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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1896. BUCKNER TALKS T0 TENNESSEEANS Memphis Address of the National Democratic Candidate. BRYAN'S NAME CHEERED Discussion of th2 Financial Ques- tion by the Kentucky Leader. SPEECH OF JOHN R. FELLOWS. Free Coinage of Silver Denounced as a Fraud Perpetrated Upon the People. MEMPHIS, Tew BSept. 16.—General Bimon Buckner, Vice-Presidential candi- date of the National Democratic party, and Colonel johu R. Fellows, campaigner for the Sound Money League, to-night addressed an audience of 2500 at the Audi- torium. General Buckner was the first speaker and at once took up the financial question. He discussed it from the standpoint of its elementary principles and contended that if the stamp of the Government, by being Jaced upon a piece of silver orof gold, in mve it a different value from at in a8 commercial sense, that stamp u give any value it pleases, even to a thousand times, so that the proposition is reduced to an absurdity. He cited history in support of his proposition that when- ever a country had undertaken to in'use this value into the metai by coining it the result had been commercial eonvulsion, consternation and strife among the people and rebellion against the Government. He denounced the proposition to deceive as advocated by the advocates of free silver coinage, insisting that it was noth- ing more than defraudinz the people. Touching the work of the Chicago conven- tivn and its power to bind the Democracy, General Buckner said: Last summer, under the regular organiza- tion of the Democratic party, meetings were called in every county in svery State in the Union. Delegates were appointed to Btate conventions, and State coaventions appointed delegates t0 the Chicago convention. What were (hose delegates insirncted to do? In nearly every county in the United States the first resolut.on passed by the county meetings was to reaffirm the principles of i)emm‘nu When the delegates thus instracted 0 dis: charge their duties as Demperats went 1o tue | Siate conveniions, those Siate conventious, | almost without an exception, resfirmed the principles of Democracy, and the delegates ihat they sent to the Chicago conveniion were obli, to support Demceratic prineipies. Every sentimenit of personal honor, of partisan duty, compeiled them to arrange their plll-l form on Democratic linesand diseard from it i everything thal was not. [Ayplause.] Wiat did they do? Thoy went 10 Chicago &ud arranged » plutform from which the last vestige of Democracy had vanisned. 1 deiy 8DY MAN 10 attempt Lo point to a singie article or a single line ol that platiorm whicli enun- cistes Democratic doctrine. It announces as principles of the Democratic party prnciples | which we have combatted for a hundred | rears, from the time of Jefferson to this good | Lour. And yet, fellow-citizens, they have | laced upon that platiorm a man for candi. | du'e who has declated that he 1s no Democrat. Fellow-Citizens, they say that we must sup- 1o-t their candidaie and their platiorm be- cause it was done regularly. That reminds me of an illustration which my distinguished friend made & short time ago. . He said, under the claim of regularity, Benedict Arnold had the right to claim the “support of the patriots of the Revolution. He was regularly com- oned Ly his Government in the patriol » ; he was regu'arly commissioned under | the principles of West Point and the High. | lands by General Washingio | ders througn his staff regularly and in an en- tirely regular way; he issued orders which | disposed the army under his command and | placed itin such a position that the enemy could come upon il sand massacre the last man. It was ail done wit. rfect regularity. The only thing wauting was a litile matier o rincipie. [Apulause.] Nor did it seem 10 be n the minas vf those gentiemen assembled in Chieago professing to fepresent Democracy. Tney said, wnat we have done was doue regu. lari Under that theory General Washington and the Continental azmy were bolters because they would not foilow Arnold in his treason. Because we will not follow these gentlemen at Chicago in their defeciion irom Democratic prineiples we are 10 be called bolters. In the course of his speech General Buckner mentioned the name of Bryan, and no sooner had the word left his mouth than the house was the scene of the wildest demonstration of the evening. The cheering continued until the chair- man of the meeting was compelled to ask the audience to give the general a respeet- ful hearing, At the conclusion of General Buckner's speech Colonel John R. Fellows was intro- auced. He said ia pare: That the sitver dollars and paper dollars of this Government to-day are equal to gold, is due to the method of the Guwernment, by which they are exchangeable for gold. The Government keeps enonga reserve to make its credit good before all the world, for the re- demption of iis promise that it will pay 1ts debts in gold. What if tnat function should be destroyed? Oh, says Mr. Bryan, I belicve it you would give us’ free and unlimited colnage at the ratio of 16 to 1, the demand for silver, y this new issue you have given it, would raise it at that ratio to a level with gold. It would be worth #1 29 an ounce. Well, we simply say, but suppose it shou!d not, ‘.11'. Bryan, what thea? Suppose the commer. clal world refuses to accept it at that value? Have you ever stopped to thick what an awiul calamity would be precipitated upon this country? If that single belief of Mr. Bryan in bebaif of which he chailenges the votes of his countrymen, should not be realized as a fact, not one hour would your guld remain as & circulating medium in this country. General Buckner and Colonel Fellows left at 11:10 ». x. for Louisville. e REED AND CARLISLE 70 SPEAK, Will Take the Stump in Behalf of Sound Money. