Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-19
Twenty thousand Kentuckians
Greet Him at Louisville.
HIS REPLY TO J. Y. BROWN
He Endorses tho EoeIs Struggle Against
Great Britain. dmipistration's Ph:ljp.
pine Policy Arra'gned. Mckinley
Compared with King George,
IfN rel,grall, \

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Thousand people greeted ". ]. Bryan
and tie candi;ltt.s on th. Democratic.
state ticket 1T churchill Downs 1hi:;
'ft"rnHnn. thc occasion being the first
DEMONSTRATION by local Democrats in
ta'e state campaign now in progress.
The rroWl' WAS filled With enthusiasm
IT wt,s ed upon oratoly by Tho state
leaders. notably. ex-senator j. G. :
BLACKBURN and Wm. (;oci,c and The
champion o. the ca,ls,. in national 71u,-
itics. w. j. Bryan
'ihe barbecue WAS the feature az the
third day. program Of the party which
has been stumning Nrn,uck: in he in
tcr"st OF the regular Democratic nomi-
nee They spent three hours at the
Jockey club grounds. all fun o. speech
making. and then rcsua-cd their trip to
tovinStn on.
CHIC CANrF Align BEGINS.
Nlter 4 meeting there tonight the
campaign in Ohio Will he begun. \
notable part OF the days program was
played by the Cook County Marching
Club Of Chicago which, 800 strong
came into town at S O'clock this morn
ing ard to the music Of five arass bands
cut sWarh through the heart Of I cuis
NiiIr that brought cheers from tho hun
areds who had gathered TO greet them
When MIR. Bryan arrived at thsa race.
track. he was greeted With loud an
1Aause The crowd completely filed
lae large grand stand, even Gown to
the bottom Of the steps and several
thousand people We're damned ana
packed together on The. ground.
The Speaking stand was immediate
~ in front OF the grand stand 1t was
a sea cS humanity That the speakers
laced The Chicago Denllcrats we're
seated IN the center Of The grand sand
LETTER FROM Ma; ERCN< =.
MI. Bryan began by reading i IL ter
from John Young Brown. Wh.ch haze
been handed to him on his a;riv,! u,
The city.
The letter cited the statements con
corning the agreement Of Goebo, ana
Stone. BY which they were to combine
their forces for the purpose Of securing
the organization Of the Iouisvile cons
Ecntlon any! asked whether. after over
aoo men we're placed in the convention
instead OF the delegates sglcctea' The
convention could give C,Ceocl the nCmi-
nation ~. the party. He also asked
whether such 4 contract was not fraud
ulcnt.
Governor, Brown further asked
whether :, chairman had lhc lio.!l, 10
deny an appeal: whether armed police
in the convention was not Il menace 10
1r@e government: whether Bryan was
IN favor OF tile Grebel election ana.
lastly, whether Bryan had any plea
save th.tt of political rXpcdicncy to
justify submission.
Mr.. 'l',yan said on the subject Of the
letter:
'Nnw he asks if it lie true shat this
! tI,t,,
not come Ia sit in judg.nen. on any con
rention. did net come to discuss III,
"details Of IN cc2,iGn law come to
say. ard say With emphasis. nat if
lncrc was anything done in That con-
N1nti"n tha! Il Democrat does not think
uuEh. to have been done. ask or lnat
Democrat Whit his remedy is. Is it 10
elS.ct a ltcruhlican governor ard Re
l"thlitan officials: The man Who tries
to corrcGt 4 Democratic convention
by e!cc;inG a Republican governor as.
sumcs responsibility fer al that TIA,
governor does after he has been elect
cd
SPEAKS FOR THE T'lC'NET
Mr.. Bryan then urged his hearers to
support the regular nominees of The.
Democratic convention, saying tina.
that convention not only reaIirned
WI" uc'laTarlblS OF tnc Chicago plat
form. but defined the attitude Of The
party on the issues tina; have arisen
since 1896. The survival IF these prin-
clpIeS, he declared, to he of more i'm
portal:cc than the question OF candi-
dates. he asserted that it WAS not a
question between C!ncl)el and another
Democrat. but between Gocbel and
the election of a Republican governor
and Republican state officers He rec
ngnizcd the right Of any man to bolt,
hut said lnc thought this Il Very poor
way Of rcTncdNing any wrong. fancicl
or real, that might have been done by
the louisville convention.
Mr.. Bryan again attacked the Phil
ippinc policy Of the administration He
cited Mr. Mckinleys statement that
the United States would hold the ar
chipclgo and quoted the President as
saying: II confidently believe that
Congress Will provide for these people
a government that Will bring them
blessings and advance their material
interests.
HE sUG GlESTS CHANGES.
''Changc this sentence hut slightly"
said Mr. Bryan.
Put parliament instead Of Cons
gres' and colomsts' instead Of people,,
and you have a declaration exactly in
line With the policy Of King George
when the American patriots were in
revolution.
Again put Tol'tcs' instead or Con
Sress' and '(,Ibans' instead or people,
and you have the announcements &C the
Spanish king in Justification Of his