The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-17
Mr.. Bryan Spoke Yesterday
From Early Till Late.
Made % Speeches to Enthusi-
astic Michigan Audiences.
ONE SPEECHT TO WOMEN
At Marshall Mr.. Bryan Intro
duced an ssAnarchist."
Was One of the Is Who Found
ed Republican Party.

Lansing, Mich, Oct 17-Michigan
outdid itself yesterday in welcoming
VIM J. Bryan and the nominee return
ed the compliment by breaking his own
as well as all other campaign records.
He spoke to % meetings, beginning at
Z O'Clock in the morning at Muskegon
and ending at Lansing close to mid
night The aggregate number of his
hearers probably surpassed all pre-
vious figures, considering the size of
the cities where he spoke.
The enthusiasm was marked Most
of his hearers belonged to the farming
class and at nearly every town the We
hicles which had carried them lined the
streets for blocks
Where Mrs. Bryan stood beside her
husband, enthusiastic cheers and shouts
We're showered upon her, and she scat
tered posies among them.
Lansing was reached at 7:3O Excur-
siOns had been carrying visitors to the
city all afternoon and the streets were
crowded. Three meetings had been
arranged here. One in a large clothing
establishment, to an audience of wo-
men; the second in the Star theater,
and the third on the stand erected in
front Of the Capitol building
Besides these three speeches Mr.. Bry-
an showed himself to crowds from two
other platforms, from which he thank
ed the people in a few words, for their
presence. At the women's meeting he
elucidated the fundamental principles
which he declared to be the very foun-
dation of the financial question He
advanced nc new arguments, but ex-
planned in simple language the propo-
sition of THE Rising Dollar" as he
has advanced it in so many of his
speeches.
At the meeting at the Capitol square
Mr.. Bryan addressed the largest crowd
of the evening. He went into an eIab-
crate discussion of how the bond deals
are manipulated and gave in substance
the same arguments as We're given in
his Milwaukee speeches.
In his address from the balcony of
the Downey house Mr. Bryan said he
recognized the right Of each citizen to
act for himself politically, and he ad-
dressed the public that it might act
with greater Intelligence by under
standing the arguments which he ad-
vanced. He said that the silver. people
were willing to trust the employers of
the corporations to vote as they
pleased, while the great Republican
leaders are seeking to have the mana
gers of corporations coerce and bull
doze their employees into voting the Re
publican ticket This proved, he claim
ed, that the Republican party had a
hopeless cause and had lost faith in ap-
pealing to reason, since an appeal to
force was the last resort of despera-
ton.
Mr.. Bryan was followed by Senator
Stewart of Nevada. He left Lansing
at 1890.
Jackson, Mich. Sept. 17-Brief stops
We're made yesterday afternoon at De
catur and LaWton, where Mr.. Bryan
spoke from the car platform to enthusi-
astic crowds. When Kalamazoo was
reached a great crowd greeted the spe-
cial. Carriages We're in waiting and
Mr.. Bryan was escorted to BruntOn
park. Many thousands were crowded
in the park-sO many that at least one
quarter of the throng We're unable to
get within hearing of the candidate
After the speech Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
held an impromptu reception from the
rear platform Of the car and a SurgIng,
struggling mass of humanity fought for
the flowers which the lady scattered.
Marshall was the next stop but here,
instead Of making a speech, the candi-
date served as introducer. He said:
MY friends, I am not going to have
time to talk to you, but 1 simply want
to make little speech in the introduce
ton of famous anarchist, who is go
ing to speak after am gone Now
I want you. when he gets up to talk
to you, to take a good look at him. He
is a typical anarchist. You viii prob
ably see his picture in Harper's Week
~ next week His name is Hon. Al
bert Williams. and he lives at Ionia,
Mich. and he was introduced two years
ago at Ionia by Mr.. Mckinley as the
only survivor of the sixteen who met
and adopted the first Republican plat
form and suggested the name Of the
Republican party on the 9Th of July
1854 under the oaks at Jackson. He
must be an anarchist, because he is
with US this year. Ny friends he is
one of the many men who have found it
necessary to either get out of the Re
publican party or surrender the coun-
try into the hands of foreigners, and he