Show 1 I DY BY THOSE WHO KNOW HIM BEST Magnificent Reception Accord Accorded ed W J Bryan by Citizens of Lincoln CANDIDATE MOVED TO TEARS BY GREETING AFFECTION AND REGARD OF NEIGHBORS MORE TO HIM THAN EARTHLY HONORS HO ORS soY Nov o 2 The greatest Jt t Bt demon in n th tie history of ot Lincoln was gIC gives gICa es Aft a to O Mr Bryan by b his hl fellow townsmen townsmen l Ight on m fl his bt return to his home city it at mo till close Io of Or his hI campaign Nonpartisan n It was Participated in JW by and 2nd Republicans alike and the Democratic candidate was driven through the he cheered by b almost the entire population o of the city The Th reception was i tendered d red to him llin him as aB a citizen of Lincoln ti r than as a and In the h i which he made lie bl avoided all alt roE ref re rj to tl t partisan Issues I ues In the parade w lrI followed Ills his automobile from the Pacific PaCI Pf station however howe r many po poI I it i were carried Solid Mass of Citizens Air Ir Brjan reached his hI home city elt at ato o o lok tonight on his hia special train direct t from Kansas where he had hall hadix Api ix nt the he day da In a 11 final whirl of ot o speech speechmaking speechmakIng making His train was met at the union station by b a tremendous crowd and ani as 11 ash h r score ore of ot carriages and anI automobiles his big immediate escort e cort started aros rosA the o ct from the ola ata ion on the KJ git nt parade parale fell In line behInd i Int rn The parade moved through thru h the i aln street of ot the Oie city rity dt through solid i aws or of cheering humanity and after atter through the city dt returned to the Poel Lincoln where here Mr 11 Bryan spoke the public square A great hout rose rOlle from the multitude which filled Ie i square as he appeared He lie was Intro intra Introduced by Frederick G 0 Sheppard don nt of or the Bryan club and spoke for half an hour Eyes Filled With Tears Mr tr IT Bryans D speech was greeted greet d with cheers The candidate candil te was moved to tears as U he made an affectionate irr fer to his bIN wife It and when hen lie he closed l d h le accorded him was ws such sucha a u as Ie Ia e rarely rare had experienced In his three I u n ve I 1 am ant a m going to 10 he h e elected cle ted he hev heMore v l More than thap that X elleve It is go goin in nr v iP p b be more than hax a aV r victory victor I INe V Ne fre that the the re 3 a J nI W on c nc ne of or the th A p a an uprising t u victory ad I 1 will swear n pt that no one who votes ro Till IJ ever eer have bave occasion to be ashud id d of ot othe he vote ote he cast Mr Bryans Speech The speech of ot Mr Bryan Br an follows 1 shall not make a political polities to tonsil gt my neighbors As the re rf plent of ot uch u h a R generous welcome I shall speak tc t you ou as a man to those who live I beside him There are arc unpleasant features t ti hI public life Ute but Its Us rewards far out outI weigh Its unpleasant part and anu nothing hai F occurred In my m life lite that I appreciate more nore than the cordial reception that you hAe hAve given me the IDe in my m home city db at the them m I i of 01 f this campaign I To 0 have lived among you ou with the that attaches to the present cam cain and then to have hae this of ot i our good will makes makeR this night mentor I Mf in m my life While It has some times I L hen irn to have It thrown up tip I It ti t ni it 11 in Ut n other parts of ot the country that IW nv III ome city elt has never given ghen me a ma Ve Ye will give ghe it ft to you OU OUIs ils Is time while I repeat it has hR been yet It as a matter of ot fact I 1 always had a large largo complimentary J tf tr t from the tha Republicans of ot Lincoln I Gave Him His Start I When I ran rail for congress In 1890 I was Uy lIly defeated In this county count by b a little sere u r than and when again I ran for or i ronn s In 1892 I J was wa S only defeated in inthis inthis inthis I this county by a little more than roo and fen ryen in the heat of presidential cam eam campaigns gns I have always had a large num ber if 11 1 otes totes from men who wee were not con eon ted with the political party of ot which T 1 am m a member and an 1 If this fact were I rn there would ot have hac been so son much n h of lit f criticism because I have never CrIed led this county with Its large an normal majority and I want to ank the Republicans who in 11 the past pasta a av given ginn th theIr me r votes vote Without the Tee ea f of many man Republicans I would not 1 vt c been fn elected In III for tor my majority as only and without that election I uld not have hae been nominated for tor the v in 1896 and und therefore I can feel teel t to the Republicans who gave me 1 T tart start and whose votes otes were absolutely onar Iary to my m election on that