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COSKAIIS WEilE NEVER M III EARNEST The spirit op libertv-the TASKMASTERS DETERMINATION TO BRING ABOUT A NEW ORDER OF THINGS NEVER WAS SO INTENSE. Mr. Bryan's Campaign Amort Hla Largs Catharine and Maatarly Addrsssss, Surpaaaaa tha Loftlaat Expactatlona of Hla Most Ardont Frlanda Thaaa Extracts Ara Taksn From Mr. Nswbranch's Account of tha Msatlngs. Seward. Neb.. Sept. 25. William J Bryan's campaign In Nebraska opened ita second week moat auspiciously In Bewaxd, the prosperous center of a thriving farming community, today. From the moment Mr. Bryan arrived this morning to the time of his depart ure this afternoon he bas met one con tinued ovation, overflowing with en thusiastic ardor. Two thousand people met him at the glimpse of the familiar features so well beloved; cheering his cause and shout ing his name. Mr. Bryan was driven through the principal streets of the city in a car riage that was one great mass of flags and bunting, the Tamora band, uni formed In white duck suits and caps, preceding the carriage. Heading the procession was a large body of veterans f the civil war, marching proudly, if with slow and faltering steps. Oeorge Miller of the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio and B. Chattuck of the Seventy-third Ohio carried an anormous American flag, and shining in the faces of those aging soldiers could be seen a determination to make that beloved emblem symbolize liberty to day as it did when they followed it through war and blood and desolation to carry to the blacks of the southland the koly message of freedom and the . rights of man. The town began filling with people aarly In the day. Before noon the four aides of the block that forms the city square waa packed with teams, while hundreds more were hitched along the lilde street From twenty-five and t thirty miles, from Butler county, from Lancaster, roia ana rmmore una nd . line, the farmers took their families and came to Seward to hear Bryan apeak. While Bryan, with Judges Thomas, Good and Sornberger, Father Murphy, . Fred Oerke and William DeBolt, was at dinner the great crowd began gather ing in the square, listening to the music af the Beaver Crossing and Tamora bands. By the time Mr. Bryan reached the speaker's platform 5,000 or 8,000 .people had bathered. MOTTO TO BE REMEMBERED. The pavilion was handsome decor ated, encircled with great strips of bunting and gay with American flags. Above it a great stretch of canvas was rected, and on the canvas was these words grown of late strangely dis tasteful to republican ears: "All gov ernments derive their Just powers from the cansent of the governed." Just beneath these words were suspended pictures of three Americans whose lives and talents, hopes and aspirations have been dedicated to this doctrine: Wash ington, Lincoln and Bryan. Directly aver the speaker's head waa suspended a miniature liberty bell, the bell that ran gout th glad tidings of independ ence in the days of 1776, tidings today oontradlcted by the party that, having autgrown American Ideals of finance and government, and near the old liber ty bell hung a cross of throns and a Brown of gold, emblems symbolizing the publicanlsm to the American producer. Th chairman Introduced Mr. Bryan, r went through the motions of Intro ducing bias, for so wildly were the thousands cheering that not one word he uttered could be heard. The crowd completely surrounded the pavilion and before the speaker began numbered T,080 or 8,000 people. REPUBLICANS THERE. Mr. Bryan was compelled to speak to sis audience in sections, one at each of th four points of the compass. The speech, though over two hours in length, was listened to with the deepest attention and excited the wildest en thusiasm ever witnessed in Seward aounty. Despite the fact that, acting Under instructions Just Issued by those In authority, the republican workers bad made strenuous efforts to keep re publicans away from the meeting, a nod portion of the audience was com posed of republicans. They accorded the loader so feared by their leaders a respectful attention and thoughtful , bearing. Mr. Bryan did not hesitate here in Judge Norval's home town to repeat the expose made by the World-Heraid af th tax shirking propensities of this distinguished republican leader and Judge of the supreme court Scores of Juom Norval's personal and political frlanda were present and writhed in n potent anguish aa the clear cut lan guage of the orator set forth the man ner of man whom the republicans have elevated to the supreme court to do Justice between man and man. But none ventured to defend or deny. Si lently they bore their sufferings, while the farmers who were paying Judge Norval's taxes and helping pay his sal ary shouted so loudly their approval of the orator's denunciation that the seats of republican notoriety In the