Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-03
HARD FOUGHT
BATTLE ENDED
REPUBLICAN ESTIMATES ARE
EVERYWHERE REDUCED
Democratic and Non-Partisan Prophets
See Only Landslide Victory
Today for the Great
Commoner
1oontinued from Page Ono,

| of carriages and automobiles forming
| his immediate escort started across the
viaduct from the railroad station the
| great parade fell into line behind him.
The parade moved through the main
! street of the city, through solid masses
of cheering humanity, and returned to
/ the Hotel Lincoln, where Mr.. Bryan
spoke, overlooking the public square.
MIR. Bryan's speech was greeted with
vociferous cheers. The candidate was
moved to tears as he made an aftec-
tionate reference to his wife, and when
he closed the demonstration accorded
him was such as he rarely had expert
| enced in his three campaigns.
Confident Of Election
"I believe I am going to be elected"
he said. More than that, I believe 1t
is going to be more than a bare VIC
tory. I believe there is stirring of the
| conscience of the American people; a
moral awakening, an uprising that
means a sweeping victory, and Will
swear in your presence that no one VINO
votes for me will ever have occasion TO
be ashamed of the vote he casts"
In the course of his speech, Mr..
Bryan said: "There are unpleasant
features in public life, but it's rewards
far outweigh its unpleasant part and
nothing has occurred in my life that /
appreciate more than the cordial re-
CepLlOl tndL you nave given HlS III my
home city at the close of this cam
paign.
Makes Occasion Memorable
"To have lived among you. with the
publicity that attaches to the present
campaign and then to have this evil
dence of your good will, makes this
night memorable in my life.
"While it has sometimes been hui
initiating to have it thrown up to me in
other parts of the country that my
city has never given me majority
MANY voices: I'VE will give it to you
this ime")-while, repeat, 1t has been
humiliating, yet as a matter of fact. L
have always had large complimentary
vote from the Republicans of Lincoln.
Their Vote Helped Him
without the votes of many Repub-
Iicans l would not have been elected to
congress in 1892. for my majority was
only 140, and without that election l
would not have been nominated for
the presidency in 1896, and therefore /
can feel grateful to the Republicans
who gave me my start and whose votes
were absolutely necessary to my cleo
tion on that occasion.
"And whatever the Republicans of
Lincoln do in the future they have
| done enough in the past by laying the
! foundation for my political career, TO
make me their debtor while l live.
my friends, / am at the end of my
| third presidential campaign. Tomor-
row. when millions of voters will de-
eide whether I am to occupy the seat
that Washington and Jefferson and
Jackson and Lincoln occupied zap
plause and cries of you WHIP you
will have your part in that victory
or in that defeat.
May Turn on Nebraska
at may be that the election will
turn on Nebraska, and it may be that
Nebraska will turn on votes so few
in number that the city of Lincoln
may decide my fate. If fate DEGREES
that I shall be added to the list of
presidents and Nebraska added to the
list of states that have furnished a
president, 1 shall rejoice with you.
"If, on the other hand, the election
shall be against me 1 can feel that
have left nothing undone that / could
have done to bring success to my
cause. And, my friends, 1 shall find
private life so full of JOY that I shall
not miss the presidency.
"I have been the child of fortune
from my birth. God gave me inme-
diately into the keeping of Christian
father and a Christian mother. They
! implanted in my heart the ideals that
have guided my life.
Helped by Good Men
"When I was in law school I was
| fortunate, as 1 was in my college days,
to fall under the influence of men of
| ideals who helped me shape my life;
and when but a young man not out
of college yet I was guided to the
selection of one who for twenty-fonr
years has been my faithful helpmate.
mo presidential victory could have
1 I,Iso1tOEt laT> n and No dafaaf Can
take her from me. have been blessed
| with a family. My children are with
me to make glad the declining years
of their mother and myself.
when you first knew me they called
me in derision the Boy Orator of the
Plattte.' 1 have outlived that title and
my grandchildren are now growing up
about me. I repeat that I have been
fortunate indeed.
AbuhdantIy Rewarded
ST have been abundantly rewarded
for what little I have been able to do,
and my ambition is not so much to
hold any office, however great, as it is
to know my duty and to do it, either
in public life or as a private citizen.
] ct believe that l am going to lie elect
ed. (Great applause and cries of $50
; do weO More than that, it Is going
to be more than a bare victory. / be-
lieve there is STIRRING or the A1nerl-
can people, a moral awakening, an up
rising that means a sweeping victory.
But, my friends. victory would be
/. robbed of much of its sweetness If ii
were won outside of Nebraska entirely;
that victory would be robbed OF much
of it's sweetness If Lincoln did not con-
. tribute to it; it would be robbed OF
much of it's sweetness If my little pre-
cinct at Normal did not contribute
{ to II.
Should Avoid Sneers
"My friends. shall be among you
It will make the stay more pleasant II
1 can feel that this city has at last
relieved me of the sneers and criticisms
that are cast at me when / trave
away. And, my friends, simply wan
to say this: If you, among whom
have lived, who have known my every
word and thought and act If you be
lieve me worthy of that high ofhc'
2 (cries of 1--WE do') will swear in YOU
! presence that no man who votes To-
81 me will ever have occasion to b'
Q I.ashamed of the vote he casts.
! Marshall Makes Gain