The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16

speeches before 3 o'clock this morning
was the way William j. Bryan began
his second day of Michigan campaign
ing When the train reach ST. lSnace,
on the straits Of Mackinaw, at $50 a.
m. he found quite large crowd OF
shiverlng people waiting for MIN. TWO
bands had been secured by the Bry-
an adherents in the town. and these
played heartily as the nominee APP
peared. Although Mr. Bryan had not
eaten his breakfast and was attired
only In night shirt, trousers and over
coat, he made a good speech and was
cheered vigorously. The special tram
was taken across the straits on the
barge and reached Mackinaw at Z
o'clock. Here was another large audi
ence. 1000 or more, including "a crowd
Of excursionists. Mr.. Bryan was more
suitably attired for speechmaking. and
made vigorous address. No less than
four brass bands We're on hand. and
despite the early hour, the meeting
was q great success.
Mr.. Bryan's third speech was made
at PetOskey, where his train arrived
at 1926 and made stop of twenty
minute. More than q thousand people
were In the crowd that cheered the
nominee. A number of men wore
badges inscribed AN Honest Dollar"
and noticing these, Mr.. Bryan said: Il
want to address my remarks to those
who are wearing those badges on
which are written An Honest Dollar, :"
l do not know whether they are in
tended to mean that those who wear
them are in favor of q gold standard
or free silver"
Sixteen to one," shouted some one.
HERO OF THE NINETEENTH CEN
TURY.
MIR. Bryan smiled and did not make
further reference to the matter. Sew
eral hundred people at CharlevOix
heard brief speech from the greatest
hero Of the nineteenth century" as
Mr.. Bryan was called by the gentleman
who introduced him.
short stop was made at Bellaire
and Mr.. Bryan spoke to about 5000
people. The demonstration at Travers
City, a lumber port on Little Traverse
Bay, was somewhat pretentious. Two
silver coated horses drew the flag
covered carriage In which Mr.. and Mis-.
Bryan rode. to a vacant lot in the town,
where the candidate delivered his
speech. 1t was large and very en-
thusiastic audience that shouted a well
come to Mr.. Bryan and applauded his
remarks without stint. Mr.. Bryan said.
In part:
Sometimes when I am weary with
work and my voice shows sign of work.
1t is encouraging to meet an audience
like this and be Informed by 50 many
people that l am all right. l do not
know whether you mean that / am all
right physically or politically. CBoth,'
shouted man in the crowd)
We'll, II you tell me that l am all
right politically. | will tell you | am
ali right physically. and If you have
any fears about my ability to keep up
this canvass until the campaign closes,
l will simply tell you to watch the
newspapers and you will find that
every working day will be employed
and that | will do more work on the
last day of the campaign than on any
doy preceding 1t. (Cheers)
In advocating free coinage, l do not
mean to claim that l am infallible,
but | do want you to understand that
] believe what l say when l tell You
that In my judgment there can be no
prosperity in this country until bimet-
allism Is restored to the American peo-
pie. l am telling what believe.
'Cheers.) Not only am | telling you
what l now believe. but l am telling
you what the Republicans used to be.
lleve, although they have now sur
rendered their convictions and permit
ted their party to act for them instead
Of acting for themselves. The adyo-
Gates of the gold standard, that is,
those who desire 1t, but advocate BIZ
metallism, tell you that when things
are cheap dollars buy more.
QUOTES MCKINLEY.
There is man who has spoken on
this subject and his words ought to
command respect among those who are
supporting the Republican party. Let
me read to you what Mr.. Mckinley said
on the 7th Of May. 1890. You will find it
IN the congressional record: When
merchandise IL the cheapest the men
are the poorest and the most disastrous
experiences In the history of our coun-
try. aye. in all human history. have
been when everything was the lowest
ana cheapest, measured by gold, for
everything was the highest and dearest
measured by labor
And yet, today, Mr.. Mckinley
stands for a financial policy that in
tends to make money the master and all
things else the servant. He stands for
z financial policy that intends to make
the property OF the world cheaper than
1t was ever before"
The candidates special left Traverse
City at 1906. after a stop of half an
hour. Small crowds at Walton and
LentOn cheered Mr.. Bryan on the trim
down to Cadillac.
The distributors Of Mckinley badges
had been active at Cadillac as they
were at Traverse City. and elsewhere
along Mr.. Bryan's route. That they
had been kept busy among the Cadillac
people was evident from the many yell
low insignias that confronted the can
didate when he mounted the decorated
nat car there to make an address. But.
II the silver adherents had no outward
signs to proclaim their allegiance to the
Chicago nominee. they had good lungs
ana used them at every opportunity.
At Reed City. the congregation that
greeted Mr.. Bryan numbered $500 about
the same as at Cadillac and showed
considerable enthusiasm during his
speech.