The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Makes TUeny-ORe Speeches In Course of One Days
 Travel In Nebraska
IS SCHEDULED FOR
 23 SPEECHES TODAY
Asks the Farmers If They Are To Thank the Republican Party for Good Crops and Prices.
 Put To Ridcule.

wahoo, Neb., October 13.-Accompanied by practically all the democratic candt. dates for state offices, William J. Bryan today campaigned in his own state and tonight at this place completed the first of his three days tour of Nebraska Big crowcs greeted him at every point, and when his days work was over he had delivered 21 speeches. His arguments were confined mostly to answering the state- ments of MT. Taft and Governor Hughes, who recently visited Nebraska.
 The audiences were mostly farmers and the democratic candidate frequently moved them to loud applause. The route traversed was through numerous repub- lican strongholds. A carload of speak CTS was brought along out of Omaha and at each place visited one was dropped off to complete the work of expounding dem- ocratic doctrine. MT. Bryan accused MT. Taft of not making the speech in Me- braska that he had been making in other parts of the country.
 He did not discuss the guarantee of bank deposits" he said, doubtless be- cause he was informed that the people of Nebraska are in favor of the guaran- teeing of deposits. His appeal to the farmers was on the fact that the farmers have good crops and fair prices. But did the republican party give you good crops All who think the republican party is responsible for good crops should thank the republican party. Those who believe as we do. that the good crops are due to the fertility of the soil, to season. able rains and to the warmth of the sunshine, should thank the Almighty
 Agricultural Prices.
 He asked his audience if the republic ans had given them high prices. Are not agricultural prices" he inquired, 'as high in Canada as they are here? Are not agricultural prices as high%in England as they are here? Have not values in- creased in Europe as well as in America? ? You must find some cause that is as ex- tended as the result which you are try ing to account for, and the influence of the republican party is confined to the United States. The farmers should not be deceived by the arugment now ad- dressed to them, for a similar argu- ment was addressed to laboring men eight years ago..
 He then spoke of the empty dinner pail. It was void, he said, because the bottom had dropped out of it and now the farm CTS were told that the republicans are to give them a full basket The republican party, he declared, had no policy that promised benefit to the farmer. but he is the victim of all the abuses that have grown up under republican rule
 Advocated Reforms.
 Discussing reforms, the candidate said that there was not one that MT. Roosevelt or MT. Taft stood for that lie had not fought for before either of them spoke on the subject to anybody. If he said, you approve what they have tried to do in these reforms, how can you denounce what I have tried to do; and if you be- lieve it is good for the country for them to try to apply them, now can you doubt that it would be better for the country if democrat should apply them?'
 In the opinion of MT Bryan, Governor Hughes was not the kind of a man to give advice to people who wanted remedial legislation.
 "Governor Hughes, who came out to make fun of our antitrust remedy" he said, lis the same Governor Hughes who vetoed the 2-cent passenger fare bill in the state of New York, thing that your governor would not veto, a thing that all of you are in favor of, for you all are pay ing 2 cents instead of 3. Yet down in New York, where the population Is thick CT than it is out here, after that bill was passed by a republican legislature, Governor Hughes vetoed it and he Is not the kind of man to give advice to people who want remedial Legislation
 After speaking at Wahoo, MT Bryan re- turned to Fremont, where his train was switched to the lines of the Union Pa cific, over which road he will resume his tourney in the morning. He will deliver 2s speeches tomorrow.