New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-15
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TO LEAVE THE CITY TO-DAY.
MR. AND MRS. BRYAN TO BE THE GUEsTS
OF J. BRIsBEN WALKER.

MANAGERS IN STATE OF UScER-
TAINTY-GLOoM AT THE TREAS
URERs HEADoUARrERs-MR
JONES RETURNS TO
WASHINGTON
The Democratic managers appeared TO be IN
state OF uncertainty all day yesterday ana
last evening. and the affairs Of the Bryan and
Sewall campaign appeared TO be in hopeless
tangle Disappointed and dsheartened at the re-
suit OF the attempt to carry New-York by storm
at the notification meeting in tho Madison
Square Garden. the leading members OF the
Democratic National Committee seemed to bs
at loss what to attempt next Chairman
Jones was still unable to announce the COM
mittees which he had been empowered to ap-
point, and he could not even say positively
where the headquarters OF the Campaign Com.
mittee would be
William j. Bryan, the Democratic nominee for
PRESIDENT, spent part OF the day and the
night at the home OF the treasurer OF the Ma
uonal Committee, William =. st. John, at No.
III East Thirty fourth-st. He said that he was
Tecuperating from the efforts Of the last week
He was still hoarse and tired out and declared
that he needed few days Of absolute rest Mr.
Bryan by appointment saw newspaper men at
the home of Mr. st. John in the afternoon, and
to them he unfolded his plans for the near
future.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
visited local photograph gallery and had their
pictures taken From there they drove through
Central Park. and returned 10 the home Of Mr..
st. John. Then they accepted an invitation to
take sail to Coney Island. Mr.. Bryan may
have wanted to take himself away from the city
N tss
choicest blossoms and turned with a con-
temptuous glance from the tinsel promises that
he held out for it to accept. Everything else
was falling him. And so Coney Island was the
Favored spot. Some say that Coney Island n
able to cure almost anything
THE VISIT TO CONEY ISLAND.
Mr.. Bryan went down to the sea, a member
OF a party Of seven Among the others were
Mrs. Bryan and Mr.. st. John As they made
their way through the streets OF the metropolis
there were no crowd. no vocferous cheering.
no waving Of banners, no stampede. Peopls
were too busy for that At the steamboat
wharf on the Battery. where the Iron steam.
poats land, there was no multitude waiting for
any words OF wisdom that might happen to
drop from his lips; there no enthusiasm
and there was no excitement 1t was Just an
1t generally IS on weekday and as the mem-
bers Of the small party made their way TO tho
boat, they were not recognized by their fellow
passengers.
The iron steamboat Perseus was boarded by thu
seven and at 4:30 o'clock the steamer left her
pier. Seventy minutes later she was at the ISL
and. But Mr.. Bryan either did not like the looks
OF the merry ygo-rounds" or he was tired or
something else was the matter. for he did not
leave the boat. but returned to the city with her.
r
him. There were no cheers and Mr. Bryan and
his companions left the pier and made their way
to the house in Thirty -fourth-st.
Last evening Mr. and Mrs BRYAN rested quietly
in the home OF Mr. st. John. Chairman Jones ana
Senator German. Of the Democratic National
Committee who had been in conference with Ar.
the house in Thirty-fourth-st and had a talk
with Mr.. Bryan in the evening. Senator Jones
took the midnight train for Washington
PLANS OF THE CANDIDATE
This morning, between 10 and II o'clock Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan will start for Irvington- -on-the-
Hudson, where they will be the guests of ]. Bris-
hen Walker. of THE Cosmopolitan" until Mon-
day morning It was said that Mr. Sewall would
accompany them. Then the Democratic candi-
date and his wife will continue their journey
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Perrine. Mrs
Perrine was instructor in the Jacksonville
Qll) Female Academy which Mrs Bryan at
tended, and the wife of the Presidential nomi.
nee has been promising her visit ever since
then. Mr. and Mrs Bryan expect TO remain
at Upper Red Hook FOR a week ten days, and
then the journey westward will be continued.
1t had not been decided yesterday whether Mr..
Bryan should speak along the route as he did
in coming East. but 1t is known that he will
stop to make addresses at Buffalo, Erie and
Cleveland At Lincoln he will receive the noti-
hcation of his nomination by the Popuists,
after which he may make tour through the
South.
II was said yesterday that Mr.. Bryan wished
to have another opportunity TO speak IN New
York He is believed TO be depressed over his
failure to make a more favorable impression,
and hopes that with another opportunity and
no manuscript he can make good his reputation
as a magnetic orator. Some Of his managers
are inclined to favor this plan while others op.
pose 1t, and It may be some days before 1t II
settled. In fact. nothing is settled save that
National Committee and the Der,ccratic man.
ayers seem TO be much in a disorganized
state as ever
THEIR ONLY HOPE.
Senator German is looked upon by some a.
the only hope now for the demoralized Demo-
Gratis But his ideas Of organization are op.
posed by many Silvertes. Senator jones spent
the most Of the day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
In consultation with Senator German, Mr. Sew
ALL Governor Stone and others. He declared
early In the day that he would not give out the
list OF members OF the Campaign and Executive
until he reached Washington. Tho
utmost interest Is being manifested in the selec-
ton OF the Campaign Committee AS reported.
the favorite for the place OF chairman OF this
committee Is Daniel J. Campau. OF Michigan.