The Meeker herald., 1896-08-08


Brvan's visage. Every trace is care
fully moved away with the light OF each
new day, and when the world meets the
Young statesman hes as SNUG and
smooth ss . pulpitser.
There Is nothing soft. yielding or ef-
Terminate about Brysn; nothing Of the
willow. His eve IL dark, his complexion
swarthy, with the British, not the Span
ish swarthiness; his nose an emphatic
curve. his mouth well widened and 6rm,
and the whole face founded on q jaw,
the very seat Of power. and As square
hewn and indomitable Is il cut from
the living rock.
1t is mistake to call BRYAN "Popu-
listic blatherskite," as q paper with
more of biliingsgate than brains re-
Gently did. Bryans whole instinct Is
conservative. He goes not easily to the
new. Like all well balanced. all well
built men, Bryan 10 4 creature Of his
environment. He u for an income tax,
an anti-option bill. . free silver dollar;
yes. He is for all Of these. Whyp Be-
cause they are As naturally . aNebrasksn
product OF principle ~ corn is = natural
Nebraskan product Of the soil.
There would be neither sense nor jus
tice In alarming an east. not much &C.
quainted with the man at best, by pic
turing Bryan as some Darton or some
Robespierre; the apostle OF disorder.
bent to cast all into chaos and then CO.
ment chaos with blood. Bryan is moth
ing Of the sort. He is wise, he is faith
ful to trust; honest, with the probity
Of the sun; morally As well as physically
brave, and, above all. as much the pa
triot as any who at our country's begin
ming suffered through . Vally Forge to
rejoice at Yorktown.
1t skills not, aids not, Yields nothing
to the comfort or glory Of the gold or
any other cause to belie this man. Give
him his due and tell of him the truth as
one would have done had he arrived
from Massachusetts, instead of Ne
braska. or in his political upcome been
able to show 4 railroad or n bank in his
pedigree. His honesty, his sincere pa
triotism are not to be impugned. What
be asks for nationally may be proper
subject OF debate. and perchance re-
fusal, but the man himself is no more to
be corroded than gold; no more TO be
corrupted than diamond.
Personally. Bryan will win all who ap-
proach him. AS q man, none Who know
him will refuse him respect. Politically.
Jefferson would adopt him; Jackson
take his hand and espouse his cause.
Young as he is, Bryan is of the old
party, and in his nomination the careful
searcher will find only renaissance Of
the ancient Democracy.
1t is excellent in Bryan's favor that
be is founded on himself. No coterie
controls him; no syndicate has paid his
debts and holds In its strong box $lls,-
900 of bis uncancelled notes Of hand to
be some sword Of Damocles suspended
over him as man or president. All there
is of Bryan is Bryan, unless one excepts
his wife, who. with all that's good about
him, is the best thing about him still.
She is q woman tender and true, cul-
tured and refined, and has been q stim-
ulus, and As well q star TO guide In all Of
Bryan's life. She will win well and
wear long. should fate ind her on next
4th Of March 1.-THE first lady Of the land" "
Bryan is what they call magnetic. "
Men like him. He is pleasant to the
eve, to the ear. and sooths by bis pres
ence and never troubles. No man ever
saw him In a passion. He is cool and of
flawless temper. No flush Of irritation
ever REDEEMED his cheek. He is OF good
poise, and his emotions sit steadily, as
becomes the emotions of one who. with
caro- for himself, eats thrice l day. SCOTS
at dyspepsia and sleeps sosndly Of
nights.
Bryan Is we'll. even highly. educated.
He has dug through books and trun-
nelled learning equal with any dusty,
musty college professor Of them all.
More than books, he has studied men,
and their lives have been his lessons.