The state herald., 1895-01-25
WAITE AT HOME.
His f,sctufo Tom Abandoned for Lacl
of Audiences and Foul Weather.

of Audiences and Foul Weather.
From the Rocky Mountain News
| Ex-Governor Davis II. Waite n
again In Denver. His lecture tour
Which was oringlnally intended to take
In the States ana Hrltisii possessions in
North America, VIII possibly a. JUMP
over to Europe and Il trlumphTl tour
around the world. has been wholly and
hopelessly abandoned. 1t lasted just
three fateful nights. January IL lie
spoke to q, scattering few In Chicago.
JdfiunrY 10, at Racine, still fewer and
more scattering was, the crowd which
turned out to heaf him: January, IS,
nj Joliet, Nh, the audience 'Sas so fear.
fully lean and lneasy that the eS-sSy!
erndr hurled MS Inst shaft, packed His
grip and came home. ..,.
1.-THE meetings were failure, >aitl
Mfr. Waite last night. "but 1 couldn't
expect anything else"
,rii3 sx-g6yerh0r's tone was one OF
over-ripe melancholy. flo Ind come
into his parlor wifi the i'eek and low
ly mir 9f d, tPuritpn. There, was. no
spring iii s!is steps, md his handshdlo
was as nervelcss iis that Of Il ppralytic,
His voice was attuncd In Il soft, low
key that fairly oozcd sadness ana res
ign6tfSt. lie threw himself In an arm
chair with tfif hstless grace OF lazy
man from the hot roOtfY Of Turkish
bath. f,
RIO 70 Into Chicago" he exclaimed,
(which Is the Eoldbug headquarters,
WSf great mistake. Besides. the
weather was farnibir. There was II
blizzard every night. I emit stand
such weather. l have not spent q win
ter In the East since 1876, and had for
gotten what the weather was like.
know couldn't stand 1t to go on East
So / Ittit. Gave II up"
."Hows many l,sabt- aid you hnve In
Chicago; GOVERNOR" 4 -,. -,
.".Oycr 400 reserved seats haG bcei
spoR"n for. hut the blizzard kept every
body indoors. ~ Iiacine the weather
was the same. At Jolfit n was better
But Joliet is not large place and the
er0wd--well, 1t was not large"
Mr., Waite set his other boot 10 os
eillating. '"rhe .taPefs,' he went on,
'.trcated. me fairly. they I'D moi show
DC malignant spirit they DID year
ago ut ,ao oliver .eonyention,i WHEEL
Bryan, Pence ana others caught 1t rs
hard as myself. The papers -till OPP
pose us, but more squarcly and fairy
Thought there was no profit In the
ieSturitg business, however, and that
could 10 rs wcll here as there.
another thing. The recent election
has put n luielus on the, political tS'
element. The people ntc waiting 10
see what congress will do. see no
hope for silver In this congress or the
next. don't believe that Pence and
Bryan and others can even get bill
reported. I believe It's dead. don't
know why people shouldn't think so
They say Colorado has gone back o:i
silver, which is true. There Is moi
much said Of silver. In Chicago there
Is no silver sentiment NJ all. They
look Gu silver there simply as wildcat
banking"
The ex-governor says he regards II
as lfrfjgss'i.le for the present condition
Of national affairs 10 continue more
tIian, ten or fiftecn fears biifer with
out destroying .thc government or turn
Ing Il into an oligarchy or aristocrdcy
'It is that now, iu fact, he said last
night In the same balf-hcartcd way
therefore the time Is coming, he
went on. Frightening. 'whcn the Popu
lists must take charge of the govern
mcnt. l don't look for II In 1896. Tho
Republicans will no doubt elect til,
next president, not by popular vote
but through the house Of representa-
tlvcs. II that IL done the Populists viii
necessarily hold the balance OF power
and II they are In earnest and mean
business they can compel the adoption
OF some Of the measures advocated IN
the Omaha platform. This may stavC
on the threatened calamity until tn,
Populists can take control"
Mr.. Waite says he has some business
10 attend 10 and will remain In Denver
for the winter