The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-06


Been in The Past is Not a Demo-
crat Now.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 5.-Three
speeches We're the task which William
]. Bryan found before him on arriving
here at S:35 O'Clock this evening. The
railroad station and the streets in its
vicinity were thronged when hisfrain
rolled in from Memphis, and all along
the route TO the haymarket, where the
first speech was made, deep lines Of
people cheered him. An artillery sa-
lutte Was fred and twenty-six clubs
from places In middle Tennessee were
in line. on foot and on horseback
About 800 students from the university
also turned out. The excursion trains
had been bringing in big crowds all
day, and thousands Of strangers aug
mented The crowds of Nashville peo-
pie on the streets. The haymarket is
spacious enclosure, and the figures
given Of the audience today range
sfrom $4,000 to 10000 The gathering was
WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC.
Senator Bate introduced Mr.. Bryan,
who spoke as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: 1t was my
good fortune to visit Nashville more
than a year ago, when we were begin
ning the fight which resulted in the
securing of the control of the Demo-
cratic national convention. l remem-
ber, with pleasure. my visit then and
it gratifies me on returning to find the
sentiment in favor of the free silver at
the present legal ratio of is 10
(cheers), without waiting for the aid
Or consent of any nation on earth. eX-
banded until today vast majority of
the men Of Tennessee are arrayed IN
der a dOuble-standard banner. / beg
to thank the young men who have
opened this meeting with our cam
paign song, our battle hymn, il might
be called. fer IN this fight for the de-
Tense OF homes in this land, the hum
hie~t home as well as the paiatial homo,
we might well take as our battle hymn
that most beautiful of all songs,
Home, Sweet Home (Cheers.)
our warfare is in one sense aggres-
eisre, III another sense it is defensive.
1t is aggressive in the sense that we are
asking for remedial legislation 1t is
aggressive in the sense that We are in
sisting that something shall be done,
and IL is defensive in the sense that we
are
FIGHTING FOR OUR HOMES
and our people from the invasion of a
foreign financial policy. (Cheers.) AS
[ passed through the streets tonight
and listered TO The ordinations of the
people. 1 could easily believe that I
was in a city so near TO that sacred
spot. the hermitage. (Cheers.) can
understand why the people Of this
state should feel so deep an interest
in the cause which is being. represented
Sy the Chicago platform because, my
friends, we are fighting today the bat
tie that Andrew Jackson fought when
he was in office. Great cheers.) We
find arrayed against US the same COM
binations, the same aggregation of
wealth the same abuse as against him:
we meet the same interference that he
met: every name is applied to the adj
coates of free coinage that was APP
plied TO Old Hickory when he fought
for the American people. Great
cheers.)
In declaring in favor of bimetallism
we are standing upon ancient ground.
The free coinage of silver
IS NO EXPERIMENT.
IT is endorsed by the history of the
:,unlan race. It has the sanction of all
the greaN statesmen Of this nation from
the beginning of our constitutional his
tory down TO 1873. No person VIII as
SER that America abandoned bimetal-
ism aiter a complete discussion. If
von read the records OF the time you
viii fine that the newspapers watch
are so quick to grasp upon any item Of
news, 80 ready to spread it before the
public do NOT understand that tna law
of 1873 demonetized silver, closed the
minis TO the coinage OF she whi.e me al,
aid left US with gold only as our stand
ard money. Ever since that day we
have been seeking to undo what was
done in the dark.
"Nv friends said Mr.. Bryan. Hwe
have lost some Democrats in this fight.
bI. am Lightly glad that most OF these
ssvhon we los. were generals. We have
not lost many privates III the army.
.SApplause.) We might have kept all the
Democrats who are gone if we mad
been willing to pay the price they
asked. If we had been willing to make
she Democratic party the agent to
fasten plutocracy upon the American
people. we could have kept every man
who has left US. But We have 10 choose
between throwing overheard those VINO
have been mill stones about the neck
of Democracy, and throwing over De-
rneeracy itself, and we prefer 10 save
Democracy and
LET THE ARISToCRATs GO.
fGreet cheering.) Ny friends, we have
not lost by it. It has been our gain.
It is also true that those who dare. to
do right are rewarded in the long run.
and the Democratic party is receiving
its reward-nos even waiting for the
long run-it is receiving its reward right
now. for daring to do right at Chicago.