The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-17

miles around ndd driven IN to hear
the nominee. 1t was one of the great
est DAYS that Knoxville ever knew and
the Oldest citizens could not remember
when such a crowd had assembled
to greet any man. The train arrived
in Knoxville shortly before o'clock
and Mr.. Bryan was taken Immediately
to the speakers stand erected in front
of the court house.
He was introduced by Ex-Governor
Robt. T.. TAYLOR with a few appropriate
remarks. In the stand were seated
Judge Clark, of the United States Dis
trict Court; Chief Justice ID. L. Snod-
grass, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Of the State Of Tennessee; w. d.
Beard, w. C. Caldwell, W. X. McAlister
and J. S. Wilkes, Associate Judges of
the same court, and the reception com
mittee.
Mr.. Bryan's appearance was signal
for the greatest applause and the clti-
zens Of Tennessee showed themselves
fully as capable of shouting and yell
ing as did the Kentuckians the day
before This is a great stronghold
of the Republican party of the South,
but the members of that party were
not in evidence yesterday or to-day.
There were between $4,000 and $4,000
people in the audience to which Mr..
Bryan spoke. He said in part:
SPEECH AT KNOXVILLE.
ut gives me great pleasure to meet
the people of East Tennessee who have
assembled here in such great numbers.
[ am sure that when / speak for an
Independent financial policy my words
will strike a responsive chord in the
hearts of the mountain people, be-
cause the mountain people of the
world have always been friends of in
dependence and liberty. You can find
among them those who are confident in
their strength and who, therefore, are
not willing to bow the head or bend
the knee to the oppressor. come to
you as a representative of principle
paramount in this campaign. 1t 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 il or
is willing for us to have it. Great
applause.)
''In this campaign, as never before
in this country, have the lines been
drawn between those who believe in
the possibility of America and those
who believe in abject dependence upon
foreign nations. If this nation is not
great enough to have a financial policy
of it's own it ought to annex itself to
some power that is great enough to
take care of our people. (Applause.)
Against the maintenance of a gold
standard for one year or forever, the
Democratic party has arrayed itself.
We are opposed to a gold standard. We
have declared an honorable opposition
to it. We have commenced a war of
determination against it, a war that
will not cease while there is any party
or any considerable number cf men
who are attempting to fasten this fer
eign yoke upon an Independent people.
(Applause.)
POLITICAL HONESTY.
81 seek novotes under false pretences.
| want no one to vote for me under
Misunderstanding if there is any one
who believes that the gold standard
is a good thing, or that it must be
maintained, I warn him not to cast his
vote for me, because / promise him that
it will not be maintained in this coun-
try longer than I am able to get rid
of it. Cheers and applause).
''My friends, when you find a party
which tells you what it wants, and
tells you how it is going to get it, AMI
what, in the Judgment of those who adj
vocate it, the effect of that policy viii
be, you have the right to conclude
that they are honestly believing in the
justice of the cause which they repre-
sent; and when you find the the people
who use the term sound money with
out telling what sound money means,
when you find people who talk about
an honest dollar, and then deal dis
honestly with the people with whom
they come in contact, you have right
to believe that they are not entirely
devoted to the cause Of the people
whom they are not willing to take into
their confidence"
Mr.. Bryan then explained what the
term 16 to / means, and told why there
was no danger of flood of silver.
He also explained the way money is
put into circulation, and while he was
in the midst of this explanation, some
one yelled, 'EAlark Hanna is going to
put it into circulation"
THAT is increasing the circulation"
answered Mr.. Bryan, "just before cleo
ton in order to contract it just after
election" Great applause and cheer
ing).
THE TAR HEEL COMMITTEE.
When Mr.. Bryan concluded his
speech he was taken to the depot,
where the crowd had again assembled
and the police had hard time to get
him through. A special train was TAX
en- to Asheville, and 9:40, the party
was on it's way from Knoxville.
The Knoxville committee which re-
ceived Mr.. Bryan escorted him back
to AsheYille, and at Hot Springs, N.
c., the committee of rs from Asheville
took the train in charge. The North
Carolina committee had come to Knox
vile and took the train with the NOM
inee. They were Julian S. Carr, chair
man of the North Carolina reception
committee; Maj. E. J. Hale, represent
ing Chairman Manly, of the State