The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-09

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Tennessee eliminated Monday night
In the capture of our Capital city.
Never in the history of the grand
"Old Volunteer State" has such an
ovation been rendered to any mortal.
Never since the tumultuous gather
ings of Wings and Democrats in the
exciting campaign of James K. Polk
and "Lean Jimmy" Jones, has such
a multitude of people gathered to-
gether in Nashville. From the
whole Middle Basin they came, and
it seemed as if the whole Middle
Division had crowded into the city.
They were there from no idle curl
osity, but from deep and an abid-
ing in terest in the Gospel of Hope,
which the peerless leader of Democ-
racy is preaching to suffering hui
manity. 1t is impossible to accu-
rately estimate the number of people
who heard Bryan and witnessed the
demonstration. The program was
for three speeches from the candi-
date; at the Haymark ct, at the Ath-
letic Park, and then at the Square
and the program was carried out
1t is estimated that probably $4,000
people attended the speakings; 3d.
600 of whom were at the first speech
at Haymarket.
Bryan had spoken in Memphis
that morning to similar multi.
'tude, and on the route from Mem
phis to Nashville he had responded
in eight speeches to waiting thous.
ands, who had gathered at the va.
rious railroad stations to hear and
see him.
His voice, on account of so much
speaking that day, was a little
hoarse when he begun his Haymar
ket speech, but as he warmed into
his subject, it rang out clear anC
melliflous, and nearly all in that vas
area of listening humanity could
hear his words.
Rather than consume our space il
a hopeless effort to describe thi!
magnificent demonstration, the
HERALD prefers to give its readers
the words of Bryan himself. W.
would be glad to publish all thre,
of the speeches, for all of them wer,
different, although upon the sam,
absorbing subject, but other matte
forbids. We publish in full his frs
speech of the evening, which wa
delivered at Haymarket. He wa
introduced by Senator Bate, anC
spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t wa!
my good fortune to visit Nashville
more than year ago, when W,
were beginning the fight which re
suited in securing the control of the
Democratic National Convention
| remember with pleasure my visi
then and it gratifies me much upor
returning to find that the sentimen
in favor of the immediate restora
ton of the free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of l6 to | Zap
plause) without waiting for the aiC
or consent of any nation on earth
has expanded until to-day a vas
majority of the people of Tennessee
are arrayed under double standard
banner. 1 beg to thank the youns
men who have opened this meeting
with our campaign song, our battl,
hymn it might be called, for in thi
fight for the defense of the homes o.
this land, the humble home as wei
as the palatial home, we well NIGH
take as our battle hymn that mos
beautiful of all songs, Home, Sweet
Home (Applause.l Our warfare
is in one sense aggressive, in an
other sense it is defensive. It il
aggressive in the sense that we ar,
asking for remedial legislation. 1
is aggressive in the sense that W,
are Insisting that something shall be
done, and it is defensive in the sense
that we are fighting for our homes
and our people from the invasion O