Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-15
ur ALSO MAKES 4 SHORT SIDE
TRIP INTO WISCONSIN.
IgOYG MARK HANkRS HINES
cood Many Men Wearing Mckin-
10, BndEcs EncOuntcrcd-Ihc Ma
donai-Bank sHstem-Ihe wan
WIN Opposcs Labor Organizations.

a.m
,r,in consisted Of four cars-one for bag
,,,co and another for the train crew; the
.hfcs for the use OF a party OF well-known
,ucbiran people accompanying Mr.. Bryan
and ,he last the special coach obtained
f,r the candidates use by the National
committee. The train viii remain intact
,rtu Detroit is reached. on Sunday.
The sun shone as bright and the weather
,ros ms clear as yesterday. When the
train reached Ironwood. a lively little
town in the Michigan mining belt, at S:i5.
,bo candidate opened up his four days OF
,uchiean campaigning. People from the
.,rroundng country had driven IN to
t.in the Ironwood folks in welcoming the
head Of the Chicago ticket. and the con-
creation in the square where Mr.. Bryan
smoke numbered at least 300 a fifteen
minute speech was made by the candidate
from q temporary stand, and then the
train moved to Bessemcr, where it ar
r.e,l at el5 A crowd Of about the same
proportions as that M lronwood was
retherod about the platform from which
,r~ grvan spoke. lie made one of his
short talks about free coinage, taking no
new line of argument.
AT $40 the train pulled out for Water
smoet
NATIONAL-BANK SYSTEM
FSCANABA. MICH. October l4-"I'hc
rntioual-bank system is what we're in
forested I'm here" shouted man in the
crowd of q couple of hundred people who
had gathered on the platform ar Water
erpet 60 hear Mr. Bryan Watersmeet
L in ha mid o.
of "a wide eNpan.o of burned and other
wise denuded forest. and during the five
minutes spent there Mr.. Bryan endeavor-
eI TO- answer the man whose interest lay
iu the nati0nal-bank system "rhe diff
ference between our plan and the national
bank plan IS this" he said eve have
ersenhacks out now, and these green
hacks draw no interest and the govern
ment pays none. When you retire these
ereenbacks with an issue OF bonds, and
then Jet the banks issue money on the
bonds the banks viii then draw from the
people Of the country the interest which
the people now have. To 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
god standard bora banner in
e'fINtN 10 10 J. anu PROSPERITY <Abtut
2H people were al Iron River, and Nc
Kinley badges were pinned on a goodly
number Of them. The Republican con-
ungent kept very quiet however, and
Mr. Bryan made no reference TO their
presence. A little farther down the road
however ne did have something 10
say about the supporters Of his opponent
The train took a little side-jump from
Michigan into Wisconsin. and II was at
Florence. IN the latter State. that the
comments OF the candidate were called
forth Ho 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 a laugh went up from
the crowd Il have no objection" said
Mr. Bryan. "to a mans cheering for
Mckinley. but / only wish that a man
who thinks that this country is not big
enough TO attend 10 its own business
would put on his hat, so people would
know who he is. We have no right to
complain If a man thinks more of foreign
nations than be does Of America, but ne
ought not 10 De ashamed 10 say so.
MARK HANNA'S MINES.
The half hour spent by Mr. Bryan at
Iron Mountain had an additional IN
terest 20 both candidate and audience.
from the fact that Marcus a. Hanna has
mining interests i'm the vicinity and
is a. large shipper Of ore from that place.
a large number Of mlners in their work
ing clothes with candles protruding from
their characteristic hoadgear, lined the
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 stand
stll. 1900 people had assembled and Mr..
Bryan was cheered as he ascended the
stand, with Mrs. Bryan - G.. Campdu.
Justin r. Whiting. and Timothy Tars-
ney. Mr.. Hanna's association with
the little city brought no direct reference
from Mr. Bryan. but. in the course Of his
remarks he said:
you say 1t is a good thing for the la
boring man 10 be paid i'm dollars which
buy a great deal. Remember that the
laborng man is interested more in get
ting a chance 10 work than he is inter
cstod In the pay that he gets when he
does work. The gold standard increases
the number OF idle men. and the idle
man is a menace 10 every man who has
employment and the laboring men under
stand that. because the laboring men of
This country are demanding the opening
Of our mints and the restoration OF free
coinage at Is 10 /, and 1 would rather
trust those labOrng men TO know what
is good for them than 10 trust the men
who have spent their lives trying TO de-
strOy labor organizations. Ny friends,
the Bible tells us that a tree is known
hy It's fruits. These men who stand al
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
70 YOU judge these men by the fruit they
have borne YOU can tell what fruit they
viii bear"
Al 2:SO the Bryan special reached Nor
way another mining town. In a short
speech from the rear platform Of the
train Mr.. Bryan made reference to those
who have tried TO destroy labor organi- |
zations similar 10 that made AZ Iron
Mountain. The people Of Powers. or 400 |
OF them. heard the candidate deliver a
brief speech, which contained some new
features
DEMONETIZATION by CONTRACT.
Il notice that the other day" ne said. !
cone Of the Democrats who have left the !
Democratic party said that we are not
giving the liberty TO the Individual that |
we ought TO; that when we say that a /
man cannot contract for particular /
kind OF money we are taking away his /
personal liberty Aiy friends, you have /
ufury laws Those usury laws interfere |
with personal liberty. but what kind OF /
liberty is 70 that they interfere with? II /
s. the liberty that the man who loans |
money has 10 oppress those who borrow /
money. and the fact that we have 10 have |
usury laws shows that there is that IN |
human nature which most be restrained. |
Our contention that the laws ought TO |
prohibit the making OF contracts In a /
n. rllcnInr Kind nf mnneY. our contention |