The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-17
Bryan Has Not Met so Much
Enthusiasm Except in South.
WERE ALL or ONE MIND
A Michigan Money-Lender Try
ing to Intimidate Voters.
RouNoLY DENOUNCED BY BRYAN
Nobody Talked of a So Gents Dollar
Until After SiIverFWas Demonetized
gynum's Record of l586--Mrs.
Bryan With Her Husband.

Bryan With Her Husband.
Lansing, Mich, Oct 16.-Michigan
outdid itself to-day in welcoming Bry-
an, and the nominee returned the
compliment by breaking his own as
well as all other campaign records.
He spoke to twenty-three meetings,
beginning at o'clock this morning at
Muskegon, and ending at Lansing
close to midnight. The aggregate num-
ber of his hearers probably surpassed
all previous figures, considering the
size of the cities where he spoke. Ex-
cept in one or two minor instances,
the enthusiasm was marked. Most of
the candidates hearers to-day belong
ed to the farming class, and at nearly
every town the vehicles which had car
ried them in, lined the side streets for
blocks.
Lansing was reached at 1880 o'clock,
and a torchlight procession three
blocks in length was in waiting. Ex-
cursion trains from adjacent districts
had been carrying visitors intothe city
nearly all the afternoon, and the prin-
cipal streets were almost impossible.
Three meetings had been arranged
here, one to an audience. of women;
the second in the street and the third
iuatrQptnGif1 - Capitol building.
l - LANSING WOMEN.
In his speech to the ladies. Mr.. Bryan
made use of his usual argum ents and
was literally applauded At the meet
ing at the Capitol Square, Mr.. Bryan
went. into an elaborate discussion of
how the bond deals are manipulated,
as he claims, and gave in substance
the same arguments as were given
in his Milwaukee speeches. In the adj
dress from the hotel balcony, Mr..
Bryan said that he recognized the
right of each citizen to act for himself
politically, and he addressed the public
that it might act with greater intelli-
;gence by understanding the arguments
which he advanced. He said the silver
people were willing to trust the EN-
ployes of the corporations to vote as
they pleased, while the great Repub-
lican leaders are seeking to have the
managers of corporations coerce and
bulldoDe their employees into voting
the Republican ticket
Mr.. Bryan was followed by Senator
Stewart. of Nevada.
He left Lansing at 1890, and the car
in which he will rest viii be side-track-
ed at St. Johns.
Holland, Mich, Oct. 16.--William j.
Bryan began work at 2 o'clock this
morning at Muskegon, where goodly
crowd had gathered, although the
meeting had not ben arranged for un-
til late yesterday. The citizens of the
place, however, during the night had
erected "a stand near the depot, from
which Mr.. Bryan spoke. They eheered
him heartily.
At Holland the nominee arrived at
a. m, there was large crowd, and it
gave deTms&lstratiye evidence of its
approval of the few words which he
could say in the short stop. They
cheered him repeatedly and assured
him that he was all right in a manner
which must have convinced him that
he was believed to be so by those
gathered about the stand.
At $3.50 o'clock, Fennville was reach
ed, and not since the nominee left
the enthusiastic South has so much
noise been made by crowd of sini-
lar proportions. Apparently they were
all of one mind, for not a dissenting
voice was raised to his propositions.
and when at the beginning of his few
remarks he said that in the five min
utes stop. be did not know that he
could change the minds on the money
question. voices in the crowd replied
that they did not want their minds
changed, as they were ON the right
side, and on election day would be
supporting him. He told them that il
he knew what they wanted him to talk
about. he would address them on that
subject, and one man said: Some tel
us that we would have 53-cent dol
lar"
Mr. Bryan told them that no one ac.
cused the silver dollar OF being q
53-cent dollar until after silver was
demonetized, and a monopoly of mint
privileges given to gold.
YELLOW-BELLIES WE'RE SCORED
Benton Harbor, Mich. Oct. 16--TI
the crowd at Bangor some yellow
badges fluttered in the brisk wind
but their wearers were not disinclineo
to listen to the silver champions brie1
argument from the rear platform O.
til car. White metalites were in thu
majority, however, and applauded Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan with energy.
Hartfurd's listeners seemed to be al
silver people, and enthusiasm was un
stinted. Banners were conspicuous
Mr. Bryan said he was glad to Sc,
them There were many women pres
ent and they gave Mrs. Bryan rous
ing welcome.
Watervleit produced a banner bear
ing a picture of the Republican can
didate with the motto, Mckinley, th
advance agent of prosperity Nh