. since the farmers surplus
was sold in a market where legislation by this
country was Of no effect He said that the Demo-
cratic party had made silver paramount TO the
tarif in 1895 because questions OF taxation
! could wait on fundamental questions Of econo-
mics, and this year imperialism was made
paramount because. being a question that
went to the very foundations Of our Govern
ament, II took precedence. The greater part
OF his speech was devoted to imperialism and
mLtarism.
TECrMsEH. Nab. Aug. 22--Fifteen hundred
persons waited Tor more than an hour this
morning for MIR. Bryan TO keep his appoint
ment here. The threatening weather cut
down the attendance from the country and his
tram was late. lie spoke but twenty minutes;
his first Fourth OF July Grafton. IL was delly-
cred before TectImseh audience twelve years
ago, Al the conclusion Of that speech curious
ones had endeavored to learn his politics A
Republican inquirer would say he thought IL
good Republican, doctrine, while a Democrat
he said. one would scarcely ask the political
belief of Fourth of July speaker. for a Re-
publican who lived mp to the doctrine Of his
party could not deliver fitting patriotic ad-
dress on Independence Day.
The Republican party has degenernted," he |
founders ofthis Government and Is now party
OF greed the incubator Of monopolies. and a |
Pps chat the lat RepubeaS @ National SnSe
while held in the city where the Declaration of |
lndependenCe was first promulgated. made no |
mention OF that document In its platform"
Free silver was not touched upon. 1mpe- |
Iiailsn and nitartsm were his principal themes. |
is drifting into monarchy and it il only ques- |
tion OF a short thine until the masses will be |
ruled by the classes in ever sense Of the word, |
The question of trusts was briefly referred |
TO, the speaker insisting that the Republican |
party cannot be depended on TO curb the trusts |
faRbaGy 80 long as they Mere the chief con-
A number of Republicans in the audience |
asked some pointed Questions which Bryan |
Mr.. Bryan and his party were then driven !
overland twenty miles TO Pawnee City TO fll |
an afternoon engagement
PAwNER CITY. Neb.. Aug. 22-Mr BRYAN was
peary two hours late In filing his appointment
travel across the country was imposs.:
Bile. When Mr.. Bryan. arrived he found
tnn a BY %hh he %as o & 90 to ana Fan, ,ea Gty ss
then at the station. Rather than disappoint the |
thousand persons who remained he lei the train |
a,,A ord AraaA Atal Il. 4
inilitari,n and an attack upon Ss The
@ s ssS Sst Ss # fbt%as Tsas TsGn
favor of the expansion OF a republic. while the |
Republicans wanted expansion for an empire. |
Republican expansion was entirely for trade |
The money que: ton was toucsea aSsa bE,sny
sas city Convention had declared imper-
alism To- be the leading issue. but this was
The Republicans we're trying TO make the
voters believe that 10 to was the paramount |
ea eey collage aS esss assd sSns and al SSs Ss
they they i,5 dld not believe rt Il was as dead as
firmly for free coinage at 10 to l;
The county IL strongly Republican, and the
crowd, while respectful was not enthu usiastic
BRYAN bowed to the crowd. but only a hand
clap or two WIS the greeting. The exerc rcises
were held in the Court House yard.
FALLS CITY. Neb, Aug. 22-Several hundred
Democrats marched TO the station TO meet the
regular train. only to find that Bryan had |
missed it, When he arrived several hours later
on his special only few were present to greet
him.
Meanwhile a crowd OF 500 persons had
gathered at the temporary stand erected d upon
several vacant lots, and while MIR Bryan was dis |
posing Of hurried supper. alocal orator sought
unsucCe@sfully to hold the crowd. Mr.. Bryan |
reaC he'd the scene just in time 10 stop general
exodus
MIR Bryan began by crticisi ng the position OF
the Republican party on the effort IL had made
10 secure International bimetalllsm. lie de-
Clured that Mckinley was tnslnCere in what |
he did, and ascrbed this 10 the fact
that he WAS under the control OF the
money power. NoTeference to sixteen 10 one was
made. The trust question was briefly touched
upon and then he took up imperialism and
mitarism The Republicans. he said. were
making a valiant effort to keep up their
csurage by asserting that the new issues
had not scared them, and were seeking to |
deny that they were the paramount issues OF |
the campaign. They could not. however. |
evade n thorough discussion of them in the |
campaign, and they would be forced 10 defend
the Administrators position before the cam
paign was much older.
Mark Hanna, he said. went down 10 New
Jersey, the home of the trusts and the great
the other day. TO open the Re |
publican campaign All he did was TO gather
funds TO run the campaign on. He dis
cussed no issues OF the campaign He simply
told them that there was great danger that over
confidence might lead 10 defeat and that the
fact was there was a great fight on. Then
can see him hold his hands behind him and the
give down.