The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-20
WATSON ON BRYAN's SPEECH.
The Georgian Incidentally Takes
Another Shot at sewan.

The Georgian Incidentally Takes
Another Shot at SewaII.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE following dis
patch from Thomas f. Watson at Thorn
son, Ga. is published by the World:
Mr.. SewaIs speech Of acceptance was
a modest echo OF Mr.. Bryan's and Mr.
Bryan's dwelt upon one topic alone-the
silver question. It is true that he made
few general references to trusts and
devoted paragraph to the income tax,
but the subject which he dwelt upon was
silver
Upon this issue Mr.. Bryan spoke at
length and with great power Of state
ment and reasoning. He himself would
hardly claim that he has originated any
new argument upon the question which
has been so thoroughly handled in speech
es, books and editorials during the last
ten or fifteen years
His presentation of silver claims was
not so comprehensive as that made in
the elaborate speech of Senator John p.
Jones in 1880; his arraignment of the
evils of contraction was not so graphic
as that made by Congressman Charles
Towne in 1895, or that made by Congress-
man William II. FELTON, in 1876; nor were
his answers to the objections made to
free coinage so ample as those made
in the recent speech OF Senator Daniel.
But we think that never before has
the merits OF the case against the silver
gold standard been better stated in the
same number OF words than Mr.. Bryan
stated them in his Madison Square ad-
dress.
This much being said, the question still
remains was the trip to New York sue
hid the inXra sim Of the enarrViS
country result in triumph? We think
not. Mr.. Bryan wrote his speech at his
home in Nebra ska and went to New York
for the express purpose of winning great
personal victory by delivering it. He hop
ed to electrify his hearers and put his cam
paign on boom.
1T was said confidently that he would
go right on from New York to invade
New England The Gulf stream of the
Bryan oratory was relied upon to roll gen
tally through those chilly regions and to
warm the icebergs of Maine itself into a
thaw.
The results have been quite different
Mr.. Bryan, on his way to New York, spoke
so often and so much that when the time
came for him to make the great speech he
could not make it. He was worn out.
His throat was sore and his voice hus-
KY and when the audience saw that they
must sit in the sweltering heat for two
speech, they could not hear, it very natu-
rally began to walk out, knowing that the
newspapers would all have the speech the
next morning.
"Why did Mr.. Bryan have to keep mum
on the subject of national banks? Be
cause of the fact that Arthur Sewall his
running mate, is a national banker. Again
there was the question of the tariff. The
last legacy which the patient public receiv-
ed from a democratic congress was a tar
If bill, which even Cleveland would not
sign. A democratic President indicted it as
being the offspring of party perfidy and
party dishonor.'
ITO expect to defeat Mckinley Without
saying a word against Mckinley is some
thing new under the sun, but Mr.. Bryan's
silence was proper and necessary. He
could not afford to denounce protection
while Mr.. Sewall is even now acting in
league with the republicans to secure leg
islation which will levy tribute upon
every American consumer of foreign
goods in the selfish interest of the New
England shipbuilders, of whom he is one;
and just as Mr.. SewalFs presence on the
ticket prevented Mr.. Bryan from assail-
ing national banks of issue and repub-
lican doctrine OF protection, so the same
baneful influence prevented him from
denoupcing railroad monopoly and extor-
tion. Mr.. Sewall being a corporationist of
lusty proportions himself.
"Sewall is the soothing syrup Of the
campaign for the monopolists and he is
relied upon to keep northern and eastern
democrats from wailing too much under
the infection of Bryan's populistic pro-
clivities
1.-The fact that Mr.. Bryan's eastern in
vasion is called of shows that his man