Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-07-18
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COMMITTEE made contract by which
il should control two columns in the
editorial page. Mr.. Bryan found that
the Republicans were using their space
to publish matter detrimental to his
Senatorial project and he made fight
in the court, which was decided in
favor OF his enemies.
Bryan's aspirations were blasted by
the election Of John NJ. Thurston to
the Senate, and the silver.tongued
young orator retired to private life as
an sex Congressman"
He still continued, however, to advo-
cate in every way the free coinage of
silver, and made frequent trips through
the West and South advocating il.
a month ago, when asked if he
would accept compromise on the
silver question by the Chicago conven-
ton, he said:
NO compromise on the silver ques-
ton is either to be desired or tolerated.
Every State which has declared for
silver has adopted a platform which
declares for free and unlimited coinage
OF both gold and silver at the present
legal ratio of l6 to | without waiting
on the aid or consent OF any other
nation on earth, and this will be the
substance of the Chicago declaration.
The silver Democrats have fought
against great odds; they have had to
contend against the world, the flesh
and the devil, but they have won the
fight
The success of our cause is due to
the support it has found among the
common people, and any attempt to
modify or weaken the position already
taken in the silver States would rob
the campaign of its enthusiasm and
subject the delegates to the charge of
having betrayed their constituents"
Ills PERSONALITY.
Mr.. Bryan is man of considerable
personal magnetism and fine presence.
The resemblance between him and the
late Samuel J. Randall has been re-
marked by many. lie is about > feet
10 inches in height, weighs $50 pounds.
ami has dark hair and dark eyes.
His jaw is heavy and square, and he
is smooth shaven His cheek homes
are prominent and his forehead square.
He is an exceedingly pleasant talk
er, and is tond Of dealing in we'll,
rounded poetry. He is of Irish ex-
traction. but his people have lived in
his country for more than = hundred
wears In religion he is Presbyter-
ian, hut believes in the entire separa.
ton Of Church and State. He stead
fastly opposes bringing religion into
politics or politics into religion. He
is Il teetOtaler.
Mr.. Bryan is an outspoken enemy
OF class legislation. and believes that
the Government has fully answered
its purpose when it protects every
citizen in the enjoyment of life: liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness, and
leaves him just as free as possible to
exercise his ability, industry and econ-
omy. He is also believer in local
self-government, and was emphatically
opposed to the Federal election law
because it sought to take away from
the locality the control of Congress
ionaI elections
He favors free coinage and believes
in a tariff for revenue only, and de-
nies the right of Government to take
from any man by means of taxation
any money not needed for Govern
ment expenses, or to tax one man TO
enrich another He is opposed to
bounties and subsidies. He made his
main fight against the Mckinley bill,
denouncing it as the most infamous
conspiracy ever attempted against the
consumers OF this country.
Mr.. Bryan's wife, who has been
close figure in all his public life, can
not 90 unmentioned She was Miss
Mary +. Baird, and was the only
daughter Of a prosperous merchant in
Perry, Ill. She has pure, handsome,
thoroughbred face, and is withal a
woman OF rare mental endowments.
i After the birth of her first child
Mrs. Bryan hcgan the study of law.
with her husband as instructor. tax
ing one course prescribed by the col
lege from which he graduated. She
was admitted to the bar in 1888.
She never thought to practice. Her
only motive was to aid her husband
in his life work, and she might he
safely credited with at least half of all
there is good and honest and successful
in the Nebraska man.
MIR. AND MRS. BRYAN AT HOME.
Mr. Bryan lives we'll, in commo-
dious dwelling in the fashionable part
OF Lincoln. The study in which both
Mr.. and Mrs Bryan have desks is
very attractive room. Ii is filled with
books, statuary and mementos of cam
paigns. There are busts or portraits
oi noted men, and there are two
butcher knives which Mr. Bryan used
in the campaign with Judge Field. to
retute the latter's boasts of the effects
OF high protection.
Mrs. Bryan has great liking Tor
politics, and accompanies her husband
on many Of his Nebraska iaunts. Her
tastes are essentially literary AMI she
has written much tor various causes.
She is 4 charming woman, and is as
great favorite in Lincoln as her hus-
band. She was one of the organizers
Of Scrosis. the leading woman's club
of Lincoln. and is also a member of
the W. c. T. L. and other societies
J Mr.. Bryan says she Is invaluable TO
him in suggestions and the prepara-
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