New-York tribune., 1896-08-28

that moved the assembly when he advanced to
begin his address The thousands rose as one
/ individual to their feet. and, with hands high
! in air waved hats and handkerchefs and news
! papers and flags. and everything available that
! would increase for a moment the stature OF
! the person engaged in the tumutuous demon
stration. The welcome was reminiscent OF that
other occasion when the ex-President not so
! long ago appeared before a distinctively re-
| ligious gathering in the same hall. and vas met
with the rallying signal which is one of the
most telling features of Christian Endeavor
meetings
MANNER OF THE ORATOR.
Mr.. Harrison was in good spirits. and he was
pleased with his audience and with the reception
accorded him. lie began easily, almost ir fact
In a conversational tone Of voice. In every
phrase almost he showed leading trait OF his
disposition to get at the bottom OF things IN the
first place. and then to hammer 1t home with de-
lberateness and earnestness by direct appeal 10
those into whose eyes he looked. He does not
talk to the galleries, but eye to eye and race to
face like a lawyer to his jury.
AS he spoke he walked slowly from side to side
Of the platfrom. and very often he showed con-
sideration for the audience seated on the stage
behind him by turning completely round and ad-
dressing them, to the apparent exclusion from his
confidence for the instant of the stranng
| thousands in front. Yet not word so addressed
was lost for the words rang out with trumpet
clearness and were reflected from the wall a. the
rear of the stage out and over the widening rows
of auditors until they rested'sfSurely in the keep
ing Of the hundreds standing Txsaaetly at the
rear Of the auditorium. underneath fHes1alaeEy.s
rim Sometimes in enforcing point he woufd'
approach the very edge of the stage. ana lean
ing over the heads Of the reporters or or the
band drive the phrase forward word by word
with slow incisiveness. enforcing the WORD
with repeated driving movements of the clenched
hand. He never failed to make his p9tnt, ...
NOBODY WENT OCT
Early in his address he had more or less fire.
nuent employment for his glasses for reference
to a manuscript, and the point was instantly ap-
parent to a wag in the gallery to the left of the
stage for once. when the speaker paused longer
than usual while the audience maintained an
almost religious silence voice shot scresa~Sbf.
vast space and eaped to the very tiptof'0f the
galleries:
Nobody gone out yet
The listeners were dissolved instantly in re-
freshing laughter in which Mr. Depew joined in
his quiet way Mr.. Harrison alone preserved his
air OF mperturbability. and perhaps he was so
engrOSSed IN the tHTedu OF tne tnOuSnt DelOre
him that he did not observe this reference TO
the fasco OF the Boy Orator to which Mr.
Depew had alluded in his Introductory address.
This OF the irrevcrences to which
American audiences are addicted II is a habit
This appar mt at tue very outset for be
fore he had been permitted to speak a word
and while the cheers were still echoing among
the corridors. some one in the top gallery roared
out in a voice like thousand oxen: Three
cheers for Benny OF course they were given
with will. but laugh went round with them.
HOW SOME POINTS WERE RECEIVED. '
When the speaker with subtle humor re-
marked that his speech had not been submitted
to the judgment Of anybody until now. there
was more hiarity. and in his own eyes there
was a twinkle that was not deeply concealed'
Again he remarked that party when could
not be split a public menace. Ihen ne
paused and for once the joke was on the other