The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-06
NASHVILLE AND THE NOMINEE.
BETWEEN $4,000 AND 10000 PEO-
PIE TURN OUT TO HEAR HIM.

Twenty-siX Political Clubs From
Middle Tennessee in the Process
sion which Escorted MIR. bryan
After His ArriVnI-Deep Lines of
People Cheer Him All Along His
Route in the City-A Full synopsis
of His Speech.
Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 5.--Willam Jen-
nings Bryan, the democratic candidate
for President, arrived here tonight at
1885 o'clock. He was accompanied by
Senators Harr!s and Bate, Representative
Benton McNTllin, Representative En-
loe, j. NJ. Coleman, chairman of the
state democratic committee; ]. w.
Gaines, democratic nominee for congress
in the Nashville district, and other dem
ocrats of prominence Mr.. McMiIln, who
left the candidate at Nashville, accom-
panied him through West Virginia, Ohio.
Indiana, and Illinois, and 1t is due large
ly to his efforts that Mr.. Bryan is in
such good physical condition. He took
personal charge of the nominee, insisted
that he would have plenty of rest and
kept him from hundreds OF nquisltive
visitors.
Three speeches was the task Mr.. Bryan
found before him when he reached Nash
vile, after a hard day OF 1t across Ten
nessee from Memphis. But the nature of
his reception here was sufficient to brace
up any man susceptible to ordinary hu-
man feelings. The railroad station ana
the streets in It's vicinity were thronged
when his train rolled in, and all along
the route to the Haymarket. where the
first speech was made, deep lines OF peo
pie cheered him. An artillery salute was
fired by squad OF Battery A, Tennessee
state troops, and a large number Of polit-
ical organizations took part in the escort
procession. Twenty-six clubs from places
in Middle Tennessee were in line, on foot
and on horseback. Some of these con-
tingents rode thirty miles to be present.
About 300 students from the university
here also turned out tonight. Excur-
sion trains had been bringing in big
crowds all day, and long before Mr.. Bryan
came thousands of strangers augmented
the crowds OF Nashville people on the
Haymarket, an open enclosure, estimated
by measurement to hold So 900 people 1t
figures given of the audience there range
from 25,0OO to 10000. The gathering WAS
like all those Mr.. Bryan had Addressed
in Tennessee-enthusiast ever ready to
yell shrilly its approval of the national
nominees utterances and intensely parti
san in its expressed feelings
Senator Bate introduced Mr.. Bryan, and
the closely packed people eheered them
selves almost hoarse. He spoke as fol-
lows: Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t was
my good fortune to visit Nashville more
than year ago, when we were beginning
the fight which resulted in securing the
control of the democratic national conven-
tion. remember with pleasure my visit
then, and it gratifies me much upon re-
turning to find that the sentiment in ia
vor of the immediate restoration of the
free and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver, at the present legal ratio of
16 to l, (cheers) without waiting for the
aid or consent of any nation on earth. has
expanded until to-day a vast majority OF
the people of Tennessee are arrayed un-
der a double standard banner. beg to
thank the young men who have opened
this meeting with our campaign song, our
battle hymn, 1t might be called, for in this
fight for the defense OF the homes of this
land, the humble home as well as the pa
latal home, we well might take as our
battle hymn that most beautiful OF all
songs, Home, Sweet Home (Cheers)
'Our warfare Is in one sense aggres-
siVe, in another sense Ii Is defensive. IL
is aggressive in the sense that we are
asking for remedial legislation. 1t is ag-
gressive in the sense that we are insisting
that something shall be done, and II is de-
fensive in the sense that we are fighting
for our homes and our people from the in
vasion of a foreign financial policy.
(cheers)
''As passed through the streets tonight
and listened to the exclamations of the
people, l could easily believe that 1 was
I'm the city so near to that sacred spot, the
Hermitage. (Cheers). / can understand
why the people Of this state, and espec-
tally OF this portion OF the state should
feel so deep an interest in the cause which
is being represented by the Chicago plat
form, because, my friends we are fight
ing to-day the battle that Andrew Jack
son fought when he was In Office. (Great
cheers) We find arrayed against us the
same combinations, the same aggregation
of wealth, the same abuse against him
we meet the same Intolerance that he met.
we suffer from the same abuse that he
suffered from; every name is applied to-
day to the advocates OF free coinage that
was applied to Old Hickory when he
fought for the American people (Great
cheerlng) 1t has been the lot Of those
who have espoused our cause, to be de-
nOunceu ana dDuhtu Dy those VINO favor
the gold standard IL has been the LOT
OF those who have defended the cause OF
the common people to be assailed by those
who doubt the capacity OF the people for
self-government, and would deny to them
the right Of eating the bread which they
earn. (Cheers)
an declaring In favor Of bimetallsm,
we are standing upon ancient ground.
The free coinage Of silver is no expert
ment IL Is indorsed by the history Of
the human race. 1t has the sanction OF
all the great statesmen Of this nation
from the beginning Of our constitutional
history down to 1873. No person viii as
sert that the American people abandoned
bimetallism after fun and complete dis
cusslon. II you read the records of the
time, you viii find that the newspapers
which are so quick TO grasp up any
item Of news, and so ready 20 spread It
before the public did not understand and
explain that the law OF 1873 demonetized
silver, closed the mints to the coinage OF
the white metal, and left US with gold
only as our standard money Ever since
that day we have been seeking to undo
what was done In the dark. (Cheers)
"My friends that man who talks about
$40.