New-York tribune., 1896-11-26
DROPPING BRYAN.

Here is a striking illustration Of the mutabli-
jty of human affairs. the Inconsistency OF popular
favor and the fugacousness of fame. One snort
month ago a corps Of brilliant writers was ell
ployed by our cnerprising Bryanite coh'ein-
porary. "The New-York Journal to accompah!
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan on his traVeis' "
keen in close touch with him. waking or sleep
ing: TO take note Of his uprisngs ana his do"h-
slttings: to watch the sparkle OF his eye anu
the easy swing Of his chin: to observe the erect
Of his personal charms and glowing eloquence
unon the mntitudes that swarmed aIter hiiii'
and to describe il all for the columns OF our
contemporary I'm the very best Of language at
the greatest possible length. regardless or eX-
pense The printed matter was spread out I'D
conspicuous type embeshed with large pict-
ures of BRYAN and cuts trfe smaller OF the
famous literary persons who were writing MN
M And it was all put within the reach or the
toiling masses, whom Bryan came to deliver
from bondage. at the very low price OF one cent.
Never was so much information concerning one
man furnished by so large corps of such Drill
liant writer's at so great expense for so low
price. The masses read the accounts with eager
interest while they viewed the pictures with
something like awe-and then went ana voted
for the other man.
But now, how changed all this. When Mr..
Rrvan accompanied by Chairman Jones. Gov
ernor Stone and other illustrious men, started
of last week, pursuant to an arrangement Wlue-
" advertised. to hunt rabbits and other game in
the Ozark hills of Southwestern Missouri. not
single literary celebrity. nor so far AS is known
a single writer of note. went with him Our con-
temporary had withdrawn its entire corps OF
nj etc
left TO their own resources to keep an anxious
world advised by wire Of Mr.. Bryans move
ments and whereabouts The loneliness of the
situation and his unaccuStomed secusion from
the public gaze must have affected Mr. Bryan
dppply No doubt il owing 10 the trenu-
lonsness arising from this cause that he fired
so wide of the mark and wasted so many shots.
He missed Julian Hawthorne and Henry George
and the rest of the corps Of writers and artists.
Had they been along. giving him the assurance
that the hunt would be exploited in large type
and at great length. with pictures of himself in
q hunting suit in the act of shooting. and OF the
rabbits he fired at he would no doubt have
wasted less powder and bagged more game. He
must have felt the slight that was put upon
him.
And how much more will he feel ii when
Wednesdays issue of The Journal reaches
him and he finds his old place on the first page
occupied with the story of another rabbit hunt
in England-land OF the dcSpiscd gold bugs-In
which princes and princesses dukes ana duch-
esses. lords and ladies' were the hunters. Finds.
too. in place Of his own picture, fe-size repre-
sentations of all the jewelry worn by the Ouch
ess of Marlborough on the occasion. Well may
he exclaim when he reflects upon the contrast
between the small space given TO his own rab-
bit hunt and that occupied by the rabbit hunt OF
ROYALTY at Blenheim. And has 1t come to this:
To be sure the Blenhem party bagged l.So'
rabbits 10 Mr. BRYAN one. but for the millions
of Mr.. Bryans admirers. who are more inter
of free silver than in all the 1.S0I brought down
bv the gold bugs of England this explanation
will not suffice. They will look upon II a
desertion Of their champion and an Intentional
slight put upon him. All the more will they
think so when, after searching through IN"
paper. 1t is only in the last column Of the last
page that they find any reference to the tre-
mendous demonstrations in Denver on Tuesday
evening when Mr.. Bryan sounded the buglc-
call for the campaign of 1900.
1t will come to be suspected presently that
"'rhe Journal" Is getting lukewarm in its sup
port of Bryan for 1900. It has right Of course.
TO drop him. At the same time. ii does seem
cruel to drop him so suddenly and with such
dull thud by giving his old place in the paper
to the Prince Of Wales and that kind OF people.
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