The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-15

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bryan y not - profound 40 quick ana
WIZ an intellect rather military IMAM
philosophical. he makes weapons ~ a.4
he Knows. and aver scrap az earning be-
longing 70 him D. at prompt and ready
hand 70 BE- either defensive or offensive.
a. his swift genius for combat may de-
eide.
70 BE- not too much 10 say Of Bryan that
the arena of Boiitas presents no one TO-
Gay VINO, With fuller Information. more
pleasing address. m1-e ready e.oqueuce
ana "a quicker Wit can cope with anu
overcome him. I don't want 20 discourage
tie chains Of a syndicate. but in auy form
~ Hlul-ea Bryan would out-top ana over
power Mckinley as might man cha>i-
lt SKINS not, aids not yields nothing 10
To- comfort or gl0ry u the gold or any
qiher cause 70 belle this man. Give him
his 1ue and tell Of him the truth as one
would have done had he arrived from
MAssac husetts instead OF Nebraska, or in
his political upcome been able 20 show a
fallipd4 or bank iu his pedigree. his
honesty MS sincere patriotism are not
20 Doe impugned.a Nhat he asks for ma
uonally may be proper subject Of debate,
au4 percnance refusal. but the man MINI
SELF is no more toto cOrrOdeu than gold,
40 more to be corrupted than diamond.
Frrsonally, Bryan VIII win all who APP
pflach him. As "a man. none who know
nun VIII refuse him respect Politically,
JEFFERSON could adopt him, Jackson take
his hand and espouSe his cause. Young
as be ist Bryan is of the old party. and
10 his nomination the careful searcher viii
ma only Renaissance Of the ancient
democracy.
Ia is excellent in Bryan's favor that he
IS founded on himself No coterie con-
trols him; no syndicate has paid his debts
ana holds in its strong box Nl8.0O Of his
uncancciled notes OF hand to some sword
L. IIiaII
or President. All there is of Bryan is
Bryan, unless one excerpts his wife who,
WIN an that's good about him, is the best
thipg about him still. She rs a woman
tender and true, cultured and refined, and
has been stimulus. as well as a star to
guide Ia all Of organs life She viii win
well and wear long should fate ind her
on the next 4th Of March the first lady Of
the land"
During the Fifty-second congress the
tarlH affairs OF the democracy went limp
ing The popgun bills that Springer had
framed had neither dignity nor tone They
We're quietly sneered by the democrats,
and Jerred and scoffed at by the republic
cans In every high and open place. II was
not until Bryan made his first tariff
speech in the House that the democracy
TOOK heart and regarded life worth liv
ing il was a wonderful thing in oratory,
this rrst tariff speech Of Bryan. II was
even more OF a triumph than the Chicago
eloquenee Of the other day.
Is.
with the cynical Reed az their head, were
there 10 carp and say sharp things and
ask sharp questions and make bitter in
terruptiOns. One after another Of the ora
tors Of the democracy. some OF them old
Ia forensic war, had been riddled by
Reeds sarcasm and made to fly. Crisp,
IN the chair, was also In despair. AT
last Bryan was sent into the thick of the
House battle. He came with the adVant-
age or musical voice, a bright eye and
pleasing personality Nor did he talk
ten minutes until he developed the fact
that he was a master Of English, and had
as wen such command Of the subject
as comes only to men who have burned
the midnight lights of studious prepara-
ton.
It is of no avail peculiarly to go in de-
tail over debate that's long since over
and gone. Suffice IL that Bryan's speech
was the event OF the session. Every
thrust of Reed ne parted; every blow he
stopped and countered Time and again
the big man from Maine was made to
draw back from collisions he had sought
himself discontinue in his face, while
the House howled.
For new man--a young man, one who
had never talked ten minutes in the
House before-the feat was marvellous
At the close Of hts EFFORT Crisp and the
fathers Of the House congratulated him,
and even republicans, while disagreeing.
came across and shook him by the hand
That speech saved the reputation of the
Bryan's standing as a master Of forensic
fence.
What was to be admired most was the
absolute stability of the man; no more TO
be stampeded than a mountain; no more
to be put to flight than a tree.
In the Fifty-second and the Fifty-third
congresses Bryan was in the forefront of
party battle many times. In the second
congress, while still a member of the ways
and means, with Wilson at the head, he
not only made the leading speech for the
Wilson bill, but a speech so full and ex-
haustive for free silver l6 to l, that Gull
bertson, OF Texas, himself, the Socrates
Of the House democracy, said:
THAT eXhausts the subject. It's the
best possible setting forth that the cause
of free silver can get"
During his congressional career Bryan
led up the forces for low tariff free silver,
free sugar the income tax; fought to re-
peal the National bank acts. and consist
entity aided Uncle William Hatch to pass
ms ant-option On appropriations Bryan
was against extravaganza, and stood as
the persistent champion of economy.
with his own people he was always a
leader and the Nebraska senators came
OFTEN to the House TO gain his views.
Bryan is a Presbyterian in religion He
is often In the pulpit as a lecturer. Politi-
caIly ne refuses no call to speak He once
addressed concourse OF preachers and
then talked politics from saloon bar on
the same day When the House held a
sunday session Bryan left his seat for an
hour TO lecture on the divinity of Christ
at church on Capitol Hill.
Bryan in his habit is decorus and we'll
within the moral line. He has none of the
vices. When he Is President, should that
time come, the white house cigar bill will
represent only the consumption Of visit
ors and the wine will be as lacking as in
the abstemious days of Hayes For the
second time the world will witness a tenn
perance white house
Bryan while master of eloquence. pre-
pareS his speeches with care. He writes
them, prunes pares and rehearses them.
He told me once that he would no more
speak without preparation than he'd
plunge wingless and reckless into an
abyss. His life is quiet, except so far as
he disturbs it with his pligrimages of pol
itles He has no circle Of friends; paws
and receives no social visit. He Is in no
sense lady's man. He is not flower of
society.
In dress Bryan could not be called a fop.
Neither would he excite the cartoonist BY
any Greeleyan peculiarites of raiment.
Ills garb Is modest and of dark reserve
Bryan will win no notice for the clothes
he wears
In epitome Bryan is the west He stands
by his game and his guns But he has
nothing of malice for the east. His life is
simple. With wife as a companion. going
nowhere she might not go. he makes up
existence meeting