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 16.—Now that Maine has voted Speaker Reed will be released to the country at large, and there will be a lively demand for his serv- ices from all sections. In ail probability, he will be beard principally in the Middle and deoatable Western States. Personally he is is very popular in the West. In the committee assignments of the House Mr, Speaker treated Western men ked consideration, and this is remembered cordially by them and their constituents in Iilinois, Iowa, Michigan, Kansas and California, where he lived for awhile. The Republican cause will greatly be benefited by his participation in he campaign. Another ltmn% speaker for sound money Soon to be heard in debatable tere ritory is Secretary Carlisle. The demand for him also is very great in Illinois, in Indiana and in his own State of Ken- tucky. Large audiences are certain to srat, him where ever he may appear. hicago, Indianapolis, Louisville and a Lexingion are mertioned as likely to be remembered in the arranging of his pro- gramme, and even ashville ‘and Memphis are sucgested. -Mr. Carlisle, Wwhile not an orator in the seuse that Mr., Br: and Mr. Cockran are orators, is yet of the most convincing of men on the stump, ana is always in demand when tne issnes are . and contest spirited. ? While the sound-money men are thus felicitating themselves on the growing strength of their stumping force Bryan men are depressed. They have nobody to send after a man like Mr, Reed and Mr. Carlisle, The embarrassment is only fully to be mensured when it is consigered that Senator Gray, Senator Vilas, Senator Lins- day, ex-Governor Waller and E. J. Phelps have all been driven into opposition. Ex- Governor Campbell is silent, arnd Senator Hill can be of no service no matter what the Buffalo convention may do. These men are all capital speakers, and without them Democracy, which ordinarily could command their best efforts, goes begging. Their places cannot be filled. WATSON WILL NOT RESIGN. Wilt Kemain on the Ticket to the Bitter nd. LINCOLN, NeBr,, S8ept. 16,.—The Lans- ing Theater was crowded to the doors this afternoon, the attraction. being Hon. Thomas E. Watson’s adaress on the is- sues of the campaign. Mr. Watson was introduced by State Chairman Edmiston and spoke for an hour and a half. His speech was a defense of the Populist Na- tioual platform, and in no sense did the Vice-Presidential candidate refer to Mr. Bewall or the recent election in Maine. Mr, Watson showed ihe manner of “putting a nation in bondage” by dwell- ing upon the situation in Egypt and the recent absorption of the Fiji Islands by Great Britain. Quoting from a recent speech of Major McKinley's, he endeay- ored to show the inconsistency of pro- wection and gold-standard finance, con- tending that, whereas, a high tariff would raise prices of commodities, the apprecia- tion in the value of money under gold monometallism would depress them. Mr. Watson warmly eulogized Mr. Bryan, and when he said ‘I sincerely hope and trust he will be elected,” brought out tremendous and long-continued ap- planse. He was particularly emphatic in declaring that under no circumstances would he withdraw from the race, saying: *They put me on sentinel duty to hold a place on the National ticket. They se- lected the post of duty, and without solici- tude, effort or desire on my part, selected me to fill that postof duty; and no matter what any Republican newspaper or Demo- cratie newspaper may sav upon that sub- jeot, I shall hold that post of duty until the last gun in this campaign is fired.” WARTS GOLD MEX THEED A Minnesota Politician Asks That Bourke Cockran Be Indicted. Says That Thcusands Are Dying of Starvation B cause of Scarcity of Silver. CHICAGO, Trv., Sept.16. 8t. Paul, Minn,, says: Attorney-General Childs has been asked to secure the indictment of Bourke Cock- ran while the New Yorker is within the State making an address at Minneapolis this evening, The complaint against Cockran is contained in a written com- munication signed by H. Ellingston, a writer in favor of tree silver. Mr, Eilingston maintains that the pres- ent depression is attributable and legally traceable to the depreciation of prices due to the criminal reduction of the amount of legal tender money in circulation by the demonetization of silver. As a direct result of this Ellingston in- | sists that thousands are yearly dying of | enforced starvation throughout this coun- try, in Minnesota, as well as in the States where silver mines have been forced to close, and he declares the blood of these martyrs is on the hands of every official who has an oper part in the advocacy of the maintenance