The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-10-08
BRYAN AT NASHVILLE.
Some Things He Told the Eager Thousand
at the State Capital.

Some Things He Told the Eager Thousands
at the State Capital.
Nashville, Oct. 5.-The greatest crowd
that ever turned out to a political meet
ing in the history of Nashville crowded
about the streets here tonight, shouted
and yelled, cheered and applauded, and
listened with marked attention to the
triple nominee on his arrival tonight.
The train bearing the party was due at
35 but was ten minutes late, and it
was nearly 9:15 when Mr.. Bryan adj
dressed his first audience in this city at
the Haymarket tonight.
A glee club of thirty male voices
opened the meeting with "Home, Sweet
Home, the old-fashioned melody which
the nominee had declared to be his
campaign song. Mr.. Bryan was then
introduced by Senator Bate as "the
next president of the United States. "
He was cheered and applauded through
out his speech, and many times was
stopped by the enthusiasm of his listen
ers. He said, among other things:
''In this contest we have arrayed on
one side the capitalistic classes, the
money changing classes, and the hold
ers of large fixed investments. On the
other hand the great mass Of the people.
CA voice-"And they'll vote''). You
show me on which side the sympathies
of man are and I'll tell you where his
vote will be. Show me q man who SYM
pathizes with the corporations and syn
dycates and capitalistic classes and [
will show you q man who will be gold
standard advocate and say it is because
he loves his country. (Applause.) Show
me man whose sympathies are with
the toiling and struggling of mankind
and | will show you a man who, when
he understands the money question,
will be in favor of the gold AND silver
coinage of the constitution.
81" If we had been willing to
make the democratic party the agent to
fasten plutocracy upon the American
people we could have kept every man
who has left us. (Applause). But we
have to choose between throwing over
board those who have been millstones
about the neck of democracy and throw
ing over democracy itself, and we pre-
fer to save democracy and let the aris-
tocrats go. (Applause).
i" We are drawing to our ranks
those who are in, the republican party
for bimettalism. They have come to
us because they see now that the hope
of international bimetallism is delu-
sion, and that it is used only as a cover
while the leading republicans are at
tempting to fasten the gold standard
permanently upon the American people,
l mistake the patriotism of the
American people, l mistake their indie
pendence and their love of liberty, if
they are going to transfer Legislative
power from Washington 10 London.
| (Cries of "Never !'').
Here where you still cherish the
memory of New Orleans; here where
you still believe in the right of the peo-
pie to govern themselves here where
you are true to the traditions of the
democratic party, l have no fear that
you will falter now in this supreme con.
fiict between democracy in its broadcast
sense ON the one side, and on the other
every enemy of this country and every
man who would use government for the
purpose of private gain" applause.
HE TALKS AT MEMPHIS.
"My friends, am not her e to inter.
fere in your state campaign or local
politics, but l am here to so deepen the
convictions of those who believe in fires
coinage that there will not be man in
this state who agrees with us who viii
not be willing to sacrifice anything thai
is necessary to secure the advancement
of this cause. Great applause). | an
here to increase the enthusiasm, if
can, until the men who stand in the
way of complete success will be branded
as an enemy. (Great applause.)
''How you may find 1t best to unity
your forces, you are to judge, but, my
friends, want you to remem Der tina
you can not help our cause by helping
those who are fighting us. Great ap
plause.)
eff No are right in the position w
have taken, if the democratic party Ii
/ RIGHT in IFS niafforn, than the man WIN