The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-15
PULLED THIS WAY AND THAT.
ANOTHER VIEW OF BRYAN AND
HIS SPEECH.

Said by Some to Have been cover
Managed" by the Bosses who
Lacked Confidence in Him and
Feared the Newspapers-His Debut
Spoken of as "UnfOrtunate"-His
Personal Magnetism Said to Have
Been Destroyed by the MeddIing
of the Committee.
Washington, D. c., Aug. H.-Democratic
sentiment here is divided as to the prac-
teal effect Bryans unfortunate debut in
New York will have upon the general re-
suit in November. Your correspondent
interviewed a number of gentlemen who
went over to Madison Square Garden
to hear Mr.. Bryan. A majority of those
spoken to frankly confessed that they
were greatly disappointed in the speech
and its delivery, and there is a strong inn
preston among those democrats and free
silverites who are not professional party
managers or workers that Bryan is too
much managed presidential candidate. 1t
is said that his principal claim to popular
ity with the common people has been
his freedom from the dictation Of the
party managers.
Prior to his arrival in New York his
friends assert that he showed that he
was a natural leader of men by stepping
in at the opportune moment at Chicago
and capturing the convention without the
aid or the assistance of the great party
leaders there assembled. AS a matter OF
fact, he captured the nomination in spite
of many Of the party leaders to prevent
it, 1t was his personal magnetism and
the widespread belief that he is sincere
in his devotion to the cause of free silver
and the uplifting of the masses that
brought him so many friends among the
free silver men in the republican ranks.
1t was thought that he was above and
beyond the interference and manipula-
ton of the professional politicians. 1t
appears, however that his managers"
took him in hand as soon as he left
Pittsburg and from that time forward
until he made his great appearance in
Madison Square Garden, his words were
subjected to the scrutiny of the political
bosses.
1t is reported that representative of
the democratic national committee met
Mr. Bryan at Pittsburg and suggested
that he be allowed to revise the New
York speech. 1t is said that Mr.. Bryan
Indignantly refused to submit his re-
marks to the blue penciling process of
the national committee or its representa-
tive. When he arrived in New Y ork il is
understood IndL ne glHiueu 10 the GOIE-
mittee's opportunities and consented to
make a few notifications in the interest
of political eXpedienoy."
1t Is further claimed that it was Mr..
Bryan's original intention to follow the
practice of public speakers by giving cop
les of his speech to the press and de-
pending upon his memory and oratorical
ability to carry him through the Madi-
son Square Garden ordeal He was told
that he must stick closely to the text
of his speech for the hostile newspapers
of New York were prepared to criticise
him severely for any break he might
make in the course of his remarks. Re-
Iuctantly he consented to read his speech
from the manuscript, with the
result that follows all we'll
known orators who conflne themselves to
manuscript, and he suffered the fate of
ali externporaneous debaters, when held
down to their manuscript
Some of Candidate Bryan's friends con-
tend that he could not have been more
severely criticised by the New York press
for reading his speech, and thus smother
ing his oratorical ability had he followed
his own inclination to throw away his
manuscript and speak as the inspiration
of the moment suggested.
The practical democratic politicians take
a different view of the result in New York.
and they insist that it was the right thing
for Mr. Bryan to stick to his manuscript
even If he had to sacrifice a little personal
popularity, that he might have obtained
from a duplication of his Chicago tri-
umph They also commend the speech in
the highest terms, and declare that the at
tempt of the New York newspaper to dis
credit and belittle Mr.. Bryan will rebound
to his advantage among the masses, who
are in open war against Wall street and
its representatives in New York.
They also approve of the change Of pro-
gramme, which prevents Mr.. Bryan from
going into Maine until after the Septem-
Der election in that state is over, and, al
together they claim that a restraining
hand is necessary to prevent Mr.. Bryan
from overriding the personal popularity
act.
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