Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-17
BRYAN IN KENTUCKY.
rorn or THAT STATE AND
ONO nEcuS.'
IMPORTANCE OF The BLUE GRASS VOTE
,,,ether Next President shau Re a
,.mocrat Depends Upon It-Dc-
uunciation of War ON the Fiji
..i,os-Frcc silver.

... Ohio. Among those on the tram were
=. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan: National
..~mf,ocman woodson. OF Kentucky;
,r.sm Goobol, Democratic candidate
~. Governor OF Kentucky; Captain Jo-
-. blackburn. brother OF Senator
- .,sarn's. q. q. Coulter, candidate for
..ttsr OF kentucky. and others known
t.,iplkv Democracy. with an array
,..osnapcr correspondents. Bardwen.
.... miles out Of Cairo. was the first
w., and there an enthusiastic crowd
,-..tel ihe train.
81. Bryan said in part;
.,,t..ne- the next President Of the
,.-.,s stat,s IS "a Democrat depends
'....,. ,, what YOU 90 in Kentucky this
- vbr.o years ago Kentucky did not
,.,, .b. Democratic party to any great
.,.,,- believe the people voted better
,.,~ ,bo country counted. / am not sure,
ST.. v. carried the state bat l am sure
-. s.s mot Get &c. kentucky is Demo
,-sH, state and We have a right to'ex-
,oet % 90 go Democratic In 1900.
.r, tbe state goes Republican this fall
g. -... 10 difficult 90 carry IL next year.
49,. ,..r encourage the Republicans and
[-,.rseo .he Democrats II you try to
-...,o hs Democratic party. You cannot
vtn the Republicans by dividing the
Democratic party in two"
PHILIPPINE WAR.
,,- sryan vigorously denounced the
..- .e the Philippines and the present
,.-.. standing army, claiming it the duty
,tr Democratic party 10 seek a reduce
., a. The army to the peace footing Of
man.
81. Bryan at some length paid his re-
....s .1 Mr. McKinleys announcement
o,fts intention to hold the Philippines.
gill. said il was the first pronounoement
o.. President Of the United States
. the spirit and doctrine Of the De-
e-aon Of Independence. In reference
.aa Presidents declaration that Con-
KISS would provide for the government
tla Stands, he said: you should sub
s,..e Parliament for Congress, and re-
y.-. 20 the time when the colonies asked
p. milton Of King George He ridi-
.,sl the claim that we had a right TO
,s Islands because we had purchased the
s1ds from a discredited monarchy. and
FRED that we could not buy the Philip
mes after we had armed them 10 fight
&. aim.
Bio then touched upon the silver ques-
ton as q matter Of vital interest to the
ar.e as a whole. and urged the rcaf-
am4uoa Of the Chicago platform.
GOOD CROWD IN FULTON
rULT0N. ky. October 16.-There was
q, good crowd here. and Mr.. Bryan spoke
fron rs rear platform, as did Candidate
Gosa.. and Mr.. Blackburn.
Ur Bryan said. among other things:
you can do some pretty good yelling
ira. but want TO tell you that If you
elect Sir. Goebel Governor and Joe Black
burn senator there will be more yelling
IN Nebraska than we have here.
They say O. man does not want another
DO do better than himself, but l am not
selfish when 4 say I want you 20 give MI
G-.tel larger majority than you gave
ms in lN6 While 1 appreciate the splen-
did Vote Of lsg5 l believe our party is
stronger than it was then, and there are
is reasons TO 4 why 10 should be-
BIG CROWD All MAYvILLE.
pADUCAH. ky. October 1.-THE
largest crowd Of the day was met at
Marfel. Elr Bryan and Mr.. Goebel be
ne the speakers. The former delivered
tAe most elaborate speech Of the morn
.g thus far. Mounted upon an elevated
platform. hc said be- did not know III
ulich direction TO talk.
"I may face I'm all directions on this
PLATFORM but ! do not On the Chicago
platform. (CheersJ They told me in
1896 this Was the banner Democratic
county in the State, and that 1 had more
than 500 majority, but the appearance
~ this crowd indicates that 1 should
have had more. applause
"a voice. We viii give you more next
y.ar)
u believe this crowd indicates what
So win DO for GOebel and the rest of the
ticket. ] shall accept il as evidence of
alse majority for GOebel, and 4 shall
I..o.cs if it is so.
KENTUCKY THE SKIRMISH LINE.
j arm glad To come 20 Kentucky. IL is
90. sAImish lire Of 1900. The bigger the
airg this fall the bigger the better
Ono chances ln 1880. The skIrmish of 106
WAS over Bunker Hin. That of 1900 will
o. another Yorktown The Chicago plat
iI-m ot 1886 was new declaration. Like
TIE Declaration vi Thomas jefferson. it
"as not Tor year, but for genera
L0l.'
Die appealed TO tine Democrats TO stand
9f The platform and the candidates en-
,'fstl ty the Louisville convention, and
leia ID u ING compliment TO the boiling
l.het md its Importers, holding that
liAcn.es ale everything and the man
I..Ai-s. He said railroads were hard
l-.L-a 90 buck whether in public or IN
4'i-.-i matters. claiming That the rail-
Io--s were supporting the opposition 10
n.e0- Tie also appealed 10 the Popu-
'a who supported him IN 1896 TO stand
't Goao.i as against the Republicans and
'l with an appeal for the election
Joseph Blackburn to the United states
49, Goebel denounced the railroads,
PRESIDENT Mckinley. and his political ad-
's-ie' in general. and asked the peo-
b., 20 Import the opposition TO combiha-
a end corporations.
el.LAr DEMOCRAT OF THE DAY
LEMON, KY. October lG.-Mr. Bryan
was cordially greeted at Benton by
,.y large crowd at noon. He was In
'-.eel AS the great Democrat of the
-' and took occasion TO say in re-
~ iAat an Democrats were great who
"4 Up Co their responsibilities.
4-e defeat Of 1886 merely made the
Very more determined TO win. The
+N though some of the leaders went
"ay was right The defeat Of three
'.'la ago simply made the united party
~ to-day The people have charge.
"y believe that the Democratic party
"sht. and will see that the defeat Of
'' ls reversed