The morning times., 1896-10-15


tracts were Being made payable IN gold
and asked where the gold was canning
from with which 10 settle these contracts
Az 10 o'clock the Bryan special left for
Mackinaw City.
Waters Meet, Mich. Oct. 14.-Candidate
Bryan's special train Travelled from Duluth
through Minnesota and Wisconsin all
night, and after laying for three hours this
morning on siding near Saxon, started
again at O'Clock. TIE train consisted OF
four ears, one for baggage. another for the
train crew, the third for the use Of the
party OF wcll-known Michigan people ac-
campaigning Mr.. Bryan, and tie third. the
special coach obtained for the candidates.
use by tile national committee. The train
VIII remain intact until Detroit is reached
sunday. The sun shone as bright and the
weather was as clear as yesterday.
When the train reached Ironwood,
lively little town in the Michigan mining
belt, at $40. tile candidate opened up his
Tour days or Michigan campaigning. Pco-
pie from the surrounding country had driven
In to join the Ironw OOd folks in welcom-
Ing tile head Of the Chicago ticket and the
congregation in tue square where Mr Bryan
spoke numbered at least $500.
"A rlrteen minute speech was made by
the candidate from temporary stand. and
II,
1t arrived at 9:l5. A crowd OF about the
same proportions az that at Ironwood was
gathered about the platform. Mr.. Bryan
made one OF his short talks about free
coinage. taking no new line of argument.
At $40 the train pulled out for Waters
Meet.
INTERESTED IN BANKS.
The national bank system is what
we're Interested In here" shouted man
in the crowd OF couple of hundred people
"ho had gathered the platform at
Waters Meet to hear Mr. Bryan,
Waters Meet is a little railroad junction
in the midst OF wide expanse OF burned
and otherwise denuded forest, and during
the five minutes spent there, Mfr. Bryan
endea ayored to answer the man whose IN
terest lay III the national bank.
THE difference between our plan and
the national bank plan Is this" he said.
We have greenbacks out now and these
creenbacss Ks draw W nuintercst and the govern
mcnt pays none. When sou retire these
greenbacks with anissue OF bonds and Then
let the banks issue money on the bonds, the
banks will then draw from the people OF
the country the interest which the people
now have. 1t is good for the banks but
hard on the people,
The familiar sight OF sixteen little girls
in white and one in yellow greeted the
DeIlOcTlIlC HOIiillte ub iron tS!tG- iue
pretty miss who represented the gold stand
ard bore a banner inscribed; "l6 to l and
prosperity"
About 800 people We're at Iron River
and Mckinley badges Were pinned on
goodIy portion OF them. The Republican
contingent kept very quiet, and Mr.. Bryan
made NO reference to their presence.
little farther down the road, however, he
did have something to say about the sup
porters Of his opponent
CHEERED MKINLEY.
The train took little side jump from
Michigan into Wisconsin. and it was at
FiUTeuce. in the latter state, that the com
meuts OF the candidate were called forth.
He had not finished his little tale about
the silver question when somebody called
for three cheers for Mckinley. They were
given with Considerable yigor. aud then a
laugh went up from the crowd.
Il have no Objection said Mr.. Bryan,
Ito a man cheering for Mr. Mckinley. but
only wish that a man who THINKS that this
country Is not big enough to attend to its
own business would put on his hat SO
people would know who he was. We have
no right to complain III n man thinks more
of foreign nations that he does OF America.
but he ought not to be ashamed tos say so.'
Escanaba, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE half
hour spent by Mr.. Bryan at Iron
chOuiitdHi udu duulllODdl Interest
Ia both candidate and audience, from the
fact that Marcus A Hanna has mining in-
terests in the vicinity. and is a large shipper
of ore from that place.
A number Of miners in their working
clothes with candles projecting from their
characteristic headgear, lined the railroad
track as the train drew into the station
Around the stand erected for Mr. Bryan's
accommodation, a few feet from where the
train came to a standstill, 1 500 Npeople
had 1gSpmhIpl Mr. W n n
as he ascended the stand with Mrs. Bryan.
ID. g. Campau, Justin r. Whiting and Tim
otty Tarsney. Mr.. Hanna's association
with the little city brought no direct refer
encc from Mr.. Bryan, but in tue course OF
his remarks he said:
LABORING MANS INTEREST.
You say it is a good thing for theiabor-
ing man to be paid in dollars Which buy
great deal. Remember that the Iaboring
man is interested more in getting Il chance
to work than he is interested in the pay
that he gets when he does work.
The gold standard increases the number
of idle men, and idle men is a menace
to every mar who has employment The
laboring men understand that because they
are demanding the opening OF our nints and
restoration OF free coinage at 16 to l. l
would rather trust those laboring men to
know what is good for them than to trust
the men who nave spent their lives try
My friends the Bible tells us that tree
is known by its fruits. These men who
stand at the head of the gold crusade are
not new men in this country. They have
lived here. They are trees which have
been bearing fruit 10 these many years,
and If you Judge tn hese men by the fruit
they have borne you can tell what fruit
they will bear.
AT 2:3O the Bryan special reached Nor
way, another mining town. In short
speech from the rear platform of the
train Mr.. Bryan made reference to
those who have tried 10 destroy labor
organizations similar to that made at Iron
Mountain. The people of Powers, 400
OF them, heard the candidate deliver o
brief speech, which contained some new
features:
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
notice that the other day, said Mr..
Bryan, one OF the Democrats who has left
the Democratic party stated that we are
not giving the liberty 10 the Individual
that we ought to; that when we say that
man cannot contract for n particular kind
of money we are taking away his personal
liberty.
My friends, You have usury laws. Those
usury laws interfere with personal lib.
erty but what kind of liberty is il that
they interfere With? 1t is the liberty
that the man Who loans money has l,
oppress those who borrow money, and the
fact that We have to have usury laws
shows that there Is that IN human nature