The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-09-24
A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

As he comes upon the stage and as the applause breaks forth he smiles. It is pleased smile-properly speaking, a grin. The grin of one to whom the yells of 'Hurray fur Bill' and the ap- plause of gallery is food and drink and raiment. Applause, of what kind it does not matter. is what the na- ture of the man thrives upon. The rec ognition of him as q great man, hero. q deliverer cannot but make him smile. He appreciates the joke.
 He cOmposes his features as he re- members what is expected of him. His l attitude at once suggests the hero of the melodrama-the tank show" He looks this way, then that, and then to. ward the part of his audience from which comes the most hilarious demon- stration. He grins again, as he thinks he turns to those about him and smiles naively. But he is not afraid of it. The eyes glow and qualification shows in every movement, glance and action. He is introduced and stands erect and again grins. It is not the pleasing, dig nified acknowledgment in keeping with the honor to which the man aspires, but the smile of the magician to the audience that cheers because it is mystifed. He raises restraining hand to hush the demonstration. The movement is grace ful, nothing more. Like every gesture are weak, hopelcsssly SO. If the applause continues, he waits, posing as if for the camera. He is patient. A dignifie'l statesman's very presence would com mand silence after the first burst of ap- piause. It would not be necessary for the great man to wait until every un- couth wit had made his joke, but this man lacks the dignity of the position. He plays for the gallery, and the gallery whistles. stamps and claims him for its very own. ., turned sentence, which he knows will please his audience. In fact, from frst to last, it is his effort by skillful re- treats never to offend. He is capable Of a fair flight ill words, but at no time Is he an orator. At no time does lie bring n known fact to the notice of his hear CTS; then an argument, then one condi- ton, and still another, and then. as climax, as one indisputable. unanswera- ble declaration. rounded and full, guard ed and protected by logic, launch it forth at his listeners. His flight of words alleged to be oratory-are made to divert the mind from questioning his asscr- lions. He scars in an Outburst, the ground work of which is as old as the human voice. to please the ear of his listeners and keep their thoughts on the wing. These flights appeal to all that is emotional They are seldom original; they express no new thoughts. and they bear his trade mark. He makes asser- tions while the audience is under the in Huence of his herocs. He pours forth what he thinks, and declares it to be true, but when the time arrives in the course of his remarks when the facts to hack his assertions should be heard. behold another flight in Fourth of July fireworks.
 knows it. He recognizes that sacrifice" 'crucified," ''down-trodden,' 'the peo- ple." sweat of the face.' and similar words and phrases arouse in the ordinary audience an imperative desire to applaud. For logic he uses heroics, for argument words used by truly great men, but which no more apply to his subJest than to the crucifxion.
 He compares himself to the Man of Galliee without blush.
 He detes facts as Ajax did the light
 He declares that something can be got out of nothing: that miner will be able { to get B cents worth of metal coined m. to $1 and in the same breath insists that the miner will sell that metal to anyone who will buy it for 53 cents and give the buyer the chance to make that proht instead of himself Why the miner will sell at B cents and lose the coined profit, he explains by highly colored account of .'crime" which has nailed labor to cross of gold"
 He refuses to believe that capital is of any use except to starve and grind down mankind.
 Insinuations, that every man should have more than enough in spite of his hibts, his drunkenness or his improvi- dence, he lavshes upon his hearers.
 Declarations, that a country is all wrong which gives every man who will work with head and hands chance to be above those who will not, he belches forth in torrents.
 "My friends" he says, and advises those to whom he applies the term as q sane man would hesitate to advise his worst enemy.
 He distributes chaff. coolly predicts panic, quotes the words of Christ as glibly as the rowdy uses his name, and having directed the eyes of his hearers upon bubble which floats pleasingly about, he says: "I thank you"
 Paul Armstrong.