and continuance of the | present, as he terms it, unfair and parti- sau standard. Mr, Ellingston demands that Bourke Cockran, as the open and avowed apostle of the conspiracy, be apprehended and proceeded against with due form of Jaw, and with all the legality necessary to the preservation of the rizhts oithe American citizen. Ellingston professes no desire to take snap judgment on any citizen, but savs he demands that the rights of man- | kind be tried before tribunais which the fathers of the Republic in their wisdom established, and that persons responsible for the terrible conditions which are cags- ing the death of thousands of human beings year after year be brought to jus- | tice, regardless of political, social and | other prominence and of prejudice to ex- isting political contests, A special from —r—— DO NOT LIKE FILLEY'S WAYXS, Missouri Republicans Object to His Campaign Methods. CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. 16.—A complain- ing delegation of prominent Missouri Re- | publicans arrived at National Committee | headquarters to-day and spent several | hours in secret conference with Chairman Hanna and others in authority. They made no coicealment of their dissatis- faction with Chairman Filley’s manner of conducting the Missouri campaign aund admitted that the object of their mission s t0 present the true status of the party affuirs to Mr. Hanna, suggesting that Mr. Filley be induced to turn over a new leaf without delay and to ask that an abun- dance of literature and speakers be sent into Missouri, or the State would be lost to McKinley. The delegation complained that stacks of literature which had been sent to the State Committee in St. Louis was lying | there because the committee, which was really Mr. Filley, had no money to distrib- ate the printed argumentsamong the coun- ty committees and elsewhere. Richard C. Kereus, who was deleated by Mr. Filley at the St. Louis convention, headed the delegation and spent yesterday in Canton with Major. McKinley :elling him the storv. In the party were also Congress- man Nathan Frank of 8t. Louis, Major Bittinger of St. Joseph, Samuel C. Scott of Kansas City, Joseph Parke of La Plata, Lib Morse and E. J. Morse of Excelsior Spriogs. Mr. Kerens said Mr. Filley was confining his campaign work to St. Louis and neglecting the rest of the State, al- lowing no one to advise or assist him. . MAINE'S MAJORITY GEOWING. 2he Repudlioans Carry the State by Fifty 2howsand Plurality. PORTLAND, Mg., Sept. 16.—The Port- land Daily Press has received returns from all but sixty-one of the towns and plantations in Maine. These returns give for Governor: Powers(R.), 80,221; Frank (D.), 32,663; Batewan (Pop.), 3253; Ladd (Pro.), 2088; Clifford (Nat. Dem.), 623. Powers’ plurality is 47,558 in these towns, The same towns in 1894, t landslide year, zave Cleaves (R.), 66,83L; Johnson these fown- was 37,863, M e In the remainine sixty-one towns and plantations Cleaves h.nx 2 plurality of I A, e e Bl e that the plurality will be very near 49,000 votes. e S R10T AT KNOXPILLE, Free Fight at the Dedato Beiween TUll- man and Taylor, KNOXVILLE, Texx., Sapt. 16.—There came near being a riot thisalternoon when gubernatorial candidates Bob Taylor and G. N. Tillman met in the presence of 5060 people. A fight occurred near the speak- ers’ stand and & dozen persons were more or less injured. The excitement was in- tense, and it was with the greatest effo; that order was sufficiently restored to en- able the crowd to.bear the addresses. [ HARMONY WITHOUT AND HADES WITHIN Convention of the Dem- ocratic Party in New York. SUPPOSEDLY FOR SILVER Really Being Run by the Ad- vocates of the Single Gold Standard. SENATOR HILL IN COMMAND. Temmany Braves He'p to Nominate a Ticket Which They Will Surely Knife. BUFFALOQ, N, Y,, Sept. 16.—The Demo- cratic convention held a session of just one hour and eighteen minutes to-day, and adjourned uniil to-morrow morning without effecting a permanent organiza- tion. It was free silver from the moment ex-Senator Thomas F. Grady took the gavel as temporary chairman. His first utterance in favor of Bryan and Sewall and the restoration of silver was greeted with tumultaous applause, which showed plainly where the convention will stand. Later on, a resolution indorsing Bryan and Sewall and the Chicago platform, of- fered by J. W. Ridgeway of Kings County, was greeted with cheers, but under the rules was referred without action to the committee on resolutions. The latter body has put in several hours' work and agrees to present a platform to-morrow which indorses the Chicago platform as a whole and pledges the support of the Democracy of the State to the Bryan and Sewall ticket. It will be adopted with a whoop. Just how much this action may aid the Democratic National ticket is a ques- tion, There are men here with good pow- ers of observation who say that this is but a_silver-plated convention. and that it offers Mr. Bryan only empty honors, as the sound-money Democrais predominate in this State, and the men who openly in- dorse the Nfulur ticket for the sake of refiulun\y will knifeitor trade it at the polls in November., There are many men who are sincere in their silver views, and they are londly protesting against the manner in which the organization is running the conven- tion. In the first place tuey object to the slated necminee, John Boyd ‘l'hacher of Alvany, who isa sound-maoney man and made astrongz gold speech at the June convention in Saratoga. Next they opject to Frank Campbell, ex-Comptroller of the State, who is slated for National commit- teeman, Mr, Campbell is associated with the banking interests and is saia to be a sound-money man at heart. The silver men are not entirely satistied as to the conversion of Eljott Danforth, who has always been a sound-money man. gnd who ig slated to succeed Major James W. Hiuckley as chairman_of the Siate Com- mittee. 