The morning times., 1896-11-09

ogizes-Chafmau Jones Converted.
one OF the best authenticated stories OF
the campaign is that some of the Tree silver
1S..s...a .-.-s" lidS t.IC .ie..u nau "tS'' ."S'
at the ,iine hir. Bryan vIsi1ed " asnihS,"h.
IL was kiIow at least To have been 4ost ON
the line Jnat hlr. Br yam litu Ihdrptu oh'.
In All his previous B,JeecBcs nc haulnslstcd
that tJcre Was DupOIe iss eiu lhccailIaIA III,
ANA THAT wasi irfr sitver as an ecuhohiic
Question:. There Were ut least TWO I'll tbe
leaders, Iliiman anu ones, VINO held an du-
verse oijiniona HUMAN was an e2ttchlIsl
III politics and the best cumliaiGner III ihe
Whoieliy QUO, u ahti isubsc,iuruLc cvcntsiroEcu
that Air. Jones mad been laying 10" lor liie
past loT years andwas just as extreme as
1iiiInan, only stAe latter was mole uuht
and inpolitic.
1t is stated tIlat MIR. Bryan bad an idea
that lie could preach one doctrine IN the
West among the rough mountain people
and another in the East, or more definitely
in New York. This was proved by LIS
New York speech, which all OF the leaGcrs
except German and Faulkner believed 10
be "A Hat failure, not because IL was cal,
but because IL did not attack the nioneyed
people of New York as bitterly as MI
Bryan was accustomed to attack them from
tile safe vantage ground OF local cam
palSn III NEBRASKA
LODGED THE SENATOR.
Mr.. Bryan knew Iuu L thele was Il ieCLurc
| in store for him from Tillman, and, although
he Was brave man, he actually cn.
deavurcd To dodge 10 when he cam. 10
Washington. When Mr. Bryan arrived
and made his speech IN Washington he
mad Still stuck TO his Idea Of making Il
campaien that would not offend any more
OF the aristocEscy tuan he ouid help.
ic mad, his speech, went on To Biiti
more, and came back.
IN the Hieah%iiie .illman turned up and
made an appointment to meet Mr. Bryan
at Il private residence In this city. Mr.
lilman was to call on the great commoner
at precisely p. IN In tie mcanwiiic
some of the local boys lad gotten hold
of Mr.. Bryan and they took him out To
see the sights They went out to do the
town
Senator Tillman was pUnctual, arriving
at tne rendezvous at "A few minutes be-
fore Z. Mr.. Bryan was waited FOR Till
I'VE minutes after 7 ten minutes after Z {,
twenty minutes after Z, but he did not
drrive. although iie knew that sir. 1illmau
VAS waiting with the lecture and the adj
vice.
This seeming offense irritated Mr.. Till
nan, VINO suuueuiy put On his Tat, and
by this and other evidences of oifeuse 1t
was seen That he was real nad at the
fiscourtesy Of the clean shavcn NCbraskun
Mr.. Tillman strode out of the hulsp and
down to the National Hotel, w,.A-e lie
nursed his wrath tu the toiing point.
TILLMAN WAS ANGRY.
Mr.. Bryan came home after his leisurely
iaunt and found that he had to do with
gentleman who didn't brook any dis
courtesy. Mr.. Tillman was just as big in
fact, several times a bigger man. than Mr.
a United States Senator. As matter Of
fact, it was discourtesy without an ex-
cuse.
Mr.. Bryan realized the situation when he
got home. This was apparently part of
the game, because he was to be alone
and what Tilman had To say would not
be said in the presence OF the camp fol-
lowers who had been around him all
day.
There was nothing to do but to send
for Mr.. Tilluan. Mr.. Norris. was chosen
as the diplomat, and he was urged TO go
down to the hotel To see the Achilles. 1t
is reported that Mr.. Norris arrived at the
hotel all out OF breath, and made some
excuses which dill not excuse, but after a
while Mr.. Tilluian nccepted the apology a nd
went back. No one knows anything that
was said. butthe effect of Mr.. Tillman's
embassy was that Ahe leaders should have
free swing at the classes.
That this was new phase of the fight
is shown by the Immediate change of the
tone OF the speeches all over the field.
Mr.. Bryan is stated to have said that
while he indorsed this idea, that Is, the
poor man against the rich man, he would
not use it himself, but he agreed that it
would be the hest substitute for the
speakers. in piace of the free silver idea,
which he said was the one thing to be
stressed" Later on in the campaign
Mr.. Bryan himself began to out Hcrod
Tillman, and Mr.. Jones, in his pronunci-
| amentoes; went both Of them several points
better.
THE SENA ATOR'S SPEECHES
At first it was thought best that Till
| man should not mike any of his character
istic- speeches, which were always adj
dressed to the class against tie mass, I'M
der the auspices OF the national commit
tee. His speeches. We're therefore made
ny and through the Bimetallic League
Mr.. Tillman certainly sat,, that if tie free
silver idea alone was to be harped IN the
game was lost, and this was tile burden of
his advice TO tie dodging leader up TO
| the time he reached Washington.
After that the change came on, but it
was too late. II was, however, worked by
Mr.. Jones for all it was worth. and there
was no greater commune than Mr.. Jones
himself.
After this interview between Mr. Till
man and Mr.. Bryan n reporter for The
Times called at Mr.. Bryan's headquarters
but the information was given that there
had been no politics during the dag: in
fact, that Mr.. Bryan had occupied himself
mostly in making extracts from Tennyson
to lie used in some of his future speeches
These extracts, by the way, never. ap-
peared in any of the speeches He did,
| however. say that French princess ad-
vised tho government to give the poor
people cake, as the bread was cut His
| torically it was an Austrian princess who
said this.