The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-17

LANSING, Mich. Oct. 16.-sIore than
500 miles of travel by a roundabout way
from Grand Rapids brought William
J. Bryan to Lansing tonight to re-
ceiye series of ovations greater than
ar any single place at which he
stopped during the day. with the ex-
ception of Jackson.
His journey lay through the thickly
populated portion of Michigan, the
richest agricultural district, and when
he said goodnight to his fifth audi
ence here, the attendance record of his
campaign Cor a single day had been
broken. He did not quite reach his
highest figure in the number of
speeches delivered between his rising
and retiring hours, but came within
two of il.
TWENTY-FIVE SPEECHES.
On his trip from Chicago to Pitts
burg. in August en- route TO attend the
Madison Square notification meeting in
New York, he spoke twenty seven
times. Today he added twenty-five
speeches to his list. They were deliv-
cred at Muskegon, Holland, Fennville,
Bangor, Hartford, Watervliet and Ann
Arbor, Niles, Dowagiac. Decatur Law
ton, kalamazoo, Battle Greek. Mar
shall, Albion, Jackson ~, Two Rivers
Junction. Mason and Lansing CD.
Most of these speeches were longer
than any of those he gave while maxi
ing the trip to the notification meeting.
AT nearly every place where Mr.. Bry-
ans special train stopped there were
big crowds. Excursionists came by
train 20 al the larger towns. Farming
people drove into the speaking places
in all manner of vehicles. Many people
brought flowers to present 10 the nom
lree and his wife. and they were fairly
overwhelmed with roses. ehrysanthe-
NUNS and other varieties. AT several
points in the vicinity of Kalamazoo,
the great celery growing region of the
United States, gigantic lunches of the
delicious sprout, surrounded by fra
grant hot house blooms, were sent to
them. Mckinley badges were not
nearly SO numerous among Bryan's au-
diences as they were yesterday. In
fact, they were conspicuous only at
Few Of the stops. The enthusiasm too.
was heartier than then. At some places
the people made the widest efforts to
get near the candidate in the hope of
shaking hands with him, and many
suffered in the brushes. Fortunately,
the day passed without serious acct
dent.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Only once did the candidate have a
narrow escape from physical injury.
This was at Albion, when the low
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 re-
sumed his remarks from a baggage
truck.
Mr. TerV-a,, ha,a,, 49, 49, l.. A.,
kegon in splendid voice, but it became
husky before he reached Lansing. His
speeches, as a rule. contained nothing
not said by him before. except that he
took occasion to criticise William BY
mum and threw a dart at Chairman
Iauterbach of the New York county
Republican committee. So dense were
the people packed in the public square
ana Liberty square. in Jackson. this
evening that Mr. Bryan was unable 10
reach the stand from which he was
expected TO speak. 1t was lust grow
ing dark when his train reached the
Michigan Central depot The streets
were crowded with Jacksonites ana
eXcursieaists and the four white horses
that drew the carriage in which Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan were seated were made
TO 40 through the crowd only with the
greatest difficulty. The solid mass of
humanity at the public square was
4A4tl'4 dSatllSl the S2IiiGC tho
police No entrance could be obtained
for the candidates carriage. Finally
the attempts to make a passage way
to the stand We're abandoned. and Mr.
Bryan stood up in the vehicle and made
short speech. Estimates of the size
Of the audience differ widely. bur ii
vas certainly larger than any adj
dressed previously during the day by
MANY WORKNEN
II comprised many worlzingmen lust
from their shops Going to Iibsrtv
squire the four whites brought M
against another bulwark of human be-
lngs ana again it was impossible for
the Democratic candidate to reach the
Speakers stand, and he was accord
mgly obliged to deliver his second
speech from the carriage.
Leaving Jackson. Bryan addressed a
fai--sized audience at Leslie ana y
bigger one at Mason, and reached Lam
sing al Z O'clock. Excursionists from
Grand Rapids. Detror<. Battle Greek
Ann ArDor, Hiilsdale and many other
PAGES came 70 Lansing to hear Mr..
Eryan, and the capital CITY WAS e11li
Of visitors when he arrived al o'clock
tlambeau clubs on horses and afoot es-
corted him from his train to Mead,s
hail, where he addressed a meeting ex-
elusively for women. The streets were
crowded and intense enthusiasm was
displayed as Mr.. and Mrs BRYAN. es-
corted by three prominent gentlemen of
Lansing, Messrs. Buck, Warner and
Johnson, proceeded to the hall. The
second speech was delivered fror.
canopied platform IN Capitol square.
Ten Thousand T1nople were there when
he came, but his voice could not be
heard far, ana large numbers went
away before he had concluded, to get
places Of vantage ia front of the
DoTney house, from the brilliantly
Lighted balcony Of which he addressed