supreme court must have shaken and quivered in Lincoln, twenty-nve mnes away. r ARE "GOOD TRUSTS" NOW. Most happily did Mr. Bryan describe the change that in one short year has am over the republican party in its attitude toward the trusts. ' "Republicans," he said, "let me sug- gest something. A year ago you could " it find a single republican who wou d defend the trusts. But go out and U" there are good trusts ana oau AmA yM flnd the republican state plat forms more sollcltoua lest the people may da Injustice to some good trust, than that the bad trust may Injure tha people." And be explained that the reason the republican party was defending trusts ' waa that behind tb truts were th( Ktat financiers, the money trust, who ocoed the American people into elect takg McKlnley on a platform declaring " for International bimetallism and then construed the result as a declaration for tb gold standard. OPPOSED TO EMPIRE. Saw that crowd yelled and cheered wben Bryan spoke for republic against .kail it nraflt a nation," he ttandered, "If It gain the whole world " and lose that spirit which prise liber t l tb heritage of all men In all land "1 would not trad a single sentence m b Declaration OI inorynari"- ut k- nnnld MSM from thf I alUppiae Islands In 1,00 years." The American doctrines, preached aa aa American pwvw, m ,,r.., !TJTJrfiM Anetrtns met when Pat ! Jt Lssiry and Samuel Otis preached AlVeaatury ago. They were cheered ; YI- t. SUS. fra opposition to our industrial Horn Paopla, For Intanaa Intaraat, speech and prevent public discussion, could hinder the words and thoughts from burning home. Above the din of hundreds of republican horns blown in concert, the orators powerful voice arose, and when the crowd made demonstration of ager toward the hired disturbers, "Let them blow, my friends, let them blow," Mr. Bryan cried. "You'll find that's the only kind of blow the republicans have to rely on this fall." REPUBLICAN HOBO METHODS. And the crowd laughed and shouted so loudly and so long that for very shame the horn blowers were silent for almost a minute. But characteristic republican methods had to prevail, and the tooters had to earn their salaries, so the horn blowing began again and lasted to the end of the meeting. Hundred of decent republicans open ly expressed their disgust. The fact that with brazen effrontery the organ - itlon which had In charge the scheme of interruption had dared to decorate ita horn blowers with yellow ribbons but added to the general Indignation The good people of Seward county, without regard to politics, are outspo ken In their condemnation of these cowardly and shameless methods, and declare that the plan was originated in Lincoln and not in Seward. The closing sentences of Mr. Bryan's speech constituted a magnificent appeal to the religious sentiment and patriotic Americanism of his audience. The crowd was fairly carried off its feet. It followed the orator to his hotel, cheer ing all the way; followed him to the depot, congesting the platform and the trackage; crowding around Bryan to shake his hand and overwhelmed htm with congratulations. ASHLAND MEETING. Ashland, Neb., Sept. 25. When Mr Bryan arose to address from 3,500 to 4,008 of the people of Ashland and vi cinity today he found himself inter rupted and his audience disturbed by systematic and organized rowdyism on the outskirts of the crowd. It Is evident that the republican or ganization of the staie of Nebraska, terrified by the effects of the Bryan meetings last week, dismayed by their impotence to meet his arguments, have determined to substitute blackguard ism for argument, and by constant noise throughout his speeches, endeavor to prevent the people from hearing Bry an promulgate the principles of the Declaration of Independence. As the train pulled into the depot It was to dislodge Bryan Into a sea of flaring torchlights, a fife and drum corps and a thousand of his eager fel low citizens cheering his name. A torchlight procession, with the drum and fife corps leading the way. Old Glory floating in the van, escorted Mr. Bryan to the residence of Mr. J. H. Snell, where he ate his supper. The speaker's stand had been erected on the main business corner of the city, and was resplendent in bunting, big flags, little flags and medium sized flags. Gorgeous bouquets added to the dsosrattve fleets, while like nee e ot Washington, Lincoln and Bryan occu pied positions In the forefront. PRESENTS GOVERNOR POTNTER. Dr. Meredith presided over the rally and introduced Governor Poynter as the first speaker of the evening. The governor was warmly greeted and said that he was present because he deemed It his duty as governor to speak for and defend what he con ceives to be the best Interests of the people of his state. He quoted Govern or Roosevelt, who, in his speech in Ohio, declared that the campaign in that state this fall was national