Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-11-06
BRYAN's RETURN HOME.
TALK TO HIS NEIGHBORS-RAT Elk
HAVE ESTEEM OF THEM THAN.

TALK TO HIS IGHBORS-RATHER
HAVE ESTEEM OF THEM THAN.
OFFICE.
On the night of the second the Asso-
ciated Press has the following:
w. ]. Bryan's homecoming from his
long tour East was made a big event
in Lincoln. twenty-five thousand
cheering Democrats gathered about the
city hall square and listened to speech
from him. 1t was announced as nom
partisan effort-a neighbor-to-neighbor
speech.
The Bryan train was over an hour
late, but the crowd and big line OF
paraders waited patiently for him to
come. An hour before the Republicans
had big parade, but the best of good
feeling prevailed and there was no
clashes.
From the balcony of the hotel owned
by the Ambassador to Mexico, Mr..
Bryan addressed crowd that stretched
block away in three directions.
Mr.. Bryan said he should make no
political speech here among his neigh
bors. Public life has some unpleasant
features, but the reward far outpays
them. Nothing, he said, had occurred
in his life that he appreciated more
than the cordial reception of tonight.
1t would bel night memorable in his
life
GETS REPUBLICAN VOTES.
awhile / have sometimes been hui
inflated" he said, "by having it
thrown up to me elsewhere that my
home city has never given me ma
jority, yet, as a matter of fact, | have
always had a large complimentary vote
from the Republicans in Lincoln. -
He recounted previous campaigns in
which Republicans in generous num-
bers had voted for him, and If this had
been generally known, he thought there
would not have been so much criticism.
Without the Republicans support Civ
en- him in his candidacy for Congress
he wonld never have been elected, and
if he had not served in Congress, would
never have been nominated for Presi- |
dent.
'Whatever they be in the future"
he said, sthey have done enough in the
past by laying the foundations for my
political career to make me their debtor
while l live.
81 am at the end of my three Presi-
Dental campaign" he continued, "and
the election will decide whether | shall
occupy the seat which Washington and
jefferson and Jackson and Lincoln have
occupied. You will have your part in
that victory or in that defeat. 1t may
be that the election may turn on Ne
braska, and Nebraska on Lincoln, and
that my home city shall decide my
fate. If it shall be my fate to be added
to the list of Presidents, and Nebraska
to the list of States that have furnished
1 shall rejoice with you. If,
on the other hand, the election shall be
against me, can feel that | have left
nothing undone that could be done by
me to bring success to the cause.
shall find private life so full Of joy that
| will not miss the Presidency.
HAD CHRISTIAN TRAINING.
81 have been child Of fortune from
my birth. God gave me into the keep
ing of Christian father and mother,
who implanted in my heart the ideals
that have guided my life. In the law
school | fell under the influence of those
who still further strengthened those
ideals that have shaped my course in
life.
"When but young man | was guild
ed to the selection of one who has been
by my side for twenty-four years. No
Presidential victory brought her to me,
and no Presidential defeat can take her
away from me.
81 have been blessed with family
Of children who are making glad the
declining years of their mother and IA
Their. They used to call me in derision
The BOY orator of the Platte, but l .
have outgrown that title, and now have
grandchildren growing up about me.
81 repeat, that have been abundant l.
Ly rewarded for what have been able
to do. My ambition has not been much
to hold any office, however great, as to
know my duty, and to do it whether in
public life or private citizen.
eff elected, l shall be absent from
you but four years. If defeated, you
will help me bear it.
''The affection my countrymen have
shown to me is dearer than all earthly
office, and my highest ambition is to
deserve the continuance of that affec
ton.
81 have been greatly touched by the
demonstrations given me in the vari-
Gus parts of the country, but in the
three campaigns 1 have received none
more cordial and sincere than this one.
DaviS-Ruff.
DR.. Charles OFT Davis of Staunton,
was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Iano Riff of RadfOrd Citv on October |