The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
Mr.. SeWall Reiterates His Dec
laratiOn to Not Withdraw
To a Correspondent of New YOrI
World.
RYAN SURELY LOST
If SeWalI Withdraws Now Says
Mr.. SeWaIl.
Another Bond Issue 80 Days
After McKinley's Election.

New York, Sept. 23.-The World pub
fishes the following special by Creel-
man from Bath, Ne:
MT. Sewall the millionaire candidate
Tor vice president, standing in his draw
ing room tonight with the soft glow of
Lamplight on his strong countenance,
answered the cry which has gone ilp
all over the country for his retirement
from the free silver ticket II was
head and face fit for Rembrandt-solid.
aggressive, unyielding, set on a short
S1neWy neck.
There is absolutely nothing in +bis
Talk about my withdra wal" he said
me thing IS absurd I shall not retire
under any circumstances. AS for the
statement that Senator German or anv
OF the Democratic managers desire me
10 retire or that the party leaders are
bringing influence to bear on me for
that purpose. it is pure falsehood On
the contrary, all the pressure on me has
been the other way"
Mr.. SeWaH threw his head back with
quick movement, and for the first
time saw his eyes full and fair-clear
hazel eyes, with never a shadow OF
evasion-the direct. shrewd glance of a
hard headed business man, untroubled
by sentiment. His voice is deep and
organ-Iike. You feel the vibration when
he talks.
OF course I will not retire." he con-
tinued.
There could be no surer way of max
ing Mr.. Bryan's defeat certain, and our
opponents understood it very we'll
Those who discuss the question OF my
retirement don't know the man they
are talking about. There is absolute
harmony in the Democratic party.
am in constant correspondence with
the leaders, and they are in perfect ac-
cord
But, Mr.. Sewall." I said. you must
see that with fusion between the Dem
ocrats and Populists in so many states
there is prospect that even should
Mr.. Bryan be elected there would be
enough Populists in the electoral col
lege to throw the choice of the vice
president into the senate.
Mr.. SeWau was in evening dress and
the smoke of his cigar twirled in
mist over his head as he thrust his
pockets in a very curious way and
swayed backward on his heels.
I know it," he answered slowly. 81
see very clearly that Mr.. Bryan may be
elected and that l may not be. But !
am thinking more of free silver than Of
Sewan. A change in the ticket now is
out of the question
Can you see any way in which your
resignation would help Mr.. Bryan?''
I have already said that it would
insure his defeat The matter is not
even under consideration. When 1
wrote that letter to Mr.. Bryan the cir
l.
was considering the question whether
he ought to accept the Populist nomi-
nation, and had decided not to permit
his name to be used unless my name
with me at the time, and I wrote him
that 1 did not wish to stand in his way
or in the way of a perfect fusion"
rs it true, Mr.. SeWall, that you be-
ieve in a high protective tariff and in
subsidies2'
II believe in the Chicago platform,
every word. The attempt to question
my Democracy is nonsense was
born a Democrat and I have never
lived in any other atmosphere. And
it has not always been a pleasant polit-
zeal road to travel in this state during
the last thirty years. Three or four
years ago there were only two free sill
yer men in this town. Mr.. TOrrey and
myself. Remember that I have not
been a politician and that my training
and associations nave been those Of a
business man. arrived at my present
convictions regarding the necessity for
free silver by studying the question as
a business man"
Mr. sewan looked me full in the
face.
And I can't understand why
shrewd man like you should not believe
in free silver" he said. L can't under
stand why everybody does not see that
the country can't stand these financial
conditions four years longer. It is i'm
possible"
Congress may give IS44Sl IL AAC1AAA-
ley is elected I suggested.
No said Mr.. Sewan. THAT means
more bond issues.
I shook my head.
Yes, it means more bond issues. If
Mr.. Mckinley is elected there will be
bond issue within thirty days. Moth
ing can prevent it. Talk about trusts
and monopOlies-the greatest monopoly
in the world is the gold monopoly. It
is crushing the nation. Senator Lodge,
in his last speech, declared that the gold
standard was a good thing because the
country has been growing richer under
it. It's true the wealth of the United
States has increased but who is get
ting it The trusts and corporations
and syndicates They alone have prof
tied by the present monetary system.
The poor have been growing poorer.
The debtor class increases. Prices have
fallen and fallen. I say ii cannot last.
I became a free silver man by looking
at the matter as a business man. and
the more I study it the more I am con-
WINGED that there is no other salvation
possible for the people
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