The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-17

Interest, and Cuts in Ahead or Bynum
and Loads the Crowd for the Dsstsu-
guished Indianan-Gets Frothy When
He Contempla.es the Collection of Debt
by Money Lenaer-Cs mpaign of Half
Stated Facts Continues.
Holland. Mich, Oct 1s.-Wiiiam Jen-
nings Bryan, the nominee of three po-
litical parties for the presidency, be-
gan work comparatively late this nlorn-
ing. Through some oversight the
schedule did not have 10 step befo.c
s O'Clock, when the train arrived in
Holland. but fearing that this would
give the candidate too much rest Il was
arranged that he speak at MuSkegon at
O'Clock
| At Muskegen goodly crowd had
] gathered, although the meeting had not
been arranged for until late yesterday
The citizens Of the place, however. dur
| ing the night mad erected d stand near
the depot, from which Mr.. Bryan was
To speak They eheered him heartily
when, with Mrs. Bryan, ne emerged
from the car. and during his discussion
| Of the manner in which bimetaliism
would regulate values he was literally
| applauded. He said that the mint priv
/ ilege for silver would appreciate the
| price OF silver 10 that of gold and re-
| ferred 10 the fact that when silver was
demonetized, the bullion in silver dol
! lar was worth Sl.0S.
DON'T WANT To BE CHANGED.
Bangor, Mich, Oct 16-At Holland.
when at O'Clock the nominee arrived.
there was large crowd and Il gave
| demonstrative evidence of its approval
of the few words he could say in the
short stop. They cheered him repeat
eddy and assured him that he was all
right in a manner which must have con
WINGED him that he was believed TO be
SO by those gathered about the stand
from which ne spoke. He explained
10 them that the Republican party did
not in its platform endorse the gold
standard, but said bimetallsm was bet
ter.
At $50 o'clock Fennville was reach
ed and not since the nominee left the
enthusiastic south has so much noise
been made by crowd of similar pro-
portions. Apparently they We're all OF
one mind. for not a dissenting voice
was heard TO his propositions. and when
he said that in the five minutes stop ne
did not know what he could say that
, would change their minds on the money
question. they assured him thar they
did not want their minds changed, as
they were on the right side and on cleo
ton day would be supporting him. He
told them that If he knew what they
wanted him to talk about he would adj
dress them on that subject, and one
man said: Some tell US we would have
a 53-cent dollar
BADGES AND BANNERS.
Mr. Bryan told them that no one
accused the silver dollar OF being a So
cent dollar until after silver was de-
! monetized and a monopoly Of mint priv
ileges given to gold.
In the crowd at Bangor some yellow
badges fiuttered in the brisk wind, but
their weareTs were not disinclined to lis
ten to the silver champions orief ar
gument from the rear Platform Of the
car The white metal.tes We're in the
majority, however, and applauded Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan with energy.
Hartfond's listeners seemed TO be all
silver people and their enthusiasm was
! unstinted. Banners were conspicuous.
whose legends drew parallels between
the conflict Of 1776 and that Of this cam
paign, and prophesied victory now as
then, and the nominee said he was glad
to see them. There were a good many
women in the crowd. and they gave
Mrs. Bryan a rouSing welcome.
MKINIEY FOR A TEXT.
watervliet produced banner OF the
Republican candidate with the motto:
Mckinley, the Advance Agent of Pros
perity" Mr.. Bryan took this as a theme
and declared that the opposition was
trying to force the fight on the tariff
question, while recognizing that the
money question was paramount Then
he quoted from the words of Mckin-
ley in 1880. saying that agriculture was
depressed and that without prosperity
70 the farmers there could be no pros
perity anywhere. AIR. Bryan said that
this was after thirty years Of a prOtec-
tive tariff. which effectuaHy disprOved
the claim that tariff was the issue OF the
hour. He declared that the gold stand
ard was responsible FOR hard times and
If the people wanted hard times 10 con-
tinue they should vote the Republican
ticket.
MAN WHO WANTS HIS OWN.
Niles, Mich, Oct 1s.-At Benton Har-
Dor. Mr. Bryan left the train and was
driven TO the Hotel Benton, where ne
spoke from a balcony. r J. Jarvis.
candidate for congress. introduced the
nominee. who said n part:
In the Banner Register. published
in this city ! find the following: Yes.
times are hard. but We ara not In the
deepest water yet. II silver wins this
fall u viii be one Of the greatest dis
ssters that over befel The farmers
have had for over ten years nearly
! 10000 toaned IN this county 20 farm
ers. IN many instances payments have
been met. bat for a few years I have
been com PEELED To extend the time. and
am willing 10 do 80 under our pres
ent financial basis. but X silver gin-
( this far 4 viii 10 what every other
man VIII do who has money out-de-
/ ulsnd immediate payment I admit
may lose some % the interest. but
have a. least three years 70 save ny
self and during thai time I VIII close
/ n or every mortgage have
WANTS TO DF,NOUSC'E HIM.
my friends / Ealt % den0Gnce ths
money lender Eao attempts 70 use rs
/ mortgages % inLim date ALDerscan citi-
zens. ard say that faat MAI does 10;
deserve 20 live in = land where men az