The daily sentinel., 1900-10-05
BRYAN A TRAITOR" SAID STEWART.
Weak Effort SeDle Old Sa Very Disappointing 7 His ar
qume7t-Goudy Tells Fu7Qy Gales

A representative audience, not all re-
publicans by any manner Of means, but
sprinkled pretty thickly with democrats
and members of the fusion forces assem-
bled at the Park opera house last night
to hear principally Senator Wm.M Stew
art and incidentally to hear what Frank
Goudy had to say for himself.
It can be said almost sweePingly that
nine tenths of the people who heard
Senator Stewart we're disappointed. not
only in the man but in his argument.
That the latter was extremely weak no
one who has discriminating mine will
gaiDsay, 10 fact it was p,tiful at times to
see the cory attempts Of the aged man
to trim to the position which be has as
sumed, after being for 80 many years
identified with the cause OF silver.
Horace T. DeLong acted the part OF
chairman of the meeting in very dlgni-
fed manner. On the stage with him, as
a support to the speakers we're Judge O.
F, Caswell, w. A. Pease, James d.
Smith, A B. Hoyt Henry W. Ross, G.
]. Carpenter and Edwin Price.
Senator Stewart was the first speaker
introduced II ever man ought to be
what he is not that man is VIM. M i.
Stewart Of Nevada. A man OF colossal
proportions, tall, head crowned with
snow white hair, long flowing white
patriarch.l beard, a commanding pres
ence, he has every sttibute Of statesman
ship, with statesmanship lacking. 10
be truthful and make the estimate as
quickly as possible there never was
more striking type Of the Pharisee than
Mr., Stewart. His face is extremely
weak, his attitude. his language. his ar
gument were painfully lacking and II
was a pleasure to anticipate the conclu-
sion of hie speech.
He began his argument with an at
tempt to square himself in his present
attitude upon the silver question, by
saying that he believed now as he did
in 1896 and years before that the demon
etization of silver was the greatest crime
of the century. He spoke OF his asso'
citation with Mr. Bryan and told how he
had admired him and that now he was
against him because he had made imper
ialiem the paramount issue. He said
that Mr.. Bryan had traded of his silver
friends for Croaker and Tammany anc
the votes OF New York state. He feeblJ
asserted repeatedly that Mr.. bryar
could not be induced to make a silver
speech at the present time, notwithstand
ing the fact that Mr.. Stewart knew thai
MIR. Bryan stood out boldly for the
plank in the platform Of the democratic
party which stood for the free coinage
of silver and that all the world knew tina
he did.
The major portion OF the speech by
Mr.. Stewart was consumed in proving
that the policy of the administration up
90 the Philippine question was the cor
rect one, that Aguinaldo was an arran
traitor because he fought for the liber-
ties of bis own land, that Mr.. Bryan
through his acts in having the treaty
ratified and his acts afterward, had giver
comfort to Aguinaldo, and. while moi
SAYING it, attempting to prove by infer
ence that Bryan was closely allied tc
Aeuinaldo and that he was almost a
traitor.
1t was pitiful to hear such an argu-
ment from a man whom history ecordf
has spent thirty-six years in the moet
august body in the world. bis argu-
ment was chilo's play, his manner purllf
and belittling and as vote maker 1t wat
certainly nil.
Another statement made by MIR. Stew
art, not ratified by history, was that VIZ