The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-16

Honest Dollar Man.
Petoskey, Mich, Oct. 15.-St. Aignac
| listened to free oliver doctrine from Will
| liam j. Bryan us early us $3.50 this morn
| ing and Il large crowd heard him and APP
| plauded enthusiastically. He gave the
people short talk, omplimenting them
on the interest they were taking and re-
tired to his stateroom to change his night
robe to shirt mere suited to the ETH
| quette observed in Michigan.
The special train was taken across the
Straits. of Mackinaw and Mt o'clock Mr.
Bryan talked to the people of Mackinaw.
He explained that dollar with she
stamp of the United States WAS worth 100
cents the world over and when asked
about the Decent dollar by one of his au-
dience he answered the intcrrogater with
his usual explanation, but in such man
ner us to somewhat embarrass the ques-
toner.
AT Petoskey Mr.. Bryan spoke from Il
platform in the rear of the station to an
early morning crowd of several hundred
Many of those in the audience wore yell
low badges marked: IAN honest doliarn
Noticing these, the candidate demanded
to know whether the phrase referred to
the gold standard or to free silver. A
voice answered, 10 to l., y and this salts
fled Mr. Bryan, for ne said no more about
it, proceeding with the discussion of the
silver doctrine. Fair sized crowds also
greeted him ut Chai levoiX and Bellaire.
where the nominee made five minute adj
dresses.
At Traverse City, Mr.. Bryan addressed
the largest crowd he had vet found in
Michigan There were few yellow badges
worn by Republicans in the crowd, but
the audience for the most part was in
sympathy with the speaker and applauded
and cheered him during the thirty min
utes he was there. This was really the
first speech of the day the others having
been deSultory and conversational. He
said:
Sometimes when am weary with the
work and my voice shows signs of wear,
it is encouraging to meet an audience like
this and to be informed by so many peo--
pie that am all right. applause and
cries of: You're all right. y don know
whether you mean that i am all right
physically or politically. (Cries OF ''Po-
liticnlly.D Well, if you tell me that |
am all right politically | will tell you
that am all right physically applause,
and if you have any fear about my ability
to keep up this canvass until the cam
paign closes l will simply tell you to
watch the papers and you will find that
every working day will be employed and
that on the last day of the campaign
Will do more work than on any preceding
it. Great applauseD 1t is necessary for
us to work We have not so many great
influences ut work for us and therefore
we have TO work ourselves. We have not
so many daily newspapers through which
we can talk and therefore we have to do
more talking ourselves, and as we cannot
afford to bring all the people to Nebraska
L am going around and campaign the
people themselves. (Applause.) Now,
my friends, i'll advocating free coinage.
do not mean to claim that | am infalli-
BILE, but do want you to understand that
| believe what | say and that when tell
you that in my judgment there can be no
prosperity in this country until bimetal..
lism is restored TO the American people |
am telling you what | now believe and
am telling you what Republicans used to
believe who have now surrendered their
convictions and permitted their party to
act for them instead of acting for them.
selves. Great applausc.) There is not
proposition which we make to-day that
cannot be defended by what Leading Re
publicans have said in the past / am
one of those my friends-it may be lit
tie old fashioned-but | am one of those
who believe that n man is greater than
party and that n man ought to make his
party suit his convictions and not change
his convictions to suit party platform
(Applause.) believe, my friends, that
parties are made for the people, not that
the people are made for parties. (Ap-
plausc.) L believe that party i, means
to an end and not thing to be wor-
shipped by itselfa when a party ceases
to be an instrument through which you
can serve your country then that party
has no further claims upon you"
There were short stops at Walton and
Manitou and Mr. Bryan stood on the back
platform and allowed the people to graf
ify their desire to see the Presidential
candidate
AT the latter place the cheering for
Bryan was led by IL little girl who turned
on man who wore Il hat Indicative of
his allegiance to the gold standard and
sarcastically rebuked him. Mr.. Bryan
remarked that probably the little one
could make n better argument than the
goldite, to which the Republican replied
that no arguments were needed but that
money talked.
Eyes, it does replied Mr.. Bryan, ''hut
it does not vote and the crowd cheered
the statement enthusiastically.
GEORGIA MAY GET THE FIGHT.
Atlanta Ga, Oct. 15.-Sporting cir
Giles in this city are considerably stirred
up over the presence here of John Eli
son, II Philadelphia sport, who is investi-
eating the Georgia State laws on prize
fighting, with view to bringing James
j. Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons