The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-15
Concludes a Most Strenuous Day Of Campaigning
 At Hebron
MAKES 47 SPEECHES
 IN COURSE OF TWO DAYS
Names of Contributors To campaIut Fund Who Give $100 or More Will Be Published-Fund Has
 Reached $245,ooo.

Hebron, Neb. October 14.-The second days tour of Nebraska by w. J. Bryan was brought to a close at this place to- night. Twenty-two speeches were made during the day by the democratic candl- date, varying in duration from 10 minutes to one hour. It was by far the most en- thusiastic day for Mr. Bryan during the trip. With the conclusion of his work MT. Bryan expressed himself as being greatly pleased with his reception in his home state during the day. saying that his audiences were larger and more en- thusiastic than during any other cam paign. Three congressional districts were traversed today, and in each one the can didate made an appeal for the democratic nominees. He invariably began each speech by saying that he was more in- terested In the election of the candidate for Congress than was the candidate him. self. T would feel mighty lonesome n Washington if both the Senate and House were against me-, he said, but if you will give me the House I am sure we will make the Senate feel lonesome"
 At those places where it was possible to do so MT. Bryan discussed all the issues, but in smaller places he devoted his time to explaining and defending the democratic position on the guarantee ban1 deposits. At Columbus he told of the op- position to fire insurance when the sub jeet was first suggested, and compared the arguments presented tneu.aslttlytisose m hain faN Ina atc nf O bank guarantee plan of the democratic l party
 Stops were made during the day at North Bend Schuyler, Columbus, Clarks, Gen. tral City, Grand Island, Wood River, Shell ton, Gibbon, Kearney, Kenesaw, Hastings. Harvard, Sharonvile Sutton, Grafton. Fairmont Geneva, Strang, Pruning, Bel videre, concluding with night meeting at Hebron
 Mostly Farmers.
 Most of the audiences were composed of farmers with sprinkling of laboring men at Grand Island, Kearney and Hastings. Aside from the guarantee of bank de- posits he spoke to the farmers in regard to the panics, saying that there were more business failures during the first nine months of this year than there were in the first nine months of 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896. He said that the republican party not responsible for good crops or high prices, and quoted the prices of farm products in Canada and abroad in support of his contention. In speaking of the President interfering with the elec- tion," in his Hebron speech he said:
 T happen to be the democratic candi- date. l do not mean to say that l ought to have been nominated butt mean to say il was the wish of the democrats that l should be nominated, and l stand as the representative of the democratic mar My from a people, for I had no President with an army of officeholders to help me get the nomination do not envy my opponent merely because he had so influential a packer l would rather have my nomna- ton than his. But we are the candidates before you. He has been nominated on the theory that he is of my size, and [ believe he is. He has been nominated on the theory Chat he was competent to conduct his own campaign and l pay him a higher compliment when l presume that he is able to do so than does the Presi- dent who presumes he is not able to do so.
 'I do not approve of the action of the President In using the prestige, the in- iuence and the patronage of his high of flee to dictate the nomination of the re- publican candidate: I do not approve of the action of the President in using the office that belongs to the people as if it were party asset for part of the peo- pie 1 ask no favors at his hands. All l ask is that he stand off and let Mir. Taft and me fight it out"
 When MT. Bryan retired tonight at Hebron he expressed himself as being in the best of physical condition of any cam paign. He has so far spoken 47 times in the last two days, and is apparently the least affected by the hard work of any man in his party. The state committees has assigned IS speeches to him for to- morrow, but in all probability the "ex- tras" will bring that number up to 25.