The herald., 1896-10-16
MINING MEN OF MICHIGAN
Listen to the Gospel Of Independent
American Finance
The Greatest Crowd Of the Campaign at
Grand Rapids
The Misguided Creature Who Boasts
That Money Talks Will Live to Be
Glad That Gold Dollars
Cannot Vote.
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dressed the largest crowd ne yet Iouno III
Michigan. There were few yellow
badges, but most of the audience was in
sympathy with the speaker and applaud
ed him during the thirty minutes he was
there. ThiS was really the first speech
of the day, others having been desul-
tory and conversational. He said:
sometimes when 1 am weary with work
and my voice shows signs of weakening,
1t is encouraging to meet an audience
like this and be informed by so many
people that I am all right (Applause and
cries, you are all right l don't know
whether you mean I am all right physic-
ally or politically. (Cries 'politically.c
"Well, If you tell me I am all right
politically, will tell you I am all right
physically. (Applause.) And if you have
any fear about my ability to keep up this
canvass until the campaign closes and
will tell you to watch the papers and
you will find every working day will be
employed and on the last day of the
campaign I will do more work than any
day preceding it. (Applause.)
at is necessary for US to work; we
have not so many great influences at
work for US, and therefore we have to
many newspapers through which we can
talk and therefore we have to do more
talking ourselves, and as we cannot af-
ford to bring all the people to Nebraska,
am going around and seeing the people
themselves. (Great appaluse.) Now
my friends, in advocating free coinage,
I do not mean to claim that I am infalli-
BILE, but understand what believe,
and in my Judgment there can be no
prosperity in this country until bimetall-
ism is restored to the American people.
Not only am telling you what now
believe, but I am telling you what Re
publicans-used to believe, who have now
surrendered their convictions and per-
mitted their party to act for them in
stead Of acting for themselves. (Great
applause.) There is not proposition
we make today which cannot be de-
Tended by what the leading Republicans
have said in the past. am one of those,
my friends Il may be little old fash
ioned) but am one of those who believe
man Is greater than his party and
man ought to make his party to suit his
convictions and not cut his convictions
to suit his party's platform. (Great ap-
plauseO 1 believe, my friends, parties
are made for people, not that people are
made for parties" (Applause)
At Petoskey Bryan spoke to crowd of
several hundred. Many more yellow
badges marked IAN honest dollar" were
in the crowd. Noticing these, the candi-
date demanded to know whether the
phrases referred to gold standard or free
silver. A voice answered. sixteen to
one" and this satisfied Bryan, for he
said no more about 1t and proceeded
with the discussion of the silver doctrine.
Fair sized crowds also greeted him at
Charles River and Bellaire, where the
nominee made five-minute addresses.
He went over the ground already cover
ed by him. dilating upon the right of the
American people to GUST from office, by
their franchise. candidates who have
proved unworthy to conduct the govern
ment.
Short stops were made at Walton and
Manton. At the latter place the cheer
ing was led by little girl who turned
on man who wore hat Indicative of
allegiance to the gold standard and sar-
castically rebuked him. Bryan remark
ed that probably the little one could
make better argument than the gold
ite, TO which the Republican replied that
no arguments were needed but that
"money talked"
Yes it does" replied Bryan, "but 1t
does not vote;" and; the crowd cheered
Twenty minutes was the time allotted
the triple nominee to make converts at
Cadillac The candidate was introduced
by silver Republican and both BRYAN
and his wife were cheered repeatedly,
ten-minvte talk was made at Reed
: City: at Big Rapids t thirty-minute ad-
dress was made; at Howard City. asAt
other places, yellow badges were promj-
nent, but no attempt was made to inter-
rupt the speeches. Twenty minutes was
consumed at this place in an address to
large crowd. A brief speech was made
at Greenville. Mr.. Bryan spoke at
Belding in khe public square and ad-
dressed a large audience at Ionia on a
platform in front of the court house. The
crowd was swelled by numerous excur-
sions
Mr.. Bryan closed the day by making
three speeches at Grand Rapids tonight.
He addressed one Of the largest audi
ences yet spoken to in the campaign in
this city. At the first meeting it is safe
to say the crowd was SO large that not