The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-16
NEBRASKA IN
BRYAN COLUMN
BY BIG FIGURE
Great Commoner Concludes
His Campaign in the
Home State.
AGGRESSIVE SPEECHES
FROM START TO FINISH
SAYS THE ONLY PANIC IN CASE
OF HIS ELECTION WILL BE IN
THE TAFT FAMILY.

plattsmouth, Neb.. Oct. 15.-William j.
BRYAN closed his three days speaking
tour Of his home state with a large
meeting in this city tonight. feeling that
Nebraska can be safely counted in the
Democratic column this year by larger
majority than he received in 1896. IT has
been a notable day. both in point Of the
number of speeches made, the size of the
crowds addressed and the vigorous man
uer in which he spoke to his audiences.
A large portion of the day was spent in
his old congressional district, and the
enthusiasm which prevailed in his tour
Of the state was intensified by Inc TACT
that these people gave him his first 20
Htical distinction and have followed him
with increasing confidence as he fought
his way up the ladder. Today they
showed their affection for him by dem
onstrations at every station and by
such crowds as the towns had never seen
before.
Had NO Doubts.
NV trip throughout the state was not
planned because there was any doubt
about Nebraska he said. 1T was be-
cause the Democrats have been so royal
10 me that ! was not willing to let the
campaign pass without visiting them. The
trip. however. has led us to raise CIR es-
Inmates on the size of the majority Ne
braska will give. We have counted On
a majority as large that given me in
1896 but l am satisfied, from what /
have seen and from the reports l have
received, that our majority will be con-
siderably more than il was at that time
In no campaign in this state have / en-
cOuntered such large and enthusiastic au-
diences, and the reports received from
every precinct and every county show
OBJECTIONS in the Republican ranks and
~NA to aHNra THzn.
majority i'm 1896 was in the neiShborhOod
Of 1900 and there is no comparison be-
tween the outlook three weeks before
the election at that time and at the pres
emit"
Began Speaking Early.
Speaking began early today and con
tinued throughout the day. More than
twenty stops We're made, and at each
place Mr.. Bryan talked longer than he
had been scheduled for,
=. know that 1 should leave here now,
he said at Tecumsch. but these people
have been so good to me in the past l
must extend the time and remain with
them q little longer
than they have been during the week
At 1ecumseh he was vehement in his
dengnciatiOn among other things saying
OF Mr. Cannon:
Crack at Cannon.
TT used to be said of noted Grim
inal lawyer that a burgler never enrered
"A house 10 commit burglary without 1lrst
making inquiry as to the health of this
LAWYER and no man in congress who
plans a raid against the American Leo
pie does so without first getting a prom
Use OF recognition from Mr. Cannon. the
speaker Of the house. He is backed by
every predatory corporation IN this Coun-
try"
At that place he also denied that Mr..
Roosevelt was the father of the policies
Ho QffNnclfAd
Name a policy of President ROoseveits
that you want continued. he said, and
] will point to policy that l advocated
before President Roosevelt ever advocated
It Why don't YOU say that YOU want
a Republican TO continue Bryan's poll
ties, and not Rooseveits policies?'
Panic in Taft Family.
IN discussing the panic he said Repub-
Leans are threatening a panic in case
Of his election.
There will be panic in one family
he said, and that VIII be the Taft fam
withdrawn for the first time in more
than twenty years.
At Nebraska City he compared his
meeting WitE that of eight years ago and
left WITT the chairman of the meeting
s. to be presented to the campaign fund
of the Republican committee II they
would consent to carry the same han
ners IN their parade that they carried
at that time Then he predicted that the
starch trust. which was being prosecuted
under the state statute. would be likely
20 close the factory at that place. and
it was minated that physical violence
would be done him if he spoke in that
city.
Prophecy Proved True.
Il told them then ] would denounce
the trust even in the shadow of the
starch tacto. he said. Where are
the Republicans who mockingly wrote 10
me after the e ctiOn and declared that
the shadow OF the starch factory eX-
tended across the state? How far does
Nlis shadow reach? The factory is closed
down, the machinery has been removed
and the building is In the hands of a
Wrectng crew
After lis meeting at Plattsmouth to-
.lCht Mr.. Bryan took a train for Den
Yer whore he will speak tomorrow. While
physically tired he was tubilant over the