New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-15
4 WEAK AND wEARIsOME ESSAY.


From The Philadelphia Press.
Nj Bryan has done MS best under the bes' con- on
ua..y failed The great demonstration IN Ne"- oIN'
which was 10 naAgulaie ms c@tp@tEn VIII I'M T'l',
exhibition q personal power, turned out 10 be d
thew Ven, away disapp5inted and eontempiuous. The
speech shrlye.lec into weak ana weaIIsome tssa!
shfauk into fat ana feeble reader the National
arena. X has completely detAroned MIN from the ac-
c.5en'al pedestal which he was raised lie was
lifted or; o. comparative obscurty by a single in
FASHIONED speech which. without being elevated or
logical captvatel the maginatons OF the unrenect-
Ing moo who looking for somebody 70 put their
ascon;ent n sl.ttering phrase. His whole FACULTY
lies IN tha, very narrow range OF demagogic appeal
HIS CHICAGO HEARERS KNEW HIM NOT.
From The s. Louis Globe Democrat.
. Candidate Bryan's New-York speech is little
moderate taan was expected. and in this respect It
VIII be disappointment 10 his supporters, II IS not
ne sort u speech which would nre body Ike the
Sh.casO Convention. and II IL author Were as WEI
KNOWN 1--WE weeks ago 70 the men constituting that
ina Ae would never have been nominated. There IS
hoe Of tm.dity and consiraini running through ne
aae Of great party. Us author fully realizes that
h eS b h b S M'c o5,ecs 81 poahd
ts,rust 10 the thinking people Of the United States
RHETORICAL TOUCHES LACKING.
From The Milwaukee Sentinel
a, New-York last night Mr. Bryan kept his
promise 10 carry the war into the enemy Coun-
ny. For one reason or another, either because ne
was Ia the enemys country, where mere rhetoric
N wisdom since he spoke at the chicago CGnVen-
ton his speech lacks feature 1t was not 70 be eX-
pected that Mr. Bryan would again use nguIatiye
language taken from the Passion. but no doubt his
hearers looked for touches Of that rhetorical quail
ity which first made him conspicuous They looked
r. vain. The characteristic purple patches are
wanting Their absence may be due TO self-re-
straint or TO Mr. Bryan's lack OF inyentiveness.
Perhaps both are rcspOnsibe-ack OF inventiveness
for ne absence Of metaphors OF Mr.. Bryan's own
devs.ng self-restrsint and ncw.y acquired caution
for the absence metaphors which lie borrowed
from other speakers
NOTHING SAID WORTH REMEMBERING
From The Wilmington News.
At the Chicago Convention Mr. Bryan revamped
speech which he had used upon two or more
previous occasions, and with which he was thor
Oughly familiar II the oratorical eject OF
that speech which stampeded the convention 10
Bryan and that was what he intended. IL was ex-
pected and the candidate himself had warranted
the expectation that he would entertain the crowd
In the Madison Square Garden with an outburst
OF oratOry such as had never before been heard.
But the Oratorica capabilities OF the young man
are limited and he disappointed the crowd by CIV
Ing them cold argument and commonplace utter
ances, completely void OF metaphor or eplgraIa
Nothing said by him is worth remembering. Moth
ing said by him can be quoted as has been hs
stolen reference 10 the crown Of thorns." AS an
nANsL H. ILL.,