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Democrats Covering All Doubt
FIJI States and Many Speeches
Arc Being Made.
WHAT. BRYAN IS DOING I
Ncbraskan Most Sought After
Speaker OH List-Pcrfori1l-
ing Herculea1l Labors.
BY Walter Edward Harris.

Especial from star CofrespOnuent.)
NEW YORK. October 15.-The whirl-
wind campaign which tho Democrats In
charge Of tho national contest have been
promising all along should bc innuguratcd
the middle OF October Is In full blast.
There Is scarcely q town Of any consc-
quencoS In the doubtful States OF the East
and Mlddlo West in which there has not
been o. Democratic speech made IN the
course OF the past thrty-six hours, anu III
iii OF these there are Democrats speak
ing tonight for Parker and Davis.
Probably five hundred speakers are on
tic stump for the Democratic state and
national tickets in New York State Mr..
Davis, Senator Daniel and David Il. Hill
havo nearly covered West Virginia the
past week, and by Tuesday night Will
have finished q campaign tour which VIII
have Included practically every town OF
Importance In tho State. There has been
great enthusiasm manifested everywhere,
and It Is believed that instead OF being
ono OF the ''doubtful" States, West Viz
ginia IS practically certain to cast Its
electoral vote for Parker md Davis md
to elect Democratic Governor. ~
Bryar1's Tour.
Probably the feature Of the campaign
the past week WINS William ]. Bryan's
tour OF Indiana. His tour began w cdnes.
day. 1t will last until Tuesday night.
IT,
crowds than have ever been attracted 70
hear any political speaker In the Hooslers
State. He is using all his old-time elo-
quencc to convince the voters that every
lover ofspcacc and constitutional govern
ment should vote for Parker and Davis.
The so-called Bryan Democracy is strong
ger In INDIANA than In any other OF tho
States in which tho result OF the cam,
pnign Is in doubt. National Chairman
!raggart does not believe there VIII Dc
IA fractional part Of this vote opposed
to Parker whenSM Mr.. Bryan's tour Is COM
pleted,
Mr. 4Bryan8is in greater demand than
any other orator in either party ZIG mas
probably made more speeches IN ms
campaign At the ST. l,onls. Gohsen,,S1
he suffered an acute bronchial attacK,
and narrowly escaped pneumonia; nc
spent one week mt his home in Lincoln
after the convention, Incorporating nnd
preparing his #Chauta1iQua lecture acou rse
This cement took, tho time between
the first and tie stwcnty-ninth OF August.
on August Goth and alst lie took part
N oper,in. tho Missouri campaign for
j, ". Folk, making four speeches. On
septembcr list and>2d he made TWO
speeches eachGday. and then went TO t'lc
Grand Canon Of Colorado tor @ rest OF
ten dayg. But on this trip the local poll
tic!ans got him and induced INN 70 make
several speeches. lie Tan y" - -.
North TO visit friend In WYOMING. but
the polilt texans OF Denver cauE ~ shin1 ,l'lu
he Ind to make some speeches III tnat
c,ty az he passed through The friend
whom he was going TO visit IN NyonlnN
j ohm IT, Osborne, was nominal ed s.or zt;te
gopernorshIp by the Democrats py .he
time Mr.. Bryan got there, and OF s coutse
he had is take the stump, Alr. Brya an
made five speeches in vyomin iheh hs
was called over to Arizona for q day. ana i''u
q half and on tie way BACK mace q
sreech for Osborne 55.5. -
Then MIR. Bryan went home. but he was
not nllowed 10 stay in Lincoln long
nnoual, "a enable him to become as
nuaInted with his family, and started OUT
On n tour OF alsecticn Of the state Where
his services were especially needed, ma :,
ing Two or three speeches n day. ne In In
5 ished this tour on Saturday night, ana y!
+ rushing back to Lincoln, stayed Unit
sunday afternoon, when he starred started 10y
Narysviile, Mo-. where lie spoke on Mon
day morning. That afternoon ne spoKe- ~!
ChillIcothe. ILL.,, and that night at ST.
$Joseph. Mo. The next morning he spoke.
NJ Macon, at CentralIn In the afternoon,
at montgomery City an hour ater, ana
at St. Louis at night. After the st, Louis
meeting lie left for Terra Hautc, Ind. to
begin Il tour OF the State. which VIII
not end until Wednesday, when he Will
have travelled nearly 1900 miles within
the borders Of Indiana and made over
sixty speeches
Is Not Sulking.
j Iinye been at pains to thus outline
the Iabors of Mr.. Bryan In the campaign
in order to show that Achilles Is not
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