New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-14
nRITORLCAL GENCHEWING.

Afr William Jennings Bryan has been WIN
,,s onco AGAIN. He dropped in on US last sat
urdor created a mild sensation in the posoms
- tho euinenr men who either lead or nope 10
,.od who. s now called. from the force OF haoi'
nv TN a reminiscent way. the Democratic party
,,r,terej inst a moment in the Hotel barthoidi
81 wan. away There were not 50 many 10
,eor hin, as when he appeared here less thah Il
vear ago He was not~besleged by mui'i'uueS
~ admirers in his hotel or followed by nols!
,rocsssions as he made his stately progress from
rho hotel TO Madison Square Garden OF ii'ef
from Tamnlany Hall TO the various platforms
from which ha addressed enthusiastic AUDIENCES
III. ,ras ah;c To move unObstructed. TO nave
,nomsn.s of leisure and. If he was so disposed
20 r.A OF mon the fluctuations Of popularity ana
tho uncertainty Of human greatness The enect
eh,u,1 have been salutary. Indeed. we are
r.,her dismissed TO think il was. He ha1 no
mood ~ no lonesome to be sure. For there were
enonch neope in attendance, enough OF 'he
romnapts Of his last years following TO slave Oh
ornui a, least And his reception. though HOT
o,sraowins with enthusiasm. was not aDso
u,elv lacking in cordiality. A great many emf
non, Democratic leaders who crowded around
him las, wear were conspicuous by their aD-
eanc. but the Honorable William Suzer was
tbove trimming over with the consciousness
rho, "a leading figure in the demonstration he
could more than make up by the impressiveness
~ HE manner and the pervasiveness OF his
nresence for any lack OF numbers. And there
wore others. NJ. John c. Shcehan did not put
himself out, to b. sure. to extend him welcome
nor * there any record that his greeting was
ELUSIVE Bu. Mr. Sheehln. as the Tammany
n I,ucv man having inst now the
Fourth of July celebration Ey Tammany Oh his
hands He received Mr.. Bryan. however. az
his own office and though the warmth OF the
rocen,ion may have been somewhat shaded by
y snsnicjon that the Boy Orator contemplated
,okinr mart in the Tammany Fourth OF July.
,hnre is no reason 10 believe that Mr.. Bryan had
corse 10 complain of unusual coolness
Mr.. BRYAN did not make "A set speech ms
uas no doubr disappointment; - Lin. ~: -
twisting conditions in the ranks of the great
marry NJ which lie is me leader 1t was thought
Tho, N. could serve the cause better by discreet
and strenuous silence Eot absolute silence by
any meaus-thc Democratic leaders OF TINS Town
are not unreasonable, they do not demand
,o;rocics-but silence on c0ntrOverted questions.
And s,ngularly enough the only question in con-
,royersy lust now. the discussion or when III
This locality Is considered extra hazardous ana
is consequently under the ban. Is the one
upon which he rose into prominence. was nomi-
mated for President. canvassed the country
electrified vast audiences and Is stu holding
or irving to hold the support OF voters for the
campaign Of 1900. 1t must have struck him as
n aueer situation that here in the greatest city
Oh The continent. where he had every reason 10
suppose that he had an ardent and enthusiastic
following earnest and uncOmpromlsing In their
support Of the financial doctrine which he has
made his specially. 1t should be deemed by his
s,,rporters unsafe foi him TO repeat In politi-
cal speech what he said so often and TO such
general acceptation a year ago. For he Is
npen!y ami ostentatiously candidate for re-
nomination in 1900 upon the financial doctrines
cnunciated ia 1896. and II he cannot talk pub
licly about his own issue 10 his own party IN
this great Democratic city, what hope Is there
for him? II would have set an ordinary man
thinking But Mr.. Bryan is not an ordinary
man. That's his claim TO greatness.
He did, however. answer call for mon