New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
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THE BARTHOLDI HEADQUARTERS ONE OF THE
GLOOMIEsT SPOTS on THE GLOBE

THE BARTHoLDI HEADQUARTERS ONE OF THE
GLOoMIEsT SPOTS on THE GLOBE
Following the desertion OF the Democratic quar-
ters in the Hotel Bartholdi by persons In quest OF
free silver company the place assumed even more
lonesome aspect yesterday, when nearly all those
In charge failed to appear SO little business re-
qurcs attention there that the treasurer and some
Of his assistants quit the quarters for a while.
William p St John-pronounced "sinjun." If you
please-with nothing to claim his attention AZ
treasurer went away Fire Island, to be gone for
a week. He had hoped. 1t Is said. that Mr. and
Mrs Bryan, his guests while they were In the
cAy, would accompany him during his sojourn at
the island. but they declined his invitation. pre-
ferring to go to the home of John Brisben Walker
on the Hudson Mr. ST. John will have an oppor
tunity to mediate In solitude for a week. at
least over the incidents of the last fortnight
while he has been trying to conduct a campaign.
II Is known that he Is much dissatisfied with things
generally He ought to be. The enthusiasm
which he imagined would be manifested in the
silver campaign has nowhere appeared, and the
hopeessncss OF Bryans candidacy is all too clear
When St Johr engaged the rooms at the Bar
thodi. paying for them out Of his own pocket and
gathered alleged assistants around him who looked
TO him for pay. he hopefully supposed that cam
paign contributions would arrive 10 help bear
the burden. None came \ desperate effort was
made to represent the state OF affairs in A good
light by the giving out of reports that contributions
were received from "A number OF people. All this
was manufactured out Of whole cloth. as have been
other representations at those quarters. The eX-
penses were borne entirely by ST. John. He paid
the bills which came Of the meeting In Madison
Sluare Garden. II the former banker had not
come 10 the rescue of the Democratic campaign
workers here II IS question as TO how they
would have been able to do anything at an IL
vas said Yesterday that not Of the silver Sena
tors had contributed a cent 10 the campaign man
ayers I'm Washington or anywhere else .
4 most annoying feature IN connection with the
chaos at the Barthold quarters. which disturbed
the treasurer and finally filled MN WIN diss US,
was the succession Of blunders made there ana me
avhihtions of stupidity which were only magnlned
bv his attempts 10 introduce some order ny az
,endfur to mere details which are ordinarily LETT
10 others But St Johns exhibition IN TINS respect
w. no worse than that OF Chairman Jones MN
self another executive officer VINO dlsplaN"u st'h.-
interest in little details tah me lfnPortan' ',
ires connected with his department. ne scene
nres. nird i'm the meeting OF the National Commit
tee when the chairman ignored everything tIs,, 10
,o,int Tho tickets the Bryan show Whlcn mao
~ ,llo,ted TO him and TO count them again ana
again struck those Who observed II as UNIQUE IN
view OF the fact nat the business OF appointing an
Ex.curive and Finance Committee was neglected
altogether The naming OF these committees was
not accomplished at All herr"
Now that the National Committee Is gone ana
the l,ncsomcness of the treasurers headquarters IN
tho RarthoIdl IL intensified the course OF 81. JOhn
IL awaited by his assistants with considerable APP
preh.nslon. The location OF the National mead
partholdi offices az only - New-YOrk branch. and
whether ST John will stay there alone or with.
perhaps a clerk or two was the question upper
minds or those ar me quarters NtSiei-
dav Jimmy" - Bren. the Tammanyite, who on
tered a. scrgeant-ai-arms. endured thr place only
two days lie never went back. The Bryan frost
Al Madison square Garden chilled al his ardor.
Among those who deserted the quarters yesterday
was ollie" Teall lie said that nc was going out