The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-29
QUERIED BRYAN.
A Nan In the Audience Asks
Bryan Questions.
Bryan Answers Them and LIS
Loudly AppIauded.
RED FLAG INCIDENT.
Bryan Says Mills Burning Is
to Be DeplOred.
He Also PaIIiates the Yale Stu
dents DiscOurtesy.
RED FLAG INCIDENT.

New York. Sept 29.-wm. J. Bryan
arrived at the Hotel Bartholdi at 5:O2
yesterday afternoon He was accOmpa-
MED by a committee from Tammany
Han who had gone to Bridgeport, Conn,
throat. his coat collar being turned up
tight He went direct to his room and
there dinner was served
Mr.. Bryan's attention was called to
the burning of the Burns factory at
Worcester, Mass. as to the suggestion
contained in dispatches that the build
ing may have been set fire by some one
who felt indignant at the action of MT.
Burns last Friday in permitting the
hanging out Of a red flag with Mr.. Bry-
ans picture on 1t.
Mr.. Bryan said: There IS nothing
that care to say on the subject.
do not believe that any advocate of
free silver would do harm to AIr Burns
OF his property. While Mr.. Burns act
ion on Friday was not very courteous.
4 paid no attention to it. He had a
right to decorate his building as he
chose, even though his decorations
might be offensive to his political op-
ponents, and his neighbOrs have a
right to criticise his actions if they see
dt TO do So
But If any one has aimed to injure
MIN or his property, such person ought
70 be punished like any other violator
OF the law. No political reason can ex-
cuse an attack on person or property.
our campaign is a campaign of educa-
ton, and no true friend Of the cause
viii attempt to violate the law no mat
ter how bitterly the gold standard may
assail US or our principles"
Arthur Sewall, vice presidential can
oioate on the Democratic ticket ar
rived at the Fifth Avenue hotel a short
while before Mr.. Bryan reached the
city He parted company with Mr.
Bryan at New London. Conn
Il am of the belief said MI SewaIl
that Mr.. Bryan's tour of the New
England states viii rebound to thu good
or our ticket I never witnessed such
enthusiasm and interest as was evoked
Dy ms appearance wherever he went.
The other side may say what they
choose out the silver sentiment is
growing stronger in the east"
Mr.. Sewan viii stay in town several
days and VIII speak at the Tammany
ratification tonight He will go west
from this city to attend the convention
OF the national Democratic clubs which
meets In October at St. Louis
AT New London Mr.. Bryan found
quesUoners, and fer some time carried
on a dialogue with an elderly gentle
man near the speakers stand The no
lice were inclined to interfere at first
MI Bryan begged them to let the inter-
fosator 90 on with his questions. as he
would De glad to reply to them. The
crowd was with Mr.. Bryan, and his an
sWers 10 the questions were cheered en-
Enthusiastically.
Mr.. Bryan had proceeded with his
free
during which he had been frequently
applauded. when a man asked:
siIver?''
gold standard
The Voice. am
Mr. Bryan-TelI me WIN
The Voice-Because I believe it is best
for the country. Every nation accepts
q gold dollar for a dollar
Mr- Bryan-Why, I will tell you Be
cause OF its value The reason our gold
dollar and bullion are worth the same
IS because the law says that you can
mint
The vofce-wen. how about silver?
MT Bryan-When the laws are so,
under the free coinage of silver. the
holder of silver bullion can convert
his silver into dollars at the mint which
have a mint price for gold now and
our silver dollars will be worth as much
abroad as our gold dollars
A Voice-People here have the i'm
preston when free coinage is brought
Into effect they can take their teapots
In and coin them into money.
Mr. Bryant is true that under free
coinage any man can melt up a dollar
and a half worth of silver spoons and
have It coined into a dollar and twenty
nine cents, if you can ind a man who
IS foolish nOugh to do it.
Mr.. Bryan proceeded with his argu-
ment and added: 4 assert that the
business man depends for success upon
the farmer and the laboring man. If
you want business men to prosper, you
cannot make them prosperous by max
ing the money IOaner prosperous, be
cause business men do not make their
money out of those from whom they
borrow. They make their money out
OF those to whom they sell goods, and
II the people cannot buy goods the mer-
chants cannot sell goods. and people
cannot buy goods until they have money
to buy goods with"
A voice: Start up the mills
Mr. Bryan, Suppose you start I'D
the mills; how are you going to dis
pose OF the things which the mills pro
duce unless the people can buy the pro
duce of your mills %
Mr.. Bryan proceeded and said: Mr.
Blaine in 1878 said that the destruction
Of saver as money and the establish
ment of gold as the sole unit of value
must have ru1nOuS effect on all forms
Of property. and these would be eROr-
nously enhanced in value" (Great ap-
plause-)
voice: Would it not be as hard
70 change the standard of money in the
world as il would be to change the
standard OF weights and measures in
the wOrld?''
Mr. Bryan: 81 will answer that cues
ton by saying that in the first place the
world has 10 standard of weights and
measures, and you have been unable
TO bring the nations to agree to q stand
ard OF weights and measures. In the
second place, why did you not give the
advice in 1873 that you are giving now?
They changed our standard OF money
then. and Tor twenty years they have
tried TO keep US under that policy
wv hat man who wants to be an
American wants to get down on his
knees and ask other nations consent
70 change our policy when we want to
do what We please?
i have given you, my friends. what
might be a sufficient answer. I want
TO give a more than sufficient one. Nv
friezid wants TO know how we can
change the standard of the world.
tell you that Prince Bismarck has
stated recently that If the United States