The San Francisco call., 1896-10-17
Delivers Twenty-Five Orations
During Days Travels
in Michigan.
CROWDS GATHER TO SEE HIM.
Although the Nebraskan Grows Hoarse
There Is No Break in His
Talking.

SJU miles OF traVel Dy rOuuQaDOub way
from Grand Rapids brought William J.
Bryan to Lansing tonight to receive a
series of ovations greater than at any
single place at which he stopped during
the day with the exception of Jackson.
His journey lay through the thicKly pop
ulated portion OF Michigan, the richest
agricultural district, and when he said
goodnight to his fifth audience here the
attendance record of his campaign for a
single day had been broken. He did not
quite reach his highest figure IN the num-
Der of speeches delivered between his rs-
ing and retiring hours, but came within
two of it. On his trip from Chicago to
Pittsburg in August, en- route to attend
the Madison-square notification meeting
in New York, he spoke twenty-seven
times. To-day he added twenty-five
speeches to his list. They were delivered
at Muskegon, Holland, Fennville. Bangor,
Hartford, Watervliet, Ann Arbor, Niles,
Dowagiac, Decatur. Lawton, Kalamazoo,
Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, Jackson
(two). Rives Junction, Leslie, Mason and
Lansing (three).
Most of these speeches were longer than
any of those he gave while making the
trip TO the notification meeting. At nearly
every place where Mr.. Bryan's special
train stopped there were big crowds. Ex-
cursienists came by train to all the larger
towns. Farming people drove into the
speaking places in all manner of vehicles.
Many people brought flowers to present to
the nominee and his wife, and thew were
fairly overwhelmed with roses, chrys
themums and other varieties.
At several points in the vicinity of
Kalamazoo gigantic punches of celery,
surrounded by fragrant hothouse blooms,
were sent to them. Mckinley badges
we're not nearly so numerous among Mr..
Bryan's audiences as they were yesterday.
In fact. they were conspicuous only at a
few of the stops. The enthusiasm, too,
was heartier than then. At some places
the people made the widest effort to get
near the candidate in the hope of shaking
hands with him, and many suffered in the
crushes. Fortunately, the day passed
without serious accident.
Once only did the candidate have mar
row escape from physical injury. This
was at Albion when the platform from
which he was speaking gave way with
crash sending the forty or fifty people on
it to the ground. Mr.. Bryan lighted on
his feet and resumed his remarks from
baggage truck. Mr.. Bryan began the day
at Muskegon in splendid voice, but it be-
came husky before he reached Lansing.
His speeches, as rule, contained nothing
not said by him before, except that he
criticised William D. Bynum and threw
a dart at Chairman Lauterbaeh of the
New York County Republican Commit
tee.
So dense were the people packed in the
public square and Liberty square in jack
son this evening that Mr.. Bryan was un-
able to reach the stand from which he was
expected to speak. 1t was just growing
dark when his train reached the Michigan
Central depot. The streets were crowded
with Jacksonltes and excursionists and
the four white horses that drew the car
riages in which Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were
seated were made to go through the jam
only with the greatest difficulty. The
solid mass of humanity at the public
square was impreg enable against the sallies
of the police. No entrance could be OBJ
tanned for the candidates carriage.
Finally the attempts to make a passage
way to the stand were abandoned ana Mr..
Bryan stood up in the vehicle and made a
short speech. Estimates of the size OF the
audience differ widely, but it was certainly
larger than any addressed previously dur
ing the day by MIR. Bryan. 1t com prised
many workingmen just from their shops.
Going to Liberty square the four whites
brought up against another bulwark of
sibie for the candidate TO reach the speak
er's stand, and he was accordingly obliged
to deliver his second speech from the car
riage, Leaving Jackson at $40 o'clock,
Mr.. Bryan addressed fair-slzed crowd at
Leslie and bigger one at Mason, and
reached Lansing at o'clock. Excursion
lists from Grand Rapids, Detroit, Battle
Creek, jackson, Ann Arbor Hilisdaie and
many other places came to Lansing to-day
to hear Mr.. Bryan, and the capital city
was full of visitors when he arrived at z
o'clock. Flam beau clubs, on horses and
afoot, escorted him from the train to
Mead's Hall, where he addressed meet
ing exclusively for women.
The streets were crowded, and intense
enthusiasm was displayed as Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan, escorted by three ex-Mayors OF
Lansing, Messrs. Buck, Warner and John
son, proceeded to the hall. The second
speech was delivered from canopied
platform in Capitol square. Ten thousand
people were there when he came, but his
husky voice could not reach very far and
large mum bers went away before he con-
cluded to get places of vantage in front of
the Downey House, from the brilliantly
lighted balcony OF which he addressed an
audience equal in mum bers to that on the
Capitol grounds. Farmers, who came on
wagons and horseback, and excursionisIs
brought by trains composed large part
OF Dobn gatnerlnas. MI. brYan'S voice
sounded clearer from his commanding
position on the Downey balcony and his
remarks were punctured by great cheering
Then he went to the armory, spacious
building, and spoke to those packed within
its walls and concluded the evening at a
big tent, which was also crowded. There
was little if anything new in Mr.. Bryan's
Lansing speeches. At the Downey House
he urged his hearers who were in favor Of
free silver not to stay away from the polls
on election day, because the result might
Shortly after 10 o clock Mr.. Bryan's spe-
cal train pulled out for St. Johns, where
he will begin his speech-makIng to-mor-
row.
THEY CLAIM ILLINOTR