New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
WESTERN LINES UNBROKEN.
pRYAN QUITS CHICAGO EMPTY-HANDED


PHoNoGRAPH EVEN MISSOURI
LEANS TO MKINLEY-CHAIR-
MAN JONES DECEIVED
irY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1
chicago. Oct. 29.-He came. he saw and went
.rov empty handed. did William Jennings Bry-
=, His three days visit had no other effect ap-
,,rsntly. than 10 raise the egg issue and to
.,,rt half a dozen small riots in different parts
:, the town. OF conversions to his financial
,.,,h or recruits to his Socialistic propaganda
,here remains not the slightest trace. The most
Not can be said Of Mr.. Bryan's visit Is that 1t
.o,sd upon his Popocratic followers like liberal
aosa of spirits. 1t stimulating but con-
,o;ne1 very little nourishment. At the head
quarters in the Annex the statstcians already
s.n,r 10 feel premontions of 1.-The morning
after.
Nr Bryan arrived in Chicago on Tuesday even
., Tn 10 the time of his arrival he had made
9, ,he course Of the campaign 4I4 speeches. The
es,rss are those Of local arithmetician he
.aa six more on Tuesday and ten more yester-
a.v bringing The total to 400. BY the time he
h.a left the city 70 had made more than ooO
.nseches big and little. In his six speeches on
r,ssaay he spoke 11750 words II is fair 10
,rasume that by the time he left Chicago not
Jo.WW words ndQ uoNeu iioHi 'ii"
..n.c,ous mouth AS mere wordemtting
machine he will remain a marvel. Whatever
r,,v be his fate next Tuesday. he will have
hr,ken the record as a human phonograph. NO
n,hr Presidential candidate has ever talked as
... ~ and said as little. Mechanically consid-
cred he Is a wonder
THE WHISTLE IN THE GRAVEYARD
The whistle IN the graveyard emitted by the
managers OF the Popocratic campaign causes no
snprehension at Republican headquarters' HOT
hoas II dsconcert the leaders In the STATE AS
matter Of fact the latter were prepared TOT MI
Bryan's visit long time ago. They Kne" eN-
sc,ly when he was coming and were ready. when
he did come. to give him warm recep'ioh' II
that were necessary. But wheh MY biSa"
finally turned up It was found tina, therc was 10
reason for any special demonstration 10 oHSet
the efforts ne might make SC IL was oeciueo
70 90 on With the usual programme of the cam
paign. and TO make no special assaults OF MN
Or his arguments The re-enforcements which
were in readiness were not called into action
and the Republicans are keeping on the even
tenor of their way undisturbed by the noise of
the Bryan shou,ers. The situation here. so iar
as the vociferousness OF Mr. Bryan's followers Is
concerned. is illustrated by a story recently toid
at a political meeting.
DECEIVED BY THE NOISE.
A tall. lanky. lean specimen of the Egyptian
clad in brown Jeans. walked into the Office of
hotel in a town in Southern Illinois, and ap-
preaching the proprietor asked:
"Do YOU want to buy a lot Of frogs-the KIND
these city chaps eat?
How many have you to sell?" answered the
hotel man. in turn.
"Oh don't know exactly; I guess there's
about five or six carloads Of them" :.
Great Scott" exclaimed the landlord. Il
don't want that many"
1t was finally agreed. however that the land-
lord would buy twenty-five dozen frogs. ana
the frog-hunter departed Several days later
he returned and. coming up TO the counter
threw down bare dozen of thin. consumptive-
looking frogs
where's the rest of them? I told you to
bring me twenty-five Dozen. said the landlord.
That's all there wus Of them,' replied the
farmer, looking ruefully at his miserable string
Of frogs.
"But you told me you had five or six car
loads" said the landlord.
well" replied the farmer. "frum the noise
the gol-darned thLgs made, thought there
must be that many"
So it is with the free-silver men. In fact. II
may be said that the last week Of the cam
pagn for which much noise and excitement
were promised month ago, now threatens TO
pass off quietly, without great surprises or
sensations Of any kind Under the most faVora-
BILE circumstances 1t is difficult TO grow excited
over a corpse. indulge in anything mores
harmful than wake. TO which the watch over
the last feeble gasps OF the Popocracy has peen
Ukened with more ess justice.
COMIC SIDE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
There are some things, however, which the
closing days Of the campaign developing
rapidly, and to some extent they compensate
for the lack OF sensational features. They are
the ludicrous incidents Of the camJagn or
Bryan and his patent-medicne canvass. with
its addresses for women only" and the accom-
panying lightning changes. enough has been
said already. and nothing. certainly. need be
written about Mr. Sewalls Kaleidoscope views
regarding wage-earners. or. he calls them
In his letter Of acceptance, "fabricators.' Nor
IS 1t necessary here to DO more than allude to
the fact OF John Barieycorn casting a deciding
voice against Presidential nomination,
occurrence still fresh In the minds Of most peo-
ple Indeed, II Is not necessary. IN order to find
the ludicrous incidents Of the campaign to go
back very lar IN point Of time The last twen-
ty-four hours supply incidents galore There
is the discovery tnat the Populist candidate eor
the Vicc-Presdency either forgot or did not
have money enough TO prepay postage on his
letter Of acceptance. The loss is the countrv.a
Of course, for the letter, no doubt. contained
mighty interesting reading" Then ,hero 60
the further announcement that General Ma
ter Workinan-if that be his correct title-sov-
ereign can neither vote nor act as Pres,
Dental elector in Arkansas. because he has
nav and bat
quence, common vulgar. ordinary Mckinley
eector from that benighted State may step in
IN the place OF Sovereign.
WORSE AND MORE OF 1T.
As II this were not disastrous enough for one