New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-08
MR.. BRYAN'S NEXT INVASION.

Mr. Rrvan's proposal to come East. and de-
vote time TO a tremendous effort in this section,
Is emincntly satisfactory to Republicans Al
Ter full examination CT his speeches and their
effect upon public thought. it may be said with
ont fear of error that every speech he may make
in this region will take from him more votes
than II will gain Granted that the number OF
hearers who will agree with him at the time
will much exceed the number who will disagree.
Now that curiosity TO see and hear him, as a
novel freak or wonder. has been dissipatcd ny
his Madison Square and other performances. II
NAV be expected that a large proportion OF his
hearers will be men who would vote for him II
he did NOT come East or speak. But 1t Is the
movable part of an audience which determines
the result Of n speech. and not the men who
would vote with the speaker in any case.
At the East Mr. Bryan will talk to men or
well settled and compact towns. where most OF
the voters see p newspaper every day. and where
clubs. societies. other places of frequent meet
ing and daily conversation in factories and shops
and stores enable almost every voter to near
the ideas of his fellows. The falsehood told III
this region has a smart CHARGE of getting effect
lively contradicted the day il is uttered. MI.
BRYAN evidently does not know that out OF
S.3S7 900 issues of daily papers in the country
more than half or 4.O74,0O0. are in the eleven
Eastern States north Of the Potomac and east
of Ohio More than half of the rest. or 2.o44.OW.
are in seven Central Statcs-OhO. Indiana.
Michigan Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Mime
sofa This leaves less than quarter for all
the rest of the country. and about 100000 OF the
remaining 100000 are in three border States
West Virginia. kentucky and Missouri. Mt
BRYAN ought TO realize by this time that his talk
TO scattered farmers on the praires. who have
few opportunities of meeting, and who READ
comparatively few papers, is very dliferent
matter from tax to audiences where the truth
has wings to chase every faacy and every false
hood
Talking at the West Mr. Bryan appeals to
sectional prejudice which 1t is unpatrlouc TOT
him TO infame, but which does Influence the
minds Of some men. At the East he max as war
on whatever there is of the same prejudice
Talking at the West he appeals to sucE OF the
borrowers as are dishonest; talking ut tn" East
he assas the creditors. end threatens WITH
spoiatlon the millions of dcpositors i'll savings
banks, trust companies. life insurance and build
ing and loan associations, whose money Is
loaned by the companies. and who would DE
robbed of half of it by the silver standard. In
! his Madison Square speech lie asserted That the
millions would not lose because silver would rise
TO par. But he is confronted in every Eastern
| city or village with his own Western speeches,
| asserting that the existing dollar which these
millions have deposited is actually a 2OO-cent
dollar. and that we must by free coinage restore
| 1OO-cent dollars instead
Mr. Bryan Is free trader, one Of the eXtrcm-
lists. and at the Eas. he would talk largely TO
wage-earners They will know by painful ex-
perience that he is lying. If he tells them Demo-
cratic tariff has not affected their wages. If he
SAYS nothing about the matter, they will at once
conclude that he is talking silver in order to d-
vert them from the question Of wages. and save
| his party from the overthrow which its warfare
| on American industries merits. He will not find
these wage-earners easy TO befool. because they
keenly remember how some Of them were be-
fooled four years ago. and by their votes brought
upon themselves the hardest times for labor
that have been seen for fifty years. When a man
proposes TO smash himself against all these OBJ
stacles to spend his time talking where every
speech will offend or rcpel many. and Will ex-
pose his insncerity and demagoglsm to ALL he
exhibits the calibre of his mind with startling
cearness In an interview telegraphed TO Lon
don paper Mr.. Bryan declares that he expects TO
carry New-York The man who is capable OF
thinking So or OF exposing himself TO public con
tempt by saying It. even if he does think so, Is
Just the sort Of man nobody would trust in any
place of responsibility.