The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-18
Editor Bryan.

Col. BRYAN's determination 10 become
! the editor and proprietor Of a weekly paper
shows that he appreciates the value Of
advertising. He has had an enormous
amount OF that useful commodity for moth
ing. 1t would have taken millions Of dol
lars to give an unknown man projecting
a journal Of his own a hundredth part Of
the notoriety with which the Colonel will
begin his venture. His name is his hcst
asset. He has still a multitude Of faith
full followers who venerate him and are
ready TO believe that he will be az great
a Journalist az they imagine him TO be a
statesman. Then the %incredulous nom
Bryanite world is good-natured and GU
rious. II wishes for the Peerless a plenty
of prosperity, however %repugnant TO him
the word and thing have been SO far az the
country In general was concerned; and,
for a time AT least. il will buy his weekly
emanation in the probably fruitless hope
thai perhaps some week he will say some
thing new.
Unfortunately his opinions arc Of the
mustiest and most shor-worn. He IL not
rich in surprises. and the eloquent pen is
far less efectual thnn the eloquent lips
when rhetoric is all that flows from either.
But he ia sure Of a large circulation at Inst
If he is fortunate. he will hold IL until some
thing in the political line turns m FOR him.
Meanwhile he ought to make a LOT Of money.
His paper will not cost him much. For
The sake Of his health. II for no other reason,
he must spread his somewhat monotonous
,.;a,r, lnfAra tho COUNTRY nc ,ftnp ne ,N,e
sible. BY conducting a weekly organ,
a Bryan p~honograph. he will not only do
himself a pleasure. but make himself n
plutocrat. He does well 10 make hay
while the sun shines. In tho mature Of
things public interest in him will grow moro
languid; and his continuing effort IN keep
himself before the public must weary even
some Of his attached followers in the end.
Now is his time TO write: and II may yet be
that he who has talked more than any other
man living will write rs much as he has
talked.
As an expounder Of Democratic doctrine
and an instructor Of the Democratic party,
the Colonel may be found a little tiresomo
by many Democrats who lave voted for
him twice. They believe that the party
has suffered enough for him and BRYAN
Forever" Is not "A cry which warns their
souls. They would be happier il the man
would trv TO practise law and shut mp as
TO politics save at infrequent intervals. They
are saddened by his everlasting iteration
and reiteration. They would like 20 have
him accumulate n littlc silence. But he
must DO what he is. diffusive, communica-
tive, loquacious. No drug or liquor can
produce such an effect upon tho mind as
that subtle and lasting intoxication Of
crowds 81 which Col. BRYAN has been a
victim for four years and a half. He can
not be cured. lie must keep himself in
the public eye He cannot bear TO see his
glory shrink. Not yet come 70 middle
age. lie proposes to give the rest % his
life TO such performances in speech or
writing as he has made the country all too
familiar with: to f~tilities and f~allacios.
10 disingenuous assertion. 10 a poor little
threadba-e stock OF transformation, to
abuse Of the solid men Of the nation. to the
iiattery of ignorance. and social envy and
disorder. These are his ways Of discuss.
ing public questions. Newer d~einagognes
may arise and crowd him on the stage.
Clearly IL l. wise for him To- gather dollars
while he may.
To Col. BEyhN's ambition for the prc,i-
dency hi- editing is likely to be a setback.
His paper is 10 bear the absurd title "
The COmmpner. a name utterly without
meaning in the United States. II might
better be called The Commoncs'. for that
i what its editor has made himself al
ready; and his weekly announcements
Of his opinions will not make the more
thoughtful men IN n party any fonder Of
him. lie VIII not Ne really an editor. but
II candidate utilizing hi- reputation ami an
inc rriGibic spouter sr'outing ink.
A guide who has guided TO disaster twice
has n goodly amount OF self-poSsession
" zen he insists upon guiding still. But
that il "A business Of the Democratic parry,
NOT OF ours. We wish Col. BRYAN good
Igck in hi, enterprise. He will not. we |
presume, take advertisements from cor
rcrations unless they are corporations /
in v =, true Organizes such as Col. NOSE !