7 There have been conferences of silver men who are opposed to the machine pro- gramme, but the antis have not been able to find a way to block the wheels. David B. Hill has run things up to date as he pleased by the aid of a long-distance tele- phone and the telegraph. The slate is un- broken, except that Catlin, Grout and Ridgeway of Kings are not in second place. Thomas Ryan, ex-Mayor of Syra- cuse, ms to be the most prominent running-mate ior Thacher in sight. James W. Hinckley, chairman of the State Committee, called the convention to order at 12:30 ». ™. and annouaced that | the State Commiitee had seiected Thomas F. Grady of New York for temporary chairman. Mr. Grady was greeted with faint hand- clapping. He staried 1n at once with his address and soon roused hearty applause from the aclegates and from spectators in the galleries. When he had finished he was given three cheers and a tige: James W. Ridgeway of Kings oftered the following resolution: *'Resolved, That the Democracy of the State of New York in convention assembled at the city of Buffalo do herepy most heartily indorse and approve the platform adopted by the National Democracy at the Chicago con- vention in July last, and we hereby unre- servedly and unequivocally ratify and ap- Qrcvu of the nominees of convention, William Jennings Bryan snd Arthur Sew- all, and pledge them our earnest and cor- dial support in_their gallant fight for the maintenance of Democracy and Demo- cratic principles,” A number of other resolutions were in- troduced and referred, among them being one on Government control of railroads. The committee on platform was notitied to meet at’5 ». M., when the convention, at 1:48, adjourned until to-morrow morn- m;‘h“ 10 o’clock. : e committee on permanent organiza- tion met at 4 2 M., .ndubcwffl.fl. Rockwell of Chemung for permanent chairman and the committee on creden- tials met at 4:30 p. M. Charles M. Bulger of Oswego was elected chairman. The committee on resolutions met shortly after 5 p. M. at the Genesee. Ber- nard J. Yorke of Kings was made chair- man. The committee was confronted with a stack of resolutions and pro; d planks a foot high, and the indications are that their session will be a prolonged one. James W. Hinckley declined re-election to the Siate Committee from his (the Thirteenth) district, though urged to do s0 by the members of the delegation. A. H. Green was elected in his place. There was a lively time at the meeting of the Kings County delegation. Senator McCarren offered a resolution that the delegates vote as a uait on ail que&nm before the conveation. It was lost by a vote 17 to 41. - The iriends of Coffee and Rid claim to have captured the delegation by electing the committeemen in all but the ‘Third, Sixth and Seventh districts. A conference of anti-Thacher delegates were held this afternoon, and James W. Ridgeway was. urged to stand in opposi- tion to the Albany man. He declined and declared himself out of the contest. Chairman Hinckley wired to Murphy tbis morning aski him to ac- cept the on the National Committee which would be vacant by the resignation of William F. Sheehan. He received the following repiy : “I would not accept under any con- d:tiona. Ifavor Frank Campbell for the place. The committes on electers met at the Iroquois Hotel this afterncon. The fol- lowing electors at large were chosen: Robert P. Bush of Horsehead, Benjamin W f New York. District electors were way ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 16.—The poll of Missouri by the D.noonth'hB:‘t.o Central Committee is nearly com; Seere- tary Love wlw advance re- "'-'%v‘:ffi from the t.'pom by school dis- that_there is very littie defection rt | triots. t amoung the Democrats of the interior, and that Republicans are going to lose a great many votes, Nearly every report that comes to us shows a nuraber of waver- ing Republicans. From what we have learned since the canvass beeen we are in- clined to believe that the Btate :lm give Bryan a majority of nearly 70,000. —————— SECRETARY CARLISLE'S LETTER. Chairman Faulkner Says It Will Hurt Republicanism. WASHINGTON, D. C., 8ept. 16.