The sun., 1896-10-24
LABOR DESERVING BRYAN.
STORY OF THE WAVE OF THE CHEAP
MONEY! CRAZE IN NEW FORK.

Ancient Qunekery, Advertised as Some.
thing New, Caught the UnthInkinr NJ
First hut Thinking Has Set In nnd
Thrifty Men Will Not Vote for Calamity.
How will the workinpmen Of New York city
vote In the coming election was at first made
perplexng question by the efforts of free takers,
silver standard men. and others who managed
for while to befoG audiences of working people
with -sixteen-to-one speeches. Within the last
few weeks It has shown signs of clarifying. A
Sun reporter who has been Investigating the
subject patiently since tho summer, has been
able to arrive at conclusions which justify the
belief that the labor vote of this city will not DO
cast for Bryan. Palmer and Buckner cut no
great figure, and 1t is probably safe to say that
the majority of tho worRingmen of tho city will
vote for Mckinley.
At the beginning of this extraordinary cam
paign organized labor" was represented as
enthusiastically in favor of Bryan. Meetings
wero held at which resolutions were rushed
through endorsing Bryan and free silver. the
Bryan men cheered franttcally, and the an
nouncement was made that the unions repre-
sented by members at the meetings had en-
dorsed Bryan. Bryan was lauded as the :" peo-
pies candidate" and the vague promise of
plenty of money " in his platform and in his
speeches was accepted as il the days of mira.
cies were not past and ns II dollars were to come
with running jump and land in every mans
empty pocket Among the thoughtess and
ignorant who were captured by this rainbow Q
wave OF sentiment in favor of Bryan was started.
The SUN at that time tried to find out why
members Of trades unions wanted free silver or
what they thought of il.
"Oh, damn free silver" was the general reply.
What we want is change, and any change
that comes is for tho better"
Twice the Central Labor Union was sta,n-
neded by few Popocrats for Bryan when the
meetings were sparsely attended. In spite Of the
protests of Mckinley men and Socialists that 1t
was against the constitution OF the body TO
dabble in politics Then organized labor " was
declared to bo in favor of Bryan Organized
labor, by the way, represents less than onc.ffth
of the workingmen's vote here.
After n while the Bryan moon sickness began
to die away and many of the Bryan shouters
began to wonder why they were shouting. To-
day hundreds of workingmen who a month ago
declared that Bryan would have walkover
admit that they were mistaken. Bryan OH a
closer acquaintance does not seem such demi-
god after all. A well-known labor leader said
yesterday to a Sun reporter:
The Bryan mania, which is dying away. re-
minds me of the shouting for David b. Hill in
1894. People fought to get into halls to hear
him and shouted and yelled for him as II he
were their salvation, but you know how he was
showed under and hardly carried New York
city. The workngmen were represented as the
palahce OF power then; 80 they must have been
away when he was defeated. | have ALWAYS
found TIM, workinym.n shou, ,b. louaest fo-
the man they don't vote for. Organized labor Is
as cold as ice when it comes to a real demon
stration. The Socialists. by merely issuing
hnndoilis, can Ill the biggest hall In the city to
overtlowng, while the Central Labor Union.
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"H'ca cAai'hs II represents the great oulk oil the
working people, never could I'LL Cooper Union,
no matter how It's mass meetings were adyer-
,ioa,
hen the Brvan excitement began, host OF
Bryan leagues Bryan and SewalI clubs single
'"N' ''N''' " oI'' anu s''ef st"uu"'o ciuoS
were formed. They Joined with the trades
union bryan men in shouting for Bryan and
,roo si,,.or os,ocioII,. fr,o siIr.r MA D.,
lists, who numbered 500 votes in 1885, but who
this year thought they had annexed the entire
remains Oh ianfnahS ha'i' joined hahas with
the cranks or the clubs.
THE SrN reporter found by experience that
ohou, tno CO... No., ,a-,,od ~ ,,,.r,nausht
OF all these bodies. Most of them were mem
bcrs OF them ALL though some were MEM
,r's "' o"'y NAL uo%e" ot theni'
g Mass" meetings OF the Bryantes wore
held attended by about two dozen people
n., ,,,a sa,,,a o,Ia ,ni,h at,t,,o.I
stragGlers attenGcd each meeting. There was
excitement IL a hundred attended and iftvo
] ru go r,S ,, tfIip "ppen nv.
uroWs aau pre1''t,u tLe ih''!ehhiu'n. ne epttes
Se,or. nar. sd a. in"itd io .p "s'
on the question or the day. but the Assembly
ii1h i ni.u HeiiN,9rs never catne. anu ne shne
o." fsx La on pSS o,