The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13


a sheep there for every person in the
state: but nov, If every woman in Ne
braska named Mary wanted a net lamb
they would have TO go out Of the state 70
get them"
The peroration OF that speech is worth
quoting, for IL shows tersely the stand lir.
Bryan has taken on the tariff question
all through his public career. II Is as
follows:
THE country has nothing 10 fear from
the democratic policy upon the tariff
question II means more equal disJri-
button OF the great advantages Of this
country. II means thar the men who
produce the wealth shall retain a larger
share OF il. II means that enterprise
snail be employed in natural and profit
able industries. 1t means more constant
employment for labor and better pay. 10
means the maximum OF product from the
minimum Of toll II means commerce
with other countries and ships to carry
on that commerce. It means prosperity
everywhere and not by piecemeai
1t is for this reason that young men
OF this country are coming TO the demo-
cratic party. as MI. ClaTksOn, that high
republican authority, declared 1t is be-
cause we are right, and right will tri-
umph. The day will come, and that soon,
l trust, when wiser economic politics will
prevail than those to which The republican
party is welded; when the laws in this
country Will be made for all and not for
a few; when those who annually cOngre-
gate about the capital, seeking TO use the
taxing power for purposes of private gain.
will have lost their occupation; when the
burdens Of government viii be equally dis
tributed and its blessings likewise.
Hail that dayi When it comes. to use
the language of another, Democracy will
be king. Long live the king "
All through that eongress-the Fifty
second-Bryan was one of the most prom
| inent figures in the House, although lie
was its youngest member. He devoted
limitless time to tariff reform and when
he went back 10 Nebraska 1t was with
the knowledge that he had fought a good
fight
When he stood for reelection to the
| Fifty-third congress his opponent was
| Allen w. Field. Conditions had changed
| greatly in the district, and after a des-
| perate contest Bryan won by a scant plu-
rality of 40 In a total vote of 10000.
| He re-entered congress to fight a new
| battle, for he at once Joined the free
| silver forces, led by Bland, whose first
| lieutenant he became. In the previous
| congress Mr.. BANDS right-hand man
/ had been Mr.. Pierce of Tennessee, but
| he failed for reelection. Pierce was not
/ a great orator, but was an effective
| speaker and a skillful and adroit parlia-
/ mentary general What Bryan lacked in
! the latter respect he fully made up by
/ his brilliancy as a speaker, and in the
] silver debates Of that congress he laid
|. the foundations for his political future.
| In the Fifty-third congress he took
an especially active part in framing the
! income tax provision of the Wilson bill.
At the close of the debate on the IN
| come tax, replying to Bourke Cochran,
| Aug. 16, 1898, at the special session, he
| delivered a three hours speech against
| the repeal of the Sherman law, this speech
| being more largely circulated than the
tariff speech had been. He also spoke in
| favor of the bill to coin the seigniOrage,
| and against Carlisle's currency policy, as
| also against Clevelands gold contract
| with the Rothschilds.
When the end of his second term in
nod 1ao n
! denomination, saying he proposed to re-
| turn to Nebraska and practise law. 1t
| was not long, however, before he was an
| nounced as the editor-in-chief of the
World-Herald of Omaha. in which he was
| an advocate of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. and incidentally, 1t is
said, to promote his candidacy for the
| United States Senate. Another feature of
his management was to be a hostility TO
the administration and all that partook of
| Clevelandism.
Mr.. Bryan took hold Sept I. 1894 and all
went well until the Nebraska republican
| state central committee made a contract
by which 1t 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.
Byrans aspirations were blasted by the
election of John NJ. Thurston to the SEN
retired to private life as an "ex-congress-
man.
He still continued, however, to advocate
in every way the free coinage of silver
and made frequent trips through the
west and south advocating It. About a
year ago he spoke in Birmingham, Ala
As he closed Prof. II. p Burris, the local
| leader of the populists, asked him II he
| would support a democrat who held the
views of Cleveland and Carlisle, If nomi-
mated on a gold platform by the demo-
Gratis this year. With great emphasis he
| replied:
Nothing in heaven above, on the
earth below or in hell beneath could
make me support a gold-standard can
didate on a gold-standard platform"
A month 7go, when asked if he would
| accept compromise on the silver ques-
, | ton by the Chicago convention. he said
mo compromise on the silver question
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
is to l without waiting for the aid or CON
sent of any other nation on earth, and
this will be the substance of the Chicago
: declaration.
t 1.-The silver democrats have fought
: against great odds; they have had TO
t contend against the world. the flesh ard
the devil, but they have won the fight
: THE success of our cause is due to the
support 1t has found among the common
: people, and any attempt to modify or
weaken the position already taken I'm the
silver states would rob the campaign OF
its enthusiasm and subject the delegates
l to the charge Of having betrayed their
' constituents"
Mr.. Bryan Is a man of considerable
t personal magnetism and fine presence.
/ The resemblance between him and the
late Samuel j. Randall has been re-
] marked by many. He is about feet 1C
= inches in hight, weighs $50 pounds, and
has dark hair and dark eyes. His jaw
: is heavy and square. ard he is smooth
Y shaver. His cheek bones are prominent
and his forehead square.
Il He is an exceedingly pleasant talker,
and is fond of lealiHg in well-rounded
: phrases His speeches abound with poet
n ry. He is of IRISH extraction. but his
+ people have wed in this country for
r more than a Findred years. In religion
$ he is a Presbyterian, but believes in the
q entire separa on of church and state.
He steadfastT opposes bringing religion
j. into politics n politics into religion. He
Q is a teetotaF.
y Mr.. BryaJis the outspoken enemy OF
. class legisNion, and believes that the
4 government has fully answered it's pur-
,. pose whertt protects every citizen in the
. enjoymenfof life, liberty and the pursuit
= of hannirSs, and leaves him inst as free