New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19
SEWALLS GOLD CLAUSES.
THE DIFFERENCE 'TWIXT HIS BUSINESS
WAYS AND POLITICAL THEORIES.


HOWEVER. ARE FRANK AND SAY 1T
SHOWS THAT MIR cEwALLKNows
HOW TO LOOK OFT FOR
NUMBER ONE.
No recent developments relating to the Ma
tional campaign have created a greater interest
in business and political circles than the evil
dence printed in The Tribune yesterday
showing that Arthur Scwah. the Popocrat
candidate for Vice President. while pretending
to be in favor of the free coinage + silver. is
careful to conduct his own business the god
plan. pure and simple.
II was an, object lesson that startled even the
fanatics about the silver headquarters at the
Hotel Rartholdi The pald fact presented Itself
that one of the National candidates Of the free
silver Democracy distrustfu of the pro-
fessions Of his party. and of his own associate
on the Popocrat ticket, that he placed In the
agreements Of his firm the plain and blunt de-
mand for gold coin. rejecting in his business the
beautiful theory that on the election Of Bryar
10 the Presidency silver will Immediately rise
TO a parity with gold at the ratio of II to /.
THEY "WANT TO KNOW"
People want to know why, f free coinage is
to make silver jump at once from its present
commercial value of J} cents to 100 cents on the
dollar the Popocrat candidate for Nice-Presi-
dent refuses t. take the chances he asks others
to take Of the prophesied increase. This was
what every business man was asking ms neish-
Dor after reading yesterdays Tribune Inc peo-
pie learned that Mr. Sewall In making con-
tract recently for four shpoads OF TIMBER io'
delivery to the creosoting firm of Eppnger &
Russell. OF Long Island city inserted III '"7
agreement these words:
"The partv of the second part (Eppnser ~
Russeln agrees to pay to the party Of the hrst
mart 1he firm Of Arthur Sewal Popocr@t can
didate for Vice-President Of the United Stales'
ar agent for the transportation Of said tifnoer
dollars and -- cents United States gold
or it's equivalent"
BRYAN has repeatedly asserted during MS
stumping pgrimages that all that is necessary
to bring silver at a ratio IF III to 10 p"'
with gold was the free coinage OF the WINE
metal can 1t be possible that Bryans associ-
ate on the ticket is himself an unDerever I'm IN
Bryan's oft-repeated theory MT ~ SeWat Wv" %
business methods give the lie To Bryan ; Pr
fessinns Of confidence The managers of the
free-silver campaign in this city had no eAp'a-
nations to offer on the subject.
MUST BE A MISTAKE"
The free.silver advocates about the office OF
William p St John in the Hotel Barthold yes
terdav were in no mood to talk about the gold
contracts Of Mr. Sewali. and the treasurer of the
Popocratic National Committee was unapproach-
able Last evening the gloom about the office
was thick, and the free-silverites who talked To-
gethnr i'm a qliet corner were nObOdleS VINO de-
clarcd that they could not believe the report
about their candidate for the Vice Presidency.
Their spokesman was william o. kellN, lor-
mer Consul at Cairo. Egypt. who said;
This must be all a mistake. The newspapers
lied about me once. believe mat MI SeWah VIII
deny the report
out IN the sidewalk a number Of smal-fry sill
yrrltes were taking different view of the situa-
tlon one who said he was Mister Murphy was
emphatic in declaring that Mr. Sewall ought
never to have been put on the same ticket with
Mr. Bryan.
Sure. that man Sewall is member of the
plutocracy anyhow. and If he's an out-and-out
gold bug he ought to get off the ticket he said
TAMMANY NOT PLEASED.
The Tribuno's revelations regarding the Sewal
gold contracts added to the depression which
has fallen upon the Tammany warriors since
their Endorsement Of the Chicago ticket and plat
form The train bearing the Tammany dele
gates returning by way Of the New-York Cen
trail Railroad. arrived last night at the Grand
Central Station in two sections. The first ar
rived at about 9 80 and the second at 1920 p m
few Interested Democrats We're at the station
when the first section came I'm. Among them
were John NJ Tracey. Il. W. BarbOr. william
Dalton and Thomas J. Pockridge. While wait
ing for the train. which was fOrty-fve minutes
late some Of the waiting Democrats discussed
the gold contracts and while some said that
they would not believe that Mr.. Sewall had in
sisted on gold payments others condemned his
course. John NJ Tracey said: 1T seems to me
that if silver is good enough for the workingman
it ought to be good enough for Mr. Se"ali.
Mr. Ban bor said. He is simply taking the
stand which Altgeld took before him
The men who came off Of the train looked any
thing but happy and one man who vas waiting
In the station said II reminded MN OF party
back from funeral .
Sure there must be a mistake about this
said Dan" Donegan. the Wisknke OF the Wig
wan. who the first to land from the tram.
We're the second section. and here We are in
first What the divil's become OF the first sec
tion wild Sheehan and all the rest aboard
When the delegates became convinced that their
fellows were all right and would arrive soon
they were asked about the Sewal affalr nut no
ono would express an opinion. Larry Delmour
was surprised when Tribune reporter showed
| him a copy Of Sewalls gold contract. but would
! not express an opinion on the subject.
! Most of the arrivals had left the station
! when some one called attention To a crowd
! around long baggage truck at ,he north side
| Of the station and said: Me eyes were not
| wrong-it is a funeral and there's the corpse
| 4 crowd Of solemn-lOOking men surrounded the
| truck but there was no corpse in it, Piled up
along It's whole length were boxes containing
/ soft drinks and baskets with crockery and
/ glasses and at the head Of the truck tilted
up SO that it might he seen plainly. was por-
/ trait Of Thomas J. Dunn. That's the man who
/ said he'd he in ii as long as Sulzer stuck.
said one of the "pallhearers.
! Gulzer are now? ," retorted the wit of the
| party -,
Tho FIRST according t. Donegan's calCulat ations,
| contained a more solemn company than the first.
and there was not smile. nor the shadow or a
smile In the whole party.
s1IrruAN WON'T SAY A THING.
one Of the first to leave the train was John c.
! Sheehan.
Have you seen The Tribune's account or
Arthur Sewalls gold way Of doing business he
was asked by reporter
"No." he answered.
The purporr Of the article was told 10 Mr.
Sheehan and he was asked what he thought
| about it, , , III, .
Il will not say anything tonight Will not