The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-14
HEARD HIM FOR HTS CAUSE,
ALL WE'RE SILENT THAT THEN
MIGHT HEAR.


Now That Bryan Has spoken. Po-
litieal Leaders Break Their silence
and the Address Is the Talk of the
Dny-DemOcrats UnfeiEnedIy De-
Iighted-Wm Use the Address n
Campaign Observation-Disclosures
cans Think He Has Done Himself
and His Cause no Good.
Washington. Aug. Ex-senator TiIIman
passed through this city tonight
on his way south from the Bryan meeting
in New York. He expressed himself as
highly pleased with the way the New
Workers received Candidate Bryan and
declared that the demonstration was far
in excess Of what he had expected.
AS for the Bryan's speech. he said it is
unanswerable. and will be the principal
campaign document sent out by the ma
tiOnal committee. He said if the enthus-
iasm displayed at the Madison Square Gar
den meeting is taken as evidence of the
sentiment Of New York. there is a strong
possibility that Bryan will carry the EN-
pire State.
Senator Tillman was very guarded in his
comments on the absence of the prominent
eastern democrats from the meeting. but
thought that in due time the democratic
forces will be- harmonized and will elect
the Chicago ticket.
The Bryan speech was the principal topic
of discussion here to-day, and at demo-
cratic headquarters it was pronounced by
Senator Faulkner to be the best argument
in favor of free silver that has ever been
presented 10 the people. Snator Faulkner
was just back from New York with a
carefully edited copy Of the speech, which
he will have printed for Immediate circu-
lation.
Said he: at was the most remarkable
outpouring have ever seen. The people
were not. drawn by fireworks or any of the
accessories which usually attract a crowd
They came to hear Bryan and his cause.
1t was noticeable that when the candidate
laid aside his manuscript and addressed
the open air meeting. there was a wave
OF that same enthusiasm shown
at Chicago. The speech of ac-
ceptance is an able and schol-
arly treatment of the subject, and it will
prove one of the most valuable campaign
documents. 1t is "A document which cir
culates itself, and does not need a frank
for the press Of the entire country prints
THE demand for the Bryan Chicago
| speech Is unprecedented. I received a tel
| egraphic request from San Francisco for
! three hundred thousand copies 1t was
impossible to supply, so 1 sent a revised
| copy of the speech, and notified them to
print the three hundred thousand in San
Francisco, saving the freight. l antici-
| pate quite as heavy a demand for the
| speech of last night"
| Representative Dunn of Arkansas.
| a democrat, said that the Bryan speech
| had taken the wind out of the sails of
| those who heard him, saying that he was
/ a fire works orator. He had purposely
| stripped his speech of what was merely
/ oratorical by reading II as a message to
| the people, and making it a convincing
| argument, appealing to reason rather than
| emotion.
THAT speech" Mr.. Dunn said. "en-
| titles Bryan to rank with the greatest of
men. 1t shows him to be master OF the
| science OF government philosopher and
a statesman of the highest rank. He
| sums up the democratic position in the
| clearest possible way, condenses a con-
| Vincing argument in every paragraph, and
shows himself to be a master of the en-
! tire subject. He can teach the political
! economist, and point out to the financiers
| how far they may go.
| THAT speech is the best political argu-
ment we can circulate. 1t is simply won
| derful in its clearness and force"
It's great length discourages many read
| ers and Others postpone reading 1t to some
| future time. Among the politicians who
| have gone over II carefully, there is a wide
| difference of opinion as to its merits and
| its effect. Republicans profess to be great
| ly pleased with it on the grounds that it
will injure, rather than help the demo-
| cratic silver cause.
| Democrats who are supporting the Bry-
/ an ticket are making a demonstration of
great delight and. enthusiasm. Chairman
Babcock Of the, republican congressional
| committed said he had no time to read.
| but said that tine more Bryan talked the
| better the Republicans would like it.
~ Representative. Mercer, secretary of the
| republican congressional committee, said
| that ne had read Bryan's speech through
and that he regarded t'as a document, the
| circulation of which would do the repub-
| lican cause good. LAS a speech" he said,
sit is we'll constructed, but as a campaign
| document IL will, in my judgment. do Mr..
| Bryan and the cause of silver no good
| He tries to explain that the Chicago plat
| form is not as bad as it appears. He as
| sumes a defensive position all the way
| through He ignores the two things that
| have made him, free trade and the popu-
| lists. He does not seem to remember the
| fact that he is the populist nominee, but
a short time ago he was preaching that
| the salvation of the country lay in free
| trade, now he ignores the tariff question
| altogether He did not refer to tariff in his
| speech, the more copies of that speech
there are circulated, the better we shall
| like.