New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-12
TO-NIGHTS SHOW.

II Is not strange thar there should he large
demand for tickets to the political show adver'
tised TO come off at the Madison Square Garden
tonight 1t would he very strange il there were
not and stranger still If the Garden were not
crowded by curiosity seekers and sightseers
For this will be show without precedent or
parallel OF infant prodges, Juvenile phenom-
ena aud boy wonders there has never been any
lack. If the world isn't full Of them. 1t has al
ways had, and still has, enough of them to
pque the curiosity and amuse the leisure OF
the genera! public No dime museum is ever
long without at least one Of them as special
attraction. and most circuses and menageries
habtually carry two or three on their Dill
boards. But to-night's show is Of a boy orator
Of such unusual gifts that he has been able, win
one outburst of what seemed to be-until II was
touched up with quotation marks in the proofs
spontaneous and unprecedented eloquence, TO
carry the National Convention of a great party
off It's feet and make himself the candidate or
the party for the highest office In the Nation
He accomplished this solely by his eoquence.
Neither he nor anybody else pretends that he has
ever exhibited any other qualification FOR the
office Of President Of the United States. In that
view Of him he is certainly an object OF curl
osity. He is the most successful boy orator the
world has ever seen.
Having captured the nomination by method
never before known with the result Of a disrup-
ton of the party which nominated him. he has
taken another unusual step in making fifteen
hundredmile journey TO this city to receive the
formal notification of his nomination. instead or
awaiting that ceremony at his own home. And
his reason for this as has been given out. was
that he might in the first place. exhibit himself
10 the people at the railroad stations along the
line of his journey and give them specimens of
the thrilling oratory which fascinated the Ma
tlonal Convention. and, second, that he might
make an impression upon the citizens of this
metropolis who did not favor his nomination and
are opposed to his election. In taking this I'M
usual course he certainly demonstrates his conf
dence in himself even If it is not manifesto
ton Of the highest courage. Nor has his mod
esty or self-dlstrust prevented his announcing
beforehand. with the playful self-asserton Of the
boy orator. that he was about 10 carry the war
into the enemy's camp. and in doing so make
'the greatest effort OF his life" That he Will
achieve a great oratorcal triumph. the effect Of
which will be 10 revolutoniZe public opinion
here and throughout the East he manfestly has
not the slightest doubt
No wonder. then, that public expectation Is on
tiptoc for to-night's performance. and that the
demand for tickets has been greater than the
supply. He will have unquestionably an I'M
mense audience. and rs It will he the supreme
moment Of his life he will give them the best
of which he is capable. 1t will be great show.
And IL he succeeds in making the impression
he Is so confident Of we shall have no hesitation
in saying that he is moi merely a great boy
orator but the most powerful public speaker
that ever fed east wind 10 a mob.