The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-15
BRYAN IN MICHIGAN.
The Democratic Candidate Still
Talking to Big Crowds,
SPOKE AT FOURTEEN PLACES.

The Most Enthusiastic Audience on the
Route Was Met at Marquette, Where
He Ended His Days Work, Begun
Early In the Morning.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Oct. 15--Willam
J. Bryan arrived here at 8 o'clock last
night, after day of many speeches, and
met with most enthusiastic reception.
He had spoken during the day at Iron
wood, Bessemer, Watermeet Iron River,
Escanada, Iron Mountain, Norway, Pow
ers, Escanaba, Ishpeming and Negaunee
Mich, and at Florence, Wis. At all places
except 1shpeming his reception was most
flattering, but at Marquette there was as
sembled the most enthusiastic crowd of
the day. In tho course of his speech here
he said
"In no campaign since the war have the
people been so aroused to a sense of ma
tional danger as they are aroused this
year. Our opponents tell us that the sue
cess of our cause would mean great injury
to this country. We reply that twenty
years of experience in their cause has been
of incalculable harm to our country. They
tell us that the free coinage of silver will
bring trouble. We tell them that the gold
standard has brought trouble. We place
the experience of our people against the
prophecies which they make. They tell
us that the free coinage of silver may not
be free from dangers. They tell us that it
may be perfect system. We tell them
that we do not have to offer perfect sys-
tenn. All we have to do is to offer some-
thing better than we have had, and it does
not take "A very good system to better than
we have had.
In one sense our campaign is defen-
sive one. In another sense it is an ag-
gressive campaign. Is is defensive in that
we are defending our homes and our fire.
sides against an enemy as dangerous as
ever attacked the welfare of the people. 1t
is an aggressive warfare in that we demand
affirmative legislation. 1t is aggressive in
that we are for something and know what
| we are for and how we are going to get
/ it. We propose financial system. Our
| opponents, without proposing, simply OPP
/ pose what we propose"
The first speech Of the day was made at
| Iropwood, where the candidate spoke to
an audience composed for a great part of
miners, and when Mr.. Bryan emerged
| from the car they gave him an enthusias-
tic welcome. His speech dwelt mainly on
an explanation of the statement that un-
der gold standard the dollar would rise
in value, and property would fall in pro-
portion to that rise.
Fifteen minutes later Mr.. Bryan adj
dressed a similar crowd at Bessemer, both
in number and enthusiasm. In his speech
Mr. Bryan ridiculed the flood of money
idea advanced by the supporters of the
gold standard, saying that he was not
afraid of flood of money and that those
who We're apparently fearful of such con-
ditition We're generally those who did not
have money enough to provide for the
winters supplies and pay their debts.
At Watermeet Mr.. Bryan spoke in O
conversational tone from the rear plat
form to II few hundred enthusiasts. He
said I'm studying the money question
there is one thing that you must learr
before anything else can be learned, anC
that is that you can affect the value of tht
dollar when you affect the number of dol
lars. The difference between our plar
and the national bank plan is this: W.
have greenbacks out now, and those green
backs draw no interest and the govern.
ment pays no one. When you retire thosi
greenbacks with an issue of bonds, anC
then let the banks issue money on tht
bonds, the banks will then draw from the
people of the country theirinterest, which
the people now have. 1t is good for the
banks, but hard on the people"
In his speech at Iron River Mr. BRYAN said
"The money question has never been sub
mitted to the American people as it is today
since the time of Andrew Jackson. At that
time the people met and discussed anC
decided whether national bank should
run the country, and in this campaign
they are discussing and are going to de
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country in the interests of foreign flnan
ciers or whether the American people shal
run it themselves in their own interest"