in its Importance and must be fought on na tional as well as local Issues. "What Is true in Ohio," said the governor, "Is also true In Nebraska. The great basic principles of our gov ernment are at stake. Great questions of trusts and monopoly, of finance, ot militarism and imperialism or republic are at stake. We are to decide whether in this republic each citizen is to be compelled to carry a soldier on his back. "We are to decide whether the prin ciples of the Declaration of Independ ence are obsolete, or whether they ap ply at all times and at all places. Shall the great principles of our government pass away, or shall we continue to bold them sacred? "You men who wear that little bronze button the button of the Grand Army of the Republic," concluded Governor Poynter, "marched through carnage and waded through blood to establish the principles of the Declaration of In dependence to apply to all men every where, whether black or white. We are not willing today that your trials and struggles shall be nullified." Governor Poynters speech was re peatedly Interrupted by applause. HOODLUMS AGAIN AT WORK. Mr. Bryan wax greeted by cheers as raptured as they were long-continued. Continuously throughout bis speech the man who had been the candidate of a great party for the highest office in the gift of the American people, was har assed and annoyed by the hired Inter- rupiers on wie uuinmri. 01 wie ltuwu. . . i i . . i. , , I am disgusted andJnnMMsaV I rumness man and republican, "that my party should think It necessary to stifle free speech and suppress arguments. I am a repub lican because I believe in the principles of that party but if the republican managers are so desperate a to en deavor to prevent a public man from attacking and criticising our principles. t confess their action shake my con fidence In the party In which I was born and bred, and which I have always sup ported with my money, my voice and ,ny vote." But despite these hired rowdies of -owardly political managers, Mr. Bryan waa heard by every man, woman and hlld who desired to listen. The innate mmbatlveness of his nature was arous ed by these shameful attempts, and his voice rang loud above the blare of trumpet and cat-call, contracted and paid for. Here, as at York, Mr. Bryan struck popular chord when he attacked the oon to be famous circular of the Ne raska Federation of Republican News aper published In yesterday's World lereld. That little circular ha all day been the subject of general comment. deny republicans profess to believe no wch address was ever signea oy noes Hammond and T. B. Sedgwick and tre eagerly waiting for those gentlemen o deny It authorship. Tb canning, Mrphlstophlllan scheme f "creating dtaeerd in the futonlts ink" by commiserating with demo rats. Bopullsta and silver republicans x needing to the peculiar tnak-up of each fusion county ticket, create con siderable merriment among the fusion 1 is and a tired feeling among repub licans. "If Ross Hammond doesn't stop mak ing tbeae fool breaks," said an Intelli gent republican farmer tonight, "he'll have the republican party as hot on his trail as was the legislature last winter when he made hi celebrated gallop down O street for the Burlington depot. u n a fool who talks too much. But even republicans are not dispos ed to take kindly to the Instructions that they are not to be permitted to read fusion literature lest it proves dis astrous to the g. o. p. And W. M. Becker, the republican ed ftor of the Ashland Gazette, always a stauncn republican organ. Is much wor riea test hi own paper be placed on the Index expurgatorl. Mr. Becker Is frankly and openly opposed to an Ira perlalistlc policy and stated in his pa. per but recently that imperialism must be abandoned or the republican party woum oe righteously destroyed. PARTY HAS LOST ITS CASTE South Auburn. Neb.. Sept. it. Two large audiences, each composed of thou sanas or people, one at Tecumseh and the other at Auburn, waited patiently for over two houis for Bryan this aft ernoon and evening, cheered him up roariously on bis arrival, received hi speech with enthusiastic applause and sent him with Godspeed on his way jar. Bryan was billed to speak at Te cumseh at 3 o'clock this afternoon. An audience of 4.000 people from Otoe, Gage and Johnson counties had asaem bled In the court house grounds to hear him. The hour of 3 o'clock came and went, but the people waited. Four o clock came and still the great crowd waited, with no sign of dlmlnu tlon. It was 5 o'clock before Mr. Bryan arrived from Lincoln on a train two hours late. RAPID-FIRE GUNS, Mr. Bryan was Introduced by Hon. E. H. Grist, chairman of the demo cratic county committee. He spoke for tnree-quarters of an hour and his ad dress was an oratorical whirlwind. The people had come from many miles around to hear him; they had stood for hours awaiting him, and Bryan was