Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-08-29


dress.
Was the New York Trip Success?
This much being said. the question
still remains; ''Was the trip TO New
York a success z" Did the invasion of
the enemy scountry result i'll triamph2
We think not Mr. Bryan wrote his
speech at his home in Nebraska and
went TO New York for the express pur-
pose of winning great personal victory
by delivering it. He hoped to electrify
mis- hearers and put his campaign on
boom. 1t was said confidently that he
would go rig 1t on from New York aud
.'invade" New England. The Gulf
stream of the Bryan oratory was relied
upon to roll genially through those chilly
regions and to warm the icebergs of
Maine itself into thaw.
The results have been quite different
Mr.. Bryan on his way to New York
spoke so often and so much that when
the time came for him to make the great
speech he could not make it. He was
worn out. His throat was sore and his
voice husky, and when the audience
saw that they must sit in the sweltering
heat for two hours while an exhausted
orator read a speech they could not hear,
they very naturally began to walk out,
knowing that the newspapers would all
have the speech the next morning.
lie t His Audience.
The people went away by thousands
while the plucky but tired out orator
painfully plodded through his manu-
script No man living could under these
circumstances have done better than Mr..
Bryan, possibly no other man could
have done so well AS an essay on the
silver question his paper was success
1t will live aud it will convince thou.
sands of readers and make thousands of
votes. But as a speech it was a failure.
The success of an essay is judged by
It's influence upon those who read, but
the success of a speech must ever be
judged by its effect upon the audience.
1t is remarkable that in his speech of
acceptance Mr.. Bryan should have COM
pletely ignored those planks in his
platform relating to national banks, to
railroads. and to the tariff. To each of
these planks the people who will follow
Mr.. Bryan's future attach vast import
ance. Upon no subject did Mr. Jeffer-
son, SO often quoted by Mr. Bryan. ex-
press himself more forcibly or more fire.
quently than on that of national banks
of issue He hated them, feared them
and fought them with all the zeal of a
fanatic. yet his brilliant young disciple
is forced to keep silent upon that issue,
although it is inseparably connected
with the money question. which he SO
ably discuss I'D.
why He Ignored the Tariff and the
Trusts.
Why did Mr. Bryan have to keep
mum on that topic? Because of the fact
that Arthur Sewall. his running mate,
is national banker Again, there was
the question of the tariff The last
legacy which the patient public re-
ceived from a Democratic Congress
was tariff bill which even Cleveland
would not sign A Democratic Presi
dent indicted it as being the offspring of
party perfdy and party dishonor' Its
the Sugar Trust and was written as
Havemeyer wanted it by Cabinet off.
GER Its eight-year Government loan Of
more than a hundred million every year
TO the Whisky Trust was a Democratic
surrender to grasping syndicate Ali
through this unsigned tariff bill ran the
protective feature. illustrating class
legislation in its most impudent and op
pressive form, and yet Mr.. Bryan, who
first won fame by his tariff reform
speech, utters no protest against this
protective tariff.
Poor Way to Beat Mckinley.
To expect to defeat Mckinley without
saying word against Mckinley is some
thing new under the sun. but Mr.. Bry-
an 5 silence was proper and necessary
He could not afford to denounce protec
ton while Mr. Sewall. his running
mate. IS SO well known as a protection.
list. Mr.. SewaH is even now acting il
league with the Republicans TO secure
legislation which Wall levy tribute upon
every American consumer of foreign
goods in the selfish interest of the New
England shipbnilders, of whom he is one,
and just as Mr. Sewall' presence en- the
ticket prevented Mr. Bryan from assail-
ing national banks Of Issue aud the Re-
publican doctrine Of protection, so the
came baneful influence prevented him
from denouncing railroad monopoly and
.extortion. Mr.. Sewall being a corpora
tionist Of lusty proportions himself.
IL fact. it seems the mission of Mr..
sewail III the campaign is to act as
contradiction to Mr. Bryan and to the
Chicago platform For instance. Mr.
Bryan said III one of his speeches the
other day that if he should be elected
the people who elected him would not
be found asking favors Of the Govern.
ment
sewail the Soothing Syrup of the Cam.
paign.
We had NOT quite finished elapping
hands over this statement before it was
made clear to US that the men who are
backing the ticket in New England will
demand that the Government levy fine
upon every citizen who dares to buy for.
eign goods which are not brought to this
country in the ships Of Sewall and his
Republican colleagues.
Mr. sewall7s presence on ths ticket
was meant to say to the privileged
classes Of the North and East
Dent get scared OF Bryan's speeches.
1 will see to il that the present stats Of
things is not disturbed z
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