Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-17


Mr. Bryan TO speak at the second meet
ing, when at last the driver had sue
ceeded in eXtricating the carriage from
the crowd. When ne arrived at the
place of the speaking he found a reped-
zion Of the first scene. He could not
make his way through the crowd 10 the
stand and again addressed the people
from the carriage. Mr.. Bryan was TO
speak five minutes, but took ten min
utes before The crowd was quiet enough
to listen to him.
There had been third meeting ar
ranged for, but il had to be abandoned,
as the train was already late in leaving
jackson.
Brief stops were made at Leslie and
Mason before Lansing was reached.
Bangor, Mich. October 16.-If the
enthusiasm which met Mr.. Bryan early
in the day is any indication of what
can be expected of the towns yet to be
reached by him this will be one of the
star days of The campaign.
At Holland, at 8 o'clock, when the
nominee arrived, ther5 was a large
crowd, and it gave demonstrative evi-
dence of its approval of the few words he
could say in Inc short stop. They cheer
ed him repeatedly and assured him that
he was believed TO be so by those gath
cred about the stand from which he
spoke.
He explained to them that the Repub-
lican party did no, in its patform en-
dorse the gold standard but said bimet-
alliSm was better.
At $50 Fennville was reached and
not since the nominee left the enthu-
siastic South, has so much noise bsen
made by a crowd of similar proportions.
In the crowd "a Bangor some yellow
badges fiujiered in the wind. but ,heir
wearers were not disinciined to listsn
TO the silver champions brief argument
from the rear platform OF the car.
The white me,alltes were in the ma
jority, however, and applauded Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan with energy.
Harjford's listeners seemed to be all
silver people and ,heir enthusiasm was
uns,inted. Banners were conspicuous
whose legends drew parallels between
the conflict of 177G 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.
Watryliet produced a banner bearing
The counterfeit presentiment Of the Re-
publican candidate with the motto: NC
Kinley, the Advance Agent of Prosper
ity.'
At Benton Harbor he lift the train
and was driven to the Hotel Benton,
where he spoke from balcony.
There was no new feature in the ad-
dress of Mr.. Bryan at Nil 5. That city
was reached at 11:3O and the nominee
was driven to the High School grounds,
behind the inevitable team of white
horses. Th=re he addressed a crowd Of
several thousand for twenty minutes.
and in his speech he assured his audi
ence that the free silver sentiment was
growing even N the far eastern States.
At Dowagiac, Mr.. Bryan found mat
eX-CongresSman VIM. D. Bynum was
10 speak from the same platform he oc-
cupied, few hours after the nominees
address, and in order to properly prepare
t15 s.lyerites of that city for Mr.. By
nuns speech, he quoted what Mr.. By
mum had said on The subject of finance
in 1886.
Niles, Mich. October 16.-At Benton
Harbor Mr.. Bryan left the train and was
driven to the Hotel Benton, where he
spoke from a balcony. r. I. Jarvis.
candidate for Congress, introduced the
nominee. who said in part: In the
Banner Register. published in this citv.
/ find the following: Yes, times are hard.
but we are not in the deepest water yet:
if silver wins this fall it will be one of
the creates disasters that ever befel the
farmers. | have had for over ten years
nearly twenty thousand dollars loaned
in this county to farmers. In MANY
Instances payments have been met but
for a few years | have been compelled
to extend the time. and I am willing to
do so under our present financial basis.
bu If silver wins this fall I will do what
every other man does who has money
out-demand immediate payment. ad-
nit may lose some o. the interest. but
I have at least three years to save my
self. and during that time | will close
in on every mortgage I have
My friends, | want to denounce the
money lender who attempts to use his
mortgages to in,imidate American citi-
zens, and say that that man does not
deserve to live in land where men are
free and have right to liberty. When
you admit that it is necessary to go to
the money lender and obtain his consent
before you can pass a law. then YOU
have passed from democracy TO a plu-
tocracy. and liberty. as we have under
stood II hos Hnd from this nation"