de termined not to disappoint them. In the space of forty-five minutes he com pressed a two hours' speech, rapid, im passioned and electrifying. And time and again the audience broke forth In rapturous cheers that could not be sup pressed, but not heeding the applause uryan kept right on talking. Forty five minutes sufficed him to demolish the position or lack of position of the republican party on every important issue or this rail s campaign. He quoted the speech of Wm. McKin- cy, when In 1H91 he denounced Grover Cleveland for attempting to debase sll- vre, and charged that he was attempt ing to make gold the master: all things else the servant. mat was a ternnc charge, my mends, said Mr. Bryan, for one pub He man to make against another, and the worst of It was. It was true. Yet to day William McKlnley Is following in me footsteps or Grover Cleveland, at tempting to debase silver to make mon ey the master; all things else the ser vant, and the republicans who cheered McKlnley for his courage in denouncing Cleveland In 11 are cheering him now ror doing today what he then de nounced. "Do you know what the republican party reminds me of? An association of athletes who turn somersaults In concert whenever the leader says flop." And the crowd already gathering at uburn, twenty-two miles away, could Imost have heard that audience cheer the apt simile. HURRIED TRIP TO AUBURN. When Mr. Bryan concluded amid cheers so spontaneous and loud that even his powerful voice could scarce be beard, he was almoBt breathless, so rapidly had he talked. He was hurried off the platform, a beautifully decorat ed affair, with portraits of Lincoln, Bryan and Dewey, prominently display ed, to the home of Mrs. M. E. McClas key, where a beautiful dinner was hur riedly disposed of. Then the long drive across country to Auburn, twenty-two miles over hills and through forests, began. It was considerably past 9 o'clock when Mr. Bryan leaped from his car riage and entered the court house grounds in Auburn. There he found from 4.000 to 5,000 people, who, having listened to an eloquent address by Hon. E. O. Kretslnger of Beatrice, candidate for district Judge, were eagerly await ing his arrival. It was after 11 o'clock when he fin ished his speech, and the night air was chill and cold, but not a man or woman of all the 5,000 present left or thought of leaving until the last word had been uttered. Mr. Bryan's exposition of the repub lican position on trusts was especially lucid and convincing. He then went on to propose his own remedy for trusts as outlined at the Chicago trust con ference. He said he felt pretty sure that the remedy was a god one, be cause the republicans were attacking It so bitterly. BIG ARMY THE SEQUENCE. Mr. Bryan took up the question of a large standing army and declared him self as unalterably opposed to It. He recounted how President MclKnley had demanded an Increase of 300 per cent in the size of the regular army. "II the election this fail shows a repub lican gain I believe the president will again ask for a large standing army," he went on, "and congress republican in both branches, will grant It. It will then be easy to double it and double It again. We will then find our nation suffering under the same burdens as do the European powers: that of a large mint-,, .-.u-i. Wfreaff'afWrt ttrewc mMii,. A ..K. ... i and doubt that the people of Nebraska republicans as well as fusionlst are opposed to Imperialism. At every meet ing many republicans declare that If the republican party announces Itself for Imperialism they will leave it. But they declare It has not yet done so. "The republican party dare not out line a policy and submit It to the American people," declared Mr. Bryan. "All it has Is faith that Mr. McKlnley will do all things well. How nice It must be to be a republican to just have faith and never have to think. REPUBLIC OR EMPIRE? "Republicans," he concluded, "I pro pose the establishment of a republic In the orient. You propose the establish ment of an empire In the United States. Which will you have? You have to choose." CHEERS THB FX. AG. Papllllon, Neb., Sept. 27. William J. Bryan' greeting by the people of Sarpy county today was a warm and hearty one. On his arrival at the depot this morning he was welcomed by a large number of the people of Papllllon and vicinity. A procession was formed, with the Papllllon band In the lead, and Mr. Bryan was escorted to the hospitable residence of Judge Edgar Howard, along streets gay with Bag and bunting, past residence handsomely decorated Ir. honor of th county' distinguished guest During1 the forenoon a Bryan pole waa meted, under tha aupervlslon of R. Bartoa. par watt, mm eighty- feat blah, vertical and erect aa th party far which It stands, la striking contrast across th street stood the republican not, worn and weather. beaUn, with a noticeable leaning In th