The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-11
BRYAN THE HERO
OF INDIANA
Twenty-Five Thousand Peo-
Pile Cheer Him.
CENTRAL WEST FOR HIM
Dramatic Scenes at the indianapolis
Notification Meeting.
IMPERIALISM IS FATAL TO REPUBLICS"
The Great Scene Of the Meeting Occurred When
He Declared His Policy in Regard to the
Philippines. Pledge Upon Which
the Campaign VIII Hinge.
the Campaign VIII Hinge.
DANES Creelman in N. Y. Journal.)

the Campaign Will Hinge.
DANES Creelman in N. Y. Journal.)
Indianapolis, Ind, August 8.-Mr
Bryan's great speech this afternoon
sweeps all the minor issues aside, unites
the Democratic party and all who are
in sympathy with it ON the supreme is
sue of imperialism, and brings the Re-
publican rarty face to face with its re-
isponsibility for the establishment of
subject colonies under the American
flag.
Not only did Mr.. Bryan declare that
the Republicans would not be permitted
to evade the paramount issue of the cam
paign, but he charged them with coward
ice in attempting to push economic is
sues to the front in order to divert at
tention from the abandonment of the
fundamental principles of our Govern
ment by the Mckinley administration.
Indiana is the central battle field of
the campaign, and here Mr.. Bryan an
nounced the central idea of the fight. He
made it clear, not only in his speech,
but in his conversation before and after
the Speech. that he proposes to force
Mckinley to meet the issue of imperial
ism.
The streets of Indianapolis have borne
witness all day to THE enormous change
that have occurred in the Central West
since the campaign of 1895. Thousands
of Democrats have poured into the city
from the surrounding States. Thous-
Of AZ.
Bryan and Stevenson.
Four years ago such a display of SYM
pathy of the Democratic candidates would
have been impossible.
BRYAN TREATED LIKE A HERO.
Lifting of Democratic music is heard
in every direction. Mr.. Bryan has been
received like a hero. Hundreds of men
who worked earnestly to defeat him in
1896 have called upon him to express
their loyalty to the Democratic cause.
Although the national Democratic lead
ers were prepared for a great demon
Stration of enthusiasm, they were as
tcnished today by the fervor of the greet
ing for Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson.
Every faction and every shade of faction
in the party was represented in the out
burst OF popular feeling.
1--WE will carry Indiana without ques-
tion" said Chairman Jones' of the Ma
tional Committee. Also every Demo-
cratic leader in Indiana today said the
same thing.
At least $4,000 people were gathered in
Military Park to hear the two commit
tees notify Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson
of their nomination by the Kansas City
convention.
The ground was unfortunately chosen
because the great mass of trees obscured
the speakers stand from a great part
of the multitude, and not more than 49,
600 were able to get sight of the scene
Thousands left the park before the cere-
monies began. But the trees were load
ed with human beings to their very tops.
The heat was appalling, but the crowd
bore it cheerfully.
A REMARKABLE PROCESSION.
The procession which escorted Mr..
Bryan to the park was a remarkable one.
In the long line of carriages were seated
Democratic leaders from every State in
the Union and from the territories. Prac-
ticallY 1.-THE whole National commfttee
was there. All along the route the
crowds cheered the Democratic leader,
Mayor Taggart and Chairman Jones.
splendid procession of Democratic
organizations from every part of the
country. including the famous County
Democracy of Chicago, marched stimuli
taneously to the park.
When Mr. Bryan appeared on the speak
ers' stand the multitude uncovered and
cheered. He was in magnificent condi-
lie i0bd 4 ic 70
glowed with health. Mr.. Stevenson was
greeted with wild roar. His popularity
in the Middle West was evident from the
beginning to the end of the ceremonies.
After Mayor Taggat's opening speech
Senator Jones, as chairman of the pro-
ceedings, introduced Congressman Rich
ardson, of Tennessee, who made the
speech notifying Mr.. Bryan of his nomi-
nation. There was little demonstration
by the crowd until Mr.. Richardson began
to speak of the coarseness of the Repub-
lican attack ON Mr.. Bryan Then the
audience applauded. But when Mr.. Rich
ardson directed his attention to Gov
ernor Roosevelt's reckless rowdyism the
scene became suggestive.
ut is true" he said, shat you and
your party friends have already been
characterized as dishonest and lawless
at home and as towards abroad. feel
sure, however, that 1T will stop at this,
or at least, if such hyperbolic flowers of
speech are used at all. 1T will be in rare
instances, and only then by some one
whose coarse manners before the public
are equalled only by the roughness Of his
riding habit
WHAT THEY THINK OF ROOSEVELT.
The shout that greeted that thrust
showed what Western men thought of
Governor Rcoseyelt's cowardly attack
upon the heroes of the Democratic
party. During the eventful and excit-
ing campaign of 1896 you were constantly
before the public" he continued. "The
eyes of the nation were fixed upon you,
and your utterances as they were never
before upon a public man. Then, and in
all times since, you have been under a
light as glaring as the sun at high noon,