The campaign was not so much a fight between Silver and Gold as between Sound Money and Sound Lungs.
Bryan's Campaign.
| Number of speeches delivered | 501 |
| Cities and towns spoken in | 417 |
| States spoken in | 29 |
| Miles travelled since the nomination | 17,395 |
| Number of words spoken on the stump (estimated) | 737,000 |
What Bryan Did in One Day.
| Travelled from Jacksonville, Ill., to Alton, Ill., and spoke in seven towns and cities. | |
| Slept eight hours. | |
| Talked seven hours. | |
| Miles travelled, | 110. |
| Speeches made, | 9. |
| Persons who heard him, | 60,000. |
It would be impertinent on the part of any English journalist to use the ordinary language at his command to describe that scene. Let him copy the headings of those who have given the people of the United States a language of their own:
ARMY OF LOYALISTS.
A Hundred and Twenty Thousand Men March with Old Glory up Broadway.
GRANDEST PARADE IN ALL HISTORY.
The Great Thoroughfare a Tossing Sea of Red, White, and Blue and Gold.