The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-07
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ed tho word hay on your whiskers. would
your COWS eat theme
The audience howled with delight. the
farmer dropped crestfalien into his seat
and the speaker was not again interrupt
ed. Many men who have some local rep
utation as public speakers fan before a
strange audience and the spellbinder who
loses his temper IS doomed TO ignoble dis
comhture. IL often happens that men OF
considerable reputation are withdrawn by
the camEaiRn managers after their FIRST
public speech because OF some unfortu-
nate or mistaken utteranle that would
follow them wherever they went, II they
continued on the STUMP.
4 Case of Fatal Absent-mIndedneS.
In the middle OF the rational campaign
Of is96 one OF the best and most popular
spellbinders employed by the Republicans
lost his employment and his reputation
through absent miudedness He was con
stituti0nally and utterly unable to remem-
Der even the most important ana familiar
names and dates ana IL was his habit 10
carry in the inside pocket OF his coat
slip OF paper on which he had written
names ana figures 10 be used at particu-
lar places in the discourse. This speaker
was instructed TO address a big mess
meeting OF factory operatives in New Jer-
sey one night. Just before leaving his
hotel for the ferry he changed coats and
forgot to transfer his written list OF
names and figures TO be used in his
speech. Tho meeting was I'm a big hall
which was crowded to the doors when the
speaker from national headquarters was
presented lie did not know that the fac
tory employees present we're evenly divid-
cd In their political affiliations. Believing
that he faced a sympathetic audience the
speaker began in his best style TO declaim
OF the benefits OF protection and the gold
standard. He warmed up to the subject
rapidly and began la his most impressive
manner the delivery OF a paragraph OF his
popular speech that had never before fall
ed 20 arouse the greatest enthusiasm.
My friends he said. standing close 20
the footlighls OF the stage, "one OF the
candidates for President this year Is a
soldier. statesman and patriot whose name
will never be forgotten Ia the homes OF
American workingmen. Because OF a bill
that bears his name the wheels OF your
mills and factories hum and you are oil
employed at good wages. To-day this
man stands before you the champion OF
your cause. the defender OF the right Of
every workingman to employment at liv-
Ing wages 70 he paid in the best money.
Generations OF American workingmen as
yet unborn viii rise up to bless the name
OF - the name Of -.'
Here the orator felt IN his coat pockes
for his list OF names and failed 10 ind II.
Generations unborn will bless the name
OF --"
Another frantic ransacking OF coat
pockets and increasing embarrassment.
THE name OF that great patriot and
statesman" This 60 kin time while he
hurriedly searched all pockets.
'The name Of that great friend OF the
people. that champion Of the cause OF the
workingham --'
william j. Bryan" shouted a strong
lunged man in the gallery
Yes. my friends that splendid patriot
William j. Bryan" the thoroughly en-
barrussed spellhinder shouted mechanic
ally accepting the suggestion.
Instantly the meeting was In an up
roar. There were shouts and yelis for
BRYAN and counter cries for Mckinley.
local committee seated on the stage tried
TO prompt the speaker. but he was rastied
by this time and failed 10 realize that he
had made a mistake The men on the
stage could not shut him on and the aud
fence quickly discovered his failure 81
memory and transportation OF names. He
was gtiycd and laughed ~ unsil the meet
ing broke up In confusion. The protest
sent 10 national headquarters next day by
he local committee caused the immediate
discharge OF the adbsent-mirded SPELL
binder.
some Unexpected Responses 90 Ora
tory.
In Indianapolis in 1896 Democrats
speaker OF great reputation was com
pictely vanquished and large meeting
broken up By one word spoken BY small
boy. The speaker was saying Win mueA