Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-19
BRYAN ON THE ROAD.
Greeted by Enthusiastic Audiences
Everywhere


tween st. Louis and Louisville, Marked
by Score Of Impromtu Speeches
s Wearied Almost to Exhaustion.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 15-Mr.
Bryan reached Evansville shortly be-
fore o'clock. He was placed in
carriage and taken to an open lot 100
yards from where the train stopped.
The lot was crowded to its outskirts
with people. Two Bryan and Sewall
clubs arrived after Mr.. Bryan reached
the stand from which he made his
speech and increased the gathering.
1t is estimated that the crowd which
heard Mr.. Bryan at Evansville num-
bered 5000 people, perhaps thousand
more, Cheer after Saeer went up as
Mr.. Bryan appeared On the stand. and
when he was presented by Col. Gil
Shanklin, national committeeman from
Indiana. thy cheering Was renewed.
On the way to the station the spirited
horses attached to Mr.. Bryan's car
riage became frightened and jumped
into the crowd. There was mo-
mentary panic among those who were
near the carriage and a great scamper
for safety. One OF the horses plunged
back and forward furiously, getting
beyond the control of the driver. At
this juncture Mr. Bryan and those
with him jumped to the ground, just
as the horses were subdued by some
policemen.
Mr.. Bryan went over many Of the
points discussed by him before.
HENDERSON, KY, Sept. 1A-Hender-
son presented gala appearance in
honor of the democrat: candidate.
Senator Blackburn and John w.
Gaines. democratic candidate for con-
gress from the Nashville (Tenn.tdis-
trict, spoke in Central park, where the
courthouse is situated, during the af-
ternoon, and the latter had just con-
cluded when Mr.. Bryan arrived from
the station, escorted by 500 mounted
men who had ridden in from Union
county, 30 miles distant.
Central park was crowded to its
limits and estimates of the number
there ran as high as 10000. This did
not include several thousand more who
were massed on the outside.
Ex-Congressman James L. Clay in
troduced Mr.. Bryan. who was received
with wild enthusiasm. He made
speech half an hour long and then
went over to another stand on the
edge of the park and addressed sec
ond great assemblage for 20 minutes,
concluding as follows:
81 believe that my chances Of sue
cess are good, providing that | live
to election day Laughter and APP
plause. The greatest danger that |
have now, l think, IS that of being
killed by kindness"
At the conclusion of his remarks
the escort was reform med and Mr..
Bryan returned to his train, cheered
along the way.
| The train left Henderson at 3:15.
An extra car furnished to the Ken
tucky people accompanying Mr.. Bryan
by the Louisville, Henderson & st.
| Louis road, over whose tracks the trip
to Louisville was made, was attached
to the special train at Henderso on. 1t
was occupied by number of promi-
nent Kentucky democrats, including
Senator Blackburn, Ollie James, chair
man of the Kentucky delegation at the
Chicago convention, and Congressman
w. Z. Ellis.
At the Home OF Urey yyoodson.
OwENsBoRo, KY, Sept. IA stop
of ten minutes was made at Owens
boro, the home of Urey W Woodson, ma
tional committeeman from Kentucky,
whose guest Mr.. Bryan w i'll be while
travelling through the state. A couple
of Thousand people shouted with all
their lung power when the candidate
appeared Ex-Congressman Ellis in
troduced Mr.. Bryan, who spoke
| briefly.
Many people III the good-sized crowd
at Hawesville, a little town on the
| Ohio river, had miniature American
flags aud these they waved frantically y
as MIR, Bryan appeared on The rear
| plattorm of his train. The candidate
| respsaS.sd aith speech.
Enthusiasm was rampant az Clover
port, where the train halted 4 minute
or two. Nearly Thousand people
composed the gathering there. They
got few words.
At Irvington, AZ miles from Louis
Vile, Mr.. Bryan said u few words to
several hundred people. He also ad-
dressed quite a gathering at West
Point, where flaming jets of natural
gas formed the principal illumination
in his honor.
wayworn and Weary, the Tired Statesman
| Reaches Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 15.-Tired al
most to the point of prostration. after
fatiguing journey of IA hours from
st. Louis, his voice nearly gone from
the effort expended in score OF
speeches, Hon. W. J. Bryan reached
Louisville at 1850 o'clock last night.
The day had been extremely hot, and
the wear and tear on the democratic
candidates system began to show
shortly after he cvossed the Ohio into
Kentucky. He bad not intended to
make many speeches, but the enthu-
sasin of the crowds at every station
where stop was made carried him
away, and his resolution went for
naught. As a consequences he had
hardly voice and strength enough left
on reaching Louisville to comply with
the requirements of his programme.
An enormous crowd cheered him on
his arrival at the Union depot in COM
pany with Urey Woodson, democratic
central committeeman from this state;
Senator j. S. G. Blackburn, Congress-
! man John Allen, of Mississippi, and
Others Of prominence.
1t was with difficulty that the can.
didatc and the members Of his party
were pushed through the bowling en-
thusiasts at the depot and enabled tc
enter the carriages in waiting. Chair
man John II. Headley and the local
reception committee met Mr.. Bryan
there, and under their escort he was
taken through streets crowded with