New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
and will find an echo In the heart OF all the do"h-
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GOVERNOR STONES GRIEVANCE.


GOVERNOR STONES GRIEVANCE.
Governor Stone OF Missouri is going back 10
his native State with grievance. when inc
Governor reached this city he walked around the
corridors OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel for almost
half day before any one sould out who ne was
He did not look like the chief executive or a
State but on the other hand. with his big-boweu
eyeglasses and tall, wlowy form, clad IN aus
tere black. did look much like minister When
he was recognized. he taken up with n
great deal Of cordially by the Popunsts WIN
were In the city. 49,
While wandering around the hotei on tne uay
Of his arrival he told newspaper man tnat he
came here simply the substitute Tor senator
White and would make no long speech IN IN
forming the candidates. The day OF the meet
ing, however. he was giving out printed Slips
with his speech upon them. and from me hiu-
terial included 1t was evident II would take MN
almost an hour to get through 1t. But heroic
measures were adopted at the Garden to curp
him. and that is whore the grievance comes In.
When he only fairly started upon ms speech
cries of Bryan. Bryan. Interrupted him. ana
he had 10 quit Yesterday he confded to some
friends that the etiquette Of New-York was de-
cidedly upon the ragged edge, and mat me peo,
pie did not know a good speech when they heard
IT, He IS down on the East with vengeance
now. and he is going home TO take up the battle
in earnest. He says the fight Is not sectional
but that he would derive great deal or pleas
from seeing the East wiped out or exist
cnce
Governor Stone had a word Of praise for Mr..
Bryan's speech 1T was" he said "all that
could have been asked for. 1t brought every de-
tail to the front with an incsiveness that defed
denial and was convincing, logical and elo-
quent"
COMMENTS OF a FEW REPUBLICANS.
General Charles f. Crosvenor one of Major
McKinley's personal friends has just returned
from Europe and was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
yesterday The General said The reason that
Bryan's speech was fiat failure was because
he adopted new tactics with disastrous results
The impression that Bryan ~ an extcmpora-
neOls speaker and is his best when speaking
without preparation is entirely erroneous NO
one prepares speech with harder work, cons
Il more diligently and commits IT to memory
more carefully than Mr. Bryan does. Then
when this speech Is ready for the public 1t flows
easily and with the aid OF gestures and other
tricks known to the trained elocutionst he
makes a good impression. In this instance ne
nrenared his speech as usual. but he failed TO
commit it to memory. Reading 1t robbed 1t OF
it's charm.
~ the Republican National Committee was with
General Cirosvenor Yesterday. and ne said, but
rot with an I-tod-yOu so air. that when he heard
Bryan wa going to invade the East and make the
first speech Of his campaign I'm Madison Square
Garden he felt that Bryan would make mistake
He undertook a task said General Osborne
the diNiculties'Of which he did not realize. No
man oyer came under better auspices. The pubic
were on the tiptoe Of expectancy. They were pre-
pared to hear him and be convinced by the magic
Of his voice He had been heraided as widely as
It was possible for him to be. He came. and the
result has been dire failure. He sought a per-
sonal triumph through the effect Of his voice and
personal magnetism. The people were ready for
fireworks, and not dry dissertation. They were
disappointed and Disguised The arrow Overahot
the mark"
Chauncey NJ. Depew not inclined 70 com
ment upon MI Bryan's failure. and perhaps his
reticence in the matter Is 10 be attributed TO the
fact that Mr. Depew is somewhat of an orator
himself. and he does not care to say much about
another mans work in that line He did say.
however that 1t was his impression that the peo-
pie who went 10 the Garden TO hear Bryan went
more out OF curiosity to a fre-alarm talker
and not to be treated to dull argument. and. Of
course could not be interested in Bryan's essay.
as it was barren of any convincing data and was
largely a rehash of all that had been said.