The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-10-09
BRYAN In TENNESSEE.
Enthusiastic Voters Greet Our Next President

Enthusiastic Voters Greet Our Next President.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Oct. 5.-When
Mr.. Bryan reached Nashville at $50 to-
night, he found that there was three
speeches to be made after his hard days
work through the State. The first
speech was made at Haymarket, where
deep lines of people cheered. An artil-
lery salute was fired by Battery A,
Tennessee State troops, and large
number Of political organizations took
part in the escort procession. Twenty
six clubs were in line, on foot and horse
back. Some contingencies rode thirty
miles to be present. About three thou
sand students from the University also
turned out tonight. Excursion trains
had been bringing in big crowds all
day, and long before Mr.. Bryan arrived
thousands of strangers augmented the
crowds Of people on the streets. The
Haymarket is spacious enclosure es-
timated to hold 10000 people. 1t was
pretty we'll filled tonight, and the fig
ures given Of the audiences there range
from $4,000 to 10000. The gathering
was like all those Mr.. Bryan has ad-
dressed in Tennessee-wildly enthusi-
astic, every ready to yell shrilly its ap-
proval Of the national nominees utter
ances and intensely partisan in its ex-
pressed feelings. Senator Bate intro
duced Mr.. Bryan and the closely
packed people cheered themselves al
most hoarse He spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t was my
good fortune to visit Nashville more
than year ago, when we were begin
ming the fight which secured the con-
troll of the Democratic National Con-
vention I remember with pleasure
my visit then, and it gratifes me much
upon returning to find that the senti-
ment in favor of the immediate restora-
ton 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 under double
standard banner. l beg to thank the
young men who have opened this
meeting with our campaign song, our
battle hymn it might be called, for in
this fight for the defense of the homes
of this land, the humble home as we'll
as the political, as we'll as the palatial
home, we we'll 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 it is defensive.
1t is aggressive in the sense that we are
asking for remedial legislation. 1t is
aggressive in the sense that we are in
sisting that something shall be done,
and it is defensive against that we are
fighting for our homes and our people
from the invasion ofa foreign financial
policy (Cheers.)
"We find arrayed against US the
same combinations. the same aggrega-
ton of wealth and the same abuse
against him; we meet the same intoler-
ance that be met; we suffer from the
same abuse that Jackson suffered from
every name is applied today to the ad-
vocates Of free coinage that were ap-
piled to "Old Hickory" when he fought
for the American people. Great cheer
ing.) 1t has been the lot Of those who
have sspoused the cause to be denounc-
ed and abused by those who favor the
gold standard. 1t has been the lot of
those No have defended the cause Of
~ heople to be assailed by
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