—“It is the most astounding proposition I hnv_o yet heard advanced by any man, and it will make us thousands of votes.” L Such was the exclamation of Chairman Faulkner of the Democratic Congressional CGommittes to-aay aiter reading Secretary Carlisle’s letter, 1 ““The sting to this letter is concealed in the midst of a lot of verbiage, but it comes boldly to the front on careful reading,” continued Senator Faulkner. *In view of the Secretary’s letter to me and his pre- vious statements, I can only look upon his present attitude as something remark- able. It would force another issue o bonds. In this letter Mr. Carlisle says that ‘under such conaitions (iree coinage) the Government would be compelled from the beginning to exchange gold for silver dollars and their paper representatives whenever demanded, just as it now ex- changes gola for its own notes when de- manded,” ‘“‘SBueh an announcement contemplates an entire reversal ot tne established policy of this Goyernment and would a viola- tion of the law itself. The silver certifi- cate, on its face, is redeemable in silver dollars and now the Secretary comesalong with an advocacy of its redemption in old, and not only the silver certificates, ut the silver doliars themselves. ‘‘Not more than two weeks ago I re. ceived a letter from the Secretary which 1 gave publicity, in which he said that gold haa never been demanded in ex- change for silver durinz his administra. tion, and that the records of the depart- ment failed to show that such demands had ever been made. *The letter of the Secretary published this morning is a*notice to the bondnold- ers and syndicates that if tha treasury deems it necessary they wiil redeem silver with gold, It is” the proposed estublish- ment of a condition that will comrnl another issue of bonds. When the policy of redeeming the greenback in gold was inaugurated greenbacks were cornered and became the subject of speculation. When treasury notes were held to be re- deemable in gold they likewise be- came the object cf solicitude on the part of the men engaged in the business of cornering money. Now we have theastounding proposition to pay gold for silver certificates and induce another money corner that will contract our cur- rency tothe point of retirement of the only money that now does the business of the people. ‘‘Such propositionsas this, or their mere agitation, are sufficient to alarm the peo- ple, and Mr. Carlisle's letter is bound to be of inestimable b-vefit to those who are fighting the batties of the Democratic party.” g S RETUENS FROM ARKANSAS, Republioans Fina Cause for Jubilation THerein. - WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—The revised election returns from Arkansas are affording the Republican managers considerable satisfaction. -Chairman Bab- cock was in a particularly cheeriul humor as he discussed the subject this afternoon. “In the election of 1884, said he, “Clarke, the Democratic nominee ior Governor, carried the State by 4872 plurality and "by a majority of 24,273, Remmel (R.) receiveu 26,085 votes and Barker (Pop.) 24,34l. According to the returns so far received from sixty-one out of sixty- counties Jones (D.) received 71645 votes, or 3164 less than Clarke re- ceived two years age. Remmel, the Re- publican candidate, received 26,410, a gain of neurly 400 votes, while the Populists lost 13,000 votes from the vote they polled LWO years aga. “The significance of all this dies in the tumble from the heavy plurality of over 80,000 to a plurality of 33,000 or 15,000 less than two years ago which has taken place since the first reports of the recent eiec- tion were given to the public by the Democratic managers, with a view of off- setting the Vermont tidal wave. Press dispatches say the four counties yvet to hear from will not materially change the resuit. This is probably teo optimistic in view of the manner in which election returns are someiimes manipulated in Arkansas. [t would not surprise me if the returns from those four counties were held back to round out Jones' ‘magniticent vietory.’ " —_— FUSION IN ILLINOIS. Democrats liesign to Make XKoowm for Populists, CHICAGO, ItL., Sept. 16.—Fusion of the Democrats and Populists on Presidential electors, State ticket and Congressmen was completed to-day at a meeting of ‘the Democratic State Central Committee. The agreement had been mwade in detail by the ! s on both sides beforehand, and only the formal execution was needed to make the fusion legal and binding. Under the agreement the resignation of Thomas Carey, elector at large of Chicago; Justice George P. Foster of Chicago, Third District elector, and George M. ve of Effingham, Nineteenth District elector, were accepted and the vacaucies filled by threes Populists—H. Taubeneck, ex- chairman of the National Committee; Dr. H. 8. Taylor, chairman of the Cook County committee, and Herman Als- chuler, a Populist elector committed to Watson. Andrew L. Maxwell, chairman of the Populist State Committee, was put on the Democratic ticket for State Auditor in place of W. F. Beck, who resigned ior that purpose. Lieutenant-Governor Gill's resignation as a Democratic elector, because of differ- ences with Governor Altgeld and lack of sympatby with the National platform, was referred to the executive committee to accept or not. —-— BOURRE COCKEAN'S RECEPTION. The Building Fails to Hold 41l Who Would Hear Him. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixy., Sept. 16.