The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-05
BRYAN JOKES
ABOUT RECORD
IN THE ARMY
Refers to Post of Danger Be-
tween Rough Riders and
Second Mississippi.
SOMETHING LIABLE TO
HAPPEN AT ANY TIME
THEN IN SERIOUS VEIN HE AD-
DRESSED MULTITUDE OF
FARMERS AT LINCOLN.

Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 4-William ].
Bryan, Democratic candidate for the
presidency. today made two avowedly
non-political speeches 10 his home folks.
The first was at the state fair grounds.
where he participated in the dedication
of the new Auditorium, and the second
was at the Tabatha home near FAR
view. where new building was dedi-
Gated a hospital for the aged. In
his fair grounds speech, which was TO
a multitude of persons, Mr.. Bryan con-
fined himself mostly to an appeal to
the farmers to take q livelier interest
i'm legislation and administration Of
government, both state and national.
He was introduced in a short. happy
address by Governor Sheldon. who has
just been renominated by the Repu0li-
cans for governor, and who was a cap
tain in Mr.. Bryan's regiment in the
Spanish-American war.
Humorous Reference.
Mr.. Bryan referred somewhat humor-
ously to his own experiences as Il SOL
der, and said that among the can6i-
dates this year he was the only man
with war record He said that under
was patriotism deeper and stronger
than all else. as illustrated by the ready
response to the call for volunteers in
the Spanish-American war. His per-
sonal experience typified this. Less
than two years after his defeat by Mr.
Mckinley. he said. he had volunteered
his services at Washington for the war
Commission From Nebraska.
This offer, however. was rot accept
ed, and he turned to his own state,
which gave him a commission. and he
raised regiment of Nebraskans. Most
of the officers in his regiment. like
Governor Sheldon. he said. were Repuo-
Leans. though the majority of the Gu
/ listed men were Democrats He face
tiously referred to the fact that his reg
iment occupied a position i'm Florida
midway between the camps of the
rough riders and the Second Mississippi
This was dangerous position. he de-
clared, because the relations between
the rough riders and the Second Mis-
sissippi were such that he could not tell
at what moment his camp would be
battle-ground between them.
Serious Talk to Farmers.
Addressing himself in serious vein %
the farmers, he said, among other
things:
MY friends. we are more stingy in
making the appropriations for The
farmer than for any other large class
| of our people. Why. il was n century
after our government was organized. or
about that. before we succeeded in get
ting a department of agriculture estab-
lished. We are in the greatest agricul-
! ture country in the world. and agricul-
1 ture is the greatest industry In our
! country, and yet almost 100 years
| elapsed before the farmer got a seat
around the presidents council chamber.
! How backward we have been in recOg-
nizing the farmers place in our gov
eminent and among our institutions. In
the time that has elapsed since the ere
alton of this department of agriculture
a great deal has been done and yet
that department is in its infancy.
Great Disparity.
What will you think when / tell you
that for every dollar we spend on tina I
department We spend more than S25 on
the army and navy? More than s25
spent in getting ready for wars we
ought never to have than We spend on
agriculture. The agriculture school is
developing: it's advancement is one OF
the great marked characteristics of this
generation. think l am safe in saying
that in no other department of learning
has there been so much progress as in
that department which relates 10 agri-
culture. 1 am glad to encourage the
agricultural college. Why, for years il
has been deemed a part Of the duty OF
the state 10 train lawyers through law
schools established by the government
And we have trained doctors through
schools connected with our state insti-
tutions. bud, my friends. we are just
beginning TO learn that the training OF
the farmer is just as important as the
training least benefited directly by the
! expenditure of the money that is raised
Read the amount spent on ships and
then figure. If you can, what portion OF
that gets TO the farmer. Take I'D ths
other large appropriations and. with the
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