New-York tribune., 1896-09-29
THE BRyi\ TOUR.

consistently with the theory that he Is either
sensible or sane. is n problem that seems 10 III
telligent men insoube. He dslocates all thelr
intellectual processes. He is the candidate ol
one of the two great parties and two or three Oh
that party's sideshow annexes for the hlghes'
office in the Republic That fact alone should DO
proof without need of demonstration that he Is
in his right mind. and possessed OF the average
shrewdness at least of the ordinary eVery-da!
politician But the fact is patent to everybou!'
even his mos, ardent supporters. that from the
time he assumed the direction Of his own cam
palgn and-with the single exception OF the eAhl-
bltion trip which he had planned through New
England prior TO the election in Maine. ana Which
was abruptly eountermandcd by the Nationa
Committee after the Madison Square 'ardeh
fiasco-has carried il out. he has done ho'h"e
but perpptrate n continual series of the most
absurd and unnecessary blunders of when the
mind Of man could conceive
No man similarly situated. if he were pos
scsscd of ordinary discretion. or not Overwhelmed
with n swollen sense of his own greatness would
ever have started ont us he did with the an
nounccment that contrary TO custom and prece-
dent he would 90 away from home to receive
and reply to the formal notification of his nom
on all the ifteen-hundred-mile' journey TO ciIl-
inmate In "the greatest effort of his life before
the most critical audience in the largest city of
the continent No man of reasonable self-poise
or the appearance, at least. of modest self-dis-
trust would have launched his own candidacy
with such self-confdent proclamation. 1t is
not 10 be denied. as The Tribune has already
said. that the boldness with which he set forth
Il do ha
cite apprehensions in the minds Of many. who
looked upon the whole performance at Chicago
as n phenomenon past comprehension, and were
momentary bewldercd at the possibilities II
involved They were the more bewidered by
their inability to conceive that candidate for
President would have the assurance to proclaim
his purpose so to invade the enemy's country II
he were not really resourceful. original, impress
sive and effective.
How he petercd out on the way and having
arrived here, made the most lamcntabe and dis
graceful failure ever known is matter of record
patent and undcnable, and needs no further
reference There was single symptom of san
iy when this Boy Orator with big head sub
mitted to be turned away from his projected
New England trip by the older politicians. who
had not entirely lost their wits Since then
W
tudes in train-end drbeis across the country he
turned back upon his tracks and. hardly touch
ing the States where he had a living show. and
might perhaps, have helped himself and his
cause by the windy terations which are so ef-
fectve in some sections, dropped down upon the
District of Columbia. whose citizens are non
voters and do not count in n Presidential cleo
ton. The very cunning plan to enrap Speaker
IN haVn a
iamboree on the Capitol steps miscarried and
he had to make a meaningless speech 10 an en-
tirely inconsequent and voteless crowd. Then
he cane mp through NewJcrscy. State which
none of his supporters have the slightest idea of
carving and lessencd even the chance he had
by train-end speeches too fiat and empty 10 raise
hardly cheer He perambulated into Connect
cut. where his party is so broken up that the
only interest remaining 10 animate his support
crs is the hope of gaining the control Of the or
ganization for future uses. His only accomplish
ment here was to arouse the hostility Of Yale
students by telling them that they were obtain
ing an education upon the ill-gotten gains Of their
fathers. and afterward provoking the resentment
of Hartford citizens by characerizng the town
as "the stronghold of plutocracy,' attacking
their insurance interests and in his very first
TO men who were TOO intolerant TO consider the
merits of his cause. Highly polite and per
suasive this was. wasn't it? Who ever heard of
such eectioneerng?
Then he went on to Boston. stopping at Spring
field among other places. TO express his high re-
gard for "The Republican, Of that tOwn-which
must have made the elder Samuel BOwles turn
in his grave and kick himself. After speech
at Worcester and other way places he fell into
the arms of George Fred Williams. made
speech or two on the Common and in various
other places. and finally brought up at Bath. Ne,
the residence of Nj. Sewall. who Is one-half Of
the tail end of his ticket Then lie started back
gurglng the same old speech at the end of the
train wherever anybody called for him. and last
night he reached New York. Could anything be
more ridiculous than this tail-end pcddling Of
stale platitudcS through 'the enemy's country ::
1t is not pretended by the most sanguine Of his
supporters that he has the remolesf chance Of
carving any of these States through which he
has paraded. and 1t is generally admitted that in
all of them he has diminished. instead of in
eascd his vote. And now he is in NewI Iork
again. foOling away time trying TO settle differ
enceS i'm his party here. which. even If settled
upon the most satisfactory basis. cannot affect
the result for the most ardent of his supporters
do no; pretend that he Is not certain 10 be over
whelmed here with an adverse majority of over
2OOOOO votes
This is brief summary Of his electiOnecring
tour up 10 date. He ought 10 have IN enormous
crowd AT his appearance in Fourtcenh-St to-
night He is a curiosity. man nominated for
President who has pursued such a remarkable
programme as he has during the last two months
would be n fortune for any Snowman II exhibited
undSr glass
ANGLO FRENCH EYTRiDITION.
The British police have captured Tynfn. who
is sef-accused Of murder. on French soil. The