The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-17
TW0STATES TOURED
TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA
VISITED BY THE FREE SILVER
CANDIDATE.
He BEGAN HIS DAY EARLY.
BEFORE THE sun WAS UP MIR.
BRYAN HAD COMMENCED
TALKING.
He BEGAN HIS DAY EARLY.
KEPT 1T UP ALL ALONG THE WAY.
Most Important Address Delivered
at Knoxville and AshevilIe to
Good-Sized Crowds.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Sept 16.-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan continued his
trip In the South today, covering por-
North Carolina His principal adj
dresses were delivered here and at
Knoxville. After he had spoken at the
last named place a special train was
taken to Asheville. The Knoxville
committee, which received Mr.. Bryan,
escorted him on the way back to Ashe-
vile. and at Hot Springs, n. c., the
committee from Asheville of seventy
five, took the train in charge. The
North Carolina committee had come to
Knoxville and took the train with the
nominee. They were Julian S. Carr,
chairman of the North Carolina recep-
ton committee; Maj E. ]. Hale, repre-
senting Chairman Manley, of the state
central committee; Josephus Daniels,
national committeeman, from North
Carolina; w. F. Randolph, chairman
of the transportation committee. The
reception committee from Asheville
met the party with special car, which
was attached to the train.
Mr.. BRYAN began his days work in
Tennessee at 2 o'clock this morning
He was going through the city of
Somerset, Republican stronghold, and
started to make converts while many
good people were sleeping peacefully
and 500 of the citizens of Somerset dis
turbed their rest in order to hear the
nominee They hallooed good and loud,
and the few remarks of Mr.. Bryan
were well received.
At Oliver Springs, a reception COM
mittee Of twenty-five from Knoxville,
got on the train, headed by Hon. J. w.
Sneed, one of the prominent Demo-
Gratis Of that city. The train arrived in
Knoxville shortly before 8 o'clock, and
Mr. Bryan was taken Immediately TO
the speakers stand erected in front of
the court house. He was introduced
by ex-Gov. Robert T. Taylor, with
few appropriate remarks. On the
stand were seated Judge Clark, of the
United States district court; Chief JUS
tice d. l.. Snodgrass, chief justice Of
the supreme court of the state of Ten
nessee; W. d. Beard, w. G. Caldwell,
w. K. McAllister and j. S. Wilkes, az
sociate judges of the same court, and
the reception committee. Mr.. Bryan's
appearance was signal for the great
est applause and the citizens of Ten
nessee showed themselves fully as cap
able of shouting and yelling as had the
Kentuckians the day before. Knoxville
Is great stronghold of the Republican
party of the South, but the members of
that party were not in evidence-yes-
terday or today.
vile was at the little hamlet Of Messy
Creek, where the. usual Misunderstanding
process was gone through with. At
10:45 O'Clock Morrlstown was reached
and here Mr.. Bryan spoke a few min
utes to the 1900 people about the car.
A pleasant little incident in the trip
was a presentation of a handsomely
local silver club. A large portrait of
Mr.. Bryan was conspicuously display
ed on the platform frozen in a huge
cake of ice. In his speech Mr.. Bryan
referred to it, saying he hoped it did
not suggest a chilly reception in Ten
nessee. Hon. John T. Shields, who
introduced Mr.. Bryan to the audience
assured him that it was given him be-
cause of the cool headedness which
was one of his chief characteristics.
-Four hundred people were in the crowd
at Newport, the last stop Of the special
train. in. Tennessee. To them Mr.. Bryan
made a few remarks from covered
platform erected near the track
The last stop before Asheville, N
c., was reached, was at Hot Springs,
the summer and winter resort, where
several hundred people gazed at Mr.
Bryan for two minutes, and, as the
train pulled out, cheered him loudly
Bryan was given a most hearty well
come when he reached Asheville 1t
vas the first time since 1864 that a
presidential nominee had visited this
section of the country and the farmers
for miles around gathered here today
by the thousands to pay homage and
cheer the candidate
Mr.. Bryan was driven to the Bat
terry Park hotel, where he and mem
bers of the party were given an elab-
crate dinner by E. p McKissick, the
manager of the resort The party was
then driven to a platform In the valley
between the great hills which have
helped to make this place so beauti-
full. There Mr.. Bryan addressed a
very large crowd. Mr. Bryan was
introduced to the audience by Hon.
Locke Craig in sfew appropriate re-
marks