direction af Wall street and Eng land, true to the bent of It party aa th needle to the pole. RAISING THE OLD FLAG. Mr. Bryan and the crowd stood with bared head bent la silent reverence while the brave old Sag went up, the band playing, "Oh, say does the Star spangled Banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? When thai color had been secured firmly aloft and were gayly floating in the breeze a spontaneous cheer went up for th loved emblem of liberty and freedom, after which the procession formed once more and wended It way to the speakers platform, where Mr Bryan was introduced by Mr. Curtt Mr. Bryan prefaced hla speech with a grateful acknowledgment of the friend ship and loyalty which had always been his In Sarpy county, the only county which his opponent In the campaign of 180 was willing to concede to him. 'The position of the republican party on trusts," he said, "Is that the trusts shall be permitted to extract IK from the people provided they will contrib ute tl to the republican campaign fund," and the audience shouted ft ap preciutlon of the aptness of the state ment. After Mr. Bryan had finished speak ing, the audience made for him with rush to assure him of Its support. But for the fact that be was compelled to make a ten-mile drive, to catch train for Plattsmouth. his admiring friends would have kept him for hour In expressing to him their love and ad miration. Mrs. John Chase, a venerable Chris tian gentlewoman, who has lived in Sarpy county for forty years, listened to Mr. Bryan s speech In deepest si lence, and when he concluded, she was In tears. "I am a Christian woman, ' she said, simply, "and I am not afraid to say as a Christian that I honestly believe William J. Bryan Is Inspired of God." When Mr. Bryan had left W. H. Harvey addressed a large number of the fusionlst In the court house In the Interests of next year's national cam paign. PLATTSMOUTH CHEERS. Plattsmouth, Neb., Sept. 17. The pow. er of William J. Bryan and the place he holds in the affections of the great common people were tonight demon strated in Plattsmouth in a manner that can never be forgotten. Mr. Bryan reached Plattsmouth over the Burlington at 6 o'clock. He waa met at the depot by over 1,000 people. So terrific was the Jam on the depot plat form, so arduous the struggle from al! points and sides toward him, with the greatest difficulty, slowly and with the assistance of a score of friends, he was scarcely able to make his way to tht street. The Plattsmouth band and Col onel Ed Ruffner led the way up thf street, the latter marching backward, his hat constantly waving, his stentor ian voice proposing every minute tbret cheers for Bryan. So cheering in a mighty chorus the procession moved ur the street to the hall, where the fusion county conventions were in progress. nr. Bryan was escorted Inside anrf the crowd tried to follow. Men fairly walked over each other In their frantic endeavors to get up the stairs. The conventions greeted the chief with deafening applause that died down only o be taken up and renewed again and again. Hut at tonight's meeting came thi test of genuine affection, and one of the most remarkable political meetings evet assembled was held In the high school ground. Governor Holcomb was first Introduced and addressed briefly an audience of 4,000 or 5.000 people, who applauded him warmly and often. The governor said he was desirous of full, free and candid discussion of pub lic Issues. He declared that he believed In the honesty and patriotism of all the people without regard to politics. He asked that the voters study care fully the platforms of the opposing par lies, ana men cast their votes, con scious of their responsibility as Amer ican freemen. He concluded by express ing the hope that Nebraska would peak this fall In no uncertain terms. its opinion on the great questions of national Import now before the people. COMBATS THE TEMPEST. Mr. Bryan was then Introduced by Han. Frank Morgan. The wind from the northwest was already blowing a gale. It came laden with dust and fine par ticles of sand, filling the eye and ears and penetrating between the teeth of every person In that audience. Yet not a man or woman withdrew. So thick were the clouds of dust that came swirling and eddying that the electric light above seemed but blotches of gray and murky yellow. Hats were blown from the heads of men and sent whirling away In the darkness, yet no one left. The wind was blowing from Bryan toward his audience and all were able to hear. They minded not discomfort. With eyes blinded and stinging with the smart of dust and sand, their teeth filled with particles of grit, that audi ence stayed for almost an hour and a half In love and reverence for him who was addressing them. Mr. Bryan touched but briefly on the money question and the trusts, after which he came to the question of im perialism, and