The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-16
COMING
ALL NIGHT.
Farmers For Miles Around
Knoxville, Tennessee,
Travelled Through Night Hours
to Be There
AT SIN THE MORNING.
To See and Hear William J..
Bryan.
Crowd Estimated at $4,000 to
$4,000.

Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 16.-William
]. Bryan began work at 2 o'clock this
morning. He was going through the
city of Somerset, a Republican strong
hold, and started to make converts
while the good people were sleeping
peacefully and 500 of the citizens of
Somerset disturbed their rest in order
to hear the nominee. They halloed
good and loud and the few remarks of
Mr.. Bryan were well received.
Mr.. Bryan led off by telling the peo-
pie that he was glad to notice the in
terest taken in the campaign by them.
He thought that when the people would
stay until o'clock in the morning to
see presidential nominee, it was an
indication that the people were inter
ested in the right of lf-government
He told them that if between now and
election day they would get up as early
in the morning as they did this morning
and work as hard in behalf of the cause
OF Democracy as the nominee worked
yesterday there would be no question
of the success of the cause. This state
ment was received with the greatest
applause. He told them he could not
enter into discussion of the issues of
the campaign in the short time he was
to speak, but he asked them to study
the financial question thoroughly and
then vote as they saw fit.
At Silver Springs a reception commit
tee of 25 from Knoxville got on the
train headed by J. w. Sneed, one of the
prominent Democrats of that city
Among other men of more than local
reputation on the committee were: H.
H. 1ngersOll; Major D. A. Carpenter;
J. Q. J. Williams; John 7. ESSary; ChaS.
T. Gates: George w. Henderson: Frank
A. Moses; S. S. Condor; H. H. Hanna
the electoral delegate of the Second
congressional district of Tennessee, was
one one OF OF the party an and he brought with
him 200 members of the Oliver Springs
Silver club. There was a stop of two
hours at Knoxville.
All night long people had been as
sembling in the streets that had come in
by excursion trains and the farmers
for miles around had driven in to hear
the nominee.
1t was one of the greatest 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 8 O'Clock and Mr. Bryan
was taken Immediately to the speak
ers' stand erected in front of the court
house.
He was introduced by Ex-Governor
Robert L. Taylor with few approprf-
ate remarks. On the stand We're seat
ed Judge Clark of the United States
district court; Chief Justice D. L. Snod-
grass of the supreme court of Tennes-
see; W. D. Beard, w. G. Caldwell, w.
K. McAllister and J. S. Wilkes, assO-
ciate judges of the same court and the
reception committee. Mr.. Bryan's ap-
pedIauCe Was d SISIId1 IOI the greatest
applause and the citizens of Tennessee
showed themselves fully as capable of
shouting and yelling as had the Ken
tuckians, the day before. This is a
great stronghold of the Republican par
ty of the south, but the members of
that party were not in evidence yester-
day or today.
There were between Ia, 900 and Is. 600
people in the audience to which Mr.
Bryan spoke. He said in part:
1T gives me real pleasure to meet the
people of east Tennessee, who have as
sembled here in such numbers. am
sure that when I speak for an inde-
strike a responsive chord in the hearts
of the mountain people because the
mountain people of the world have al
ways been friends of independence and
liberty"