Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-06
IN THE SHADOW Or THE HERMITAGE
Spake He Upon Whom Old Hick-
ory's Mantle Has Fallen.
FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE
And Leading the Masses Of the People
Against the Same Enemy.
MIR. BRYAN IN TENNESSEE
His Journey From NJ emphis to Nashville Tour of
Triumph-He Seized Every Opportunity to Speak
to the Peope-Three Addresses a NIGHT.

Memphis, Tenn. Oct. 5.-William J.
Bryan reached Memphis al 1880 o'clock
this morning from st. Louis accom-
panied by the members of the Memphis
reception committee and Senator-elect H.
d. Money of Mississippi, Representative
John Allen of Mississippi and Represent
ative Benton McMilin of Tennessee. All
through the night crowds of people had
gathered about the train at it's stopping
places and cheered for the candidate. At
Cairo, Ill, where the train arrived at 1SO
this morning, there was quite large
gathering Mr.. Bryan retired early and
did not arise to greet any of the enthusi-
asts. Representative Allen appeared IN
his place and explained that the nominee
was tired out. Several hundred people
cheered Mr.. Bryan at the Poplar street
station here this morning, and he was
also greeted with enthusiasm along the
streets on his way to the Peabody hotel,
where he had breakfast with the mem
bers of his party and the local reception
committee.
The visit of Mr. Bryan to Memphis was
made the occasion of general hohday.
Business houses closed their doors ana
even the banks suspended for the day. Ii
was 1920 a. m when MI. Bryan, under
escort of the Neely Zouaves, and accom-
panied by the local reception committee,
reached -Overton tract, big open held,
where the speaking took place. He found
there a dense crowd, estimated at l5,0O0
people. The audience was not composed
wholly of Memphians. Large contingents,
not only from Mississippi, Arkansas ana
Alabama, but from Kentucky, with, OF
course, large numbers from nearby places
in Tennessee
Shrill cheers, that increased in intensi-
f,.ov thn hi q Oa
Bryan came in sight, and the volume of
sound became deafening as he mounted
the covered platform erected in the CEN
ter of the field. On the stand with Mr..
Bryan were Senators Harris and Bate OF
Tennessee, e. w. Carmack, silver demo-
cratic nominee for congress from this
district Representative Benton McMillin
of Tennessee and Col. John p. Overton,
Jr., chairman of the Memphis reception
committee. Senator Harris presented MI.
Bryan, who spoke for half an hour TO the
Tennesseeans present The most interest
ing part of his address was his comment
upon the congressional fight in the Mem
phis district. He urged the voters to cast
their ballots for E. w. Carmack, the sll,
yer democratic nominee, who is opposed
by Josiah Patterson, the present repre-
sentative Colonel Patterson is gold
man, but is supporting the Chicago
ticket Leaving that subject Mr.. Bryan
continued
my friends, am not here to interfere
in your state campaign or to influence To-
cal politics, but l am here to so deepen
the convictions of those who believe in
free coinage that there will not be man
in this state who agrees with us VINO is
not willing to sacrifice anything that is
necessary to secure the advancement or
this cause. (Great applause)
IT am here to increase the enthusiasm,
10 can, until the man who stands in the
way of our complete success Will be
branded as an enemy. HOW we may i1nd
it best to unity our forces you are To
Judge; but, my friends, want you to re-
member that you cannot help our cause
by helping those who are fighting us. IL
we are right in the position we have
taken--if the democratic party is right
in it's piatform--then the man who does
not stand upon that platform, no matter
how good democrat he may have been
before, is no democrat now. Applause)
And no man can claim to be friend of
mine who says that he wants to elect md
because / am the regular nominee, and
then go down there and tie my hands and
make me powerless. l could not feel the
interest that 1 do in this campaign II all
I had to commend me was party regular
ity. / appeal to you on higher ground
than that have stronger claim upon
your support than can be given by regu-
larity of a convention. | stand by the
right of the American people to have
financial system of their own great ap-
plause), and therefore my candidacy ap-
peals to every American citizen who be-
1ieves in the right of the people OF this
country to govern themselves regardless
of the aid or consent of any other nation
OH earth (Cheers.) l am not appealing
to any sentiments hostile to foreigners
but I say to you my friends, that that
nation does not deserve to be called
nation which accepts a financial policy
'ready-made' from some other country
Until we have vindicated the right of
this people to legislate for themselves on
every issue they cannot drive tariff into
this people with a pile driver"
Mr. Bryan then spoke on the lines of
his voll-known argument, beginning:
1.-The republican platform does not say
the gold standard is good thing"
He talked about q rising dollar and
falling dollar, and about not wanting a
dollar so good that nobody could get any,
following familiar lines
AT the conclusion of his speech Mr.
Bryan was conveyed to the Louisville
and Nashville station, accompanied by
great crowd, and at 1910 p. m. he left for
Nashville