Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-06
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Campaign Of TIE Alksr Party at
u Kansas City
BEG rs At G:sO IN The NOREIsG.

BEG Ms AT 6:o0 IN The MORNING..
Whsie Party Busy canvs-sins the City
Gatn 3:So p. IN, sosRs Over No .ssrsssa
stsaessssttesisy- -i;ryss spraAs ~ Ness-
phts he~rca An Thrsash she Nsghs
Es 1souie-T~lks so Great Crowl, st
Nashville Eepub:icsa D.y ss the Isua
Ceatcpa..l-foiItbeaI Newp
Kansas. Oct S.-Ccneral AiSer and
his party of campaigning generals
opened Carnival Week in Kansas City
in q manner new to that event. After
spending a quiet sunday they arose
early and from $50 in the morning
until they left at O'Clock in the Aft
ernoon for Leavenworth they spent the
time speaking to enthusiastic crowds
In di6srsnt parts of the city. The DAY
opened with Q generals salute fired
from ths West 1luff overlooking. the
river shortly thereafter they were
escorted to the West Bottoms. and di-
vidtnG into two PARTIES began q series
Of meetings among the packing house
employees. After speeches had been
uthoC ~ hEiuouT y. SNut -. OWlcf =. anu
Doid's the party reunited at the Bios
SO House. and was driven to the stock
exchange. speaking there ut l0:;o.
lsSssA-Up sss PssaI R.ily.
While the other speakers were at
work In the Bottoms General Sickles
was addressing a meeting Of the Union
Veterans Patriotic league. of which he
was the founder. The biggest and most
enthusiastic demonstration OF the day
took place in the business centerof the
city Just after lunch. the generals congre-
eating on a platform erected at Tenth
and Grand avenues for the Carnival
queen. The streets leading to-the spot
had been crowded for an hour or two
before the generals made their appear
ance and when they finally arrived.
the approaches in every direction We're
packed with people. Here each OF the
party made a speech.
lavssssi so Pay Caatos . visis.
1t was after 2:3e when the last speech
had heen concluded and q start for the
station was made. All along the route
the generals were constantly cheered.
while at the station a great throng
greeted the party and cheered the train
A. II pulled out. General Alger yester-
day afternoon received q telegram from
Major Mckinley asking the party TO
visit Canton on its way east The tnvi-
tatiOn will be accepted.
nRYAN's fRip 10 TENNESSEE
Crowds Cheer HIS frsia All Thro sgh The
Night-Menphis and Nashville.
Memhis. Tenn. Oct. 6.-William J.
Bryan reached Memphis at 7:l0 O'Clock
yoSfardav u,orp{pU From, Cs ort, a.
companied by the members of the
Memphis reception committee and Sen
ator-elect H. q. Money. Of Mississippi:
Representative John Allen. Of Missis-
sippi. and Representative Benton Nc
Mhlin, Of Tennessee. All through the
night crowds of people Rad gathered
about the train at its stopping places
and cheered for the candidate.
At Cairo. Ills, where the train
| arrived at 1850 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. there was quite a large gathering.
Bryan retired early and did not arise 70
greet any OF the enthusiasts. Private
John Allen appeared In his place and
explained that the nominee was tired
| out. Several hundred people cheered
Bryan at the Poplar street station herr
yesterday morning. and he WAS also
greeted with enthusiasm along the
| streets on his way to the Peabody ho-
tel where he had breakfast with the
| members of his party. and OF the local
| reception committee. Bryan spoke at
| 10 o'clock and at 12:10 p. m. left for
Nashville.
Nashville. Oct. EN- route to this
| city Bryan spoke at Milan. Mckenzie
Huntington and other points to large
and enthusiastic crowds. Camden was
| reached at $50 and the scene was q
| repetition Of those before. Bryan spoke
but q minute before the train pulled
out.
The greatest crowd that ever turned
out to q political meeting In the his-
| tory Ot Of Nashville crowded about the
| streets here last night. shouted and
yelled. cheered and applauded and ns-
tened with marked attention TO the
| triple nominee on his arrival. The
train bearing the party was due q,
8:35. but was ten minutes late and II
was nearly S:l5 o'clock when Bryan ad.
dressed his first audience In this city
at the Haymarket. At that meeting the
FIVE acres OF ground in the inciosurs
was fully half filed with people. who
cheered the candidate wildly on his ap.
pearance 4 giee club of thirty mals
| voices opened the meeting with Home
Home, Sweet Home" the Old -fashtonet
melody which the nominee has declared
to be hts campaign song. The candi.
date was then introduced by Senafcl
Bate as the next president OF the Unit
ed States. He was cheered and an.
plauded throughout his speech ap<
many times Was stopped BY the enths
siaSrp of his listeners.
After concluding his Haymarket speecl
Bryan was taken to the Athletic park
where he made . ,enntnutef sddrr.s
He then addressed Populist meet
ing and exprcssed hts appreciation
Of The honor done him ~ III,
Populist party. and also his gratiflca
tiOn that the Democrats and Populist,
had been sbse 70 unite upon IN soectora
ticket In % many q che ssasss hrya,
left Nashville 1t midnight for Louisville
In the nssfnine he spsaks ut JcfYersoa
willie, -lnA-, and durisg ths aay - ethe
pointa ending In the afternoon ss India