The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28
BRYAN AND SEWALIl
Tom Watson Sums UP candi-
date sewallss Trouble.
wHY BRYAN AVOIDED MAINE

try.
BY THOMAS E. WATSON.
(Furnished Exclusively 20 the New York
i WORLDLY
THoMPsoS, Ga. Aug. H.
Mr.. sewall's speech Of acceptance was
o modest echo Of Mr.. Bryan's, and Mr..
Bryan's dwelt upon one topic alone-the
silver question. 1t Is true that he made
o few general references to trusts aud
devoted q paragraph to the income tax,
but the one 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 question which
which has boon so thoroughly handled
4 in speeches, books and editorials during
the last 10 or is years.
His presentation Of silver claims was
not SO comprehensive as that made in
the elaborate speech Of Senator John p.
Jones in Nevada In 1890; his arraign-
ment Of the evils OF contraction was not
so graphic as that made by Congress.
man Charles Towne in 1895, or that
made by Congressman William II. Eel,
ton OF 1876, nor were his answers to the
objections made to free coinage so ample
Us those made In the recent speech of
Senator Daniel.
But we think that never before have
the merits Of the case against the single
gold standard been better stated In the
same number Of words than Mr.. Bryan
stated them in his Madison Square ad.
dress.
Was the New York Trip Success.
This much being said. the question
still remains: WAS the trip to New
York successl'' Did the invasion of
the enemy scountryresult in u triumph?
We think not. Mr.. Bryan wrote his
speech at his home in Nebraska and
went to New York for the express pur.
pose Of winning great personal victory
by delivering it. He hoped to electrify
his hearers and put his campaign on q
boom. 1t was said confidently that he
would go right on from New York and
..invade" New England. The Gulf
stream of the Bryan oratory was relied
upon toroll genially through those chilly
regions and to warm the icebergs Of
Mnine itself into q 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 husk,, and when the audience
saw that they must sit in the sweltering
heat for two hours while an exhausted 4
orator read speech they could not hear.
they very naturally began to walk out,
knowing that the newspapers would all
have the speech the newt morning.
Lost His Audience,
The people went away by Thousands
while tho plucky but tired out orator
painfully plodded through his manu-.
script. No nun living could under these
Circumstances have done better than Mr.
Bryan, possibly no other man could
have done So we'll As an essay on the
silver question his paper was a success.
1t will live aud it will convince thou.
sands Of renders and make thousands Of
votes. But US " speech it was a failure.
The success Of an essay is judged by
its inf1siiSe upon those who read, but
the success Of speech must ever he
judged by effect upon the audience.
1t is remp kable that in his speech Of
acceptance .dr. Bryan should have com.
pletely ignored those planks in his
platform re. ihng to national banks, to
railroads. to the tariff. To each of
these planks the people who will follow
Mr.. Bryan's future attach vast import
ances Upon no subject did Mr.. Jeffer.
son, so often quoted by Mr.. Bryan, OK.
press himself more forcibly or more fire..
quently than OH that of national banks
of issue He hated them, feared them
and fought them with all the zeal OF u
fanatic, yet his brilliant young disciple
IS forced to keep silent upon that issue,
although it is inseparably connected
with the money question. which he SO
ably discussed
Why He Ignored the TariG ind tho
Trusts.
Why did Mr., Bryan have to keep
mum on that topic: Because of the fact
that Arthur Sewall. his running mate.
is national banker Again, there was
the question of the tariff. The last
legacy winch the patient public re.
ceived from Democratic Congress
was a tariff bill which even Cleveland
would not sign. a Democratic Presi.
dent indict d it as being the offspring of
party perfidy and party dishonor." Its
sugar schedule was sold in advance To
the Sugar Trust and was written IA
Havemeyer wanted it by u Cabinet Off.
Ger Its eipht-year Government loan Of
/ more than n hundred million every wear
to the Whrky Trust was u Democratic
surrender 10 u grasping syndicate. All
through this unsigned tariff bill ran the
protective feature illustrating class
Legislation IN its most llnpudent and on.
pressive form. and yet Mr.. Bryan, who
first won fame by his tariff.reform
speech. ut'ers no protest against this
protective tariff.
4 Poor Way to lsea. Mckinley.
/ To expeo. to defeat Mckinley without
saying word against Mckinley is some.
thing new under the sun. but Mr.. Bry.
ans silence was proper and necessary,
He could not afford to denounce protec.
ton while Mr.. Sewall. his running
mate, is so we'll known as protection.
LIST. Mr.. sewall Is even now acting in
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