The Progress., 1896-09-26
(From our regular Correspondent.

, ~ plentiful Since MIR. bryah's VISIT e
Washington-he was here all da!
, yesterday and last night. He con
suited with the men who are manag
ing the Washington end of his cam
paigh; also with Senator German
who although not officially designated
rs such, is generally understood t(
be in charge of MIR. Bryan's interests
IN the East. Ore the rumors which
bears al air of probab lily Is that
Senator German tried to impress up
on Mr. Bryan the ACCESSIBILITY OF
changing the tone of his spe ecbes
especially that portion of them which
deals with the boiling democrats,
MIR. uorman is inclined to think it
bad policy for Mr.. Bryan to abuse
the boilers, as he has lately been do
ing Whether be will take Mr.. Cor
mans advice is question. Accord
ing to some of his leading supporters,
MIR. Bryan has insisted upon having
his own way about the management
of his campaign from the day be WAS
nominated. He has strong belief
III the certainty that the people are
going to elect him anyway. There
is no doubt abou, his believing him
self to be "a man Of destiny" with as
much faith as ever President Cleve-
land believed himself to be such.
No matter whether you are for or
against him, no man who has attend
ed one o; the public meetings ad-
dressed by Mr.. Bryan can truthfully
deny that he is drawing attraction;
nor that he possesses a wonderful fac
ulty for arousing enthusiasm among
his hearers. Notwithstanding
heavy rain storm just after he had
begun his Washington speech. the
meeting was probably the largest
gathering of the sort ever held at the
National Capital, and this, too, in the
face of the fact that onI y those hold
ing tickets-about 1000 could b.
provided with seats. More thaa; 20
600 stood up to hear him, among
them being many from the surround
ing country who had come in during
the day for no other purpose than to
hear Mr.. Bryan talk. The large at
tendance at the meeting demonst1 a.
ed his drawing capacity and the Oh
thusiasm of his hearers, although he
spoke less than half an hour, demon
strated his oratorical pawer-"per-
sonal magnetism they used to call
the same faculty in the late james G.
Blaine. Call it what you will, Bryan
has it, just as MIR. Blaine and Henry
Ward Beecher had, and Col. Robt. G.
Ingersoll has. The enthusiasm was
somewhat surprising to many because
it is known that practically all OF the
minor Government employees and
those who are directly or indirectly
Interested in their retention Of Offices
are opposed to the election of MIR.
Bryan, regardless of their politics, be-
cause of their belief that he favors a
clean sweep in order to give the outs
chance to see how they would like
working for Uncle Sam.
When Secretary Carlisle, who is
now with President Cleveland, returns
to washington this week, it is ex-
pected that the policy Of the admins
tration towards the campaign will at
once become apparent. Inasmuch as
Secretary Carlisle intends himself to
take the stump for the gold democrat
ic ticket, it is regarded as doubtful
whether he will dismiss those of his
subordinates who have already taken
the stump for the silver democratic
ticket, Notwithstanding previous re-
ports that he would. This is merely
a new application Of "what is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander."
If 1t be be proper for member of the
administration to take the stump for
one ticket, it would be little odd to
punish another member for taking the
stump for another ticket.
It is noticeable that although the
populist and democratic headquarters
are under the same roof and that the
parties are both working for the cleo
ton of the same President, if not the
same Vice-Prcsident, that the popu
lists are not endorsing the claims pu,