The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-15


lines of a crooked walking stick, with
a fiange at the end of the crook, re-
semble in shape the route taken by
William J. Bryan today in his progress
through the upper peninsula of Michi-
gan.
His course lay partly along a region
interesting in its desolation, past miles
and miles of forests laid bare by lum-
bermen, by fire and by storm, and
through towns and hamlets supported
by the iron and coal interests Of the
section.
From the time he left Duluth late
last night until he reached Marquette
the candidate travelled 400 miles, and
at 10 o'clock he left Marquette for
another all-night run to Mackinaw
city, where his second day of cam
paigning in the Wolverine state will
begin.
Between the commencement of his
speech making in Ironwood early in
the morning until he called halt on
the days work at Marquette, Mr.
Bly an
MADE A DOZEN ADDRESSES.
He talked principally for the benefit
of the. mining people. His route lay
across the upper peninsula, in a 1irec-
ton east by south, from Lake Superior
to Lake Michigan, touching the borders
of Wisconsin; swung around to the
northwest, forming the crook If The
wa, king stick, and then shot off u the
east, thus making the flange, touching
Lake Superior again at Marquette In
the early part OF the journey cheers
f)- Mckinley were heard at few of
the stopping places, and at one of these
Mr.. Bryan made reference to the
shouts of his opponents. Miners,
dressed in their soiled working clothes
their caps adorned with lamps and
candles, were plentiful along the way
The speeches were made at Ironwood
Bessemer, Watersmeet, Iron River,
Florence (Wis), Iron Mountain, Nor
way, Powers, Escanaba, Ishpeming
Negaunee and Marquette, and there
were stops at few other smaller
places. to enable the people gathered
at these to see
THE CANDIDATE AND HIS WIFE.
The region traversed is the strongest
in the state in allegiance to the Re
publican party, and the itinerary pro-
vided for a thorough canvass of it by
Mr.. Bryan. His audiences We're of
good size and some of them showed
The half hour spent by Mr.. Bryan at
Iron Mountain had an additional in
terest to candidate and audience from
the fact that NJ. A. Hanna has his
mining interests in the vicinity and is
a large shipper of ore from that place.
A large number of miners in their
working clothes, with candles project
Ing from their headgear, lined the rail-
road track as the train drew into the
-fr,&i i
Ir. Bryan'ss accommodation few feet
fiom where the train came to a stand
still 500 people had assembled and
Mr.. Bryan was cheered as he assembled
the stand with Mrs. Bryan, D. G. Cant
pau Justin r. Whiting and Timothy
TTrsney.
M. Hannas association with the 1T
tie city brought no direct reference
from Mr.. Bryan.
A. 2.Sa the Bryan special reached
Norway, a mining town, fifteen min
short speech from the rear platform
of the train Mr.. Bryan made reference
t. th' sc who have tried to destroy
labor organizations similar to that
made at Iron Mountain.
The leople of Powers. 500 of them.
heard the candidate deliver a brief
speech.
The throng that had assembled at
Escanaba, another of Mr. Hanna's
shipping points. was so large that the
Bryan special was held there twenty
five minutes in order to give the Demo-
cratic candidate time to make an adj
dress, the schedule stop being quar-
ter of an hour. Fully
5000 PEOPLE
were gathered in an open field near
the railway station when the train ar
rived at Ais, and they proved to be
one of the. most enthusiastic audiences
of the day. The atmosphere of the
morning and afternoon had changed
from warm to raw and Mr.. Bryan kept
his hat on and the collar of his over
coat turned up about his ears during
the time he remained on the speakers
stand In his speech, he told q num-
Der of humorous stories and kept the
crowd laughing at these, and at his
references to the attitude of his op-
Donents.
Mr.. Bryan spoke at Marquette for an
hour tonight to an audience of 5000
people assembled in front of the rail-
way depot. James Russell introduced
him.
Mr. Bryan said that the people might
well be interested in this campaign, be-
cause in no campaign known to the
younger men of this country had such
great interests been at stake.
Our opponents tell US. he conj
tinued; that the success of our cause
would mean great danger to this count
try. We reply To them that twentG
years of experience in their cause hi:
been of incalculable harm to our colYn'
try (Cheers) They tell us that 0-h{