The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-16
OUR NOMINEES.

though only thirty-six years old (the
youngest man ever honored with the
presidential nomination. his two terms
in congress did that thoroughly. He
was II member of the house in the fifty
second and fifty-third congresses, and
would probably still be member if
the republicans had not gerrymandered
the first district of Nebraska, which he
so ably represented.
In each of the congresses in which he
sat he had the honor, although he was
one of the youngest members, of max
ing the speech which was most widely
circulated. The first of those speeches
was delivered March 10th, 1892, and
was against the Mckinley tariff law.
That speech made his fame, and may
be considered as having been one of the
direct causes of his having been nomi-
mated for president by the Chicago con-
vention, and was more widely distribu-
ted as a campaign document by the dem
ocratic congressional campaign COM
mittee than any other speech on the
subject, and he became one of the most
talked-about men in congress. The
other speech was made at the extra SEES
sion of congress called to repeal the
purchasing clause of the Sherman sill
yer law, and was against repeal. That
speech was at the time and is still re-
garded as one of the ablest arguments
ever made in either branch of congress
for the free coinage of silver, and mil
lions of copies have been sent out by
the silver men, and it will probably be
even more widely circulated during the
coming compaign.
Mr.. Bryan is thoroughly democratic
in his manner and ways of living, is
easily approached, always affable but
never "gaggy." He is member of
the Presbyterian church, and when in
in Washington he always attended, with
his wife, the New York Avenue Presby-
terrain church. He is very abstemious,
and neither drinks, chews nor smokes.
His wife is, like himself, lawyer, but
she didn't study law with the intention
of practicing, but merely took the d.
ploma in order to make herself more
companionable to her husband Mr..
Bryan is poor, and he never makes any
attempt to appear otherwise. When in
Washington he and his family-wife
and three children - occupied apart.
ments in the house of a resident of the
questionable section in the immediate
vicinity of the capitol building, ant
with the exception of an occasional lee
ture before the Y. M. G. A., in which
he takes deep interest, his time was
devoted to his congressional duties an(
to study. After he made his first speed
and became congressional lion, Wash
ington society tried to entice him ant
Mrs. Bryan within its silken coil, bu
it was time wasted. He felt that he ha(
something more importan4 to do thar
to exhibit himself at fashionable socia
entertainments.
Mr.. Bryan was thus described few
months ago when no one had any ide,
that he would be the candidate thi
year at least bryan is q collegiate
scholar and has stored away in his ca
pacious Uranium much of the COLDER
grain of wisdom and little of the husks
and it is all there for use, either as ar.
gument or establishment Some mel
are so ugly and ungainly that it is ,
positive disadvantage to them as public
speakers. Some men are so handsom,
and graceful that they are on goot
terms with the audience before they
open their lips. OF the latter class
Bryan is a shining example. His up
pearance is passport to the affections
of his fellow men"
Hon. Arthur Sewall, of Maine, wht
has been nominated for vice president
gives the ticket geographical balanc,
which will certainly add strength to it
He has had wide experience in politics
having been prominently identified a
member of the national committe,
with the management of every demo
cratic national campaign of recen
years. Mr.. Sewall is o successful ship
builder and business man."
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