The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-27
DEMOCRATIC DOINGS!
OUR FRIENDS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE FENCE HAVE A
BIG TIME AND RAISE
CAIN GENERALLY.
Bob Taylor spsaks 70 . crowd Of
600 and fails to make the
proper impression.
The Pageant" and other things
Of equal minor Importance.

The Pageant" and other things
Of equal minor Importance.
Not q more favorable day for the
democratic circus could have been
desired than last Monday. The sun
rose with seeming greater splendor
than ever and promised the demo.
Gratis . beautiful day in which to
rally around their standard bearer.
They left no stone unturned in their
efforts to. snake q show" and had
their standard bearer borne his
part, 1t would have been q big blow
out.
Several hundred persons from
the country came In, Is result Of
considerable advertising. Demo-
Gratis, Of course, were in attendance,
but, had it not been for the republic
cans, who, out of curiosity, came to
see what was to be seen, the crowd
would not have been large. After
the arrival Of four coaches from
Knoxville the crowd was consider
ably augmented and at the highest
guess was placed at two-thirds as
large Is when All Taylor was here.
At11:2O the train arrived from
Knoxville, bearing, among others,
the one who was to amuse the as
sembled host. As the train rolled
along the track toward the depot, q
feeble attempt at hallooing was
made. 4
Bob was placed In y carriage,
drawn by two white horses,
containing Capt. W. H. Henry and
the reporter to the Nashville Amer.
lean.
A Knoxville band headed the
procession, which was succeeded by
the carriage containing the speaker.
Next came the covered hack, drawn
by four white horses, and contain.
ing Ave little girls. The hack was
decorated with cedar, dotted here
and there with q white rose;
Following next were citizens in
carriages, to the number Of a doz-
en-. They were succeeded by about
200 footmen. Last Of all were the
horsemen, numbering $50, by actual
count. ..sw
The line of march was from the
depot, along High Street, down Col.
|leee street to Wilson's blacksmith
shop, turning east to M. E. Church
South, across to Main, up Maine to
West Maryville, where they dis.
|persed and threw down their arms
This display was very creditable
considering the circumstances and
the number of democrats In the
county.
The speaking was held in the real
part of the public school grounds
A neat platform had been erected
covered with evergreen and fiow
ers. Shortly after twelve O'CLOCK
about 800 people had assembled
close to the stand to hear and get {
glimpse Of the speaker.
We cannot give synopsis of thu
speech, because thereis nothing Il
give. Not one point did the speak
er make. He began in an abusiv,
manner and followed closely tn,
contents of his printed speech. tn,
first words uttered were in con dem
. nation of the republican party
; For an hour and half he hammer
ed away on what the republican
party had done and what 1t hadn'
done. Almost every sentence wa
spent In vilifying, slandering ant
abusing said party.
In referring to the tariff tn,
; speaker did 80 in connection will
the Republican party. He kept hi
audience In suspense, they expect
ing a declaration of principles. H,
did not advance an idea pro or con
Democrats and republicans alik,
wanted to know, by hearing from
his own lips, his position on the ed
vocational bill, and when he reached
, that subject there was profound 81
lence. His words were only a re
hash of former statements. HI
stated, as before published in tn
TIMES, that "there is no such thin
in existence as the Blair bill" an,
that "there Is not . dollar of SUI
plus money in the Treasury"
might be well for Bob to explain t
his friends what has become of tn
$3.50, OOD, 600 which the republican
left there. 1t is very strange tina
Mr.. Taylor should be an arden
supporter of the Blair bill befOr
his nomination. and now make tn