Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-10-02
BOSTON COMMON
BETWEEN 10000 AND 10000 LIS
TENED TO BRYAN AND sEwALL.
MIR. Bryan Believes That the Princi-
ctple of Free Coinage VIII Win
In the End.

Boston, Sept. 25.--The audience which
greeted Mr.. Bryan on Boston common
was the largest which he has faced since
he started on his trip through the EN-
emy's country" No estimate placed the
number of people at less than 10000,
while many even place it at 10000. Mr..
Bryan had addressed big crowd at Wor-
cester at $3.50 o'clock. 1t was very en-
thusiastic and cheereG at every telling
point. One element OF discord was visi-
BILE there, but Mr.. Bryan did not seem
to notice 1t. 1t was big flag with Bry-
ans picture upon 1t, hung on William ii.
Burns underwear factory, at the rear
of the speakers stand. Beside hung an
American flag with Major McIxinley's pic
ture on 1t.
Immediately after the Worcester speech
Mr.. Bryan started for this city. Mr.. Bry-
an, his party and the committee was half
an hour late, and the crowd had become
very impatient. Candidate Bryan, with
his running mate, Vice Presidential Can
didate Arthur Sewall, and members of
the reception committee, occupied tenn
porary platform in the center of
broad campus, and the crowd entirely
surrounded the little spot. Hon. James
M. Mallette of Worcester introduced the
speaker.
The first speaker was Joseph r. Sulli-
van Of Lawrence, candidate for lieutenant
governor -
MIR. NBryan appeared at 1880 with a
bouquet of rosesef in his hand, and was
at once introduced. The enthusiasm was
greater than Boston common had ever
seen before, and 1t was fully seven min
utes before he was allowed to speak.
Mr.. Bryam's Address.
Mr.. Bryan said: Though far from my
Nebraska home 1 am glad that 1 can
greet you as fellow citizens of a common
country. I shall not attempt to make
myself heard to all who are assembled
here. / have spoken to a number of au-
diences, but 1 have never spoken to an
audience that seemed to reach so far
away into the distance as this one does.
will speak to those who are nearest to
me, and those who are in Rhode Island
and Maine can hear me when visit those
states. Applause and laughter.)
II came down to Massachusetts to pre-
sent to your people the gospel OF democ-
racy as understand 1t. That is the way
we do / do not claim to have any au-
thority except that conferred upon me
by the democratic convention If you
doubt my democracy 1 can point to that
convention as better certificate than
any boiling democrat can find. We lay
down this proposition, that the more mon
ey there Is Al the country the easier it
is for any person who has something to
sell to get his share of that money. Our
opponents plant themselves upon the doc
tIines that the less money the whole
people have the more money each indi-
vidual will have. That is a mathematical
proposition which you can not find in any
arithmetic, but it seems to be the propo-
sition upon which republican financier-
ing is based. We say that while the dollar
goes up, property must go Town. and that
falling prices and falling property means
hard times.
IF you ask us how this gold standard
affects the farmer, we tell you that the
gold standard lowers the price of the
products he sells without lowering mis-
taxes or his debt. If you ask US how the
gold standard affects the laboring men,
we reply that it destroys the opportu-
nifty for labor, and multiplies the num-
Der of idle men. The gold standard fills
our streets with men who are anxious 10
work but find no opportunity The gold
standard, by increasing idleness, brings
poverty to those who should have enough
and to spare, and when you bring peo-
pie into poverty, when you take away
the means of gaining a livelihood, you
make tramps out of men, who, under
just conditions, would be self-supporting
and contributors to the nations wealth
and greatness. And, last of ALL when
you drive men to hunger and despair,
of men who, under just conditions. would
be law-abiding citizens.
THE gold standard has nothing to de-
fend 1t except the misery which has fol-
lowed 1t wherever 1t has been tried. The
gold standard Is a failure. If you will
accept the testimony of those in every
land who have had the testimony of
those who create wealth and add to the
national productiveness. We have COM
menced warfare against the gold stand
ard. We invite you to join with us now.
If you don't go in with us and we are
defeated this year, we will come again
and extend the invitation until ma
Jority of the people of this country do
Join with US.
I'VE have great many daily papers
with us, but, my friends, the time will
come when the daily papers will be glad
to furnish editorials that the people of
this country want. Ha>fng been con-
nected for a short time with the news
paper business myself, l do not under
estimate the influence of newspapers,
but, my friends, in times like these,
people go ahead of the newspapers when
the newspapers refuse to give the peo-
pie what they want. I beg you to rec
ognize the Importance of this issue to
you. If it shall result in eIevating 20
office those who believe in the free coin
age of silver the reform will come now.
IL II ESSuilS III lH0lT ueIeaI, VIII SIM
ply postpone for four years more the
bringing of relief to the people of this
country
With this last remark, Mr.. Bryan
closed his address and changed his posi-
ton to the other side of the platform, as
he had been obliged to do as many as
eight times during his address. Facing
the portion of the crowd which seemed
largest, he called his companion on the
democratic ticket to his side and both
stood upon chairs. For the first tine.
in this state at least. the two candidates
were seen side by side.
Introducing his running mate, Mr.. Bry-
an said: MY fellow citizens, introduce
to you a man, who away up in Maine
was willing to stand for free coinage
when his neighbors were against it. Gap
plause and hurrahs for Sewall.) l in
troduce to you man who was in favor
of the income tax, although he had TO
pay 1t; man who did not bow the knee
to Baal or worship the golden calf. Ar
thur Sewall the democratic candidate