The Press., 1896-09-24
Washington Letter.
Washington, September 21, 1896

Washington, September 21, 1896.
 Political rumors have been unusually plentiful since MT. Bryan's visit to Wash ington-he was here all day yesterday and last night. He consulted with the men who are managing the Washington end of his campaign; also with Senator German, who although not officially des- ignated as such, is generally understood to be in charge of MT. Bryan's interests in the east One of the rumors which bear an air of probability is that Senator German tried to impress upon MT. Bryan the advisabihty of changing the tone of his speeches, especially that portion of them which deals with the bolting demo- crats. MT. German Is inclined to think 1t bad policy for MT. Bryan to abuse the boltels, as he has lately been doing. Whether he will take MT. GOrman's ad- vice Is a question. According to some of his leading supporters, MT. Bryan has in
 sisted upon having his own way about the management of his campaign from the day he was nominated. He has strong belief in the certainty that the people are going to elect him anyway
 There Is no doubt about his believing
 himself to be Ia man of destiny" with
 as much faith as ever President Cleve- land believed himself to be such.
 No matter whether you are for or against
 him, no man who has attended one of the
 public meetings addressed by MT. Bryan
 can thouthfully deny that he is drawing
 attraction, nor that he possesses a wonder
 full faculty for aIousing enthusiasm
 among his hearers. Notwithstanding a
 heavy rain storm just after he had begun hI1 TOootinO VuQC
 probably the largest gathering of the sort
 ever held at the national capital, and this,
 too, in the face of the fact that only
 those holding tickets, about 2,OOO, could
 be provided with seats. More than 20, COG
 stood up to hear him, among them being
 many from the surrounding country who
 had come in during the day for no other purpose than to hear MT. Bryan talk. The
 large attendance at the meeting demon. strated his drawing capacity and the en- thusiasm of his hearers, although he spoke less than half an hour, demonstrated his oratorical power; "persOnal magnetism
 they used to call the same faculty in the late Jas. G. Blaine. Call 1t what yOI
 will, Bryan has 1t, just as MT. Blaine anC
 Henry Ward Beecher had, and Col. Robt , G. Ingersoll has. The enthusiasm wal somewhat surprising to many, because | | ID huO"u Lu1L pAnOOlCoSAAJ oSAA OA lAO AhAAO4 government employees and those who ar' 3 directly or indirectly interested in thei retention of office are opposed to the cleo
 tion of MT. Bryan regardless of their poll
 tics, because of their belief that he favOr f clean sweep in order to give the outs {
 chance to see how they would like Wolk
 ing for Uucle Sam.
 e When Secretary Carlisle, who Is nov !, with President Cleveland, returns t. : Washington this week, 1t is expected tha 2 the policy of the administration toward , the campaign will at once become appar 8 ent. Inasmuch as Secretary Carlisle, in : tends himself to take the stump for tn n gold democratic ticket, 1t is regarded a = doubtful whether he will dismiss those o B his subordinates who have already takel t the stump for the silver democratic ticke l. notwithstanding previous reports that h l would. This Is merely new application t of "what is sauce for the goose is sauc 3 for the gander." If 1t be proper for 3 member of the administration to take tn stump for one ticket, it would be littl 3 odd to punish another member for takin r the stump for another ticket.