The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-19

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I Il was Es1rs@sa's @enewzs fset ard s@ssrs-
ftsn ~ sss sssenzrse q h8s trust. ao~syer-
fssat iszsprezzsss that soaF@ntiaa ts*o 5eiseF-
Sag thzs the agent Hoazd h< 2 nsore elsgisss
zzFd4aate than his p~SrespA2. ard fa&t
raa6e fse delegates forget for IRE farse
the cgfs bspss Upoz rs rscoF1 u E&s
~ 70 meats any sssgSe burst - stos71@Tsee
Esss5 - that vita wafch ire S%brassA
FnEs1l1xs eseexyssse6 Ire Chicago eenFszs-
sscr. In fact 1s4r<ses1 csd n1t. 81 Bryaa
GlssszcsIF 2ces b@sosg 20 the class 81 esec-
fFse orat0rs. who h&Ee she pzTrnesoxscas.
ess nrsg5s perhaps ssy TIRE pnyslosogaeas-
gfft q arozzasaz sszs enthusiasm % - N
Dzthxtse 2nd % coneztLstsog TIE sSEp&-
tSs1es of hostile sssaIeuee.
TrsEs neger Was naoye p-o5staoss no
Yseut FER such an crater than thai which
fsis 20 Bryan The minority had last been
PLEASED ard tae majority had Just been
depressed ard mortified ~ the a2sear-
anee IS sho chzrnp5gn % free silver, Of
TIssuas1 wne nzan.zer ara whose matter
we're these o. a Tecsgtiy ernzncsPat@d. sass-
taught aad Essc<yare& cracker, ~ho&s r1s-
Sag motive VAS revenge EYos. tae h@tisr-
brs<t and hettey-t48gat people 81 nAz oEn
nsfEh bovfsood and Acquaintance. who had
hsIS hisn ara MS ancestors IN saDtscrt0fs
almost a. degrading - slavery. u was
this vsadfetlse freedman who rad UNDER
taken 10 ~ the ragusnpsece of al ASSEM-
hIage Of which ONLY > small part could
really accept such az hiTn for their sEokeS-
man. ~ ~hssn the greater part was com
posed ~ fFesbsva American clfszens, as
isttle used 80 bssily as 10 crinse.
After thar came tie strexd acute. iao@s
ike dissection by Senator III Of the plat
fofns Feekgessly thrown together Dy the
EeHmen - the motley crew. AID under
taking 20 corr ane their Incompatible aer-
Gales. The minority lad indicated is posi-
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fallen and hH5EIiated. And IL was az that
critical poiaf that there appeared % give
artieuiafs expression 90 their taarttculste
sentiments s man who bad The air aEsc
manner Of Il freeman. and not Of spite
fuI freedman. who. moreover, seemed 20
speak wEth the seTvor Of conviction. who
saahssa them TO boia up their heads a lii
IL after Tlgrnan had shaEneG them and
after HsIg had showed them how they had
stsAnssf themselves BFyans WAS The elo-
agenee 81 the many long -durnb voices
u was the expression sD safe gereraiities
Of human sympathy with human trials
and human safferings- Ia safe gsnsrali-
faea for II WAS the fergent cry Of the pa
ta~ng IL Has the eloquent description OF
has symptoms. and * did not 90 into
enough detail about the patients 0wn pre-
scriptio-s e a remedy 70 sh0w how utterly
foci.sa and futile theT we're No wonder
that the DELEGATES voted 50 readily Tor
man aho had done 20 much for their own
sesf-iowes
Bat. Ii truth. Bryan as an orator Il on
quite . sssfTeren; plane not only from the
anapp.re spite Of TIllman. bat from the
iserfunetery and foEsd oratory Of The
col BszngstArters~ OF the convention.
from the empty rhetoric Of Senator Daniel.
which preceded his speech. and from ths
equally empty rhetoric OF Senator Vests
presentation 0f Bland, which succeeded u.