—The demoastration this evening upon the ap- pearance of Bourke Cockran at the Expo- sition building in the advocacy of the elec- tion of William McKin'.loy exc;edod any event of a political nature in the experi- ence of Mh‘:):enpoll& Not less than 7000 people joined in the parade prior to the meeting, which was presided over by D. W. Lawlor of St. Paul, Democratic Na- tional Committeeman for Minnesota. Mr. Lawler introduced Mr. Uockran to the vast audience and he was accorded an ovation by 10,000 people when he made his appearance. He made a most forcible and able speech on the lines of his pre- vious addresses during the campaign. In the meantime the ':;omf o:{uuo;u. e peased by speeches from local orators. was n.:,ily midnight when tbe exercises were finished and the audience dispersed. —_— IONAD NOMINATIONS. CONGRE: Candidates Named in Several States by Different Parties. Seventeenth Pernsylvania district—Al- phonso Walsh (D.). Sixteenth New York—B. L. Fairehila (R.). Second Michigan—T. E. Barkworth (D.). xlj‘:urth Pennsylvania—James R. Young First Pennsylvania—General H. H. Bingbam (R.). g Second Pennsylvania— R. Adams Jr. Third Pennsvivania—F. Hatterman (R.). Fifth Pennsylvania—A. C. Harmer (R.). Third Hlinois—C. 8. Darrow (D.). Second Michigan—T. E. Barkworth (D.). Seventh Wisconsin—A. C. Larsen (D. and Pop.). Illinois—D, R. Sheen (Pro- bib. and Nat.). Second lowa—Alfred Hurst (D.), BAYAN TALKS FOR BUNCOMBE finique’ Reception Accorded ‘the Democratic Nom- mee. MET BY MOUNTED MEN Escorted to Luncheon by a Cavalcade Numb:ring a Thousand. ON HIS WAY TO CHARLOTTE A Few Silver Utterances Dropped by the Wayside by the Great Boy Orator. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Sept. 16.—William J. Bryan has been ‘‘talking for Bun- combe.” For weeks he has poured into the ears of the people of the country, from Nebraska to the sounding sea, & torrent of talk that his political opponments have often designated as ‘‘buncombe,” and at last he is convicted—caught in the act. To-duy he imitated the Congressman of long ago, who, rising to address the House, and having no extraorainary powers of manner or matter, drove most of his audience from the building, then naively told those remaining that they might go, tvo, as ha was only “talking for Buncombe.” Asheville is the capital of Buncombe County and for it Mr. Bryan talked to-day. Mr. Bryan was never received more uniquely then in this famous mountain resort. Arriving at 8 o’clock, accompanied by a delegation from Knoxville, a recep- tion committes from Asheville and by a number of prominent North Carolinians, he was met by a great cavalcade of men and women mounted on all kinds of horse- flesh, from spiriied thoroughbreds to hard- worked mules. He was conveyed to the Battery Park Hotel in a gayly decorated carriage drawn by four horses, and with him and the members of his party galloped the mounted escort. The ladies wko formed part of it were attirea in well- fitting riding-habits and formed an agree- able feature of the procession. Mr. Bryan's carriage was driven rapidly, and the horsemen rode furiously along the dusty streets, many of them shouting as they went and waving their hats in excess of enthusiasm. It was a wildly hilarious sight, exceedingly picturesque, and the tired candidate enjoyed it highly. Luncheon was served at the Battery Park Hotel to Mr. Bryan and the more promi- nent members of the Tennessee and North Carolina geontingents. E. P. McKissick, the manager of the noted hosteiry, wasthe host and sat at the head of the table, with Mr. Bryan at his right. Cutting sho:t the luncheon the party proceeded, again ander escort of the horse- men and horsewomen, estimated to num- ber more thag 1000, to a natural amphi- theater near the Southern Railway depot, where the candidate addressed an immense andience. ' People from Buncombe County and from wmany other nits in the Stdte largely swelled the Asheville contingent. The sifies of the bill on’ which the con- course was zathered were a solid mass of bumanity, numbering perhaps 30,000. Mr. Bryan was introduced by Hon. Loeke E. Craig. The enthusiasm shown was of the heartiest kind. Mr. Bryan said: 1 have a reason for coming to North Caro- lina which is personal, aside from my interest in the electoral yote of this State. It was the State of Nortn Carolins which at Chicago, be- fore I became u candidate, by resolution’ de- cided to give me the unanimous vote of its delegation in that National convention. I appreciate the honor which it was willing to dome, and therefore it gives' me great plens- ure 10 come among these people and give what assistance I can, if any assistance be needed, to secure the electoral vote of this State for the free coinage of silverat 16 to 1. [Cheers.] 1am giad the canvass of this State opens in tois county, which was the home of one of the grandest public men given to this Nation, not alone by North Carolina, but the entire coun- try—Senator Vance. {Greatapplause.] He was & man whom I delighted to honor, and I am glad to stand amang his neighbors and friends advocating the same cause he so eloquently advocated. The Demoeratic idea has been that a party is but the instrument of those who compose it and derives its power from the will of the voters who number themselves as members of that party. Ye: it is often the case that the party machinery or bosses have more to do with shaping the policy and making the nomi- nations than the voters themselves. I am proud to be the nominee of a convention which represented no machine, no bosses, but the unpurchased suffrage of the yoters of this country. [Great