The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08


is his incapactty to bear a grunge. II
a strong friend. but poor mater lh-'ei'
the fancied enmity OF any one
him TO a degree that is hardly iedIz"Dle'
and on one occasion, at least ! lttleIlDV'
mis- going far out of his way TO coucl-l'.'
a person who bore him an unre 1soua y-'
dislike. simply because as he iold me t"'
enmity Of any one hurt him Deyold ineas-
ure. His power over his mihA. ms a"a''-
ability and his faculty OF rising 10 Wldt-
ever occasion may confront MN are d.
iustrated by Two events IN my dcqualilt-
dnce with him. He was visiting WIN me
the district which / then represented Hh
Congress. and was called on 10 dudi eas
a body OF school cnildfeh. IhStaHuy "'
mad tner sympathy aud Iflrli17..p. I-'-
cry word he said was Word when '"ey
could understand when interested tleiH'
and yet, instead OF talking do"h 10 lhein'
he seemed to bring them up 70 ms owl
level. He held those children entnrailel
from the beginning OF ms audleaa u",i'
ITS ilnish, ana 10 tn.s Gay can ste ll'l'
httie races turned up 10 hiLh III wrap
wonderment.
QuclIinE n RiOtDus Meeting.
..,r-t,. .,,.l. .l,.,,.t.,, e., r.btoh 7 auude
and IN forc,l,le col,fr.,st vas AZ Omaha
d,,rireg ~, l,ron,io1 If 1900 At me re-
49, ~ so,,e Of ti7e prominent members
W W r.,.,t,..,' 81, ll,,rgs
~ NJ -, a.: ,,,lizi,e, maj
by relieving him of the details of che
campaign. such as the arrangement of
meetings. etc. etc. that his extraordinary
powers could be better focused on the
questions at stake, and | would tnus my
self be contributing my most effective
service 70 the cause of sound money and
good government OF course. the feeling
of hostility TO the stand Cochran had TAX
en- was bitter among the Democrats, and
especially 50 in Omaha the stronghold OF
Mr. Bryan Indeed before we reached
there. a deputation joined us at a way
station and told as that threats Of VIC
once were in the arr Some hours later
on our arrival, when in front of the hotel,
and as We were forcing our way through
a dense mass of people a rough-lookns
man signed that he would ike 10 speak
with me. | followed him out of the crowd.
when he informed me that Mr. Cochran
would never be allowed to address the in
habitants of Mr. Bryan's state, and that
II he attempted to do so 5000 people from
the slaughter houses had bound them
selves to break up the meeting al any
cost. ! never knew that the town boosted
such a large proportion of abattoirs TO
make credible so extensive a conspiracy,
but confess the nature Of the conspira-
tors employment had a disagreeably sig
nificant sound and a depressing effect on
me.
Panic Imminent.
"The meeting was held in a great dis
used bicycle man, ana there were over 20
100 people present. mad seen tempestu-
Gus puhIc meetings IN different parts OF
lhe Woild before Dut never one equal 70
Ihat. Az the extreme left some 1000 or
o'OVo men were gathered shouting ana
waving req Hass' Inc CONFUSION grew
WIN each moment, the derisive cries Of
the hosLIe crowns swelling INTO absolute
PdhdenloIluh. IN the very midst or 1t
skyllSht Iell' ana the hubbub was increas-
eu oy seVerdl women gong INTO mysteries.
a pauic Whlch might result IN serious loss
OF ne was imminent
u was at 'nis moment Mr.. Cochran
o'ePpeu 10 'he Irohi OF tne platform. lie
Pduseu loI an instant. me noise ana
coill tsloil rdthei aSumehted than suDsd-
~ II "dS as II we were staining on
iran uock extending Out INTO the sea dur
lnS STORM "lth the breakers accentu-
a. l.l III ioace, uIlui they promised TO SUD-
e dn III vast gun OF anarchy.
Al iaS' ne raised ms hand and in
'elnI'pi airy ium dttrac'ed the crowd by an
'eNi'ecI@' dilusloh 70 the virtues OF Mr.
~ yam linen WhlIe thelf curiosity was eX-
cleu Ht enlarged upon these virtues, and
oAPieSs'i 'he opinion that there was only
one Soou quahty IN winch Mr.. Bryan was
idchlhs' qualty too niue appreciated in
TINS world out nevertheless important
WIZ cOiniiloh seHSe'
Saved the Situation.
The effect was electrical The howl of
protestation gave wav 10 a hurst of aro,s-
ed aDDlause From, that limo ~, Nj C,ool-
ran had the audience in the hollow Of bie
hand. AT the end of The meeting tho wave
which had promised 10 breolr 49,. l,ir,
with destrlctiye force rose aeain sv,o'l-
ing onward and carried him off the MI
form victorious and trinroDbant
Il dwell on these two occasions. the first
when he addressed tho eobooI-- tbo sr,o,,,9
when he controlled The uoh bacansc tbe,,
illustrate The mans cbaracte, Tn ~ e.
where simplicity ana oeptIonoss co,1d
counr-he was tpstinctivelv sironlo o,1d ~
was gentle In The second v.hera d, e,roat
emergency arose he rose 10 No eo,ore,e er'e
cv That is what wish 10 or,rl,osiza
pencv which is hefore him
Indeed, the measure of the emergency
is the measure of his display of ability to