The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-09-24
RALElGH'S Big
DEMONSTRATION
In Honor es Candidate Bryaa's
Visi; TO The City 10, o,o0oPeo-
pie Present
TO HEAR HIS GREAT SPEECH

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All DAY rhuTsis, pssri- H-r- corn-
tng into ksi"ish Ana tho street. ssr.
ihrong-d sith people -.x-r to bar
aud r~- the people, cAnfidzt- fur
President ~ ih~ 1 nit-d ~tat~--Mn.
liam J~nnins. hr,an Ih~ cIss AZ
-uHi-c holiday asStr- sad uu ths nr.
90 aim.si every person "a. the nEm~
81 brsA i~upi- ye1r~d IN frona Asl
avenue and the S~AhoArd aud ~uafi-
~rn incoming trains M~r~ sru~ar.s
Long before ih- hour of sT-Aking u-n
women aud children AR. moving "a
the direction 81 Na.h .,!uar-. Here.
grand stand hAa l-~~n erected ane
-Aiiy d-c"ra'-d. white nnmt~rl...
electric llght. had ten PLACED Ai-.ut
the square making a. . so-u- of s-tti-
Auc- not -"on 10 i.~ for suit~z. -RAl~iEh
had the te.t arranged d.non.trA;ion
oi Any plAo~ y-t." "a. "a. uuss~r,Al
comment oi the RryAu -scUrf party
AZ . .is O'Clock the '.oN-rnur .'.uArd
formed "a lit- in front oi shear armory
sr Fayetteville street.
Just Arru-. ihr street t.-stdr Metro
| pnlitAn Hail the t"rchlight iruc-..iun
termed. Railroad m-n. mechanic.
farmers. laboring men. rlrrk.. m.r-
chants, men ui al profession. aud frum
al the surrounding counties mingled
in to DO honor 10 Mr.. BryAn. Ihrr-
| We're three hundred torches that
stretched n hong line of blazing ire far
down uh- street. Tie crowd va. but
bling over with fh. -nthu.iasm that
I 49, -
sparkling champagne. The, eh--r-d
Bryan from the t,m- they l.fi Metro
pa.iiAn Hall until th-y landed in Nash
square. The line of march va. up
Fayetteville Ia hArg-ft. down lisrg.-tt
To Mcdowell. down Mcdowell to the
centre of NAsh square The s.oN-
, -rnor's Guard headed the Procession
ia command of capt. Fred M Moclloott.
Chief Marshal John \. MAcRa- aud
the long lin. oi torch bearers marched
close behind the Guards.
The arrangements for rr-s@rging
order ia Nash square Wa perfect. The
Governor. Guard were played ~ the
!" -ntrAnc. 10 The MON d-poi. aud
sormed line To the diagonal walk
through Mach square. The bearers of
, torches and assistant mar-hAis formed
: a line ON either sid. of the walk from
the street TO the speaker stand. 4 de-
4 tachm.nt of police guarded the stand
:, and kept the crowd la order.
The sharp shrill whistle of the
q bryan special" Wa heard aud every
Il body was in eager expectation of the
realization Of his or her wish.
y ARRIvAL oF IHE PARTY.
when the Bryan special" arrived
)f the depot was filled with scores al
E. handsome girls. and the line 90 th.
n stand wac almost crushed by The pre-.
10 OF the crowd.
al The band headed the march. a.
- the party marched through the d-po'
W the strains of -nixie- Goat-d out "a
~ the waiting crowd and cheer Aff-i
"a cheer rang out. The various commit
Id tees and members of the Bryan esror-
IN care fret, Mr.. Bryan bringing up tb'
T. rear. The moment hr stepped from
Is. the depot cheer after cheer rang from
a the crowd and there was no intsrmis
n, sion until after he reached the stand
Between the long line of blhZinl
" torches he marched 10 the stand. lean
m- ing on the arms of Chairman Mani
RS and Chairman Aver. And Bryan
he Bryan. rang from ten thCussn
m throats-
az Chairman Clement Manly. 81 tli
o. Democratic state committee. and Ii,
on W. Aver, of the Popu!i.t state con
- mittee, jointly presided.
ME. IYKE's ISTRoDrcTIoS.
Mr.. Aver introduced Mr.. Bryan in
,;s witty speech that caught the crow
~ and was well appiauded.
nc He said: democrats. R-publicAn
OF Silver men, PoFulists, PopocrA'., Pr'
TO hibitionist-. Ladies aud Gentlemen:
ry- introduce 10 you this evening q ma
he who - the nominee Of the Democrat
ne party. of the Peoples party and n
s;d silver party, for President of the 4 a
90 ted States aud is the nomin-. Of Abo'
all the rest Of the people ia Am-ri'
'nu except one man and bic name i- MAJ
'ng Hanna" applause
WHEN BRYAN CANE FORWARD.
p A moment Of .xpectanry. and tn.
oet Mr.. Bryan came forward and eur
Mt after surge of cheers for bryan
the swept over the square and ruDbl-d D
me To the side streets and penetrated
&c the almost-deserted Fayetteville str~'
the The great arc lights and tb- Z
IN. barrels a, the corners of the squA
,n.- threw their light on the scene and
incandescents blazed the name
sea Bryan ia living light from the spea
er's stand.
hat His voice Was q trifie husky at fir
low but IL soon cleared and rang out WI
Don il. accustomed force. Nearly eve
IRE sentence of Mr.. Bryan's speech u
,,es greeted with spplsus-. AT the me
tion OF the name of Vance the cro'
- cbe~red wildly. Every two or thi
an minutes Bryan" Bryan cam. fr
afS the crowd.
in In the midst Of the speech some q
Ma on the south side Of the stand yell
-Come over and talk 10 u some,
,our Bryan" lie smiled and good -nstar'
nde ly walked To that side Of the platfo'
res wk. BKYAs's SPEECH
ties Mr.. Bryan said:
ican Ladies and Gentlemen:
80 ~The trip through North Carol
has been 30 well managed that nj
close of the second day I am feel
eA~ better than I did when I commen
SIN TO speak to the people OF North Ca
lima. Applause
y. II have followed somewhat the
pub ample OF the man who in trying
ste,- seek employment IN southern ilif
day, stated tnat he never oecsms l,rso, % =
work a little while the farmer ,
Tree hired him went out to see how he
ocia- getting along and found him sitt
It OF down under . tree resting and W
he reminded him Of what ne said,
4 be, man explained that sbe way he
our from getting tired was that he RE-
r.Irs before be got tired, and the way
airst kspt ifom se'.nx , huny han "a ~. hs
,tect' 49,. s,s,, hssee~ ne cot .lsrnv.
plsuse.) have been following
plan for the last few days and by 9
ing every spare moment have 10 .
extent prevented myself from get
mself tired.
plain 1t has been a great pleasure