apglause.] In trying to do rignt the Democratic party won a possibility of success which it never could have hoped for if it had coasulted expediency. (Cheers.] They told us we must not disturb the harmony of the party. They called us everything and tried to make us pledm::\vn to abide the Q@ecision at Chicago we could convention. they would bring & Yledn that the gold-stand- ard Democrats wouid tuke it would be time enough to ask free-silver Democrats to make tary of the Treasury de- nounced me as a Populist and said I bad'said 1 would not support the nominee I replied that I did not expect him to suppors the nominee if he were & free silver man. The » the ouly difference beiweea him and me was that ] was candid enough to tell the p.ophlo that I would follow my conscience, and he tried to control a convention and then bolted when be fsiled to doit. [Applause.] Ihave sent nim no letter begging his support. {Laughter.] The highest compliment he can pay me 1S to oppose me, use then the world will know the Secretary of the Treas- ury whom I will appoint if elected will be as Alr‘nnl from him as I can find. [Grea: ap- plause.] ‘When he had finished speaking Mr. Bryan was takeu to the Southern Railway di and left at 5 o'clock for Charlotte o pecial train furnished by the North Carolina State Democratic Committee. Kooxville, the seat of Republicanism in Eascern Tennessee, was crowded with people this morniag to see and hear the Democratic nominee. The train on which Mr. Bryan made the journey irom Lex- ington, Ky., reached the Southern Railway station at 8:30 A. M. Excursion trains irom all surrounding districts had brought in carloads of isrmers. d by the reception committee, Mr. Bryan was con- veyed to a stand erected in front of the courthouse. He was introduced by ex- Governor Robert L. Taylor, who is a can- didate for the Gubernaiorial office this 5;.1—. On the stand were Chief Justice odgrass and Ju Beard, Caidwell, Mec. ter and Wil of the Supreme Court of Tennessee A"d Judge Ulark of the United States DistMct Court. Estimates of the size of the concourse ran as high as 20,000. Mr. Bryan was loudly cheered and his speech was frequently applauded. Mr. Bryan ssid: 1 come to you as & representa: :2:..‘ &.’r'a{gnun: ln?u c-mp‘:g.n‘.' l? the 000,000 10 have kind of flmnolll mmm’hmu e whether any other .norm-nnnh?.grn-mhn& i Against the maintenance «f & gold standard for one year or forever the Dem hfi fri d: hen fis Gibaig y nds, wl you find a party whi tells you what it wants, and tells ru’ho'elhz 13 going to get it, aud what in the judgment of those who advocate it the effect of that poll will be, you have the xfi;ht to conclude lhfi they are honestly believing in the Jjustice use which they represent. When of the ca ‘place as regards the tail end of the Popo- yon find people talking of an honest dollar and then deal dishomestly with the people with whom they come in contact, you have a Tight to believe that they are not’ entirely de- voted to the cause of the people whom they &re pot willing to take into their confidence. We assert that when they attempt to build a financial system upon a money which they cannot produce. they are building up an insa- cure structure upon an invisible foundation, and are insulting ibe intelligence of those who mean what they say and say what they mean. The train on which Mr. Bryan left Knoxville for Asheville was a special en- gaged by the Kroxville committee, and the candidate was nrovided with every comfort en route. - The first stop was at Mossy Creek, where several hundred peo- ple cheered Mr. Bryan. At Morristown, Tenn., Mr. Bryan mounted the platform erected beside the track and was introduced to an audience of 2000 people by Hon. John T. Shields of that place. Mr. Bryan spoke very briefly, urging all to make a silver speech on elec- tion d‘-y by putting a cross in the right place on the ballot. On tbe platform was a large lithograph of Mr. Bryan frozen into a cake of ice. !Er. Bryan said he hoped it aid not indicate he woulu receive a chilly reception in Tennessee. Mr. Bhields re- plied tnat it only signified that the Demo- cratic candidate this year wascool-headed. The train stopped at Morristown five min- utes. Hot Springs, N, C., was reached at 1:20 P. M. It was the first stop in North Caro- lina, and here Mr. Bryan was met by the Ashbyille reception committee, headed by John Y. Jordon, who had come down on a special car. Mr. Bryan made a speech to a big crowd at Newport, the fast place that the train stop) in Tennessee. HICKORY, N. C., Sept. 16.—After leav- ing Asheville the Bryan special was stopped at Black Mountain in order that the nominee might see the home of the late Senator Vance. A couple of hundred people cheered them there. Tar barrels burned brightly at Marion when the train reached that mountain town at 8:45 o’clock and lighted up the figures of several hundred people, who hurrahed for the candidate. Mr. Bryan told them something about the silver question in a very husky voice, There were more burning -tar barrels at Morganton, the seat of all the State asy- lums. People were packed solidly on both sides of the track for 100 feet or more. They shouted as Mr. Bryan appearea on the rear platform of his car. Hickory gave Mr. Bryan a rousing re- ception when he arrived at 9 o’clock to- night. Fully 5000 people, many from near-by places, received the nominee with loud shouts when he appeared on the temporary_vlatform erected near: the Southern Railway tracks. He maae a fairly long talk, discussing the money question in the same generai lines that he has pursued i his previous speeches. He was frequently interrupted by applause. He left aharlotta at 9:45, CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 16.