The San Francisco call., 1896-10-15
His Remarks Intended for the
Benefit Of the Mining
People.
IN A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD
But the Audiences Were of Good Size
and Considerable Enthusiasm
Was Displayed.

MARQUETTE, MICH, Oct. 14.-The
lines of a crooked walking-stick with
fange at the end of the crook resemble in
shape the route taken by w. ]. Bryan to-
day in his progress through the upper
peninsula of Michigan. His course lay
partly along a region interesting in its
desolation, past miles and miles of forests
laid bare by Ium bermen, by fire and by
storm. and through towns and hamlets
supported by the iron and coal interests OF
the section. From the time he left Duluth
late last night until he reached Marquette
the candidate travelled 400 miles, and at
10 o'clock he left Marquette for another
all-night run to Mackinaw City, where his
second day of campaigning in the VOL
VERNE State will begin. Between the COM
mencement of his speechmaking in Iron
wood, early in the morning, until he called
"a halt on the days work at Marquette Mr..
Bryan made dozen addresses. He talked
principally for the benefit of the mining
people.
His route lay directly across the upper
peninsula in direction east by south
from Lake Superior to Lake Michigan,
touching the borders of Wisconsin; swung
around to the northwest, forming the
crook of the walking-stick and then shot
off to the east, thus making the f1ange,
touching Lake Superior again at Mar
quette.
In the early part of the journey cheers
for Mckinley were heard at few of the
stopping places, and at one of these Mr..
Bryan made reference to the shouts OF his
opponents. Miners dressed in their soiled
working clothes, their caps adorned with
lamps and candles, were plentiful along
the way. Speeches were made at Iron
wood, Bessemer, Watersmeet, Iron River,
Florence, Wis; Iron Mountain, Norway,
Powers, Escana ba, Ishpenning, Negaunee
and Marquette, and there were stops at
few other smaller places to enable the
people gathered at these to see the candi-
date and his wife.
The region traversed is the strongest in
the State in allegiance to the Republican
party, and the itinerary provided for a
thorough canvass of it by Mr.. Bryan.
His audiences were of good size and some
of them showed considerable enthusiasm.
The half hour spent by Mr.. Bryan at
Iron Mountain had an additional interest
to both candidate and audience from the
TACT that Marcus A. Hanna has mining
interests in the vicinity and is a large
shipper of ore from that place. A large
numbe of miners in their working clothes,
with candles projecting from their char
acteristic headgear, lined the railroad
track as the train drew into the station.
Around the stand erected for Mr. Bryan's
accommodation, q few feet from where the
train came to a standstill, 1850 people had
| Assem- bled, and Mr.. Bryan was cheered as
be ascended the stand with Mrs. BRYAN, d.
G. Campau, Justin K. Whiting and Timo-
thy Tarsney. Mr.. Hanna's association
with the little city brought no direct ref.
erence from Mr.. Bryan.
At2:3O the Bryan special reached Nor
| way, mining town, fifteen minutes run
| from from Mountain. The Scandinavian
| type was sufficiently numerous among the
| five or six hundred men ano women there
to indicate how the place received its
| name. In a short speech from the rear
| platform of the train Mr.. Bryan made
reference TO those who have tried to
made at Iron Mountain.
The people of Powers, 400 of them, heard
| the candidate deliver brief speech.
| The throng that had assem- bled at
Escanaba, another of Mr.. Hanna's ship
ping ports, was SO large that the Bryan
! special was held there twenty-five minutes
| in order to give the candidate time to
make an address, the scheduled stop being
quarter of an hour. Fully 5000 people
were gathered in an open field near the
| railway station when the train arrived at
AIS and they proved to be one of the most
enthusiastic audiences of the day.
| The atmosphere of the morning and
afternoon changed from warm to raw, and
| Mr.. Bryan kept his hat on and the collar
of his overcoat turned up about his ears
during the time be renamed on the
speakers stand. In his speech he told a
number of humorous stories and kept the
crowd laughing at these and at his refer
ences to the attitude of his opponents.
| Mr.. Bryan spoke ct Marquette for an
hour tonight to an audience of about 5000
| people, assembled in front OF the railway
depot. James Russell introduced him.
Mr.. Bryan said that the people might well
be interested in this campaign, because in
no cam paign known to the younger men
of this country had such great Interest
been at stake. Continuing, he said:
Our opponents tell us that the success of ou1
| cause would mean great danger to this coun.
| try. We reply 20 them that twenty years oi
1 experience in their cause he's been of meal
| culable harm to our country. They tell US
| that the free coinage of silver will bring
| has brought trouble. We place the experiences
| of our people against the prophecies which
they make They tell us that the free coinage
| of silver may not be free from dangers, that ii
! may not be perfect system. We tell them al
| we have to do is to offer something better than
| they have had, and it does not take a very
| great system 70 DC DetleT tudn lQe one WE
! have had. [Great cheeringJ
In one sense our campaign is a defensive
| one; in another sense 1T is an aggressive cam
| paign. 1t is defensive in that we are defend
| ing our homes and our firesides from an enemy
| as dangerous as ever attacked the welfare o.
| the people. 1t is an aggressive warfare in thai
4 we demand affirmative legislation; it is ag
| Rressive in that we are after something and
know what we are after and how we are going
| to get it.
Mr.. Bryan criticized the Republican
party for failing TO say what they wanted
and merely opposing everything that was
offered. Mr.. Bryan also spoke of the fac-
that contracts were being made payable
| in gold, and asked where the gold was
coming from with which to settle these
| contracts.
At 10 o'clock the Bryan special left fol
Mackinaw City.
FLOWER SPEAKS IN INDIANA.
| NesU Hork's Ec- Governor Pleads for ths