The record-union., 1896-10-15
Made a Dozen Addresses Yesterday to
Citizens Of the State Of Michigan.
Travels Over Much Ground, and Does q
Great Deal of Talking.
Speaks to an Audience at Iron noun-
tain, Where nark Hanna Has Large
Timing lntereSts-Has Large and
Enthusiastic Audience at Escanaba,
Michigan.
Michigan.

MARQUETTE (Mich), Oct. 14.-The
lines of a crooked walking stick with
fange at the end of the crook resemble
the route taken by William J. Bryan
to-day in his progress through the up
per peninsula of Michigan. His course
lay partly along a region interesting
liz it's desOlation, past miles and miles
of forests laid bare by lumbermen, by
fire and by storm, and through towns
and hamlets supported by the iron and
coal interests Of the section. From the
time he left Duluth late last night until
he reached Marquette, the candidate
travelled 400 miles, and at 10 o'clock
he left Marquette for another all night
run to Mackinaw City, where his Sec
ond day of campaigning in the WOlver-
ire State will begin.
Between the commencement Of his
speech making in Ironwood early in
the morning until he called halt on
the days work at Marquette, Mr.
Bryan made a dozen addresses. He
talked principally for the benefit Of the
mining people. His route lay directly
across the upper peninsula in a direc-
tion east by south from Lake Superior
to Lake Michigan, touching the borders
of Wisconsin; swung around to the
northwest, forming the crook of the
walking stick; and then shot off to the
east, thus making the flange touching
Lake Superior.
The half hour spent by Mr. Bryan
at Iron Mountain had an additional
interest to both candidate and audi
ence, from the fact that Marcus A.
Hanna has mining interests in the vi
cinity and is a large shipper of ore
from that place. A large number of
miners in their working clothes, with
candles projecting from their headgear,
lined the railroad track as the train
drew into the station. Around the
stand erected for Mr.. Bryan's accom-
modation few feet from where the
train came to a standstill 1,5OO peo-
pie had assembled, and Mr.. Bryan was
cheered as he ascended the stand with
Mrs. Bryan, D. G.. Campau, Justin r..
Whiting and Timothy Tarsney Mr..
Hanna's association with the little city
brought no direct reference from Mr..
Bryan.
AT go the Bryan special reached
Norway, mining town fifteen minutes
run from Iron Mountain. The Scan
dlnavian type was sufficiently numer-
Gus among the five or six hundred men
and women there to indicate how the
place received it's name In a short
speech from the rear platform of the
train Mr.. Bryan made reference to
those who have tried to destroy labor
organizations similar to that made at
Iron Mountain.
The people of Powers. 400 of them
neard the candidate deliver a brief
speech.
The throng that had assembled at
f'Ncanaba, another Of Mr. Hanna's
shipping ports, was so large that the
Efyan special was held there twenty
hve minutes in order to give the candi-
odte tline TO make an address, the
scheduled stop being a quarter Of an
hour. Fully 1000 people were gathered
III an open held near the railway station
"hen the train arrived at 4:15, and
they proved to be one of the most en-
thusiastlc audiences of the day The
atmosphere of the morning and after
noon had changed from warm to raw,
ana MI Bryan kept his hat on and the
collar OF his coat turned up about his
ears during the time he remained on
."e SPEAKERS stand. In his speech he
loid number of humorous stories and
Kept the crowd laughing at these and
at ms references to the attitude of his
opponents.
Nr. Bryan spoke at Marquette for an
Tour Tonight to an audience of about
o.ooo people assembled in front of the
railway depot. Mr. Bryan said that the
people might well be trusted in this
campaign. because in no campaign
known 70 the younger men of this au-
clence had so much been at stake "Our
opponents tell u.s." he said, that the
1ree coinage of silver will bring trouble;
we tell Them that the gold standard has
brought trouble. We place the expe-
rlehces OF our people against the proph-
ecles which they make. They tell us
.fidl the Tree coinage of silver may not
pc Tree from dangers; that it may not
De perfect system. We tell them all
we nave to do is to offer something
better than they have had and it does
TOT take very great system to be bet
Ter than the one we have had. Great
cheering.)
In one sense our campaign is a de-
renslVe one; in another it is an aggres-
slVe one 1t is defensive in that we are
oetelulng our homes and our firesideS
from an enemy as dangerous as ever
attacked the welfare of the people. 1t
Is an aggressive warfare in that we de-
mana independent legislation; it is ag-
SresslVe In that we are in favor of
something and know what we are af-
ter ana how we are going to get it,
Mr. Bryan criticised the Republican
party Tor failing to say what they
wanted ana merely opposing everything
tnat was offered. Mr.. Bryan also spoke
OF the 1act that contracts were being
mace payable in gold and asked where
the gold was coming from with which
to settle these contracts.
Al lo o'clock the Bryan special left
for Mackinaw City.