The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-16
SECOND DAY IN MICHIGAN.
WORK OF THE NOMINEE CLOSED
BY ADDRESSES AT GRAND
RAPIDS.
YELLOW BADGES ALONG THE LINE.
Republican Sentiment Shown In
Many of the Crowds Out to
Meet the Hoy Orator.


crossed, in this city,~one of the largest
audiences he has yet spoken to during
the campaign. There were three meet
ings arranged for, one at Campau
Square, one at Powers opera house.
where he addressed the women of
Grand Rapids, and the other at Lock-
erby hall. At the first meeting he
spoke to as large a crowd as could
wedge itself in at the junction of four
streets, and 1t is safe to say that not
one-fourth of those present could hear.
When Mr.. Bryan spoke to the ladies in
the opera house that place was filed
with feminine humanity. The last adj
dress of the evening, that in Lockerby
hall, was delivered before an audience
the size Of which was limited to the
space inside the walls. The address
made at Campau Square was a short
one, and in it there were no new fea-
lures. While the speech to the women
was not the principal one, Mr.. Bryan
made it of special interest In his ar
raignment of Republican leaders. He
put Col Robert G. Ingersoll, Murat
Halstead, ex-President Harrison and
Secretary of the Treasury John G. Car
Isle in the same category as Steven
sons "Jekyll and Hyde" His denunci-
alton Of them was scathing and bitter.
It was as follows:
We cannot afford to engraft upon govern
ment a bad system, even though we could get
temporary benefit from It, The best thing
parents can leave to children is Just govern
ment, that robs nobody for anybody elses
benefit Now, in our discussion of the money
question we can prove our cause in many
to this question and; by the application of
those principles make the subject clear, but
that Is not sufficient. We can prove our
cause by authority, and there is not a posi-
ton which we take in this campaign but
what we are able to support by the authority
of the most eminent Republicans in this coun-
there was a great deal of talk about a char
acterI do not know whether 1 ought to call
it a character or two characteristic 1t was
''Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE" You will re-
member that the same person appeared at
different times In different characters. One
time the man was a good man, benevolent,
kindly disposed; at another time the same
person was mean man, villain, seeking
to take human life. My friends, we have
the character of "Jekyll and Hyde illustrated
we'll when we come to discuss the silver
question, because we can cite you to a num-
Der of men who have been both Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde. We can cite a number of men
who have been kindly disposed and interested
in the public welfare at one time, and at
system that means more misery, according to
Mr.. Carlisle, than all the wars, pestilences and
famines that ever occurred.
l want to call your attention to two or
three persons who have said one thing at
one time and another thing at another time
on the silver question, Our opponents have
been able to bring into the campaign all
the movable guns in the country. They
have enlisted on their side and are sending
out throughout the country great many
pieces of large artillery. and one of the
sent lie III.
Ingersoll, who brings to. this money question
his great ability as an orator. Mr.. Ingersoll
is now using his great weapon ridicule
against silver. Let me show you what he
once said on the other side of the question
and he will have to talk long while before
he can answer what he has said on our side,
and l think it Is fair for to assume that
we still have with US all those who have not
been able to answer themselves Here is
what he said In speech made some years
ago to the farmerS
81 do not ask for the prosperity born of
paper, but do ask for the reconciliation of
silver. Silver was demonetized by fraud. 1t
was an imposition upon every solvent man,
fraud upon every honest debtor in the
United States. The farmers should vote
only for such men as are able and willing to
guard and advance the interests of labor
My friends, that is what he said when he
talked to the farmers some years ago. and
what he said then was true. 1t was true
then,- 1t Is true now. You will notice that
one of the most distinguished Journalists of
the day, one of the most eminent men in his
profession, Murat Halstead is doing all he
can to maintain the gold standard. Let me
read you what he said on Oct. "a 1877 I
take this extract from letter of that date
from the New York Journal of SATURDAY.
Oct. 10. In that letter he said:
The British gold policy was the work Of
experts only. Evasion was essential to sue
cess in 1t and possibly because coin was
not in circulation and being out of public
view could be tempered with without attract
It is British policy today. and what we
ask is to replace the British policy with an
American financial policy, But will go to
stands as the representative of those Demo-
Gratis who believe in gold standard, and
who, in 1875 said uIs
This contest must not cease and will not
cease until the industrial classes are fully
and finally emancpated from the heartless
domination of syndicates. stock exchanges
and combinations of money grabbers in this
country and in Europe.
Do you know of any more emphatic condem-
nation of the system than that and yet that
heartless domination still continues The
industrial masses have not been emancipated
In this year we are more under the power
OF the money grabbers and the stock ex-
| changes than we ever were before in the
history of this country, and the Industrial
classes need relief today as much as thew
ever did, or much as they did in 1873 when
the words have quoted were spoken.
/ call your attention to these things that
you may understand that when we stand for
bimetallism we are defending what others
have defended When we tell you it is good
for this country we are standing upon ground
that has been stood on before.
st. Ignace listened to free silver doctrine
from Mr.. Bryan as early as $50 this morn
ing, and large crowd heard him and ap-
plauded him enthusiastically. He gave a
short talk, complimenting the people on the
interest they were taking and then retired
to his stateroom to change his night robe
to shirt more suited to the etiquette OBJ
served in Michigan. The special train was
taken across the straits of Mackinac. and at
o'clock Mr.. Bryan talked to the people OF
Mackinaw. He explained that a dollar with
100 cents the world over, and when asked
about the 53-cent dollar by one of the au-
dience. he answered the interrogation with his
usual explanation, but. in such a manner as
to embarrass the questfoner.
At Petoskey Mr.. Bryan spoke from plat
form In the rear Of the station to an early
o. those in the audience wore yellow badges
marked IAN Honest Dollar Noticing these
the candidate demanded to know whether the
phrase referred to the gold standard or to
this satisfied Mr.. Bryan, for he said no
more about 1t, proceeding with the discussion
Of the silver doctr1ne.;l, Fair-sized crowds
where the nominees made fve-minute adj
dresses. He Went over the same ground
already covered by him, dilatng upon the
office by their franchise candidates who have
proven unworthy to conduct the govern
ment of the country. g
At Traverse City Mr.. Bryan addressed the
! largest crowd he had yet found in Michigan.
There were few yeIloE badges. worn by
Republicans In the crowd but the audience
| for the most part was in sympathy with the
! speaker, and applauded and cheered him
| during the thirty minutes he was there.
| This was really the first formal speech of
| the day. The others were desultory and con-
versational:
There were short stops at Walton and
r an fdo aalr