Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-17
BRYAN .Ip.>a*> INO STATES.
TeDr y ID North Carolina HOnOrtd
Y By His Presence.

a Fine Meeting at Knoxville, at
Which the Candidate Deals Out
Truths of Great Weight and
Force, in Brief Time - Crowds
Gather at the Many Stations
Along the Line, and for Miles, the
People Gathered in the Country
to see the Train CO By.
Knoxville, Tenn, September 16.-
Williams Jennings Bryan began work
at > o'clock this morning. He was
going through the city of Somarsa',
and While many Of the good people were
sleeping, 500 Of the citizens disturbed
their rest in order to hear the nominee.
Mr.. Bryan led of by telling the people
tha. he was glad to note the interest
taken in the campaign by them. he
thought that when the people WouId
stay up until > O'Clock in the morning
10 see a presidential nominee it was an
indication that they were interested IN
the right Of se,f-goyernment. He told
them that if between now and election
day they would &c, up as early IN the
morning and work as hard IN behalf Oh
the cause Of Democracy as the nominee
did yesterday theTe would be no ques-
ton of their success. II sad he could
not enter into discussion Of the issues
of the campaign in the short time hewas
to speak but ne asked them to study
thu financial question thoroughly and
then vote as they saw fl.
At Oliver Springs a reception commit
tee cf % from Knoxville got on the train
headed by Hon. J. ". Sneed. Ii. H.
Hanna, the electoral delegate of the Sec
Ond Congressional district of Tennessee,
was one OF the party, and ne brought
with him 200 members of the Oliver
Springs Silver Club There was q stop
of two hours al Knoxville All night
people had been assembling on the
streets, having come in by excursion
trains, and the farmers for miles around
mad driven in 10 hear the nominee. The
train arrived in Knoxville shortly before
S o'clock, and Mr.. Bryan was taken to
the speakers stand, erected in front Of
the court house. He was introduced by
Ex-Governor Robert L. Taylor.
On ne stand were seated Judge Clark
OF the United States District Court;
Chief Justice ID. L SnodeCass, Chief Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court OF the State
Of Tennessee; w. D. Beard, W. c. Cald-
well, w. X. McAllis,er and J. S. Wilkes,
associate judg of the same court and
the reception committee.
Mr. Bryan's appearance was the signal
for the greatest applause, and the citi
zens of Tennessee showed themselves
fully as capable of shouting and yelling
as did the Kenuuckians the day before.
This is a great stronghold of the Repub-
lican party of The South, but the mem
bers of that party were not in evidence
yesterday or to-day.
There were between 14C0O and $4,000
people in the audience, to which Mr..
Bryan spoke.
He said in part:
It gives me great pleasure to meet
the people Of East Tennessee, Who have
assembled here in such great numbers.
l sure ih2t when | speak for an indt-
pendent financial policy my words will
strike responsive chord in the hearts
Of tde mountain people, because the
mountain people of the world have al
ways been friends of independence and
liberty. You can find among them those
that are confident in their strength and
who, therefore. are not willing 10 bow
the head or bend the knee to the op-
pr ssOr.
Il come to you as a representative Of
a principle paramount in this campaign.
II is the right of seventy millions Of
people to have just the kind of financial
system that they want, whether any
other foreign nation helps us to have it
or is willing for us to have it. Great
applause). In this campaign, as never
before in this country, nave the lines
been drawn between those who bell We
in the possibilities Of America and those
who believe in abiect depend upon
foreign nations. If dhis nation is not
great enough TO have a financial nOlicy
of IT'S own it ought to annex itself 20
some powers that is great enough to take
care Of our D oDle. (Applause). Against
the maintenance CT a gold standard for
one year or forever, he Democratic par
ty has arrayed its5lf. We are opposed
to q gold standard We have declared
an honorable opposition 10 IT, We have
commenced a war of extermination
against it. q war that will not cease
while ,here is any party or any consid-
cradle number of men who are attempt
ing to fasJen this foreign yoke upon an
independent people (Applause). I
seek no votes under false preienses. II
there is anyone who believes that the
gold standard is a good thing or that it
must be maintained. l warn him not to
cast his vote for me. because | promise
him thai it VIII not be maintained in This
country any longer than l am able to get
rid of il. Cheers and applause.
Nv friends. when You finds party
that tells YOU what it wants and tells
YOU how it is going 20 get it. and what
in the judgment of those Who advoca e
it. the effect of That policy will be. you
have the right TO conclude that thsy are
honestly believing in the justice Of The
cause which they present, and when
YOU find people who use tha term sound
money" w.,l0ut telling what sound
money means. when YOU find people who
talk about an IGNORED dollar and then
deal dishonesty with the people with
whom they come in contact, you have a
right 10 believe that they are not entirely
devoted to the cause of The people whom
they are not willing to take into their
confidence.
INTO NORTH CAROLINA.
The Candidates Cool HeadedncsS EXem-
niifcd in - Novel Manner.