The sun., 1894-10-30
COL. STRONG AS AN ORATOR
HIS METHODS ARE sIMPLE AND THE
RESULTS UNVARYING.
The Audience Always Ksow when 60 Az
pIsua snd No One Hss Complnined o.
the Uadue Iength OF Hts Addresses

piaud and No One Hss tornplntnee o.
the Uadss I.enEth OF Hi- Addresses.
Col. strong is a nice old gentleman. but he
can't make speech He said 80 half a dozen
times last night ut the beginning and END OF
three speeches on a tour up town. lie will say
so a dozen times tonight. lie seems content to
let the other speakers do the work while he sits
on the front row Of the platform and hears the
boys shout:
"whats the matter with strong?"
Hes all right
They didn't have TO enforce the three-miDute
rule Col. Strong speaks along at rapid rate
until he forgcts = word, and then he re-
fers the audience to the other speak
ers, returns thanks for attention, ana sits
down. Sometimes he tries to recover. His hands
dive deeper into his pockets. his face twitches,
and he Quits Just when the audience expects n
nyrotec chnical denunciatiOn OF Tammany Hall.
Perhaps the Republican Literary Bureau is
oyerworEcd. Here Is a summary OF the speech!
Opening / am not n speaker.
The audience catches the point before Col.
Strong catches his breath.
Argument have lived in this town forty
one years.
This announcement Ia usually followed by
tremendous applause, which induces the Colohel
to recover his nerve.
Climax Let us down Tammanv Hall.
Inc enthusiasm hlNo s""S DNN'0N
has been heard before.
Finale-I am no speaker.
Long and loud applause follows. and there are
more inquiries as tU the nature OF the trouble
with strong. The stenographers agree that he
Is all right. the carriage whrls up to the stage
door and Col Strong is of to attend another
meeting.
Col strong was accompanied on his tour last
evening by &. e. Shayne. They drove about IN
closed carriage driven by liveried conchman.
Tbey stopped first at the hall OF the Retail
t;roSers' Union at 1913 East Thirty-sevcnth
street. ,,-.-,,, e...- ..... ,,,ro
Wayor Of New York. lie stepped forward;
dropped his hands into his trousers pockets. and
said 10 the 100 persons present that he was ho'
I'VE must down Tammany Hall II we can,"
| he added in stronger voice.
- We can do it," said n man. -,
" And now | will not detain you any longer;
but will leave YOU to h,ar the speakers PENN"
| The carriage new away to the C. c. Shayne
Club nt III" second avenue COZ: S.rohx ri niap ~
longer speech there. but i was over n",ore 'ho
| large audience had finished their greetings.
The Colonels reception at Sninor ns,',T s az
| loIth street and Second avenue was something
10 inspire speech from any candidate. The hall
was pack ked with enthusiastic KePnhilcnns VINO no
Maine lakes tell them how New York should be
run. bands wcrr naying DannSrs stsrharh Iar was
! when ,'ol Strong came on the stage. .
| The applause was most vigorous. lne Canui
| date sat down in the front row ana sinlleu.
| When introduced again as the next Mayor a
grim smile lii up his face and his hands went
| down into his pockets.
II have always indulged in these gatherings
| once in four wears" he said in quick nervous
| way "but never before in a Mayoralty election
! have I seen such magnetic feeling: ! came here
| 10 let you know that am veritabie man Oh
flesh and blood. Long applausc.l | am not
| a speaker, and you want to hear such strains o,
| oratory rs will come from the gentlemen behln,i
| me. Thanking you for your Httentl1n. ! VII,
| leave the others to speak. More applause anu
| cries Of " give us u Speech
| The carriage then shot away for tho corner o'
! Amsterian avenue and l5Jth street, where an
| other crowd OF Republicans was III waiting
| The greetings there were very warm ~, .mnt m
| man who has been so often introduced ns Mayor
| that he actually begins to believe II. ~,
Vi am no speaker" said Col. Strong when the
| applause had subsided. We must down ram
| many Hall il we can. parkhurSts little hand i
carving its influence into every part OF rune Guy
| The other side will make upa good many stories
! of ideas and roorbacks-maybe about me- nave
| lived in this town fOrty-one wears ana IL u
| hardly necessary for me 10 speak or my owr
| character. I am no speaker, and ! know YOU
me. Thanking you for your attention | will
| leave You 20 the attention Of them: - -.
| Tonight Col. Strong does the biggest turn 81
| his life IL will be under the managtment o'
Charles Stcckler, and the Colonel VIII maR'
| somewhere between six and fifteen speeches
The Stecklers have nearly n dozen meetings ar
Col. Strong may follow the plan of Grea
Scott the r. NJ l.. forlorn hope. and make ar
angleworm speech. popularity or the angie
or a dozen pieces and each piece is gooc
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