The record-union., 1896-10-16
Makes Sixteen Speeches in the Lower
End Of the Peninsula,
Three of Which Were Delivered at
Grand Rapids.
The Democratic Nominee Asserts
That There Will be No Return of
Prosperity in the Country Until
BimetalIiSm Becomes a Fixture.

blmetallSm Becomes q Fixture.
GRAND RAPIDS CMich), Oct. 15.-
Three speeches in Grand Rapids round
ed up William j. Bryan's second day OF
campaigning in Michigan. His field was
the lower peninsula beginning at the
Straits of Mackinaw at daylight. When
he concluded his remarks at the last of
the highly of the enthusiastic meetings
here tonight he had added sixteen
speeches to his unprecedented list. AL
though the day was raw and guSty Mr..
Bryan drew large crowds at every stop.
Some of Mr.. Bryans audiences We're
very demonstrative, and all along the
line of his progress he was we'll re-
ceived from the time he began his
speech making to crowd of early ris-
ers just after daybreak at ST. Ignace.
on the west shore of the Straits Of
Mackinaw. Stops were made during the
day at Mackinaw City, where Mayor
Pingree, candidate for Governor of
Michigan on the Republican ticket was
among the crowd; Petockey, Charlie
voix, Bellaire, Traverse City, Cadillac,
Reed City, Big Rapids, Howard City.
Grenville, Belding, Ionia, Walton,
the last three speeches were delivered
by the nominee.
The Grand Rapids meetings, three in
number, far exceeded in attendance any
Of those addressed by Mr.. Bryan en-
route. His biggest crowds along the way
were at Ionia, Big Rapids, Traverse
City, Cadillac, Reed City and Belding,
ranging in attendance from 2, 800 to
= har fi-
flying day to the candidate in the num-
bers he drew and the enthusiasm dis
played.
When the candidates train reached
st. Ignace, on the Straits of Mackinaw,
at $50 a. M, he found quite large
crowd of shivering people waiting for
him. Although Mr.. Bryan had not
eaten his breakfast. and was attired
only in night shirt, trousers and over
ccat, he made a good speech and was
che cred vigorously.
The special train was taken across
the straits on barge and reached
Mackinaw at 7 o'clock. Here was an
other large audience of 1000 or more,
including a crowd of excursionists. Mr..
Bryan was more suitably attired for
speech making and made a vigorous
address. No less than four brass bands
were at hand and despite the early hour
the meeting was a great success.
Mr.. Bryan's third speech was made at
Petoskey, where his train arrived at
SO, and made a stop of twenty min
utes More than thousand people were
in the crowd that cheered the nominee
when he was introduced. A number of
men there wore badges inscribed An
honest dollar and noticing these Mr..
Bryan said: Il want to address my re-
marks to those who are wearing those
badges on which are written An honest
dollar / do not know whether they are
intended to mean that those who wear
them are in favor of a gold standard or
flee silver" ('Sixteen to one" shouted
S )meone.) Mr.. Bryan smiled and did
not make further reference to the mat
ter
About 1000 people at Charlevoix
heard Mr.. Bryan speak.
A short stop was made at Bellaire,
and Mr.. Bryan spoke to about 800
people.
At Traverse City, a lumber port on
Little Traverse Bay, Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
an rode to a vacant lot in the town,
where the candidate, after an introduc-
ton by Mayor Harry Davis, delivered
speech. The crowd was estimated
at 6,000
Mr.. Bryan said in part: I'm advo-
| eating free coinage 1 do not mean to
say that l aim infallible, but / do want
You to understand that 1 believe what
| say, and when I tell you that in my
judgment there can be no prosperity in
| this country until bimetallism is re-
stored to the American people 1 am
telling what / believe. (Cheers) Not
| only am 1 telling you what 1 believe,
but / am telling you what the Repub-
licans used to believe, although they
have now surrendered their convictions
and permitted their party to act for
them instead of acting for themselves.
Mr.. Mckinley stands for a financial
policy that intends to make money the
| master and all things else the servant;
he stands for financial policy that in
tends to make the property of the
world cheaper than ever by making
the money of the world dearer than it
ever was"
AT Reed City the congregation that
greeted Mr.. Bryan numbered $500
about the same at Cadillac, and showed
considerable enthusiasm
of badges worn by the gold people that
saw and heard the Democratic candi-
GATE at Big Rapids, but the Bryan sup
porters in the town were not to be out
done, and they, too, had provided for
the distribution of ribbons bearing the
Nebraska mans name. White was also
the color used by the silver people. so
| nearly everybody in the audience of
4,G0O at Big Rapids had white insig-
MA of political faith. The cheering
was very hearty, and Mr.. Bryan re-
| sponded with a speech full of fervor
AT Howard City the Mckinley badges
were again in evidence. All OF the
twenty minutes stop here was taken
ur by the candidates speech
| The 500 people gathered at Green
vile heard a short speech
| Belding, the location of the we'll
known silk manufactures, turned out
al least 5000 of it's inhabitants and
residents of the vicinity to give Mr.
Bryan welcome. Four white horses
drew his carriage to the speaking place.
and sixteen young women attired in
white and silver shivered in the raw
atmosphere in company with their COM
rade. whose dress carried out the in
/ tended duplication of the ratio be-
Tween the two money metals Much