The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-10-15
THROUGHOUT TENNIGSsEE.
Enthusiastic Crowds Mark His Course
Through the State.

Through the State.
Great crowds greeted William j
Bryan in his eight hours journc,
through tennessee to-day. People
thrunSed from the surrounding country
| to every station where stops were
made. Mr. Bryan travelled in a spccia
train paid for by those accompanying
him.
| Arlington was the first stop after
leaving Memphis and several hundred
people pressed around tho rear plat
| form Of the candidates car to shake
hands with him. Brownsville came
next and the crowd was large anu full
Of enthusiasm.
a tremendous crowd was at Hum
bolt. 1t numbered 5000 or 1000, and
was packed around stand that had
been erected near the railroad tracks.
~ path way that had been kept for the
candidate from the train to the stand
YVES lined with young girls wearing
Bryan and Sewall caps, white bouses
ana white skirts, who waved flags and
shouted u shrill welcome. There was
wild cheering when Mr.. Bryan appear
cd on the speakers stand, aud he
spoke in part as follows:
Fellow ciLiHeus : | was not expect
ing SO large proportion Of tho voters
oi this county assembled here when
our train pulled in. This is one Of the
largest crowds that | have found at SO
small a town. l am very much grati-
lied to find the interest which is every
where manifest in this cause. 1t is an
Z, idence that the people arc investi-
s&ting ard well may they investigate.
l. can not but believe that when tho
people understand what has been go
lnH on under our present financial
policy, that they will arise in almost
unanimous protest agar ST it. We have
been maintaining IL gold standard, and
III order to maintain that, they have is
sued $262, 600, 900 in bonds in the last
th%cc years 10 buy gold and maintain
the policy, and the end is not yet. For
the present our iinancicrs are furnish
ing gold, ana why? because they do
noC want another bond issue before the
election. That is tb" only reason. And
yH:, they are furnishing more gold in
such Il way that uuder the present
policy they can go down the day after
election and draw out every dollar ana
force another issue OF bonds. Jap
plauSc.)
Under our present policy the bonded
dcOt Of this country docs not depend
upon the will of the people. 1t is not
determined by what they think is best,
or by what they are willing to pay in
terest on, but is determined by those
tinanciers who. under the policy Of the
treasury department are able to draw
out gold and force an issue Of bonds,
and thCn draw out the gold 10 buy the
bonds with, aud demand another issue
OF bonds without limit-no end to it at
all, because, my friends, when they is
sued the first $40, 900, 900, they drew out
SlS,OOO,OOU OF the gold to buy the bonds
with, and when they issued the second
100000, 900 they drew out q larger pro-
portion than they had the first time.
Then they got what was called the
Rothschilu contract which, in my juug-
mcnt, was one OF tho most infamous
contracts ever entered into by this
government with private citizens.
That contract, my friends, was bad,
not merely because it compelled the
pC0pe to pay Il large amount OF inter
est when was necessary, not merely
because bonds which ought to have
been worth ll9 at the time. were solu
al lOli. The contract was bad for
these reasons, | say, but worse for an
other reason. That cIn5r was worse
because it stipulated that Il few iinan
clcrs were to take care Of tho treasury
OF the United States in return for what
had been done for them.
L believe that the people Of this cOun-
try, acting through government
which respects their will and protects
their rights, are strong enough to carry
on this government, not only without
tho aid of syndicatcs, but in SPITE OF
anything that syndicates can 40 to
prevent it.
The Chicago platform does not pro-
pose to injurc any, but it simply pro-
poses to prevent people from injuring
their (cllow-men. We find growing
combinations OF wealth, and they are
combining together, and arc able to
drive out tho humber competitors
aud then, having destroyed competi-
ton they are able to prey upon society
and get back from helpless consumers
more than they have lost by competi-
ton. | understand that you have had
some experience in this State. What
was IL that you had a trust in, here i?
Cotton bagging?
My friends what can be dono in one
thing, can be done in all things 1t is
one Of the things that we rejoice at in
| this contest that we do not have the
support Of any trust or combination Of
syndicatcs ol this country. (Chcers.
| llfCC LnOuSanu uClnOnSUraLlVC pcO-
pic were at Milan and Mackenzie had
even IL larger crowd, when Mr.. Bryan
! spoke to them a. follows:
1t gives me Il great deal OF pleasure
to become acquainted with SO many of
the American people. The only trouble
| find is that instead Of showing any
cOldncs5, they arc apt TO overcome me
with demonstrations and manifcsta-
tions Of affection. ! wish had time to
present to you the issues OF this cam
paiyn, rs | look at them, and yet it
would be ~ waste Of time down here.
find that in Tennessee it is like giving
medicine to those who arc already we'll.
[ can better save strength and employ
my time talking TO people In othcr
pnrts of the country than in talking to
you, my friends.
For the past twenty years or more,
our government has been operated in
my judgment, in the interests OF few
people and against tho rights and wei
fare of the great masses OF the people
and now, whom tho people arc assert
ing their rights to proper, considcra
tlon, we find that thOsU who arc in
! trenched behind these bulwarks, which