Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-02-16


The gallery gods Of the east s,...
nave settled the standing or tho va.s
Gus war heroes. says the New yo..,
sun. II anybody wants to know ~.
Dewey and Sampson and Schlev .,.,
the rest of them stand with the rr,.s
tude let him listen to the assorted ~,
pIause from the galleries. At ona 80
tinuous performance the wargraph M.
two or three innings day. arsl n ~
minutes anybody can get a concrs,.
expression Of public opinion on sevars,
interesting points.
The moving pictures, which ara -
particularly interesting, are s.ns
wiched between ordinary slides Siv,.-
portraits of certain well known ~.
sonagcs. The sliding scale or ann,o,, -.
with which these portraits are greeted
is worth preserving. In the first p,ar.
as matter of prophecy, cornpare ~
reception given to the two candida,a..
for governor of New York. VA
Wyck's picture is shown first. ana .a,.
an ordinary round OF applause. the sor,
Of perfunctory. party applause which
being interpreted. means: "Oh. ves,
that's our candidate. isn't It? This q
the time when we are expected 10 an.
plaud. Well. all right" Then ~.
Hon. Augustus scoots Off the screen 4.
IL he were glad to get out Of sieht ana
his place is taken by another image n
is that of a man wearing a camnaieo
hat and a campaign uniform ana
framed by laurel.twined columns bear.
ing such inscriptions as Athlete. sol.
der. cowboy" and so on. When TIM,
picture appears there Is Wild shomt
1t isn't any this-is-our- duty applal.a
1t is heartfelt. spontaneous and of
staying quality. for minute after min.
ute goes by and the enthusiasm. grow.
instead of slackening. There Ia no
more likeness between the reception
given TO the Hon. Augustus and tha.
which greets Colonel Teddy than the-e
is between wooden hobby horse ana
the bucking broncos OF the Rough
Riders.
Having settled the election 10 its satis.
faction, the audience disposes of the war
heroes in their turn. Miles gets eooa
round OF applause. Shafter gets more. bnt
there is Il sneaking hiss or two among
the handclaps; Lee is well received bur
Cen Joe Wheeler pleases them best Of
all. Best. that is. of the army men: for
when 1t comes to nopularity. the navy
men are the peoples idols. Among the
army pictures. those showing the mi.
y.,o. .o,,nra .,,,,..a P'
40 "iue" sppi'use rs
ihe PORTRAITS OF the of!1cers. The picture
of the Seve.ty-first marching IN Santiago
;s tho army ,.;ou, u,h;,,h 60,
-, ".e" seenis 10 i'ppeh
MOST 10 the sympatnfes OF the audience.
But when it comes to the Aayy. thera
is no bosita,;o, II ;s on,,.aa ,,,..,.,s-s.
's quesuoh oa
uesree thefe' ior. every man shown Is a
hero and has proved it, The procession
begins with Sampson. who has f.,r
round of applause. Schley. whose por-
trait follows, is more warmly receiyAa
Cant S;pshee cleo hoe . aa,,ou,. ,....
,,,,Y ~, ,e9 '''so n's 4 "a',erlhs recel'
lon. Then comes picture which II the
signal for a storm Of handclans !, while
,hoya III. a;,, ,h1.,s T., :, 1,.,.s.I
"', eA.'e 20 p7ca'a' smack-
ing sound. Maybe stranger would
think that the gallery gods were hhvilie
q brief season OF osculation, but ii isnt
tnat. The gallery fgoddesses are still
cnewlng gum. unkissed. 1t Is 0nly sthe
e east SIDE way OF recognising HoDson.
sne nero OF the Merrimac and the Nary
Up TO this time HObson is the fayOrltt
so iar as applause goes. NOT counting
CoI. roosevelt, who gets as much as all
the rest, save Hobson. put together.
ihere cannot be doubt. after hearing
the applause which greets Dewey'S pic