The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-15
MAKING SPEECHES TO MINERS.
BRYAN NOW PLAYING THE METEOR
IN MICHIGAN.

IrOnwOOd the First stopping Point
in His JOurney-ExpIanati of
the National banking system De-
manded at IA DesOIate Little juno
tOn in the WOOds-Miners From
One of Hanna's Shafts Told That
Opening OF the Mints Is What is
Wanted.
Watersmeet, Mich, Oct. 1A-Candidate
Bryan's special train travelled from Du-
luth through Minnesota and Wisconsin all
night and after laying for three hours
this morning on a siding near Saxon, re-
sumed its journey at o'clock.
The train consisted of four cars, one for
| baggage and another for the train crew,
the third for the use of the party of we'll
known Michigan people accompanying
Mr.. Bryan and the last the special coach
| obtained fer the candidates use by the
national committee The train will re-
main intact until Detroit is reached Sat
| urday.
The sun shone as bright and the wealth
er as clear as yesterday.
When the train reached Ironwood a
| lively little town in the Michigan mining
belt this morning at s:45 O clock, the can
didate opened up his four days of Michi-
| gan campaigning. People from the sur
rounding country had driven in to join the
Ironwood folks in welcoming Mr.. Bryan
and the crowd numbered $500 people. A
| speech was made by the candidate from a
temporary stand. and then the train
moved to Bessemer where 1t arrived at
9:15. A crowd OF about the same propor-
tons as that at Ironwood was gathered
about the platform from which Mr.. Bryan
| spoke. He made one OF his short talks
about free coinage, taking no new line of
argument. At $40 the train pulled out
| for Watermeet.
THE national bank system is what we
are interested in here" shouted a man in
the crowd OF a couple of hundred people
who had gathered on the platform at
Watersmeet to hear Mr.. Bryan. Waters
meet is little railroad junction in the
midst Of a wide expanse OF burned and
otherwise denuded forest, and during the
FIVE minutes spent there Mr. Bryan en-
deavored to answer the man who asked
about the national banks. THE difference
/ between our plan and the national bank
| plan Is this" he said I'VE have green
backs out now and these greenbacks draw
/ no interest and the government pays none.
| When you retire these greenbacks with
! an issue 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
| democratic nominee at Iron River, and
the pretty miss who represented the gold
standard bore banner in inscribed '16 to
| / and prosperity" About 500 people were
at Iron River and Mckinley badges were
| pinned on a goodly portion of them. The
| republican contingent kept very quiet,
| however, and Mr.. Bryan made no refer
ence to their presence. A little farther
down the road, however, he did have some
| thing to say about the supporters of his
| opponent.
The train took little side Jump from
Michigan into Wisconsin and it was al
| Florence, in the latter state, that the COM
ments of the candidate were called forth
! He had not finished his little talk about
| the silver question when somebody called
| for three cheers for Mckinley They were
given with considerable vigor and then q
/ laugh went up from the crowd.
II have no objection" said Mr.. Bryan
"to man cheering for Mr. Mckinley, but
| | only wish that a man who thinks that
1 this country is not big enough 10 attend
| to it's own business would put 1t on his hat
so people would know who he was. We
| have no right to complain If a man thinks
| more of foreign nations than he does OF
| America, but he ought not TO be ashamed
| to say So"
The half hour spent by Mr.. Bryan at
| Iron Mountain had an additional interest
| to both candidate and audience from the
| fact that Marcus A. Hanna has mining
| interests In the vicinity and is large
| shipper Of ore from that place. A large
number of miners I'm their working clothes
with candles projecting from their charas-
teristic headgear lined the railroad track
| as the train drew into the station. Around
| the stand erected for Mr.. Bryan's accom-
| modation a few feet from where tho
train came TO a standstin. 1,5Oo people had
| assembled and Mr.. Bryan was cheered as
he ascended the stand with Mrs. Bryan.
| d. G.. Campau, Justin r. Whiting ana
| Timothy Tarsney. Mr.. Hanna's associa-
| tion with the little city brought no direcr
| reference from Mr.. Bryan, but in the
course of his remarks he said "rhey say
| II is a good thing for the laboring man
to be paid in dollars which buy a greaJ
! deal. Remember that the laboring man
is interested more in getting a chance to
work than he II interested IN
| the pay he gets when he does the work
| The gold standard increases the number
| Of idle men and the idle man is a menace
| to every man who has employment. and
| the laborng men understand that because
| the laboring men OF this country are de-
manding the opening Of our mints and the
restoration of free coinage at 16 to /, and
would rather trust those laboring men
10 know what Is good for them than 10
trust the men who have spent their lives
| trying TO destroy labor organizations
my friends, the Bible tells us that a
| tree is known by Its fruit. 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 II
you Judge these 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 destroyed labor organizations
similar to that made at Iron Mountain.
The people of Powers, 400 of them,
heard the candidate deliver brief speech
which contained some new features. II
notice that the other day. "he said" one
hag IaFf ha