The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-29
washington Letter.
Washington, ID c., Sept. 2I.
EDITOR MESSENGER -

| WUSHtHgtOU, IL u, o6pt. II.
EDITOR MESSENGER -
Political rumors have been un-
usually plentiful since Mr..
Bryan's S visit to Washington-he
was here all day yesterday and
last night. He consulted with
the men who were managing the
Washington end of his cam
paign; also with Senator Cor
man, who although not officially
designated as such, is generally
understood to be in charge of
Mr.. Bryan's interests in the
East. One of the rumors which
bears an air of probability is that
Senator German tried to impress
upon Mr.. Bryan the advisability
of changing the tone of his
speeches, especially that por-
ton of them which deals with
the boiling Democrats. Mr..
German is inclined to think it
bad policy for Mr.. Bryan to abuse
the boilers, as he has lately been
doing. Whether he will take
Mr.. Gorman's advice is a ques-
ton. According to some of his
leading supporters, Mr.. Bryan
has has insisted upon having his
own way about the management
of his campaign from the day he
was nominated. He has a strong
belief in the certainty that the
people are going to elect him
anyway. There is no doubt
about his believing himself to be
"a man of destiny, with as much
faith as ever President Cleveland
believed himself to be such.
No matter whether you are
for or against him, no man who
has attended one of the public
, meetings addressed by Mr..
Bryan can truthfully deny that
he is drawing attraction; nor
that he possesses a wonderful
faculty for arousing enthusiasm
among his hearers. Notwith-
standing a heavy rain storm just
after he had begun his Washing
, ton speech. the meeting was
} probably the largest gathering
of the kind ever held at the Nat
, ional Capitol, and this, too, in
, the face of the fact that only
, those holding tickets-about g.
OOO-coufd be provided with
seats. More than 10000 stood
} up to hear him, among them be-
} ing many from the surrounding
country who had come in during
,, the day for no other purpose
, than to hear Mr.. Bryan talk.
} The large attendance at the meet
ing demonstrated his drawing
,, capacity and the enthusiasm of
} his hearers, although he spoke
0 less than half an hour, demon
0 strated his oratorical power
personal magnetism they used
4 to call the same faculty in the
, late James G. Blaine. Call il
0 what you will. Bryan has it, just
. as Mr.. Blaine and Henry Ward
. Beecher had, and Col. Robert G.
0 Ingersoll has. The enthusiasm
was somewhat surprising to
Q many, because it is known that
. practically all of the minor gov
0 ernment employees aud those who
: are directly or indirectly inter
ested in their retention of office
o are opposed to the election ol
Mr.. Bryan, regardless of their
o politics, because of their belize
that he favors clean sweep IL
. order to give outs a chance to
9 see how they would like working
o for Uncle Sam.
o When Secretary Carlisle, whC
. is now with President Cleveland
q returns to Washington this week
% it is expected that the policy o.
70 the administration towards tht
y campaign will at once become
y apparent. Inasmuch as Secre
% tary Carlisle intends himself tx
70 take the stump for the gold Dem
y ocratic ticket, it is regarded az
y doubtful whether he will dismiss
o those of his subordinates who
% have already taken the stuml
. for the silver Democratic ticket
y Notwithstanding previous reports
% that he would. This is merely
20 new application of what is sauc
% for the goose is sauce for tn
" " gander." If it be proper for |
70 member of the administration +
20 take the stump for one ticket,
% would be a little odd to punis
20 another member for taking tn
IS stump for another ticket.