The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Democratic Leader Campaigning
in Kentucky.
LARGE CROWDS ASSEMBLE
Number of Ladies Were Guests of the
Party During the Day. and Were
Entertained by Democracy's +
Peerless Champion

Bryan and his party will spend the night
here after another day of hard campaign
ing in Central Kentucky. The start was
made from Louisville at o'clock this
morning. A heavy storm prevailed and
continued throughout the day. Frankfort,
the capital city, was reached at o'clock
and as the guests of Ex-senator J. C. S.
Blackburn the party had breakfast at the
Capitol hotel. Despite the rain and the
early hour, large crowd assembled in the
opera house to hear Mr.. Bryan, VINO urged
the election of the regular democratic state
ticket The lengthy speech of the day was
that delivered at Lexington, in Chautau-
qua hall, before perhaps the largest gath
ering of enthusiastic followers met during
the days trip.
There was a large and demonstrative as
sembly at Mount Sterling, the meeting
being held in the open court yard while the
| rain came down In torrents There were
| friendly crowds at Versailles Richmond,
| Winchester, Junction City and Stanford,
where a stop was made for the night Ex-
| Governor McCreary and party boarded the
| special at Winchester and accompanied the
| train to Junction City.
| A number of ladies were guests during
| portion of the day and were entertained by
| Mr.. Bryan. Judge Morton introduced Mr.
| Bryan at Lexington, as the man who
came with a message of warning and adj
| vice to the democracy of the state and
| nation" to which Mr.. Bryan replied as fol-
| lows:
81 have no authority to give you advice
| 1 have no desire to urge upon you action
that your conscience and Judgment don't
I a. nriVaId pitt-
zen. 1 speak as a private citizen to rciv-
ate citizens. l have my opinions and my
reason for it. Under my opinion no one
should be guided unless the reasons which
influence are sufficient to suffice. l recog-
rize THAT a mans vote is his own; that he
ought to do with it what he thinks best
Probably l am more liberal in my views
on the subject of the right to bolt than
some are. 1 want to present another phase
OF The boiling question, and 1 trust that
the boilers will be as dilgent in spreading
| my views upon the boilers responsibilities
as they were to spread my views upon the
citizens right to vote. l recognize the right
of any man to vote as he pleases, and l
| have never yet condemned a man Who made
| his vote represent his conscience and his
Judgment, no matter where that vote was
placed. If in this campaign a democrat be-
Heve that he can serve democracy best by
voting for a republican for governor, L
want him to do 1t. l don't believe, now
ever that this is the best way to advance
the principles OF democracy. l don't believe
That in a great contest like this you can
afford to withdraw your support from the
democratic ticket.
II would not deserve your confidence if 1
allowed boiling democrats in Nebraska to
| play on my name If boiling democrats
n 10 for hi too, faa, 4
| crat put up in opposition to the regular
nominee of the party, let them do it, but let
them come out boldly and state their real
| object and not claim that they are doing
| it to save me-
81 know something of boilers. There
| We're some in 1896. Q1aughtec) Only the
| boilers of 1886 said they bolted because of
| principle and a bolt againsa a principle
| principle and bolt against a principle
| regard principle as infinitely more impor-
| tant than a person. What did the bolter
| DO IN 1896? He helped to elect the president
| and everything that republican president
| has done, the bolter who helped to elect
| him Is responsible for.
Your governor signed he credentials of
| the electors who represent the people of
| this state in the electoral colge and some
films the election is close. 1t was close in
1896, If L am not mistaken. Gaughter.) l
have my suspicious that it was closer on
| the count than it was on the vote. Laugh-
/ Ter anu dpplduSe.) L nave nearQ IL SAID
| that General Hardin was defeated in 1895,
| because great many men who had right
| to vote did not put their votes into the bal
| lot box, and 1 have my suspicion that we
| lost Kentucky in 1896 because a great many
votes were put into the ballot box that had
| no individuals entitled to vote behind them.
| (Applause.) 1 know that the contest in
which We are engaged is a great contest, a
| contest where victory is so important to
the aggregation of wealth that they contri-
hrtn1 to N.tsr h.
ficent fund ever used in campaign. Vic
tory was so important to them that they
raised a fund which 1 think / may safely
say was larger than all the campaign
funds used by. the republican party from
the day that Fremont was a candidate
down to the day when Hanna took charge
eff the organization. Men who feel that vic
tory is so important to them financially will
bring to Bear all the influence at their COM
mand to attain their end. (Appause.)
when such pressure is brought to bear
upon those who stand in authority would
rather have democratic governor to GER
tify to elections than a republican COVER
nor. lii
at has been suggested to me that this
boiling convention endorsed for the
presidency. 1 appreciate the good will and
confidence expressed by those boiling demo-
Gratis If 1 did not place the principle in
volved above personal compliment Gap
plause) l have right to believe that the
any democrat whom they please, that they
will want democrat who is true to the
principles in which they believe and one
" 70 can advance the cause to which they
are welded. I am interested in the triumph
of these principles. have talked for them
before they were written in the Chicago
platform. In this very building In June or
July 1895, a year before there was Chicago
PLATFORM stood upon this floor and defend
ed the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio OF Is to i, Il stand
today where stood then. Some have criti-
cized the members of the democratic ma
tional committee for taking part in this
contest. I received a telegram this morn
ing from st. Louis. Let me read 1t to you:
st. Louis Mo, October 16
Hon. W. J. Bryan, Louisville. Ky.
Jones. Stone, Wetmore, Caruth. Cooke
and other friends congratulate Governor
Goebel Blackburn and Kentucky democrats
on splendid reception in Kentucky. Success
this fall means success in the nation next
year.
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