—Mr. Bryan reached Charlotte at 11:45 to-night. He had retired to his berth in the sleeper atiached to his special train between Statesvilie and this city, faeling somewhat money leaders threaten to put a State ticket in the field. . Tuere now seems little prospect of fusion. Deadly Cotton-Gwn: Ezplosion. DENISON, Tex., Sept. 16:—Noble’s cot- ton gin, fourteen miles west of here, blew up last vight. Dan McSwain, the proprie- tor, and a boy named Peter Juggett were instantly killed. About twenty people were more Or less hurt. —_— An Omoha Bank Runs Short, OMAHA, NesR.. Sept. 16.—The Midland and State bank, a North Side institution of this ‘city, is in the hands of the banking board as a result of long and steady with= drawals. Its deposits were about $65,000, . O blemishes. VER AND OVER people bave tried a sarsaparilla contain- ing iodideof potassi- um and always the same resuit--bad boils, pimples and facial ‘When you take Joy’'s Vegeta- ble Sarsapariila you are sure to have a clean stomach, bowel and a good liver. Try fatigued. He has decided to spend Sun- day in Washington, returning there from Baltimore Saturday night. LN NEBRASKA OK McKINLEY. Congressman Strode Predicts a Majority of 10,000. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.—Con- gressman Jesse B. Strode represents the First Congressional District of Nebraska in the present Congress. This is the dis-= trict formerly represented by William J. Bryan. Mr. Stredeis a Republican, and was elected over Democrat-Populist and Prohibitionist nominees, He lives in Lincoln, and 1s a neighbor of Mr. Bryan” Speaking of political conditions in N braska, he said to a CALL correspondent: “The electoral vote of Nebraska will surely be cast for McKinley and Hobart, sound money and protectiou.: The Re- pubiiean ticket will be successful by a ma- jerity - ranging from 5000 to 15,000. The majority depends much on “what takes cratic sicket. ' If Sewall is withdrawn, Bryan's chances wiil be weakened, be- cause there are many Democrats who do not favor making it possible for a thor- oughbred Populist like Watson to become Vice-President. Y“Mr. Bryan will notcarry his own voting precinct. A recent poll showed that Me- Kinley and Hobart would poll 201 votes as against 71 for Bryan. The Republicans will carry the districtfby at least 2500 ma- jority. . 1f the election had been heid one month ago the Democrats would have carried the State by from 10,000 to 15,000 majority. Now it is irredeemnb‘l{ lost to Bryan. The cause of this great change is because the great number of voters of Ne- braska have been carefully studying the financial question, something they have never done before. They have come to the conclusion that they want no 53-cent dollars in their: o RN CONNECTICUT CONVENTION. Democrats Half - Heartedly Imdorse Byan and Sewall. NEW HAVEN, Coxw., Sept. 16.—The Democratic State Convention to-day nom- inated Joseph B. Sargent of New Haven for Governor by acclamation. C. A. Cran- dall of Norwich was nominated for Lieu- tenant-Governor. The ticket was com- pleted as follows: Treasurer, A. S. Ross of Thompson; Comptro.er, Edwin M. Rip- ley of Unionville. A committee was appointed to confer with & committee of the People’s party, the object being that the iatter party se- cure representation on the electoral ticket, The platform, which was an unreserved indorsement of the Chicago platform, was adopted with cheers, and an electoral ticket was chosen as follows: Electors at large—Philo B. Bennett of New Haven and 8. A. Granger of Winsted; districts— First, C. W. Cowles of Manchester; Sec- ond, John Bransfield, Portland; Third, A. P. Tanner, New London; Fourth, D. J. Walsh, Danbury. et B EHRTR TY CROWE NAMED FOR CONGRESS. 4Alabama Populists Choose & Fire-Eater to Represent Them. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 16.—A Sun special from Birmingham, Ala., says: G. B. Crowe, State president of the American Protective Association, was yesterday nominated for Congress at the convention of the Populists of the Ninth Alabama Congressicnal District. No other candidate for the nomination was nared and Dr. Crowe rec-ived it by acclamation. He madeas h of aceeptance, in which he said the Democratic party could not find a man in their ranks to put at the head of their ticket. He said Bryan wrote lhg Danmm'nicd pg:'o:llxn. ‘rowe score wall, saying he re resented everything the llopnlixts wa& against. Croweis a fiery politician. Ha was Kolb's lieutenant a couple of years 8g0, and was the one to propose setting ?l_dual State government with arms, e killed the father of the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser but was acquitted at the three years a AL 0 sy ¥ — SEWALL NOT 710 WITHDRAW. Committeeman Jones Says He Knows Nothing of It. 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