meantime the violence of the gale had naught diminished; it was If anything, increasing and had grown chill and penetrating. It came In great waves and shoots and seemed to pick up the earth In basketfuls and literally dash It In the people' faces. Yet they stayed, cheering and applauding to the end. 1 The scene was most dramatic when Bryan spoke ot Plattxmoulh's deal sol dier hero, Guy Livingston. "Tou tell me imperialism will pay?" he thunder ed. "Republicans, you've got to put an estimate on the lives of our soldier boys when you say this policy pays. You lost one soldier from this county, and wouldn't have given the life of Guy Livingston for all the money that could ever come to us from out the Philippine Islands." And that audience set up a cry so fierce, so shrill, so wild that even the shrieks of the storm were drowned In the tempest of applause. "I'm not willing,' said Mr. Bryan, "that this country shall descend to the low level of the empire of the past and go forth with greed and avarice to conquer and to kill and then smear it over with the hypocrisy that It la doing It for the love of God." It was a body blow and the audience roared Its approval. The meeting clos ed with Mr. Bryan talking at a whirl wind speed and In tones of thunder, the gale shrieking and raging and smiting In their face with bitter blows the thousands of people who, needles and unmindful, were cheering and shouting In a frety of patriotic fervor In the tempest's very teeth. It wa a wonderful scene, a scene to strlk terror to the heart of th re publican hosts. PLEADS FOR HUMAN RIOHTfl. Geneva, Neb., Sept. I. In Geneva, th county Mat of FUlmor oounty, William J. dressed on ef tb Unrest and most en taussasUc aadleaoe that baa thus far assembled to hear him In Nebraska this fall. Mr. Bryan and Governor Poynter were met at Fairmont by Hon. Oeorge W. Btubba, fusion candidate for Judge In the Seventh district, by the Fair mont hand and a large reception com mltte from Geneva and surrounding town. Th Fairmont platform wa packed with people, come to catch a glimpse of Nebraska' great statesman as be transferred to the train for Geneva and hundred of them by dine of Indomit able perseverance succeeded la shaking his hand. At Geneva the Exeter band, the Graf ton band, the Geneva ladle' band and the Fairmont band.whlch accompanied th train, lined up to lead the proces slon to the residence of George W Smith, where Mr. Bryan and Governor Povnter took dinner. The scene at the depot waa on ot in deecribable enthusiasm. Over a thou sand people gathered there and each In dividual one waa determined to shake Bryan's hand, shake It at once and shake It first. Amid cheers he reached bis carriage in company with Governor Poynter. Judge Stubb. Nels Anderson W. H. Taylor, George W. Smith and J A Holllater. An Immense procession, led bv a lara-e American, nag, escorted th distinguished visitor to the down town district. Sheriff Bright acting as marshal. FARMERS WHO KNOW. Th procession marched thro streets lined and packed with cheering people. Business houses and private residences were gaily and patriotically decorated From all parts of Fillmore and adja. cent counties the farmer and their families had gathered at Geneva to hear the leading orator and favorite statesman of America present the Is sues of the campaign. Many of them were Swedes and Germane, who, know ing by bitter experience gained In n tlve lands the evils and burden of the large atandlng army, had come many mile to learn the truth about the new Issues which are confronting the American people. The crowd gathered early on tne court house grounds. When at 2 o'clock Judge H. P. Wilson Introduced tne Geneva male quartet between 5.000 and 6.000 people. Including many women. were In the audience. The quartet sang America," and sang It with spirit and feeling. American hymns are this year always sung with spirit and conviction at meetings gathered In defense of the Declaration of independence Governor Poynter was Introduced and acknowledged the general applause which greeted htm by saying that he had come down from Lincoln to Gen eva to lend Bryan's meeting the sup port of the state administration. After touching brieny on tne issues of the day he concluded by saying 'I now take pleasure In presenting to you William J. Bryan or the united States of America. Mr. Bryan was greeted with round after round of cheers and tumultuous applause. Above him were mottoes reading: All governments derive their Just powers from the consent of the governed and "A government of the people, by the people and for the peo ple shall not perish from the earth." What wonder that the people who had been taught these doctrines since early childhood cheered the most eloquent defender those doctrines have evet had; the first they have required since the days of Abraham Lincoln. WOMJ3N ARE ENTHUSIASTIC. In speaking of the