, 1897-03-13

measured him by their Imagination and
not by heir judgment. They demanded
The impossible, and he emerged from the
unprecedented canvass with the verdict
that he was Il versatile commonplace.
shallow politician. pid no a great in
spired popular leadec md tribune of the
people.
Bryan is what Mrs. Partington call
ed a very fluid speaker Faculty OF
speech is n fatal gifJ. The man who,
without much meditation. study and
~forethought. can depend upon an inter-
rnpted flow OF language. before an att
d!ence. on any subject with which h
is but imperfectly acquainted. is expos
ed to n we'll nigh irresistible temptation
to mental Incidence. The disposition 10
rely on the inspiration OF the moment
grows with indulgence and at last be-
om, the habit OF the man.
From what | heard Al Atlanta, |
should judge tina Bryan came to that
engagements without much preparation.
MOI long before the hour. he professed
20 he in doubt what he should say,
though this may have been one OF the
tricks of the business.
Bat the quality of Bryan's speech n
Atlanta eXunerates him from the i'm
pujajiOn Of stage day, because it did not
reach a high level in any part. He had
4 large house and his reception was cor
dial, but the general verdict OF friends
and opponents was u~nfavorable. The
material of the discourse was not novel
nor was It's treatment original. The de
livery was singsongy and monOtonous
Illustration, epigram, rhetoric were alb
sent. The temperature of the audience
sank lower and lower till it reached
zero. and a popular idol left the stage
dethroned and uncrowned.
Men whose fame has been won on
political fields, or in public affairs, as a
rule, do not succeed OF the lyceum pro-
gram, for reasons hat are obvious. The
resentmeIts engendered in partisan bat
ties accompany them, and they continue
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