The morning times., 1896-08-09

We present herewith, without author
ty, and, IN fact, su ureptitiousiy, dia-
gram of the Poor Mans Campaign"
The picture is based on a midnight con-
versation held at Chicago between sew
sral gentlemen at the Palmer House on
The night before the Nomination of Mr..
william Jennings Bryan Of Nebraska on
the platform which has for its pivotal
principle the utter aDnihilation of gold
bugs and other inhabitants of wall street
and Lombard street.
The diagram is also largely made from
records at Democratic headquarters not
Intended for the public eye, and lastly from
the remarks of Chairman Jones last week
to the effect that this was to be IL Poor
Mans Campaign.
We are no relation to Mark Hanna or
any of his political relations, and hence
II is not necessary to defend or even to
abuse (either being possibleI, what the
lockers on in Venice call the rich mans
campaign. Mr.. Jones does not like Mark
Hanna, because the latter does not deny
that he has quite a pile OF SCOT and dust for
use In the coming miNup between the
Bryan -Sewal- Watson combine and the
Mckinley -Hobart-Hanna combine. Char-
man Jones has, however, made serious
blunder, nay, II crime worse than that Of -,
when he published to the world that the
Bryan fight WAS to be ON the principles and
methods Of the early Roman republic.
QUERIES FROM CROSS ROADS.
We have received several letters from
Inhabitants of Bells Cross Roads, who say
point blank that that kind of Il campaign
can't win. Senator Jones, however, is
immovable. He has let the fiat go forth
that it is tight of the psople-all OF the
people-against the money OF the few re-
naming people. So, the unfortunate i'm
preston has gone abroad that all the money
will be on one side and all the Lucius
Junius Brutus and Doodle ON the other.
This fact explains the kick OF the people
who are kno wn as The Middle of the Road
sters.
Chairman Jones ought to know that it
is bad politics to fire such u blind rocket
as Poor Mans Campaign into the air
In this auspicious season, when Mark
Hanna is abroad boosting of his piles OF
coin, and has had published list of some
twenty millionaires who can give 500
apiece spot cash for every man, woman and
child in the United States. Possibly he will
hear about this in the next issue of Senator
Marion Buffers newspaper in North Car
DINA. Senator Butler has already said to
Senator Jones politely that some people
do too much talking.
What Chairman Jones meant to say, il
ne did say IL, and he doubtless has no
recollection that he SO said, was that this
was mot to be VERY Poor Mans Cam
paign." This we think quotes him fairly
And our paraphrase of his remarks by wire
is borne out by the secondary evidence
which appears here and there in the dia-
gram.
Chairman Jones, nevertheless, is to be
credited with the first joke of any circu-
alton or ma agnitude, when he reeled off the
witticism about the Poor Mans Campaign
Chairman Jones himself may be a poor
man, and SO may Chairman Faulkner
Neither of them gets more than $1,000
year, so far as the record gees, but all
the Others are poor men, such as John R.
Mclean, the New York Journal, John ST.
John, Altgeld, Sibley, Teller, Bryan. Cy-
clone Davis, Senator Stewart, Senator
Jones of Nevada and other poor men.
ONE OF THE POOR MEN.
Mr.. Mclean is poor, because Washington
ans will testify that he has sold gas
right here in the city for a quarter OF
century for 81 80 a thousand to poor
people like himself, and other poor people
like Senator Cameron for 81 20. There was
certain degree of discrimination in this
which was men ntioned at Chicago and
which led 10 Mr Mclean thinking that
after all Bryan was better candidate
Then again Senator Stewart, anothernian
behind the Poor Man s Campaign. is sopoor
that he can only afford to pa the printers,
who set up the Silver Knight, SO a week,
Alexandria silver, when other printers
not ten miles off get SIS week.
These two are Known To he very poor,
but there are Others who are even richer
than Mark Hanna who are running this
Pauper campaign. 1t is therefore unfair
to the silver masses to make them believe
that there are 10 silver classes or that the
silver classes are not running the silver
masses. 1t is eviden. that somebody is
running the silver masses. as they say that
over and that Free Silver river begins to
flow.
And this moves US to ask for informa-
tioD, und lie not a conundruni, What is the