The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-10-16
A GRAND OLD RALLY
Friday Was Pennoyer Day
in Pendleton.
MANY WERE THERE.
Hon ]. X. Weatherford Spoke
in Athena.

Friday was the day set apart for PEN
movers speech and democratic rally In
Pendleton.
Several hundred people from the
country and outside points, were on the
streets when the Walla Walla-P Pendleton
freight with four passenger coaches at.
tached, arrived at the station. The
coaches were comfortably filed, and
would have been completely loaded down,
had not the train for some reason or
other, came into Milton, Weston and
Athena ahead Of time. at Athena the
train arrived at IL 80, when people we're
either getting ready or eating dinner.
and as the general supposition was that
the train was to come at one o'clock.
they thought there was no use in making
an effort to get to the depot Many were
thus disappointed and forced to remain at
home. However, goodiy number, In
cluding the Bryan club, headed by the
Athena Band, made run for the train,
which did not leave until one o'clock.
Arriving at Pendleton large and en-
thusiastic Bryan crowd, together with
the Pendleton Brass Band were at the
station to receive and extend welcome to
the Bryanites from the least end"
Everybody fell in line, and to the in
spring music of the two bands, marched
to the speakers stand on Cottonwood St.,
whore Gov. Pennoyer, Hon. j. K.
Weatherford and influential democrats
Of Pendleton and Umatilla county were
waiting.
Col. j. III. Raley introduced Gov. PEN
noyer to an assemblage that numbered
hundreds Of voters, and hundreds OF
ladies'. Mr. Pennoyer delivered an ex-
cellent address, which was replete in hot
shot for the opponents Of W. J. Bryan
and independent bimetallsm. His
speech was given the closest OF atten-
tion and warm applause rang out on the
afternoon air, when the governor made
point and he made many OF them.
Hon. j. K. Weatherford, of Albany
made a stirring appeal to the voters, and
after two hours talk, bristling with facts
and logic, thanked the assemblage for
their earnest attention, and wanted TO
stop, but the big, good natured and i'm
mensely interested crowd would not have
1t SO and he spoke on for half an hour
longer.
In the evening there was huge pro-
cession, in which band music and torches
and brilliant fireworks added much to
the patriotism and enthusiasm Of the
gigantic demonstration. Pendleton, to
use slang phrase, was "wide OPEN"
and II, as the republican organ OF that
place would have you believe, there were
no democrats in the town, one il COM
PEELED TO wonder who constituted the
hundreds who participated in the rati6-
cation and heard Pennoyer's speech.
Republicans? II 50, Mckinley Is des.
erving Of whole car load OF pity, for
every body was yelling himself hoarse
for Bryan.
The procession formed at the court
house, and proceeded down Court street
to the Golden Rule hotel where IL halted
and w. E Butcher delivered short adj
dress from the door Of the hotel. "Butch"
received ringing applause and the crowd
went wild with enthusiasm. The Bryan
rally was huge affair, republican re-
ports to the contrary Notwithstanding,
and Pendleton did the grand in the way
Of extending hospitality.