Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-14
SHOWS NO FATIGUE
Bryan After Hard Days Campaigning
in Home State Starts in
Early Morning.
TALKS TO FARMER AUDIENCE
Says Crops Are Good and Prices High
in Canada, Where Republicans
Do Not Rule.

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showing any signs of fatigue from the,
10 hours spent in actual talking and
Is hours of railway travel yesterday.
Bryan began the second days tour of
Nebraska by speech before this
morning at North Bend. He addressed
70 crowd of several hundred farmers de-
Ivoting his speech for the most part 10
an appeal for support of the congress
sional and state legislative tickets.
| Talks in Park.
AT Schuyler he spoke for half an
hour, being taken from the train to a
little park in the city. Here he had
large audience and discussed various
tissues of the campaign at some length.
closing with a strong condemnation of
what he termed the unfair attitude of
Roosevelt in taking part in the cam
ipaign.
Makes 81 Speeches I'm Day.
| Wahoo, Neb., Oct. 14-Accompanied
by nearly all the democratic candidates
for state Offices, William J. Bryan yes
terday campaigned in his own state.
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the first of his three days Nebraska
tour.
Big crowds greeted him at every
lpoint. and when his days work was
lover he had delivered 81 speeches,
varying in length from five minutes TO
an hour. His arguments were confin-
led mostly to answering the statements
,of Mr.. Taft and Governor Hughes, who
Irecently visited Nebraska. The audi
fences were mostly farmers, and the
democratic candidate frequently NOV
ed them to loud applause
The route traversed was through re-
publican strongholds. A carload OF
speakers was taken out of Omaha, and
at each place visited by Mr.. Bryan one
was dropped off to complete the work
of expounding democratic doctrine
Il Did Republicans Give Good Crops:
Mr.. Bryan accused Mr. Taft of no,
making the speech in Nebraska thai
he had been making in other parts oi
the country.
"He did not discuss the guarantee
, Iof bank deposits" said Mr. Bryan
doubtless because he was informed
that the people of Nebraska are in ia
lvor of the guaranteeing of depositors
His appeal was to the farmers, and i
was based upon the fact that the farm
ers have had good crops and fair prices
but did the republican party give yoi
Igood crops?
"All who think the republican part!
u is responsible for good crops shoult
) THANK the republican party. Thos,
l. who believe as we do that the, goot
e lcrops are due to the fertility of tn,
II soil. to seasonable rains, and to th
s warmth of the sunshine should than.
the Almighty
Prices Same in Canada.
g Mr.. Bryan asked his audiences if tn
!, republicans had given them higl
!. prices.
"a "Are not agricultural prices" he ir
N quired, ''as high in Canada as they ar
r. here? Are not agricultural prices a
n high in England as they are here
# Have not values increased in Europ
&c as well as in America? The farmer
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ment now addressed to them for sin
m liar argument was addressed to labo
is ing men eight years ago."
o.I He then spoke of the empty Dime
a. lpail. He said the bottom had droppe
as out of it, and the farmers were no.
,e being told that the republicans are
as give them full basket The republ
" can party, he declared, had no polio
e, that promised benefit to the farme
er but he is the victim of all the abuse
ar rtthat have grown mp under republics
.ic rule
ur shows Flareback I'm Platform.
re what do they say in their platfor
he tnow?" he continued. Why am mo
ed ASHAMED to tell you what they say.
is SO awfully bad that the Omaha B.