The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-03
He Addressed Three Big Meet
ings at Cincinnati.
AND ONE IN KENTUCKY
After a Day of Speech Ma king
in West Virginia.
TALKING FROM DAWN TO DUSK
Ovation asting Eight Minutes Accord
ed the Silver Leader in His
First Speech at Gin
cinnati.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct. 2.-Wm. Jen-
nings Bryan tonight addressed three
big meetings in this city. Then he
crossed to the Kentucky shore and
spoke to a great assemblage at Coying-
ton, Ky. 1t was fitting close to a
most eventful day. From dawn to
dusk, the nominee sped across West
Virginia from Charleston to the Ohio
river, stopping and speaking at almost
every town of consequence, and then
along the kentucky banks TO this city.
Arriving here at 6:45 p. m. he was
met by a local committee and the
members of the Duclxworth club and
was driven to the Hotel Gibson, where
he ate a light supper. Almost imme-
diately afterwards procession was
formed to Music Hall, where the first
and biggest meeting of the night was
held At the conclusion of his speech
there, he Addressed two other sue
cessive meetings from stands elected
at street corners to crafty the thou
sands who could not get an entrance
to the hall. Then he visited Covington.
The vast audience at Music Hall was
was next to impossible to move. Even
the aisles were clogged with standing
men and women. In the beginning
was started what looked to be an at
tempt to break up the meeting, but it
was quickly suppressed and thereafter
the candidates utterances ewere greet
ed with the utmost enthusiasm. The
disturbance was created bye a gang of
roughs in the gallery and while it
lasted it threatened 10 create trouble.
Mr.. Bryan appeared upon the stage
at $50 o'clock and the ovation that
greeted his entrance continued with
out abatement for eight minutes. When
the applause had subsided, Hon. Louis
Remleen, who acted as chairman of
the meeting, attempted to introduce
Mr.. Bryan, but the gallery would not
permit him to talk. Eventually Mr..
Bryan stepped to the speakers stand
and raised his hands in a mute appeal
for silence. For a moment he was sue
cessful, but at the end of his first sen
tence the noise in the upper part of
the house was renewed and the candi-
date was obliged to resume his seat.
Then, Olway J. Cosgrove, President OF
the Duekworth club, under whose aus
pices the meeting was held, pointed out
as the chief offenders three men in
one of the balconies and asked the
police to remove them. In doing so,
he characterized them as blackguards
and entreated the rest of the audience
to give Mr.. Bryan fair play as a fellow
& citizen. This effectually silenced the
screwa, and, after the trio of belliger-
sents had been summarily elected, Mr..
Bryan went on with his speech. He
said:
ssNr. Chairman, Fellow Citizens, La
dies and Geptlemen;. We are compelled
+ to face an, enemy in this campaign
which is1 not only well organized
and well equipped with the means
both for legitimate work and
for illegitimate work, but we
are also compelled to face an
enemy which is not entirely honest
in its dealings with the people. TAP
pIause) And before addressing myself
to the paramount issue of this cam
paign, want TO call gorr attention
to two or three questions raised by
our opponents. We have declared that
the money question is the paramount
issue, anl some Of them are not will
ing to meet us on the money question,
aIYI HAVE gnu w fttSot CtAtA' fiNAAfS
fions to confuse the public mind. My
friends, just one word about these
other questions.
''Some of our opponents have at
tempted to arraign us before the bar
of public opinion upon the charge
that we are attempting to disturb or
der and to overthrow the law. want
for a moment to meet that proposition.
There is nothing in our platform that
iustifies that charge. LII they say unat
our declaration in favor of an income
tax is an attempt to discredit the Su-
preme court, deny it. There IS noun
ing III our platform on that subject
which is half as severe as the minority
report uttered against the Judgment or
the Supreme court. (Appiause.) Let
me call your attention to the crI1clSIn
which Abraham Lincoln made OF de-
cision of the Supreme court, and when
you read his criticism you will find how
far we fall short of him in criticism,
and yet there are good people in this
country to-day who think that Abra-
ham Lincoln was not only a great
man but good man and a patriot.
Great applause.) Here is his Ian
guage in June, 1857: We believe as
much as Judge Douglas, perhaps more,
fhe duuSJ III ODtulcnce 10 anu feSpect
for the judicial department of the
government and we think the Dred
Scott decision was erroneous. / note
the court that made it has often over
ruled It's own decisions and we shall
do what We can to have it overrule
thie'
my friends, the position taken by
Abraham Lincoln is the exact one
which We take to-day. Great applause J
We expect that decision at e0me time