Income tax Mr. Bryan said: "If you republican men cannot see that your party Is putting the dollar above the man, I'm going to appeal to the republican women. In an hour of peril this nation can take his son from hla mother, the husband from his wife, the father from his children and stand them up In front of an enemy's guns, but in the hour of peril It cannot lay Its fingers on the accumulated wealth of this country and make It bear its Judicious share of the burdens of gov ernment." And the mothers and wives and sweet hearts In thst audience cheered and ap plauded in token that the women who are attending Bryan's meetings this fall are taking a personal and Immedi ate Interest in policies that so nearly affect their happiness and their homes. The audience throughout the speech was enthusiastic to a degree seldom witnessed. Its applause was frequent, long and loud. Mr. Bryan's every sentence was a sledge-hammer blow to the republican party, delivered with telling force and effect. But the climax came when In discussing Imperialism the republican party was knocked out and carried away on three cheers by the following quotation from Wm. McKlnley himself: QUOTES M' KIN LET. "In 190, speaking at a New England dinner at Philadelphia," said Mr. Bry an, "William McKlnley used these words: " 'Human rights and constitutional privileges must not be forgotten in the race for wealth and commercial su premacy. The government of the people must be by the people and not a few of the people; It must rest upon the free consent of the governed and all of the governed. Power, It must be remem bered, which Is secured by oppression or usurpation or by any form of In justice, Is soon dethroned. " 'We have no right In law or morals to usurp that which belongs to another, whether It Is property or power.' You say we are stirring up an InsurreotJm In the Philippine Islands," asked Mr. Bryan. "What do you think of this language of Mr. McKlnley himself?" And then the audience yelled and cheered until It was hoarse. "Republicans," continued Mr. Bryan, "who want to settle this question on the money basis, you who think this nation is great and strong and can do as it pleases, read these words of Wil liam McKlnley and blush for your po sition." (Cheers and loud applause.) SOMJ9 POINTED QUESTIONS. "You tell me that we're In the Philip pine and can't get out? Weren't we In Cuba and did we have any trouble In getting out? Didn't Schley sink a Spanish fleet at Santiago as Dewey In Manila bay? Didn't we have a bat tle at Santiago Just as at Manila? eW gave assurance of Independence to the Cubans. Why not give the assurance to the Filipinos?" And then again the cheering began. MEETING AT HEBRON. Hebron, Neb., Sept. 28. After four hour driving over thirty mile on dusty roads, Mr. Bryan, accompanied by Judge G. A. Stubsh of Superior, reached Hebron at :30 o'clock tonight. The drive wa made In relays, the first stop being made at Hrunlng, In the heart of a Oermen-Amerir an commun ity, where Mr, Bryan had spoken for fifteen minute to several hundred far mers who had gathered In expectation of a speech. Sapper was eaten at the residence of C. Carleton. Mr. Bryan wa driven from Brunlng to Belvldere by Mr. Smith, an old schoolmate of hi at Jacksonville, III. At Belvldere another brief address wa delivered to a larg crowd, after warn Mr. Brra was rap Idly driven to Hebron la tb handsome ly decorate carriage of W. R Talbot ot Hebron. Th carriage had no sooai entered th city limit than th news spread like wildfire that Bryan wa la town. With a rush and a roar hun dreds of th crowd made for the hotel, all anxious to be first to cheer the chief, The meeting tonight was held under the shelter of a large tent secured from Omaha. Some idea of the slse of tha crowd may be gathered from the fact that seats had been provided for 1.00 person, and at leaat 1,000 could not find seats. And a notion of lis loyalty and enthusiasm la conveyed when It I known that every seat waa taken at T o'clock, and that for almost two hour and a half those people sat and waited for the coming of the man they love. When Mr. Bryan entered the tent, a prodigious shout and universal cheer went up and waa uproariously contin ued until the audience waa fairly ex hausted and was perforce abllged to re lapse into silence. Among those present were hundreds upon hundreds of women and non were more carefully attentive, more dis criminative and hearty in their ap plause than they. The audience waa manifestly a most friendly one. It hung in rapt attention on the orator's every word, responded to hi every ap peal, and fairly went off Its feet la volley upon volley of cheers as Bryan hurled denunciation and defiance at tha republican party of Mark Hanna and It vicious, dangerous and un-American policy. PLATFORM A CURIOSITY. The meeting was presided over by Hon. M. H. Weiss, who briefly Introduc ed