The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01
At ARTHUR SEWALL'S HOME
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MESSRS BRYAN AND SEWALL
ARRIVED AT BATH, ME-.
YESTERDAY.
SPOKE IN THE SQUARE At NIGHT.
Mr. Bryan Makes Pretty Good Gold
Standard Argument in Answer to
Questionable Ovation rendered
the Candidate

Bath. Me-. Sept. 2G-The party left
Portland at $50 for Bath the home Of
Vice Presidential Candidate Sewall On
the way several brief stops were made
but Brunswick was the only place where
anything was said. Boudoin college is
located there and big force of students
turned ont They gave Mr.. Bryan an
enthusiastic reception. The party ar
rived at Bath at O'Clock and was
driven directly TO Mr.. Sewalfs home,
where dinner was served and the big
meeting of the night was held in Gus
Toulouse square. 1t was the greatest
night in the history of this quaint little
town. The entire population turned out
ia meet the train. Cannon were dis
charged and there were fireworks all
around
Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall appeared
on the platform n SID
Whcn Arthur Sewal stepped to the
front ct the stand TO introduce his run
ming mate tremendous roar went up
from the crowd. When Mr.. Bryan fin
ishcd his speech there was great
demonstration. Those who had listened
TO him with rapt attention crowded
about the stand and climbed over one
another in an effort to shake his hand.
When he was finally rescued from their
struggles the crowd sent up three cheers
and the candidate was quickly driven
TO Mr.. Sewalls home for n day of rest
before rcsuming his journey tomorrow
night
Mr.. Sewall said in introducing Mr..
Bryan:
Il have brought the great leader of
democracy 10 the greatest meeting ever
held in Maine. He represents the people
of the country. He represents Il prnci-
pie which is dear to Il vast majority Of
the people of this country"
Mr.. Bryan went direct into his argu-
ment. He said:
I'VE are not for free coinage to help
the mine owners or because silver is pro-
duccd in the United States. We would
be as heartily in favor of free coinage
if not an ounce of silver had been pro-
duccd in the United States. We are for
gold ms well as for silver, but hold that
gold should not demand Il monopoly of
coinage. If silver were given freq
coinage and debts were excluded we
would be for the free coinage of gold
Any money that will pay debts and
taxes. whether it be gold or silver or
grccnbacks, is good enough for us"
Mr.. Bryan then proceeded with an
argument on the science Of money, n
the course Of which man asked:
''lf you buy silver at the present price
how can you. get i made into dollars
under free coinage"
Mr.. Bryan you can not have it
coined at all under the present ar
rangemcnt; but under the free coinage
of silver You can't find Il mal fool
enough to sell you silver at less than
coinage value"
A voice: But the government stands
back of it."
Mr.. Bryan: ''The treasury would not
back silver any more than it backs gold.
That is the gold standard idea that you
have got to back something. Our oppo-
nents talk about flood of silver. We
have unlimited coinage of gold now and
we are not flooded with gold to any
great extent. Suppose free coinage
law were in existence and suppose some
foreigner who did not like ny were to
come here for the purpose Of hurting
MS with his silver. How could he do It
He would bring enough silver bullion to
have made a thousand dollars. The
government would take the bullion and
stamp il and hand the dollars back to
him. How would he hurt us? / know
what you will say, that he will trade his
silver for gold and take his gold away.
Now. will he? Where will he get it?
He could trade silver for something else,
something we have to sell, and il that
man will let us know when he is coming
we will meet him at the train with a
brass band and escort him through the
town and show him the property we will
be glad TO exchanged