The evening times., 1900-10-09
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Bryan in New York--NearIy all the
arrangements for the reception and en-
tertainment of Mr. Bryan in New York
next week have been completed Richard
Croker is personally experimenting the
details, which are projected on a very
extensive scale. About fifty thousand
dollars will be expended in carrying out
the programme, and all of this money
will come from Tammany's treasury
The huge mass meeting In Madison
Square Garden which will be addressed
by Mr.. Bryan on the evening OF the 10Th,
is only one of the features of the pro-
gramme. Eight stations for Platform
speeches will be built between the Bridge
and the Bronx, and there will be more or
less marching between these points.
These stations also viii be used as fire
works centres. One of the features OF
the illumination viii be bombs that in
bursting give out fierce white light,
against which there viii be thrown mot
toes and pictures. Croker has ordered
that no searchlights be thrown upon pri-
Yate houses or other buildings where the
light will be Objectionable during the ex-
ereises of the night. a frame 80 by 40 feet,
made of netting and bamboo rods is to be
suspended about ], coo feet above Broad
way at night, and against this screen
will be thrown the pictures OF Bryan,
Stevenson, Stanehfield, Mackey, and eth
er notable Democrats, Appropriate mot
toes also will be displayed upon this
huge screen, so that the doctrines Of the
Democracy can be read by wayfarerS
miles away. Mr.. Bryan will make fifty
one speeches in the State, and he ". IL be
talking almost constantly from the hour
of his arrival next Tuesday until he
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plan was for Mr.. Bryan to make only
four speeches during his visit to New
York, but it has been decided that the
plan of compaign can be best developed
by tba partys standard-bearer making
as many speeches as his strength will
permit
Harrison Still SiIent.--The Hon. Ben
jamin Harrison is the guest of the Hon.
WhiteIaw Reid ct Ophir Farm. And there
by hangs a tale. It viii be remembered
that when General Harrison emerged from
his retreat in the Adirondacks a week ago
he said he was in a great hurry to get
back to Indiana. For this reason. among
others. he found it impossible to make a
speech write a piece. or do anything else
for Mr.. Mckinley. The Hon. Nathan Bay
the spellbinding business of Mr. Hanna 8
machine. pleaded long and earnestly. but
to no effect, with General Harrison at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel to do something for
the national ticket. Then the Mephis-
tophelean Manley, of Maine. tried his hand
on Harrison. II am too busy at present to
talk, write. or think about politics, said
the eX-Pfesident to Maniey, as he had said
to Scott, and then the big Hoosier rushed
back to his apartments as II he were pack
ing his traps 20 leave Immediately for
HooSierdom- Enter the Hon. Whitelaw
Reid, tall, pale, and silent. as becomes an
aristocrat and with a fine contempt for
the Hanna crew, which can be felt only by
the "old families of New York. Be ii
known that, while Mr.. Reid is an Ohioan
and his brilliant wife is a Californian. still
he moves IL that charmed circle of ''old
families" in New York which has not yet
been penetrated by the Hannaites and the
horde of new rich that clamor at Hanna S
heels. OFF to Ophir Farm did Mr.. Reid
carry General Harrison They We're COM
panions in JOY and misery in 1892, and they
have been fine friends ever since. Though
Harrisons Western admirers Will always
believe that he was defeated for reelection
by the burden OF Reid, still General Ear-
rison is philosopher enough to be content
out of office, and he has never been
-misgivingS or regret. Indeed, it is known
that General Harrison very gladly would
do Mr.. Reid a good turn Just at this
juncture the Indianan can be of very great
/ service to the editor. Mr.. Reid wants to
round out his public career as Ambassador
either to the Court of ST. James or the
Republic of France. He asked for this
latter honor when the Government hrst
fell into the hands of Mr. Hanna. Mr..
sulked, and his newspaper said bitter
things about both Mr., Hanna and Mr.. Nc
I[inley. His newspaper is supporting them
now, but it is very well understood that
this support is perfunetory and formal
Now. the greatest desire of Mr. Hanna al
the present time is to get General Har-
rison to raise his voice in Indiana. Mr.
Reid knows this. and appreciates fully the
value to Mr. Hanna of getting General
Harrison on the stump in Hoosierdom
Wherefore, If while the ex-President is
at Ophir Farm Mr. Reid should be author
/ lied to notify Mr.. Hanna that General
Harrison is willing TO make a speech OIL
! two in Indiana or to issue a statement
advocating the reelection of Mr.. McKin-
ley, Mr.. Reid would be in a position tc
wiring from Hanna positive promise OF
an Ambassadorship. Within a few days
therefore, some decisive move can be
looked for on the part of General Har-
rison, and then if Mr.. Mckinley is re-
elected and Mr.. Hanna turns down Mr.
| Reid again, there will be more trouble
| for the next Administration than the pres
/ ent one has had in keeping Mr.. Reid ant
| his friends in line.
Spooner for the Cabinet.-The Hon
! John C. Spooner's voluntary declination
made months ago without apparent cause
| to again stand for election to the Senate
! from Wisconsin, at last is being accounted
! for. It is said that he has been promised
| place in the Cabinet in the event of Mr.
| McKinley's reelection, and that he viii
/ succeed the Hon Ethan Allen Hitchcock a:
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