The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-16

cally speaking, for Blount County.
An unusual large crowd of people
were in town on account of Judge
Browns Circuit Court, and the
Court Room was packed and jammed
long before l o'clock, the hour for
the speaking. 1t had been well ad-
vertised that Gen. Harvey H. Han
nah would open his campaign here
on that date in the interest of Gen.
Tom C. Rye, democratic candidate
for governor, and both democrats
and republicans turned out in
great force to hear him.
At the hour set for the speaking
to begin Gen. Hannah was intro
duced by one of Blount County's
loyal democrats and one of Mary
ville's honored citizens, Hon. Jas
M. Gates. who said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, and fellow
citizens of Blount County, l have
the honor of presenting to you a
gentleman who needs no introduc-
tion to the people of lBlount County,
for he is we'll and favorably known
through the length and breadth of
this land as the Silver Tongued
Orator. from the mountains of East
Tennessee, and one who is ever
ready to raise his voice, coupled
with his great power of oratory
and his convincing arguments in
favor of the cause of good COVER
ment and the betterment of man
kind.
II take pleasure fellow citizens in
presenting Gen. Harvey HI Han
nah, the democratic nominee for
congress from the Second Congress
sional district of Tennessee"
Gen. Hannah said:
MARYVILLE, Oct. 12-Gen.
Harvey H. Hannah opened the local
campaign for the democratic ticket
here today at 1 o'clock. The Blount
county court room was crowded
with citizens from all parts of the
county, and Gen. Hannah was Civ
en- royal reception.
He arrived at Maryville shortly
before IL o'clock, accompanied by
Squire William Russell, of Rock
ford, who met him in Knoxville. He
went direct to the Sam Houston
Inn, and there was taken charge
Of by the reception committee and
escorted to the court house. Gen
Hannah was given an ovation when
he arose to speak. He said in part:
Ladies and gentlemen of Mary
vile and Blount County: While we
are in this peaceful land fighting
out the battle of politics, the great
est war in all history is being
fought out in Europe. Seven mil
lions of men, marshalled under their
respective flags, the flower and chiv-
airy of the Anglo-Saxon and the
Tentonic blood, are marching into
an open grave, while the Christian
civilization and all that it means
for 1000 years from Calvary to the
present day, reels and totters on
the throne.
"All these soldiers under all these
flags on that far-fung battle line
whether they be French or German
English or Austrian or Russian, the
pity of it is that from every belt
there bangles the Christian cross.
And while they go to battle the
heather world with its hordes and
millions of black and yellow men,
sits back and mocks to see our
Christian civilization crumble be-
meath the sword and flame; see
Christian at Christians throat,
dagger in the hand of the Christian
as he plunges it into the breast of
his brother.
"And while this awful confagra-
tion that is sweeping the white civil
ization off the earth is raging, the
only and all that is left, dominated
by white men and Tuetonic blood, is
our own fair republic, and thanks
be to God that in this awful
stress, in these bloody days we have
at the head of this nation a great
Christian-the greatest president
in the history of this republic from
the time of Thomas jefferson down.
THANK GOD FOR WILSON
"He stands alone, holding aloft
the torch of hope and peace and
prays that this awful, bloody war
may end; and points humanity to