The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-27
IN SEWALL's TOWN OF BATH
Mr. Bryan at Last Gets Ills Feet Under Mr..
SewaiPs Mahogany.

| Bath, Me-, Sept. 26.-The party left
Portland at $50 for Bath, the home of
| Vice Presidential Candidate SewaI. On
the way several brief stops were made
| but Brunswick was the only place where
| anything was said. Bowdoin college is
located there and big force of students
turned out. They profted by the action
Of the Yale boys, however, and gave Mr..
Bryan an enthusiastic ovation in which
there was not dissenting voice.
The party reached Bath at O'Clock
and were driven directly to Mr.. SewaIls
home, where dinner was served and the
big meeting of the night was held in
Custom House square. 1t was probably
the greatest night in the history of this
town. The entire population turned out
to meet the train. CannonS were dis
charged and here were fireworks all
around. Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall APP
peared on the platform at s:45. When
Mr. Sewall stepped to the front of the
stand to introduce Mr.. Bryan a tremen-
dous roar went I'D from the crowd.
When Mr.. Bryan finished there was a
great demonstration Those who had
listened 10 him with close attention
crowded about the stand to shake his
hand. When he was finally rescued
from their struggles. the crowd sent up
three cheers and the candidate was
driven TO Mr.. Sewall's home for a day
Of rest.
Mr. Sewall said in introducing Mr..
Bryan:
81 have brought the great leader OF
the Democracy to the greatest meeting
ever held in Maine. He represents a
principles which is dear TO a vast ma
jority OF the people of this country"
After few compliments to Mr.. Sewall
Mr.. Bryan went direct into his argu-
ment. He said:
1--WE are not for free coinage to help
the mine owner or because silver is
produced in the United States. We
would be as heartily in favor of free
coinage if not an ounce had been pro
duced in the Unietd States. We are for
gold as well ars for silver, but hold that
gold should not demand a monopoly OF
coinage. If silver were given free COIN
age and gold were excluded we would be
for the free coinage of gold. ANY money
that is legal tender and will pay debts
and taxes, whether it be gold or silver
or greenbacks, is good enough for u.s."
Mr.. Bryan then proceeded with argu-
ments upon the science of money, in the
Courseo which a man in the audience
said:
IF you buy silver at the present price
now much can You get it made into
money for under free coinage?"
Mr. Bryan-Under the present law you
could not have it coined at ALL CA voice
Answer the question 1 am going TO.
Under the present flaw you could not
have it coined at all, but under the free
coinage of silver you canont find a man
fool enough to sell the silver at less
than the coinage value. "a voice: But
the government stands back of it,
Mr.. Bryan-The treasury would not
back silver any more than 1t hacks gold.
That is The gold standard idea-that
you have got to back something Bimet-
allism gives you two moneys which back
themselves. Our opponents talk about
a flood of silver. We have the unlim-
tied coinage Of gold now, and we are not
flooded with gold TO any great extent.
Suppose a new coinage law is in exist
ence and suppose some foreigner who
did not like us would come here to hurt
us with his silver. How could he do it?
He could bring enough silver bullion to
have madZfie a thousand dollars, the
government would take the bullion and
stamp il and hand it back TO HIM in dol
lars How would he hurt US? ! know
what you will say. That he win take his
silver for gold and take his gold away
VIII ne? Where will ne get the gold =?
Go to the treasury and get it? Not I'M
der bfInettalism. The government Goes
not agree TO swap dollars. What else
could he do? He could trade silver for
something else. Something else we
have to sell and if that man Will let US
know when he is coming We Will me.
him at the train with a brass band and
escort him through town and show him |
the property we VIII be glad to ex-
change
q, FRIEND, as long as / study and practice
humility, know where l am.-Cleobulus.