The record-union., 1896-10-12
IS THE MAN RATIFIED

A prominent expert in mental disease
and monomania some days ago wrote TO
the New York Times" declaring his
mind had become twisted and that he is
dangerously near the line Of monoma-
MIA from dwelling SO much upon one
subject The evidence sustaining this
belief was given in much fullness, and
In great detail. At the time we gave
no thought to the matter further than
to consider it an unfair, not to say dis
reputable slur, Of which the author and
the paper publishing it should be
ashamed.
But we must confess that an express
sion of Mr.. Bryan's reported by wire
on Thursday as uttered at Chicago on
Wednesday, raises the doubt as to his
soundness He said there, if cor
rectly reported: Il expect to carry
every State In the Union. The prospect
seems encouraging to me. The number
and enthusiasm of the crowds have sur
passed my expectations. Nebraska will
give me $4,000 majority. 1t has been
the same everywhere. have never
seen anything like it. You should have
seen the crowd at Boston. 1t was
most remarkable demonstration"
We can understand a circus manager
talking this way. We can understand
a Young miss on her first journey
abroad indulging in such language.
But we cannot understand sound man
aspiring to be the chief magistrate of
one of the great nations Of the earth,
and the foremost republic of the world.
giving voice to such twaddle.
Every State in the Union?" Could
Mr.. Bryan, If not mentally ratified, be-
lieve any such thing with the figures
of the Vermont and Maine elections
under his nose? Could a clear-headed
man entertain such an idea with
the managers of the party conced-
ing Pennsylvania, all New England
and likewise Wisconsin, while claiming
Michigan on one side Of that State and
| Iowa on the other, and all three agri-
cultural and numbering States peopled
| by about the same order of humanity?
| Is it possible for level-headed men
to mistake crowds for voting express
sion? Greeley in 1872 swung around
the circle; and that wise old journalist
was greeted by far greater crowds"
than Bryan has seen, for he was inf
| niteIy q greater curiosity, but the old
philosopher was not so carried away
| by vanity as to fancy that the mere
assemblage Of people to see a noted
man indicated that the people compos-
ing the crowds were all going to vote
for him. Indeed, long before the cam
paign closed he reached the conclusion
that his crowds had been altogether
too large
| OF course Mr.. Bryan has never seen
such crowds. Why should he? Modest
Nebraska country lawyers seldom have
opportunity TO see the American people
turn out to view curiosity. and if Mr..
Bryan Is not curiosity then fancy fails
to suggest one. If the boy" orator
is not ratified and intoxicated with his
own Importance; if vanity has not un-
settled good judgment, then the candi-
date is not nearly up to the intellec-
tual level upon which he has been sup
posed to move, by even his opponents.
|
Under protection In the year 1890, as
has been shown by the San Francisco
! Chronicle" after laborious and care
full compilation of the facts from the
Assessors reports, the business of that
city aggregated In the value of It's out
put S119,575,650. In 1896 under the
operation of Democratic tinkering with
the tariff, the output amounted to but
SAT ,S25. 600. Yet Mr.. Bryan declares
protection to be "a crime Under pro-
lection according to the Mckinley
schedule the employees in San Francisco
factories In 1890 were 33. 146. Under
the manipulation of the House Commit
tee of Ways and Means, of which Mr..
Bryan was a member, the factory en-
ployes in San Francisco in 1896 are but
1854 So, within five years or less,
there were $4,000 operatives in San
Francisco thrown out under the opera