Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13

H\S "A fGE to new OEh
H. H>'.>JN World rep0rte r, !,
who ca G b t a
chance to interview the famous west
eTner:
TON Watson is a silly, great big,
erratic school boy; Tillman is a mis-
cradle wretch; Byran is fearless and
Independent; and for Sewall, he's a
splendid. unselfish man"
Thus spoke Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Lease, fresh from the breezy west, an
hour after she came to town yesterday.
Unannounced and unattended, the
famous woman orator from Kansas
arrived at the Grand Central station
2:30 p. M, after hot and dusty trip
from Minneapolis. She was met by
David Rousseau, the wealthy electric
ian, who took her to his home, $40
Mott avenue. There Mrs. Lease will
stay till she starts west again. Her
errand here is chiefly personal business.
Veil, first of all,' she said, when a
World reporter asked her to talk, New
York city is going for silver, and New
Y York state will go for Bryan. too.
There is the most wonderful upheaval
of thought today all over the country.
The people are reading the constitu-
tion, and we out west think it's time
for financial system of our own,
without the interference of the Euro
pean money-lenders. Of course, some
people in the west think the east is
acting very selfshIy, We have been
very loyal to the east. but now we bigin
TO find that we, too, have homes and
children.
The money of the constitution
gold and silver, is good enough for us.
The supreme court of the constitution
is not. 1t was the bulwark of slavery
before the war, and today it is the bull
wark of great corporations that are
robbing the people.
do l think the democrats will win
No. There is no democratic party now
It is the debtor party that is going to
elect Byran and Sewall. The republi-
can party has gone over to the British
gold bugs. The populists are fighting
with democrats IN common cause.
McKinley's defeat will be overwhelm-
ing. It will be the mightiest tidal
wave the country has ever seen. We
will get the solid south for Byran and
Sewall, and every state west of the
Mississippi river. Just twenty eight
states that cast more than half the
electoral votes will 60 for free silver
"Byran," continued Mrs. Lease, sis
very fearless, brainy, independent
man. He's q magnificent speaker
Why, he knew more ten years ago than
he does now. Bryan has always been
populist in his public career, and the
democratic party has formulated q
good populist platform for him tc
stand on. Sewall is a lovely, cultured
gentleman, and splendid, unselfish
man. Governor Altgeld. he's a great
fearless, christian gentleman. Govern
or Altgeld is not of the Tillman tribe
He displayed marvellous courage and
heroism when he stemmed public criti-
cism and pardoned those poor men
convicted of anarchy.
what will happen if free siIyer
wins? Why, the gold bugs will try to
create panic, just as the slave owners
caused war when the Union declared
for abolishion. But it will do them no
good. The debtor class will triumph.
Prices will be high again. The farm
ers will get more for their produce.
The laboring men will receive more for
their labor. No one will be poor.''
And then Mrs. Lease sank back in
her chair, overcome by her own enthu-
siasm. She proposes to stay here a
week or ten days, speaking at Cooper
Union on Monday night. Then she
goes to Buffalo to fill four or five dates
for meetings. Her voice will be heard
on the stump from now till election
day.-New York World.