The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-01

It's Great Orators at Theil
Best and Were Welcomed
by Thousands.
3i.nca in Abundance and ca The Be-
Quality.
\ Great Days Work Done for the
Party. Let the Enemy
Come On.

SOhlt VII"
Thureday wR7 a memorable Gag
! for The Democracy of MaurF COUNTY
! The air WAS frosty End the clouds
I at TIMES threatening, hut it could not
keep the faithful indoors nor chill
! thpir ardOr. At an early hour the
sovereign voters, with their sweet
! hearts, their wives aud their chill
drem, began To roll in, and the streets
We're scene of rare hustle and AMI
nation until the crowd began to
move toward the ralIying ground on
the Hampshire pike.
The regular morning train on
which the orators of the day we've
expected to arrive was over al hour
! late, and they came on a local. lie
procession, which had formed and
marched to the depot to meet them'
was composed of the ste ling man
hood Of the county.
Finding that The band would not
reach here until the arrival OF the
regular rain, the speakers were
driven TO the Bethel House to await
its coming.
In the meantime the fOOtmen Il
the waiting crowd went out TO the
grove On the train, and many II
those who had vehicles drove cut
without waiting longer. When tie
band arrived Oh the regular train,
procession of hOrsemen aud carriages
WAS formed and moved, to nsPiIitiDg
popular strains, with the speakers at
liz head, out West Seventh street
aud the HAMPSHIRE pike 10 the place
of meeting.
In the first carriage were Judge
Turney, Ex-Gov. Taylor, Hon. w. }.
WhitIhorne, James y. Smiser, Chair
man OF the County Committee, and
F. d. Lander, of the State Executive
| Committee.
In the second carriage were Con-
gressmah, n. \. Cox, Hon w. b.
Hale, of TrOusdale County, Hon.
Douglas Anderson, OF Nashville, j..
L. Pearcy, Secretary of the State
Committee, and Prof. Frank Smith,
| Vice-President of the Tennessee Alli-
ance.
There we're several hundred people
in line, and they made brave show
ing as they moved in well formed
column. AS they approached the
grounds they were met by the crowd
which had already assembled there.
They opened the line, aud standing
on each side of the way, greeted the
speakers with enthusiastic cheers AS
they passed through.
The first speaker was Mr.. James A.
/ Smiser, Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of this county.
Mr.. Smiser made a most felicitious
speech OF welcome and cOngratula-
ton and introduced Hon. w. B. Hale,
of Trousdale.
Mr.. liaIe's speech was short but
pithy and pointed. At the conclu-
sion of his address he INTRODUCED
Judge Peter Turney, the grand old
. standard bearer of Democracy,
whose presence is itself an
inspiration to Democrats. Judge
Peter Turney was greeted with
the warmest welcome, evinced by
loud and long continued applause.
, He was compelled to disappOint
his audience, however, in their ex-
notation of a full discussion of the
issues of the day. He had been
speaking several days cOnsecutively
in the open air and was so hOarse
, that he could not make himself
heard for any great length. He was
: therefore compelled to stop with ex'
: pressions of congratulatiOn for the
omens of the day and regrets Of his
2 condition.
5 Cant. Whitthorne then happily
introduced our own Bob Taylor, :whC
a was the principal orator of the day
' His speech was pronounced by al
who heard him to have been The
greatest effort he has made in this
. county. AS 10 other pubic man ha
d been so near to toe hearts of GU
people, he may be said TO hav'
broken all records. He was in suberl
e form, and from start to finish wa
e listened 20 with rapt attention. H
. scored points for Democracy whicl
; will tell nightly in the final struggl
which is upon us.
He was followed by Mr.. Douglas
: Anderson who preached Mcdowell
lie funeral with such doleful solemnit
., the audience hardly know whetbe
lie to rejoice or be sorry.
t, Mr.. Anderson was followed b
5, Hon. Frank NJ. Smith, Vice Pres
dent of the Farmers Alliance. NJ