occa II And whatever the Republicans of coin may do In the future they th have Ie te though enough ugh In the tho past by b laying the I for my m political career to tom ke m me their debtor while I live 11 My friends I am at the end en 1 of ot my Ird ro rd presidential campaign Tomorrow Yo en D millions of voters will decide d 1 weer T am to occupy till the seat that eton and Jefferson and Jackson Jacklon inc r r LinCOln LinIn occupied applause and anti cries You ou will you will have hae your our part that t n sS r In that defeat it y be that the election will turn on oni i braka and nd 1 It zuay ma b be Nebraska will willit tri it II t on votes so sn few in number that the lit r f Lincoln may ma decide my m fate tat If It agrees derre that I shall shaIL be e added addid to the in t of and Nebraska added to tor Ue nt iJ tat of or States that has furnished a I n r nt I shall rejoice with you ou If U the other hand the election shall be gaint t mp I shall feel that 1 I have hae left leU Continued on Pa e 7 APPRECIATED BY THOSE WHO KNOW HIM BEST Continued From Page 1 nothing undone that I could have hae done to bring success to tom my cause And my mJ rn friends I shall find private life lite so full of ot joy that 1 I shall not miss the presidency dency Fortunate From His Birth I have been n the he child of or fortune from rom rommy my birth God gave save me Immediately into the keeping of or a Christian father and a Christian mother They implanted In my heart hearl the ideals that have hae guided my m life When hen I was in law la school I was as fortu fortunate I nate as I was as in my m college days das to I fall tall under the influence of ot men of or ideals who helped me to shape my m life lite and when but a young oung man not nol out of ot col college college lege lele I was guided to the selection of or one on who for years has been my m faithful helpmate No o presidential vic victory victory tory could have brought her to me and no defeat can CM take her from me inc I 1 have I been blessed with a family My 1 children aro ar with Ith me to make glad the declining years ears of ot their mother and myself m self When hen you first knew me they the called me in derision the tile boy bo orator of the Platte I have hac outlived that and my m grandchildren dren are now growing up about me I repeat that I have hae been en fortunate in indeed Indeed Indeed deed I have been abundantly rewarded for tor what little I have been b n able to do doand doand doand and my ambition Is not so much to hold holdan any an office however great as a It is to know my m duty and to do It whether In public life or as a private citizen His Highest Ambition If 11 I J am elected el 1 I shall be bc absent from you but four year If I am defeated you will help me rue to bear be r my m defeat And AndI A d I 1 will say sa to you ou my friends that the affection that my countrymen have shown Is to me rae dearer than all earthly office And nd my m highest ambition Is il to deserve the continuation of ot that affection affection tion I have been touched by b the dem demo demonstrations demonstrations that have been given In other parts of ot the country countr but 1 I will say sa to you ou my friends that In twelve twel years rears and andIn andIn andin In three campaigns I have hae never neer had a w welcome anywhere more generous more enthusiastic than you ou have given in Lin Lincoln LIncoln coln coin tonight Believes He Will Win WinI 1 I 1 believe I am going to be elected great applause and cries of or So do we More than that I believe It Is I going to be more than a r bare victory 1 be believe believe believe lieve that there Is a stirring of ot the con conscience conscience science of the American people a moral awakening an uprising that means a sweeping victory vIetor But my m friends that victory Ictor would be robbed of or much of Its sweetness If It it were won outside of Ne Nebraska Nebraska braska entirely that victory would be robbed of much of ot Its sweetness if It Lin Lincoln Lincoln coln Cohn did not nol contribute to It it would be robbed of much of o Its Us sweetness It if my little precinct at Normal did not nol con contribute contribute contribute tribute to It My Iy friends I shall hall be among amoni you ou It will make the stay more pleasant if It I can feel that this city has at list last relieved me roe of ot the sneers and criticisms that are arc cast casl at me rae when h n 1 travel away awa And my m friends 1 I simply want to say this If It you ou among whom I have hae lived if you who have hae known knon my m every word ord and thought and act If it you ou believe me worthy worth of that high office cries of ot We do I IL will swear sear in your presence that no man who votes for to me will ever have hae occasion to be ashamed of t the vote lie m |