Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-16

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ycaIc curve, his mouth wei Wldenea
arI firm, and the whole face tounIeG
On q Jaw the yeyy seat O. power ana as
square h5wn AID indom.tab.e as II cut
from the living rcck.
Il is mistake to can Bryan a "Popu-
MsEc bla-hSEsk.te," as a paper with
more Of billingsgate than brains re-
Gently did. Bryan'S whole ira;dnct IS
conservative. Ee goes not easily TO the
rzw. Like all well balanced, an well
built men, Bryan is creature OF MS
environments. He is for low tarlH,
W. He is fer an income tax, an anti
cr.t,n bill. a free silver dollar; yes
He is for all these. Why? Because
trey are as naturally a Nebraskan pro-
duet OF principle as corn IS natural Ne
hrcskan product Of the soil
TEere would he neither senGe nor
justice in alarming the Ea=s, ct muo1
acquainted with the man at best, by
pic.rrirg Bryan as some Damon or
some Rohsspierre; the apostle OF disor-
der. bent to cast al, into chaos and then
cement chaos with blood. Bryan is
nothing of the sort. He is wise, he is
faithful TO a trust: honest, with the PRO-
bity Of the sun; morally as we'll as phys
ically brave. and. above all, as much
The CatriOt as any who at our country
beginning suffered thrcN2h Valley
FORGE TO rejoice at a Yorktown.
L. sk.,ls not. aids not, yields nothing
10 the com ort or glory of the god or
any C.her cause TO belle ms man. GIVE
him his due and tell Of him TIE truth
2s Ona would have done had ne arrived
from Massachusetts, instead OF Nebras-
ka. or N his political upcOme had been
able 10 show railroad or bank in
his pei gree. His hCnss.g, his sincere
patriotism are not to be impugrsd.
What he asks for nationality may he
proper subject of debate, ard psrchance
Of refusal. but the nan himself is no
more to be corTc5ad ,kan geld; no more
to be corrupted than a diamond,
Personally, Bryan will yin al who
approach him. As man, none who
know him Will reuse him respect Po-
ELcally, jefferson would adopt him;
Jackson take his hand and e1'pouae his
cause. Young as he is, Bryan is OF the
Cd party, and in his nomination the
careful searcher will find C1ly renais-
sance Of the ancient Democracy.
It is excellent in Bryan's favor that he
is founded on himself. Nc ooteIie con-
tIols him: no syndicate has paid his
Gabos and holds in It's strong box $11S,
OOO of his uncanceEsd notes Of hand 70
be some sword o. Damocles suspended
over him as a man or president. All
Captain Carbuncle has been a cardi-
:. mil fNrna
excerpts his wife, who, with all that's
coed about him, is the best thing about
him still She is a woman tender and
true, culMrsd and refined, and has
been a stimulus, and as we'll star 10
guide in al, of Bryan's life. She will
win well and wear long, Should fate
find her on the next Atm of March 1.-The
first lady of the land
Bryan is what they call magnetic"
Men like him. He is pleasant 10 the
eye. to the ear, and soOthes by his pres
ence and never troubles. No man ever
saw him in a passion. He is cool and
OF flaw,ess temper. No flush G, irrita-
ton ever redeemed his cheek He IS
OF good pOiSe and his emotions sit steaG-
i,y. as becomes the emotion Of one VINO.
with care for himself, eats thrice day,
SCOTS at dyspepsia and sleeps sound
ly at nights
Bryan is we'll, even highly, educated.
He has dug through books AMI tru1-
neled learning equal with any dusty,
musy college professor OF them all.
Mere than books, he has studied men,
and their lives have been his lessons.
He has a memory like wax, and all ne
has heard, or read or seen, abides WITH
him.
Bryan is not so profound as quick;
and with an intellect rather military
than philosophical, he makes weapons
OF all he knows, and every scrap of
learning belonging to him is at prompt
and ready hand to be either defensive
or offensive, as his swift genius for
combat may decide.
It is not too much to say of Bryan
that the arena Of politics presents no
one to-day who, with fuller informa-
zion, more pleasing address, more
ready eloquence and quicker wit, can
cope with and overcome him. | don't
want 10 discourage anybody about to
follow that leader in the chains of
syndicate, but in any form Of politics
Bryan would out-top and overpower
Mckinley as might a man child.
During The Fiftytsecond Congress
the tariff affairs of the Democracy
went limping. The popgun bills that
Springer framed had neither dignity
nor tone. They were quietly sneered
at by the Democrats, and jeered and
scoffed at by the Republicans in every
high and open place. 1t was not until
Bryan made his first tariff speech in
the House that the Democracy took
heart and regarded life worth living.
1t was a wonderful thing in oratory,
this first tariff speech of Bryan. 1t was
even more of triumph than the Chi
cago eloquence of the other day.
On this tariff occasion the Republic
cans, with the cynical Reed at their
head, were there to carp and say sharp
things and ask sharp questions, and
make bitter Interruptions. One after
another the orators of the Democracy,
some of them old in 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 House battle
He came with the advantage of a musi-
cal voice. a bright eye and a pleasing
personality. Nor did he talk ten min
utes until he developed the fact that he
was a master of English and had as
well such a command of the subject as
comes only to men who have burned
the midnight lights of stud!ous prepar-
alton.
1t is of no avail peculiarly to go in
detail over debate that's long since