Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-06
THROUGH TENNESSEE
MN. nuy..,s TRIP FROM MEMPHIS
TO NASHVILLE.
GREAT CROWDS EVERYWHERE.
Men ON Horseback. Scores OF Pretty
Girls, and Even Negro Cotton
Piclsers Pay Homage to the Demo-
cratic Nominee.

nv the members OF the Memphis Recep-
tion Committee and Senator-elect II. ID.
Money. Of Mississippi; Representative AL
len. OF Mississippi. and Representative
genton McAIilin, OF Tennessee. All
through the night crowds OF people
Gathered about the train at its stop
nine-places. and cheered for the candi-
date. At cairo. H.. where the train ar
rived at 80 this morning. there was quite
large gathering. Mr.. Bryan retired
early. and did not arise to greet any of
The enthusiasts. Representative Allen ap-
peared 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 members OF his
marty and the local Reception Commit
tee.
A GENERAL HOLIDAY.
The visit Of Mr. Bryan was made the
occasion OF a general holiday Business
houses closed their doors. and even the
banks suspended FOR the day IL was
1920 A. NJ when Mr.. Bryan. under escort
of the Neely Zouaves, and accompanied
BY the local Reception Committee. reach
ed Overton track. big open field.
where the speaking took place He found
there a dense crowd estimated at l5OO
people. The audience was not composed
wholly OF Memphians. There were large
contingents, not only from Arkansas and
Mississippi. but from Alabama and Ken
tucky. with. OF course. large numbers
from nearby places in Tennessee. Shrill
cheers. that increased in intensity. went
up from the assemblage as Mr.. Bryan
came I'm sight. and the volume Of sound
became deafenlng as he mounted a COW
cred platform. erected IN the centre OF
the field.
On the stand with Mr.. Bryan were Sem
ators Harris and Bate. OF Tennessee; r..
W Carmack. silver Democratic nominee
for Congress from this district: Rep
resentative Benton McMillin. OF Tennes-
see. and Colonel John Overton. Jr.. chair
man OF the Memphis Reception Commit
tee
Senator Harris presented Mr.. Bryan.
who spoke for half an hour 20 the Ten
nesseeans present The most interesting
upon the congressional fight in the Mem
phis District. He urged voters 70 cast
their ballots for y. w. Carmack. the
silver Democratic nominee, who is op-
posed by Josiah Patterson. tho present
representative. Colonel Patterson IS
gold man. but is supporting the Chi
cago ticket Leaving that subject, Mr..
Bryan continued:
THE FREE-STLVER CAUSE.
MY friends. I am not here to inter-
fere IN your State campaign or In local
politics, but ] am here to so deepen. the
convictions Of those who believe in free
coirage that there will not be man i'm
this State who agrees with US who IS
not willing to sacrifice anything that Is
necessary to secure the advancement
Of this cause. Great applause)
Il am here to increase the enthusiasm.
II / can. until the man who stands in the
way OF our complete success Will be
branded as an enemy. Great applause)
How YOU may find II best TO unity our
forces you are to Judge; but. my friends.
/ want you 10 remember that you cannot
help our cause by helping those who are
fighting US. Great applause) If we are
right in the position we have taken: II
the. Democratic party IS right in its plat
form. then the man who does not stand
upon that platform no matter how good
| a Democrat he may have been before, is
no Democrat now applausel and no
man can claim 20 be a friend OF mine
who SAYS that he wants 10 elect me be-
| cause / am the regular nominee and then
goes down there and ties my hands and
! makes we powerless. (Applause) I could
not feel the interest that / do I'm this
campaign II an had TO commend me was
party regularity. (Applause) l appeal
10 you on higher ground than that / have
a stronger claim on your support than
can be given by regularity of a conven-
ton. ] stand by the right of the Ameri-
can people 10 have a financial system OF
their own (great applause). and. therefore.
my candidacy appeals 10 every American
citizen who believes I'm the right OF the
people Of this country 10 govern them
selves. regardless OF the aid or consent
OF any other nation on earth. (Cheers)
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
IT am not appealing 10 any sentiments
hostile 70 foreigners. but ! say TO you.
my friends. that that nation does not
deserve % be called a nation which ac-
cepts a financial policy ready made from
| some other country. Untl we have vim
dicated the right OF this people TO legis-
| late for themselves on every issue they
cannot drive tariff into this people with
l "a nlle-dtlFcf
Mr.. Bryan then spoke on the line OF his
well-known argument. beginning: 'The
/ Republican platform does not say the
/ gold standard is a good thing" He talked
/ about q rising dollar and a falling dollar.
/ and about not wanting a dollar so good
| that nobody could get any, following IA
milar lines.
on the conclusion Of his speech Mr..
| Bryan was conveyed 10 the Louisville and
| Nashville station. accompanied by great
| crowd or enthusiastic admirers. and at
1910 p NJ left for Nashville.
CROWDS EVERYWHERE.
NASHVILLE. TENN. October 5-Great
crowds greeted William J. Bryan in his
eight-hours' journey through Tennessee
to-day. People thronged from the sur
rounding country 10 every station where
stops were made. Dlrt-covered men on
horseback. with their trouser-legs stuffed
into high boots, scores OF pretty girls in
summer costumes. and negro cotton
pickers. were everywhere TO be seen Mr.
Bryan travelled in a special train, paid
Tor by those accompanying him.
Arlington was the first stop after
leaving Memphis. and several hundred
people there pressed around the rear plat
| form or the candidates car 10 shake
hands with him. The local militia COM
pany. wearing uniforms and bearing
| arms. was drawn up on the station plat
/ form. Brownsville came next. and the
crowd there was large and full OF en-
! thusiasm.
A tremendous crowd was al Humboldt.
II numbered 5000 or 100. and was packed
deeply around a stand that had beer
! erected near the railroad tracks. \
halfway that had been kept for the
| co,di5ata from the train 10 the stand