The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-27
tom WATSON
ON BRYAN.
He Analyses The New York
Speech and Tells Why Some
Planks in The Platform
Were Ignored.
NEW YORK TRIP A MISTAKE

More Esp~nditur. of Money aud worL
should lie Given To The south and West
The North and East VIII Fe Controlled
Ey Tho sGoIdbug--sewsiI- Nomination
Int.ndsd A. aBaIm FOR The Monopoiies
aud Trusts.
New York World
TuoNAsoN, Ga, Aug. 17.-Mr.
kewalTs speech of acceptance was a
,oIost ocho of Mr.. Bryan's, and Mr..
kI;rynn's dwelt upon one topic alone
the silver question. IL is true that
he made few general references to
trusts and devoted paragraph TO
the income tax, but the one subject
which he dwelt upon was silver.
Upon this issue Mr.. Bryan spoke
at length and with great power of
statement and reasoning. He blm-
self would hardly claim that he has
originated any new argument upon
question which has been so thor
oughly handled in speeches, books
and editorials during the last ten or
fifteen years.
His presentation of silver claims
was not 80 comprehensive as that
made in the elaborate speech of Sen
ator John z. Jones, of Nevada, in
1890; his arraignment of the evils Of
contraction was not so graphic as
that made by Congressman Charles
Towne in 1895. or that made by Con-
cressman William II. FELTON, OF 1876,
nor were his answers to the ObJec
! tons made to free coinage so ample
~ those made in the recent speech
of Senator Daniel.
But We think that never before
have the merits of tho case against
the single gold standard been bet
ter stated in the same number of
words than Mr.. Bryan stated them
in his Madison Square address.
WAS THE NEW YORK TRIP A SUGGEST
This much being said, the qucs-
ton still remains: ''Was the trip
| to New York successW Did the
invasion of the enemy's country re-
suit in triumph We think not.
Mr. Bryan wrote his speech at his
home in Nebraska and went to New
York for the express purpose OF win
ming great personal victory by
delivering it. lie hoped to electrify
his hearers and put his campaign on
boom. 1t WAS said confidently
that he would go right on from New
York and Invade New England.
The Gulf Stream of the Bryan ora
tory was relied upon to roll genially
through those chilly regions and to
n warm the iceburgs of Maine itself
Ninto n thaw.
The results have been quite differ
IA ent. Mr.. Bryan on his way to New
e York spoke so often and so muct
that when the time came for him tt
make the great speech he could no
make it. He was worn out
His throat was sore and his. vote,
husky, and when the audience saw
that they must sit in the swelterinl
heat for two hours while an ex
hausted orator read speech they
could not hear, they very naturally
began to walk out, knowing that tn,
newspapers would all have til.
speech the next morning.
LOST HIS AUDIENCE.
The people went away by thous
ands while the plucky but tired on
orator painfully plodded through his
manuscript. No man living under
these circumstances have done bet
ter than Mr.. Bryan, possibly nc
other man could have done SO well
AS an essay on the silver question
his paper was n success. 1t vii
\ live and it will convince thousand.
of readers and make thousands ot
votes. But as a speech it was {
failure.
The success of an essay is judged
by its influence upon those wht
read, but the success of speecl
must ever be judged by its effec
upon the audience.
1t is remarkable that in his speech
of acceptance Mr.. Bryan should
have completely ignored those
planks in his platform relating t.
national banks, to railroads, aud t.
the tariff. To each of these plank
the people who will follow Mr.
Brysn's future attach vast impor
tanoe. Upon no subject did M
jefferson, so often quoted by Mr.
Bryan, express himself more forci
bly, or more frequently than on tha
of national banks of issue. Ii
hated them, feared them and Tough
III them with all the zeal of a fanatic
. ~ yet his brilliant young disciple
r forced to keep silent upon that issu
although it is inseparably connecte
with the money question, which l
so ably discussed.
WHY HE IGNORED THE TARIFF AN
THE TRUSTS.
Why did Mr.. Bryan have to ke'
mum on that topic7 Because of tt
fact that Arthur Sewall, his runnir
mate, is a national banker. Agai
there was the question of the tsrit
The last legacy which the patiel
public received from a Democrat
Congress was tariff bill which eve
Cleveland would not sign. A Der
ocratic President indicted it as b
ing the offspring Of party perft
and party dishonor." Its sug
schedule was sold in advance to Il
Sugar Trust and was written
Havemeyer wanted it by Cabin
officer. It's eight-year Governme
loan of more than hundred milli,
every year to the Whiskey Trust W
Democratic surrender to gras
ing syndicate. All through this u
signed tariff bill ran the protecti
feature, illustrating class legislati
IN Its most impudent and oppressi
form, and yet Mr.. Bryan, who fiji
won fame by his tariff-reform speec
utters no protest against this prott
tive tariff.
POOR WAY TO BEAT MCKINLEY.
To expect to defeat Mckinley wit
out saying word against Mex
ley is something new under the su
but Mr.. Bryan's silence was proK
and necessary He could not affC