The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
NEBRASKA WILL GO DEMOCRATIC. So Declares William Jennings Bryan. ENDS TOUR OF HIS STATE He Denounees Speaker Cannon in
 Vigorous Terms. Makes a Wager to Repubs That They Won't Carry the Same Banners In
 Parade Which They Did
 In 1900.
ENDS TOUR OF HIS STATE

I. Bryan closed lis three days speak ing tour of his heme ate with large meeting il this city tonight. feeling that Nebraska can be safely counted ip the Democratic column this year by larger majority .han he received in 1898.
 It has been a notable day both Tn point of the number of speeches mades the size of the crowds addressed and the vigorous manner in which he spoke to his audiences. A large portion Of the day was spent in his old Congressional District and the enthusiasm which had prevailed in his tour of the State was intensified by the fact that these peo- pie gave him his first political distinct ion and lave followed him with in- creasing confidence as he fought his way up tie ladder. Today they showed thoir affection for him at every station and by cro fds declared to be such as the towns and cities had never seen before.
 My trip throughout the State was not planned because there was any doubt about Nebraska" he sad tonight. CT was because the Democrats of Ne- hraslka have been so loyal to me that I was not willing to let this campaign pass without visiting them. The trip however, has enabled us to raise our estimate of the size of the majority Nebraska will give. We have counted
 
 in 1896, but am satisfied from what have seen and the reports we havo re- ceived that our majority will be con- sideiably more than It was at that time.
 Enthusiastie Crowds.
 "In no campaign in this State have I encountered sucl- i..rge and enthusias- tic crowds and the reports received from every precinct and every county show defections in the Republican ranks and consequent additions to our vote. Our majority in 1926 was in ths comparison between the outlook three weeks before the election at that time < and at the present. Speaking began cary this morning and continued throughout the day. More than twenty stops were made and at each place MT. Bryan talked longer than he had been scheduled for.
 T know that ! should leave here now he said at Tecumseh, "but these people have been so good to me in the past I must extend the time and re- main with them a little longer"
 His addresses were more. aggressive than they have been during the week. At Tecumseh, ho was vehement in his denunciation, among other things say ing of Mir. Cannon:
 Tt used to be said of noted crim- inal lawyer that a burglar never en-
 
 out first making inquiry as to tho health of this lawyer and no man in Congress who plans rad against the American people does so without first getting a promise of recognition from Mr. Cannon, Speaker of the House. He la backed by every predatory corpora ton in this country"
 At that place he also denied that Mir. Roosevelt was the father of the prin- ciples which the reformers advocated. Name a policy of President Roosevelt's that you want continued" hc said, land will point to a policy that adyo- catad before President Roosevelt ever advocated t. Why don't you say that you want a Republican to continue Bryan's policies and not Roosevelts policies:"
 Tn discussing the panic. he said that Republicans are threatening a panic in case of his election.
 Panic in Taft Family.
 There will be a panic in one fam ny" he said, "and that will be the Taft family for MT. Taft's Federal salary will be withdrawn for the first time lu more than twenty years"
 At Nebraska City, he compared his meeting with that of eight years ago and left with the chairman of the meeting s5 to be presented to the cam paign fund of the Republican Commit tee if they would consent to carry the same banners in their parade that they carried at that time. Then he pre-. dicted that the starch trust which was being prosecuted under the State stat ute would be likely to close the factory ut that place and 1t was intimated that physical violence would be done him if he spoke in that city. T told them that I would denounce the trust even in the shadow Of the starch factory" he said. Where are | the Republicans who mockingiy wrote to me after the election and declared | that the shadow of the starch factory | extended across the state? How far i does the shadow reach now2 The fac- | tory is closed down. the machinery | has been removed and the building is in the hands of a wrecking crew."
 After his meeting in Plattsmouth toe night. Mir. Bryan took a train for Den yer where he speaks tomorrow. | While physically tired he was 1ubi- lant over the outlook in his own state
 Challenges Repubs.
 Nebraska City. Neb., Oct, 15-'T will | give five dollars to the Republican | Republicans will carry in their parade this year the banners which they | boastingly carried eight years ago"
 ". J. Bryan tonight made this offer during the course of his speech in this city, in which he called attention to
  ception tonight and that accorded him eight years ago. Then he received in- timations of personal violence in case \ he should speak against the trusts. the local starch factory having been taken over by the alleged trust, against which legal proceedings were pending. Then he warned the citizens of this 8city that they had no assurance of retaining the industry. Since that time the factory has been closed down. I the machinery moved out and wreck , ing crews are now dismantlinE the buildings. Insulting banners were carried in a. Republican parade at that time. and tonight Mir. Bryan made the above offer. leaving the money with the chairman of the meeting His speech in regard to this subject fol- lows:
 'In coming to Nebraska City. I can not but notice the difference be-