Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-29
RETURNS TO GOTHAM AFTER HIS
NEW ENGLAND JAUNT.
MET BY A TAMMANY COMMITTEE
THE BOY ORATOR DELIVERED MANY
ADDRESSES YESTERDAY.
Began Mt Lynn, Mass, mt z O'clock In
the Morning-Catechized by n
Sound Money Auditor at
New London-The Yale
Incident.

I
mittee from Tammany Hall, who had gone
to Bridgeport, Conn, to meet him. About
| 200 persons cheered him at the hotel en-.
| trance and he tipped his hat and smiled ir
| recognition.
| Mr.. Bryan was evidently nursing his
| throat: his coat collar was turned up tight
He went direct to his room and there, later
| dinner was served.
Mr.. Bryan's attention was to-day called
| to the burning of the Burns factory a,
Worcester, Mass. and to the suggestion
contained III dispatches that the building
| may have been set on fire by some one who
felt indignant at the action of Mr. Burns
last Friday in permitting the hanging out
of red flag with Mr.. Bryan's picture on it.
Mr.. Bryan said: 81 do not believe that
| any advocate of free silver would do harm
to Mr. Burns or to his property. While Mr..
Burns action on Friday was not very
courteous. paid no attention to it. If any
one has attempted to injure him or his
property. such person ought to be punished
like any other violator of the law. No
political reason can excuse an attack on
person or property. Our campaign is a
campaign of education, and no true friend
of the cause will attempt to violate the
law no matter how bitterly the gold stand
ard people may assail us or our principles -
Arthur Sewall. vice presidential candidate
Fifth Avenue hotel a short while before
Mr.. Bryan reached the city. He parted
company with Mr.. Bryan in New London,
Conn.
Il am of the belief" said Mr.. Sewall,
that Mr.. Bryan's tour of the New En-
gland states will rebound to the good of
our ticket. l never witnessed such en-
thusiasm and genuine interest as was
evoked by Mr.. Bryan's appearance wher-
ever he went.
The other side may say what they
choose, but know that the silver senti-
ment is growing stronger in the Eastern
states every day. OF course. we don't hope
special effort. but 1 don't think that the
recent state ELECTION is any criterion as to
hoy Nv things ngs will ,i 20 in NGvember"
days at least and will speak at the Tam
many ratification tomorrow night. He
national convention of Democratic clubs
which meets in ST. Louis on October 3.
Mr.. Bryan's day of speechmaking began
where he delivered a brief address. He
made no stop in Boston. but passed di-
rectly through to Providence. r. l., where
tsaaed he delivered ta Ia lengthy address. The trip
necticut, short addresses being made at
each town en- route. Mr.. Bryan bade fare
well to Connecticut at New London to-
day. although he added a few words at
New Haven. the last stop in the New
England state. At New London, MIR. Bry-
an found questioners and for some time
tleman near the, speakers stand. The
police were inclined to interfere at first
but Mr.. Bryan begged them to let the in
terrogator go on with his questions, as he
would be glad to reply to them.
Mr. Bryan had proceeded with his argu-
ment in behalf of free coinage. during
hsn which ne man had ,a been frequently appauded.
Where will we be when we get free sill
yer?"
standard?'
The voice-'T am
Mr.. Bryan-"Tell me why?"
The voice--"Because 1 believe It is best
Mr.. Bryan-"Why? I will tell you. Be-
cause of its value. The reason our gold
because the law says that you can con-
vert the bullion into dollar at the mint"
The yoiee-"Well. how about silver?"
the free coinage of silver, the holder Of
silver bullion can convert his silver into
dollars at the mint, this will fix general
for gold now, and our silver dollars will
, be worth as much abroad as our gold
A voice-"People here have the impress
sion that when free coinage of silver is
brought into effect they can take their
silver teapots in and coin them into mon
ey.''
Mr.. Bryan-"It is true that under free
coinage any man can melt up s1.5O worth Of
spoons and have the silver coined :nto
sl2s II you have man who is fool enough
to do 1t. Now, why will people refuse 10
melt up their silver plate? Because it
VIII be worth more as silver plate than il
Will, Will be worth as silver dollars under free
Mr.. Bryan proceeded with his argument,
and added:
Il assert that the business man depends
ior success upon the farmer and the labor
ing man. II you want business men to
prosper you cannot make them prosperous
by making the money-loaner prosperous.
because business men do not make their
money out of those from whom they bor-
row. They make their money out of those
to whom they sell goods, and II the peo-
pie cannot buy goods the merchants can
not sell goods. and people cannot buy goods
A Voice-"Start up the mills"
Mr.. Bryan-"Suppose you start up the
things which the mills produce unless the
people can buy the produce of your mills?"
Mr. Bryan proceeded. and said: "Mr.
Blaine in 1878 said that the destruction of
silver as money and the establishment of
gold as the sole unit of value must have
rlinous effect on all forms of property
except those Investments which yield a
would be enormously enhanced in value
and gain disproportionate and unfair ad-
vantage over every other species of prop
A voice-'Would it not be as hard to
change the standard of money in the world
as 1t would be to change the standard of
weights and measures in the world?''
Mr.. Bryan-"I will answer that question
by saying that in the first place the world
has no standard of weights and measures
and we have been unable to bring the ma,
tions of the world to agree to a standard
of weights and measures. In the second
place. why did not you give the advice in
1873 you are giving now? They changed
our standard of money then and for ty,e,,
tv years they have tried to keep us from
utdoing what they did then. Those who
denied the right of the people to use the |
law to restore silver TO its rightfuI nIare
are the very ones who helped to pass a law
twenty-three years ago to destroy the free |
coinage of silver and substitute new