The record-union., 1896-07-20
He Spent the Afternoon Sorting Over
His Correspondence.
of Bryan Whisky and
Bryan Cigars Want Him to Sam
pie Their Wares, But He Neither
Drinks Nor SmOkes--His HorO-
ticularIy ROsy-His Eleven-Year-
Old Daughter Thinks He Will
Carry One Ward of Lincoln.

Old Daughter Thinks He Will
Carry One Ward of Lincoln.
LINCOLN (Neb), July 19-The life
of a candidate for the Presidency did
not have so rosy tinge to Mr.. Bryan
to-day. He has a wonderful capacity
for hard work, but a man even of his
strength would be appalled, at the pros
pect of wading through the thousands
of letters and telegrams which litter the
oak desk in his library. 1t was O'Clock
this evening before Mr. Bryan, with the
assistance of Mrs. Bryan and w. F.
SchWind, who are acting as Secretaries
to the nominee, had opened and sorted
yesterdays mail, and then they sighed
as they looked at the big bundle of mail
matter that came from the Postoffice
to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan attended services
this morning at the First Presbyterian
Church and listened to a sermon by
young minister eulogistic of the Demo-
cratic nominee. This is the church in
which Mr.. Bryan teaches a Bible class,
but he omitted his duties in that con-
nection to-day. There was NO unusual
number of people present. After the
services were over Mr.. Bryan shook
hands with a number of the congrega-
tion and was then driven to his home
and began work on the accumulated
mail matter.
People of all sorts and conditions are
writing to Mr.. Bryan. Casters of horo-
scopes have sent him their occult calcu
latlons as to his career and gentleman
II
ard" has given a particularly rosy tinge
to his predictions, coupled with much
sage advice as to the best manner of
offsetting Republican effort in Illinois
and other States. a man in New York
wrote on linen cuff, which a two-cent
stamp carried through the mails. He
said he was too poor to buy writing
paper
According to the story told by the
correspondence the makers of Bryan
cigars and Bryan whisky are legion,
and each and everyone of them is anx-
ious for the candidate to try his wares.
1t may be said in this connection that
Mr.. Bryan neither drinks spirituous
liquors nor uses tobacco in any form
Little presents from enterprising mer-
chants are also being delivered at the
the statement that he does not desire
any gifts and in order to discourage
the sending he has decided not to ac-
knowledge their receipt.
Manufacturers of campaign buttons
are showing an intense rivalry, each to
secure his sanction of a particular de-
vice. but Mr. Bryan has refused to rec
ommend any particular style New
L. &c -
springing up all over the country. One
of these is his great-grandmother on the
Bryan side, but as his fathers mother
died some sixty years ago, the claim of
the aged lady to even more ancient re-
lationship is somewhat doubtful.
The Bryan residence, No. 1925 D
street, is still decorated with the starred
and striped bunting placed there by the
neighbors before the return of the nom
inee to Lincoln. The gay coloring makes
the home of MIR. Bryan conspicuous and
strangers have no difficulty in locating
it. Ruth, William and Grace Bryan, the
children of the candidate, do not seem
to be much impressed with the impor-
tant position now occupied by their
father, and conducted themselves to-
day as heretofore. Miss Ruth spent
cycle. She informed a visitor to- day that
she was sure her father would carry
D street and the Fifth Ward of Lin
coin, but as to the general result she
preferred to hold her opinion in abey-
ance until after November 3D. And
this from a youngster of II years
Some neighbors and friends dropped in
on Mr. and Mrs. Bryan during the day,
I,,% - hot, to- H.
the nominee and his wife were busy and
kept away.
The sermon at the First Presbyterian
Church this morning was preached by
Rev. w. K. Williams, pastor of the
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church He
was very earnest in his remarks, and
that part of the sermon directly referr-
ing to Mr.. Bryan was attentively lis
tened to by the latter
In the course of his sermon Mr. Will
Jams said: I'VE are told in the 26th
verse, 18th chapter of the First Corinth-
ians. that if one member suffers all the
members suffer with it and that if one
member is honored all the members re-
joice
"One of your members has been highly
honored by the people; he has been hon.
ored by God, and / rejoice that fellow
citizen and member in Christ has been
thus highly honored. I also rejoice in
the purity of his life, i'm the nobility of
his thought. in the vigor of his manhood,
in the majesty and grandeur of his i'm
passioned eloquence. and in the fearless
manner with which he proclaims to the
world the principles that lie deep within
his heart. l shall continue to pray that
God will keep him pure and make him a
yet mightier force for good in this ma
tion, and that Christ Shall be his leader
always.
Looking upon his splendid abilities /
am constrained to ask the scriptural
question: Who maketh thee to differ
from another?' and the answer comes
from the Word of God: Every good and
perfect gift cometh down from above
In closing Mr.. Williams said: This
nation was born in a struggle for liberty
and God is the author of liberty 1t was
Graded in independence and was nour-
ished upon the principle of equal rights
for all. By faith in God this nation
should go forth conquering and to con-
quer until it shall break down every