The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-29
Bryan S Tour of New England
Has Done Great Good.
SEWALL HIGHLY PLEASED
Says He Never Witnessed Such
Genuine Enthusiasm.
WILL GO WEST WITH BRYAN
The City of New Haven Tries to Make
Amends For the Action of the
Yale Hoodlums Last
waak

New York, Sept. 28.-Wm. J. Bryan
arrived at the Hotel Bartholdi at 500
this afternoon. He was accompanied
bv a committee from Tammany Hall,
who had gone to Bridgeport, Conn.,,
to meet him. About 200 persons
cheered him at the hotel entrance and
he tipped his hat and smiled in recog-
milton.
Mr.. Bryan was evidently nursing his
throat, as 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 at Worcester, Mass, and to
the suggestion contained.i in dispatches
that the building may have been set
on fire by some one who felt indig-
nant at the action of Mr.. Burns last
Friday in permitting the hanging ou5
of red flag with Mr.. Bryan's picture
on it, Mr.. Bryan said:
There is nothing that / care to say
on the subject. / 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, I paid no attention
to it. He had a right to decorate his
building as he chose, even though
the decorations might be offensive TO
his political opponents, and his neigh
bors have a right to criticise his ac-
tions If they see fit to do SO. But if
any one has attempted to injure him
or his property, such person ought to
be punished like any other violator of
= l.. II
cuse an attack on person or property.
Our campaign is a campaign of educa
tion, and no true friend of the cause
will attempt to violate the law, no
matter how bitterly the gold standard
men may assail US or our principles"
Mr.. SewaH arrived at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel a short while before Mr..
Bryan reached the city. He parted
company with Mr.. Bryan at New Lon
don, Conn.
s.I am of the belief said Mr.. Sewan,
'sthat Mr.. Bryan's tour of the New Eng
land States will rebound to the good
of our ticket. I never witnessed such
enthusiasm and geninue interest as
was etoked by Mr.. Bryan's appearance
wherever he went.
ssThe other side may say what they
choose, but / know that the silver SEN
timent is growing stronger in the
Eastern States every day. OF course
we don't hope to carry Maine, nor will
we make any special onslaught, but /
do not think that the recent State cleo
ton is any criterion as to how things
will go in November
Mr.. Sewall win stay in town for sey-
erai days at least and will speak at
the Tammany ratification tomorrow
night. He will go West from this city
to attend the convention of National
Democratic Clubs which meets in St.
Louis on October 8.
SPEECH AT NEW LONDON.
Mr.. Bryan made speeches to big
crowds at Lynn, Providence, New Hay-
en- and New London to-day.
AT New London he found question
ers, and for some time carried on a
dialogue with an elderly gentleman,
near the speakers stand. The police
were inclined to interfere at first, but
Mr.. Bryan begged them to let the inter
rogator go on with his questions, as
he would be glad to reply to them. The
crowd was with Mr.. Bryan and his an
swers to the questions were cheered
enthusiastically. Geo. Fred Williams
followed the nominees speech with a
short speech, in which he repudiated
the action of the Yale students, claim
ing that they did not represent the
citizens of Connecticut. The crowd
Kissed Yale's name.
Mr. Bryan had proceeded with his
argument in behalf of free coinage,
during which he had been frequently
applauded, when man asked: where
will we be when we get free silver?''
Ara in favor a
gold standard ??
The voice: 81 am"
Mr. Bryan: Tell me whyT
The voice: Because i believe it is
best for the country. Every nation
will accept d gold dollar for a dollar"
Mr. Bryan; why, I will tell you.
Because of its value; the reason why
our gold dollar and our bullion are
worth the same is because the law says
that you can convert the bullion into
a dollar at the mint"
The voice: well, how about silver?"
Mr.. Bryan: when the laws are so,
under the free coinage of silver, the
holder of silver bullion can convert
his silver into dollars at the mint
that will fix mint price for silver, as
we have a mint price for gold now.
and our silver dollars will be worth as
much abroad as our gold dollars
A voice: People here have the inn
preston that when the free coinage
of silver is brought into effect they
can take their silver teapots in and
coin them into money"
Mr.. Bryan: 1T is true that under
free coinage any man can melt
up a dollar and half worth of spoons
and have the silver coined into one
dollar and twenty-nine cents, it you