Evening star., 1924-11-04
BRYAN MAKES LAST
PLEA TO FARMERS
Tells Them Vote for La Fol-
Iette Will Constitute Only
Useless Protest.
By the Associated Press.

CLAY CENTER, Nebr, November 4.
While John w. Davis was broad
casting from New York his final word
on the presidential campaign to un-
told millions of voters throughout
| the country, Gov. Charles w. Bryan
of this State. his running mate, was
addressing an eleventh-hour plea for
his election here last night to several
| hundred farm folk of Clay Center
! in the town opera house.
Choice of Clay Center for Gov.
Bryan's concluding message had no
| special significance, unless, perhaps,
| it was for the reason that it con-
| tains a population of about 1000 per-
sons who depend entirely on the
produce of the farm. And it was to
the farmers that the Democratic
candidate had carried his gospel of
| Jeffersonian Democracy throughout
two and a half months of cam
paigning.
| Makes No Prediction.
| Election of the Democratic national
| ticket and a Democratic Congress,
| as well support of the entire slate
of Democratic candidates for State
| Offices, headed by J. y. Norton Of
Polk, running for governor to Sue
ceed the vice presidential nominee,
was urged for by Gov. Bryan in
speeches. While he made no pre-
diction of victory, Gov. Bryan voiced
final plea here in the following
| terms:
"A vote for the Republican ticket
| will be an Endorsement of the record
made by the Republican party in the
last four years and a vote Of vindica-
tion for the Republican cabinet
| officers who have been driven out of
| DamocrafS a
| handful of progressive Republicans
| in Congress, for betraying their
country.
Only Vote of Protest.
| "A vote for the Independent ticke
| or the La Toilette forces will be a
vote OF protest only, with no chance
| to change conditions. which have
brought about the depression of agri-
culture and all the business de-
| pendent on it
"A vote for La Toilette will not
! change that candidates position. He
Will still be a Republican Senator
after the election. for he has no
| chance to poll near the neceS SSary
majority in the electoral college
"A vote for that ticket, inasmuch
as it cannot elect a candidate. is a
vote to retain the reactionary Repub-
| lican administration for another four
| years.
! "A vote for the Democratic national
candidate will not only be a vote of
| protest against the reactionary Re-
| publican administration. but 1t will
| be a vote which will help change the
| conditions in this country. will restore
honesty in Government, prosperity to
| the people and make the Government
function again for all the people in
| stead of the favored few
| Mentioning La Toilette by name for
| the first time in the campaign. Gov.
Bryan declared that the independent
candidate had formed another party,
not with the intention of winning
the election. but for the purpose OF
| protesting, together with the other
| Republican Senator'S from the North
| west, who make up one-fourth of the
| Republicans in the United States
Senate, against the unfriendly atti-
| tude of this administration toward
agriculture and the wage Garner"
His message completed, Gov. Bryan
started on a hundred mile drive by
automobile to Lincoln to snatch a few
hours rest before going to the polls
at the State House with Mrs. Bryan
to cast his ballot sometime during
| the morning