the next president. Mr. Bryan la beled the platform of the republican party, recently adopted In Omaha, as curiosity that ought to be preserved In alcohol. He put It to a vote of th audience whether or not the election of 1896 had been an unequivocal endorse ment of the gold standard. He asked those who believed It to hold up their hands. There were 14,000 hands present. free and untrammeled, but not a one of them went up. Mr. Bryan said he was glad at tbl evidence that the people were not so badly fooled by that platform as th man had been misled and misinformed. who wrote It. When the gold standard reduces the everything the farmer sells, said Mr. Bryan, and the trust are increasing the price of everything he buys, he Is burning the candle at both ends, and the time must soon come when even republican farmers will realize the danger and distress and suf fering that republican policies have In store for them. IMPHRIAL19T IN BRIEF. The arbuments In favor of Imperial" Ism Mr. Bryan thus epitomized: "First, there s the financial argument that there's money in It; second, th religious argument that God's In It, and third, the political argument that w are In It and can't get out." He took up these arguments and dis sected them. To the position that there's money In it, he replied that this nation cannot afford to do wrong, no matter how much It pays, and the au dience stormed Its approval. He went on to show that the people will spend what we spend In the Philip pines and the syndicates will get what we get and that against the receipts of the syndicates must be measured th price of American blood and the flower of Amerlcun manhood. He met the doctrine that God is in Imperialism by denouncing a Galling gun Christianity as contrary to th eachlngs of Jesus Christ, wno saia: The son of man came into tne wona not to take men's lives, but to sav them." "I may be mistaken," he exclaimed, but In mv judgment when God get ready to speak to the American peopl he'll chose someone besides Mark Hanna as his mouthpiece." (Cheers and laughter.) And when Mr. Bryan came to aiscus the political bearing of Imperialism he rose to the loftiest heights of patrlotlo eloouenc I- recounted the glori ous history of the American union as a republic: told of Its high and lorty mis sion as the exemplar of liberty, the hope of the oppressed, a great moral orce throughout the world. Anu ne howed how to conquer alien peoples, to hold them In submission, to govern by orce. would be to undo the work of an hundred years and extinguish the light of liberty that has shone for all the world. And that great assemblage or people, though the night was cold and thousands of them were many mile from home, remained until 11 o'clock to cheer Its approval of the orator's position and to testify devotion to the doctrines that have made America great and her flag loved and respected throughout the world. When the meeting was dispersed th air was rent with hurrahs for Bryan and the thousands of people went ;;me nsplred with new zeal for the doc trines of Jefferson and Lincoln, new de termination for their defense. For Municipal Ownership. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special.) At the session of the Michigan Municipal league the question of public lighting and the general municipal ownership of public utilities was discussed and reso lutions were passed favoring municipal ownership. After reciting the decision of the supreme court on the McLeod law, the resolutions say: We favor the admission to the people of this state at the earliest possible time the question of an amendment to the constitution which will permit and allow every city to run, own and oper ate all of Its public utilities, and w hereby request the governor and legis lature to prepare and submit such pro posed amendments at the first election after the convening of the legislature." Kongston, Jamaica. Borne agitation Is commencing here, occasioned by th publication of a dispatch from the sec retary of state for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, directing the governor to fill up the full number of the nominated member of the legislature and to us his latent power to declare any and every measure to be of "paramount Im portance," so as to override the repre sentatives. The dispatch adds: "If th representatives do not accept this, a wider change will be necessary." Local politicians say It Is Impossible to forecast what will happen when th legislature reassemble. Berlin. The seventh Intergeograph- leal congress opened In the Unterhau. Prince Albrecht welcomed tha delegate In the name of the emperor and Prince Hohenlohe delivered the Inaugural ad dress. He pointed out the German em pire's Interest In geographical research nd referred to the recent International co-operation In Antarctic exploration, which, he said, promoted both sclenc and peaceful Intercourse.