The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-11


party, except Mr.. and Mrs Bryan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bland.
When they ente ed their carriages the |
relentless throng closed aruoud them and |
seemed to sbear them along .at its will |
Through the various streets traversed no
available space could be discerned Every
foot of ground along the way was occu-
pied by enthusiasts. When the Central
Hotel was reached Gordon of police was
stationed at main entrance and formed
narrow passage way leading to the
staircase. No one was allowed to tread
it except he who could show unmistaka-
BILE credentials
The evening meeting had been AN
nounced ITO occur at o'clock in the
Grand Opera House and the Avenue The
atre, kindred halls, side by side. Each
hall will seat between $500 and 5000
and the meeting were TO be held in each
When Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan and members
of their party rode around from the hotel
and entered the first hall both of them
were packed to their full standing room
capacity. Mr.. Bryan was introduced by
Mr.. ames X. Mills, editor of the Pitts
burg Post, and spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
Fellow citizens: | thought it might be
necessary in coming so far towards the
East to bring IL few of our people to keep
up the en- thusiasm while presented the
truths set forth i'll the Democratic..plat
form. cloud cheering.) But afterl have
seen few audiences | ike this | won
dered whether | might not take back IL
few OF you to set an example of enthu-
siasm To the people of the West. laugh
ter and cheering) There is no more
'W-d West, it is Wild East. Tremen-
dous cheering and laughter and cat
calls.) FL
A voice: You're ii brick" (Cheers
and renewed lau sfhter.) Mr.. Bryan re-
summing 81 am not expecting to enter
into discussion of the issues of the cam
paign because it is not considerable to
discuss the campaign--at least for can
didate to do so--until he has been
formally notified of his nomination" \
| voice with Hibernian accent: 1.-The PEG.
pie knows about it, daughter and
cheers.)
Mr.. Bryan: ''Therefore | am going
to leave to those who come after me the
discussion of such questions as may be
pertinent at this time, and shall simply
thank you for this extraordinary and
| unexpected manifestation of interest
When left home told them that was
coming upon campaign in what was
, Which we hoped
~ NOICt. W. 1Oullk SO
East" daughter and cheering)
Mr.. Bryan: would be our country
before the campaign closed. ('tRight,
right" and applause.) Therefore | have
been more that gratified TO find.that it
was not necessary to open the campaign
| in the East; it has already been opened
there, Cheers and laughter) but shall
promise you this, that in the progress of
this campaign not Il single private in the
ranks will stand nearer to the enemy s
guns than he in whose hands is the
standard. (Checrs.) We are prepared to
defend our platform. 1t presents, rs we
believe, those policies which are for the
best interests of the people, and we are
not terrified because our enemies have
sought to apply to us epithets and hard
names when they find it impossible to
oppose the position which we have
taken. (Applause.) They shall not be
permitted to put us in the attitude of OPP
| ponents of the Government, but we shall
show them thatthere is IL dicrence he
tween defending government and de
Tending the vicious legislation inaugu-
rated by the Government for private
ends tremendous cheerjng)
Andrew Jackson, than whom there VISA
never drawer truer Democrat has eX-
pressed it well in these worus. There
evils exist only in ics abuses
1t is true, nGy friends, that what we at
tack is tne abuses of the Government and
not the Government itself (''1'hat':
right, cheering.) The worst enemy OF
TINS country is the man who seeks unjust
legislation or defends unjHst .legislaticr
AFTER 1T has been obtaincs. He is the
pest TREND of the Government who, IL
the hrst place seeks to prevent unjus
legislation, and if unjust legislation ha
peen enacted, seeks To erase it from thu
statute book. Who is the best friend o
the Government? Not the man wh'
secures vicio as legislation because OF TIN
Pecunlary p totit which it brings him, bu
| Ihe man tho loves his Government 5
Wei that b would wake 1T 50 good tina
IL Would q eserve the love ofscvery either
MY frie' ads, in this campaign there
oliiy one great issue If that Is settled
! VIII not give us a Government perfect /
! an It's alails, but that one question mus
DE scttl ed first before other questions ca
DE sett led. \ nation that is notable
ADOPT it's own financial policy is too III
potei It TO ie9ielate on any question wht
,'c people are concerned. Cheers W
w not say that our opponents are lnsil
oe e, we do not say that they are less ho
t than we, but we do say that when the
.ttempt to say TO the American teop
that we must be dependent upon the le
islative act of some other government
say il matters not how honest they mi
: be, we dare not entrust legislation
Il their hands. loud cheet{ng.) | ha
~ said that in this contest we have a req
r. tition of the contest OF 1916, and that
rs this campaign as in that line will