In the first place. IL Il not empty. lie had
something 70 say, as he generally has had.
Ia fhe areend place. he has. as Clarendon
admitted Of John Hampton. a strange
power of making himself believed" at
least Of convincing his nearer that he be-
ilsyes himself He occasionally oserdoes
81. az In that speech which excited the
house OF representatives 20 unsympathetic
1au9hter b declaring that he would Will
lnziy iay down bis life 10 prevent the re-
peal OF she SILVER purchase act. But ever
about that & is nos necessary 10 accuse the
speaker OF conscious insincersty. man
~ho bae the oratorIeai temperament viii
be- carried very far by his own momentum.
and even further by the assurance Of a
xympafhetiz audience. gntl, as in this in
stance. he may return his sympathy.
Bat uaon the whole and upon a study Of
the published speeches o. Mr.. Bryan one
gets tbs Impression that II he is TO De
called . aensagogus he Is a convinced
demszoxae. The history OF the French
revolution shows that this Is the mos.
formidable tyre Of al BY the say. II is
n0s true, - has been said that his ora
tory i Of the kind that Involves careful
preparation. that he IL capable OF thu
.xo@d continued speech. without good
speech OF INTERROGATION" which. according
20 Bacon. shows slowness" To say
nothing 81 the joint debates in which Mr.
/ Bryan has been 50 uniformly successful.
the speech in the convention would have
alsprovea that II could not have beer
nf ard dried FOR The speaker took up
tue points OF Senator Hi. and traversed
them one ~ one Ia manner which argued
M-. Bryan MAS probably no, a very
valuable member q the ways and means
committee. HIS speeches are not 20 be
compared NIth those % Mr.. Wilson. either
IN a grasp OF seonsmis principles or tn
mastery OF commercial detail They are
evhisntiy the work Of q clever man, who
has "eFAmme5" for the occasion. and
who has started with the general con-
Xicsian ihat protection Is of no beaefit 10
he farmer. FOR whom or. Bryan always
seems 10 himself 10 hold a brief But in
the matter Of readiness. % the kind whteh
a sseeszsfs1l advocate possesses. they show
10 asf2sisucy-ou the contrary. a rather
exceptional presidency. This is even more
eirikinRig illustrated In the speech ia fav-
ar Of the antl-opsioH bgli. delivered in
Jane fSsi 81 the horse Nobody can read
she speech without seeing that 4 - much
more the sTnEl8n % sentiment than Of
re8Eon. Ths speaker does not understand
fhe eeauemlesl laws that un8ersfe the ques-
;ioa. IL was subjected. however. 20 such
sharp ard searching interruptions that
hAlf the report IS taken up Nth them Tfls
reptiles were always ready and saneracaliy
pat ara showed the lawyers skin In
gfeas perfection bat the "nREginE'' Was
- persistent sud - pertinent. especially
GA TIE part OF Mr G0idEler. Or liliuois
gisas TIE speech was ~ no means a tri-
umph for tha orator. He was a. last driven
- aesar3aE that the ou9s ~ proving that
she bsa Raz unnecessary rested iron it's
opponents. 1T Is necessary sor The pea-
pie who are opposed 20 this bl1 70 uroTe
fakt gambling does nos a1ecs prices
"a lhs course or his speeeh en- TIE WI.
san Hnl Mr. Bryan made use % an Illus
iFaf!on 70 sheN thn fVtiHtv of trying 20
f, isgisiate against naturai isNs. which ~
faay leave him % reconcile with the de
fnanas" II hEs Platform.
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( ,hero Hal hEeH = shors srY SPELL this nan
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( refreshing Shower. Sic Vas 20 recsive
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/ VIVA ssfaa WIta g.. an hiew 8own signs
ara heeke nT trees. 50 that she citfss~s
ghrestrnga a. see HIN for bringing wind
with the pain ffat Nasu fBe man tried -
cblleet his $50 the men wha bad era n5avef
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az ever Nebraska. ant ~s An ret hefteve
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