New-York tribune., 1896-10-18
THE BOY on EXHIBITION.

All serious political interest in the Boy Ora
tors campaign died long ago. From the very
beginning his defeat has been strongly proba-
ble. For weeks past it has been certain or az
nearly certain as anything can be in politics
There is reason for hope and. indeed. for eX-
pectation, that his defeat will be so crush
ing and decisive as forever thereafter 10 elm
mate him and his cOparceners and their villa
rOus schemes from the practical problems OF
National politics. That hope will be realized
II every believer IN honest money and honest
government works earnestly TO that end until
the closing of the polls, and if every American
citizen, without fear or favor, votes for what
he knows to be right and true. Bryanlsin
with it's cynical dishonesty, its malice and class
hatreds, and its vicious appeal TO all that Is
least worthy in human nature and least desira-
ble In civil affairs, Is not to be conceived as
uermanent force Of material magnitude in the
politics Of this or Of any other enlightened ma
tion.
A certain amount OF personal interest in the
Juvenile Repudiator still survives, however. 1t
IA true. he has SO long been making show Of
himself, and so uncvely and uninspring
show, that most people are becoming exceed
ingly weary Of him. Nevertheless. the show is
not exhausted There are still some more
10 be revealed, and each new incident of polit-
ical activity affords him a new opportunity for
lf-exposure and it may be well, even at the
risk of safety and nausea, for the people TO
20 through with the object lesson to the end.
They will scarcely, one may well believe, desire
or need another such In this generation.
From the beginning Of the campaign almost
every day some wanton forgery or falsehoOd
has been put forth by the Popocratic "literary
bureau" That these are as stupid as they are
false does not make the guilt of issuing them
ono whit less. Ii is not presumed that the
Adolescent Anarchist himself invcnts them.
or directly participates in the publishing OF
them. He is too busy with his speechmaklng,
and too we'll satisfied with the SNUG sOphistrles
and coarse buffoonery he is daily emitting from
the stump. At least he must be cognizant Of
them and acquiescent In them. 1t is inconceiva-
bic that he should be ignorant Of what his
chief lieutenants are doing in his behalf, or
that the latter should persist in courses Of con-
duct which he disapproves. There is 10 injus-
tlce, then, but simple truth in saying he has
revealed himself as a man who is willing 10
profit by falsehoOd and forgery. That is not the
type Of man commonly found, hitherto in the
Presidential chair.
The latest exposition OF him, and by no means
the least offensive. Is in respect OF fusion. In
q considerable number Of States fusion has
been effected between the POpocrats and the
Populists, and upon that fact the last linger-
ing hopes of the BryaDite rainbow-chasers are
tnsed. Now. let II be borne in mind that the
Infant Prodigy. ever since he declared he was
not Z Democrat and then accepted so-called
Democratic nomination. has been a g,eat stick
ler for straight.out partisanship. He has had
NO feeling but detestation for boilers, none
but contempt for fusi0nists. Moreover, he not
long ago kept the wires hot with telegraphic
eeseverations that he would never, never, never
accept nomination on a ticket that did not
also bear the name of Mr.. Sewall. But he has,
formally and unreservedly. accepted nomina-