The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16
Said a Gold Bug to Mr.. Bryan
in Michigan.
"BUT IT DOES NOT VOTE"
Was the Candidates Happy Re-
ply, and He Was Cheered.
HE IS IN EXCELLENT HEALTH
MIR. Bryan Says He Viii Do His Big. est
DAYS Work on the Last Day of
the Campaign Victory
In Sig hf

In Sight.
Petoskey, Mich, Oct. l5.-St Ignace
listened TO free silver doctrine from
| VIM. J. Bryan as early as $3.50 this
morning, and "a large crowd heard
! him and applauded enthusiastically
! He gave the people a short talk, COM
| plimenting them on the interest they
| were taking, and then retired TO his
state room to change his night robe to
| shirt more suited to the etiquette
| observed 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 the stamp
| of the United States was worth 100
| cents the world over, and when asked
| about the 53-cent dollar by one of his
| audience, he answered the interrogation
with his usual explanation, but in
such a manner as to somewhat en-
| barrass the questioner.
At Petoskey Mr.. Bryan spoke from
a platform i'm the rear of the station
TO an early morning crowd of several
hundred. Many of those in the au-
dience wore yellow badges marked,
''An honest dollar" Noticing these,
the candidate demanded to know
whether the phrase referred to the
gold standard or to free silver. a
voice answered: ''16 to l." and this
satisfied Mr.. Bryan, for he said no
more about it, proceeding with the dis
cussion of the silver doctrine. Fair
sized crowds also greeted him at Char
levoix and Bellaire, where the nomi-
nee made five-minute addresses.
At Traverse City Mr.. Bryan addressed
the largest crowd he had yet found
in Michigan. There were a few yellow
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 speech of the day,
the others having ben desultory and
conversational. He said:
''Some times when / am weary with
work and my voice shows signs of
wear, it is encouraging to meet an
audience like this and to be informed
by so many people that | am all right.
(Applause and cries of You're all
right.'O / don't know whether you
mean that / am all right physically or
politically. (Cries of Politically"
Wen, if you tel. me that l am all right
politically. | viii tell YOU that l am
all right physically. (Applause.) And
if you have any fear about my ability
to keep up this canvass until the cam
paign closes, / will simply tell you
to watch the papers and you win find
that every working day viii be en-
ployed and that on the last day of the
campaign / will do more work than on
any day preceding it. Great APP
plause.)
1T is necessary for us to work We
have not so many great influences at
work for us and therefore we have
to work ourselves We have not so
manly daily newspapers through
which we can talk and therefore we
have to do more talking ourselves, and
as we cannot afford to bring all the
people to Nebraska, / am going around
and campaign the people themselves.
(Applause)
Nov, my friends, in advocating
free coinage, l do not mean to claim
that | ann infallible, but / do want you
to understand that / belieFe what / say
and that when l tell you that in my
Judgment, there can be no prosperity
in this country until bi-metallism is
restored, | am telling you what ! be-
lieve. (Applause and eheers.) Not
only am | telling you what | now be-
lieve, but / am telling you what Re-
publicans used to believe who have
now surrendered their convictions and
permitted their party to act for them
instead of acting for themselves. Great
applause.| There is not a proposition
which we make to-day which cannot
be defended by what leading Republi-
cans have said in the past. / am one
of those my friends, it may be little
old-fashioned, but ! am one of those
who believe that a man is greater than
a party and that a man ought to make
his party suit his convictions, not suit
his convictions to suit party plat
form. Great applause.)
Il believe, my friends that parties
are made for the people, not that peo-
pie are made for parties. (Applause.)
! believe that party is a means to an
end and not a thing to be wOrshipped
by itself and when a party ceases to be
an instrument through which you can
serve your country, then that party
has no further claims upon you"
There were short stops at Walton
and MantOn and Mr.. Bryan stood ON the
back platform and allowed the people
to crafty their desire to see the Presi-
Dental candidate. At the latter place
the cheering for Bryan was led by a
little girl, who turned on q man who
wore hat indicative of his allegiance
to the gold standard, and sarcasticaIly
rebulled him. Mr.. Bryan remarked
that probably the little one could make
a better argument than the goldite,
to which the Republican replied that
no arguments We're needed, but that
money talked.
'Yes it deos," replied Mr.. Bryan,
''but it does not vote" and the crowd
cheered the statement enthusiastically,