The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-11
VIII Place an Orator in
Every County.
This State Would Be Entitled
to S Spell-BinderS.
Probable Assignments in Rhode
Island and Orators-at-Large.

hr. William J. Bryan, Senator Jones OF
Arkansas and Governor Stone OF Missouri,
the present trinity of popocracy. have
made up their minds. They will establish h
an ordtorical headquarters where would be
fpeli binders may take examinations In
gesturss and vocal noise. The applicants
will appear before board OF examiners
ana all who get 20 per cent. will DO
placed on the waiting list of qualified
speakers in the interests OF repudiation, to
serve without pay.
Then there Is 10 be a roll OF honor for
the names OF those who make the moGt
fuss and be whose name leads all the rest
In 1900 will bs nominated by accla nation
for the presidency.
MIR. w. j. Bryan has been consulted
IN every step taken and has consented
10 become custodian OF the roll OF honor.
He writes:
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 28, 1895.
To the National Bureau of Volunteer
Speakers, Walter vrooman, Chair rman,
st. Louis
"Mv DEAR sIR-Your of Nv. IS. re-
ceivcd. | note what you say In regard to
ths plan OF the national bureau of volun-
teer speakers. shall be glad to receive
the nonor roll of volunteer speakers,
VINO, under tue auspices of your bureau,
VIII iabor to cultivate an interest in
political questions ano increase the uevo.
uon 10 our government. You nre quite
correct In saying tnat the honorS OF vic
tory must DO shared by the soldiers o.
well as by the commanders. In fsct,i IL is
much easier for soldiers to select COM
mnndefs tran IL Is for commanders to
secure sol5iers.
Your plan OF keeping q record of the
woEk Gone by each ip this great contest
enables honor to be given W htre honor Is
most due. Yours very truly.
W. j. BRYAN"
The orator trust expects to have an out.
put OF 5000 convincers and one will be In
each county OF the United Statas That
gives local interest to the scheme ss
there are i've counties in Rhode Island 10
be supplied.
Of course there 10 no question about
Providence county. DR.. Luoius II. .CstuIus
Gsrvin may be named at oncs. He will
not nave 10 tske on examination end the
bureau may as well put the name Of the
Gun berisnd advocate Of everything: that |
isn't, on the roll OF honor right OF.
There would be no doubt sbout the ap- |
p ointment Of Hon. John Il. Coniey OF |
Warren, for Bristol county 10 1t wasn', 30 |
generally knownthat somewhere in his |
pigeon holes there is a typewrit,en appeal
In behalf OF the gold standard, which the
author would have delivered at Cnicsgo
IL someone else had not said "silver" be-
fore he caught the eye OF The chairman.
Tnis speech which was never spoken may
throw Mr.. Conley down and give Bristol
county TO Hon. artboiomew vailette,
W ho Rt n minutes notice would Re able TO
work overtime and allow bis voice to
overlap into adjacent counties.
Hon. Louis Bassinet onght to have a
p.sce to speak without pay as q reward
for his services last Septcp, Der in showing
George Fred Williams the shortest way
out OF Ri ode Island. Kent county should
have Louis.
The grests5t difficulty that Is to con-
'front.' the Bureau so far ss this State is con.
cerned VIII he In finding an orator forNew-
port county. There isn't a single silver
,rai in Rhode Island who knows how TO
re au ascot or who can, with any degree
'f confidence In himself, tell how many
outtons there should be on his cataway
md absolute knowledge of these niceties
would bs necessary for biG VINO would
10 successful missionary work along
1elevus avenue. Perhaps Hon. Franklin
Bryant liam would do. He has natural
ervor which would goa good WAYS In 9
len Of other qualiiie ations and as master !
Il ceremonies when Bryan came to Provi- $
ence he was peach. At any rate New '
'ort will have either Ham or Hon. II. W.
'ooic. )
In Warrington county there is popr- :
'r demand tor Hon. Goorgs r. Vinal, ,
resident of the bimetsllio League. Il
tho had practice In appearing be- a
ore the public during tho cam r
'ign by selling Bryan badges on tho :
-iin between Boston and Providence. a
hat exhsusts tho counties aud there are :,
everal orators left over who might bo :,
sed for export IL the Roll of Honor II
'hee should find short crop In other
,ciions CT the country. On the Other
and II there is no outside demand Rev.
. 4. Tower, Hon. Henry Z. Cram. Hon. u
rthur Gushing, Hon. George 4. Brown, o'
'-Mayor GeorgeW Greene, and Hon. Luke o'
avanagh, who is the local member of =,
10 Order of Original Bryan Men may n,
rye as orstors-a,-lnrge, tbroug hout tie p,
at ~