Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-07
PERSONAL TRIBUTE TOBRYAN
Hon. Antonio Joseph Served Two
Terms in Congress with Silver De-
mOcracy's Standard Bearer.
HIS ESTIMATE OF The MASTERRUL MAN
Success of Bryan. Sewall and Silver
Confidently Predicted-Statehood
Prospects Importance of Send
ing Democrat to Congress.

Hon. Antonio Joseph, who ably repre-
sented New Mexico in the 49th, 50th, Sis
SD and 53rd congresses, arrived in SAINT
Fe from his home at Ojo Caliente yestel
day afternoon and will remain in the cit
until Monday. New MEXICAN scrib
called on the distinguished gentlema
this morning at room l3 in the Exchang
hotel, which was his Santa Fe headqual
tors during five successful congres
sional campaigns regardless of tn
su superstition that thirteen is al
unlucky number, and found hin
looking remarkably fresh, vigorous an
hopeful. In reply to the reporters greet
ing that he looked five years younge
than he did two years ago, he frankly &C
knowledged that he felt younger and bet
ter than he did at the close of his lonl
and arduous service in congress, and at
tributed his healthful condition of bod
and mind to freedom from the care ant
vexation incident to public life, activ
outdoor employment upon his extensive
farm and the daily privilege of bathing
in the rich, health-giving mineral waters
of Ojo Caliente.
Speaking of presidential prospects
Mr.. Joseph expressed himself as fully
persuaded that Bryan, Sewall and silver
would emerge triumphant from the grea'
political campaign now in progress. HI
even cherishes strong hope that Mr
Bryan will carry New York, regard
ing the action of Tammany as mos
significant sign of pending Democratic
success in that state, and sustaining hi
hopeful view by quoting John R. Fellows
and is now United States district attorne,
in New York. He says that Col. Fellow
remarked to him, after the Chicago con
vention, that, while he was strong ad
vocate of the gold standard, he recognized
the fact that the silver movement wa
sweeping over the country with sucl
resistless power that it was likely to over
whelm even the Empire state before cleo
tion day.
Mr.. Joseph served four years in oon
gress with Mr.. Bryan and personally know
him well. He estimates the magnetic Ne
braska orator as one of the really grea'
men of the country, strong in his mar
velous gifts as persuasive and con
vincing public speaker, strong in hi
masterful and richly cultivated mind
strong in his readiness to grasp public
questions and food them with light
strong in his magnificent physica
personality which enables him easily
to carry burdens that would crush othe
meu, strong in the stainless purity of hi
private and public life, strong in his at
tachment to his home, his family and al
the domestic virtues, strong in his devo
tion to his convictions regardless OF per
sonal considerations and strong in hit
consequent freedom from the faint o
time-serving and demagoguery.
Mr.. Joseph refers with pardonable
pride to the fact that he was one of tht
immortal twentyone Democratic con-
gressmen who several years ago joined
Mr.. Bryan and Silver Dick Bland in sign
ing strong petition to the Democratic
national committee urging that American
bimetallism be made the paramount is
sue in the presidential campaign of 1885,
and declaring their unalterable attach
ment to the peoples cause of the free ant
unlimited coinage of silver and gold a
the lawful ratio of 16 to /. Mr.. JOSEPH
adds that in then inspiring and urging
that petition both Mr.. Bryan and Mr.
Bland seemed totally to forget them
selves in the righteousness of the princi
pie they espoused, that the cause of bi
metallism was then apparently weak and
almost hopeless, and that the signers o
the petition fully realized that they wer'
leading an almost forlorn hope and wouls
inevitably suffer transient loss of party
power and prestige. But they did 1T be-
cause their consciences told them it was
right and they have never since had oc
casion to regret their action.
Continuing, Mr.. Joseph says that MI
Bryan's great speech, in closing the plat
form debate in the Chicago convention
surprised no one who had heard his mas
terly speeches in congress; that Mr.. BryaI
attained first rank as logical debate
and persuasive orator during his frs
term in the national house of representa-
tives and maintained that position to tn
end without apparent difficulty; that hi
matchless Chicago effort was precisel.
what his congressional speeches justifiet
his friends in expecting of this resource
full young cham pion Of silver.
Mr.. Bryan did all he could to help Mr
Jose ph in his earnest efforts in congres
to secure statehood for New Mexico an,
assured the latter in Chicago that hi
friendship for the cause of statehood 70
this territory was unabated.
In this connection, Mr.. Joseph add
that the success of Bryan, Sewall and sill
yer in the pending struggle will unques
tionably result in the prompt conferrinl
of q star of statehood on historic New
Mexico, provided the people of the terri
tory do not make the fatal, almost impos
sible blunder, of returning Republican
oldbug delegate to congress. In tha
event be thinks our chances would b.
slim, "a il is useless to attempt to dis
guise the fact that the statehood question
is chiefly political one and sentimen
has very little to do with it. PERSONAL!
he declares that he is not candidate fol
the nomination, but is very anxious tt
see the silver Democracy nominate
"sure winner" for the position, adding
that Mr.. Catron is certain to be supplied
with all the slush money he needs for cam
paign purposes by the Ooler-Brice count!
hond syndicate and shat his success
would postpone statehood indefinitely.
Mr.. Joseph also served in congress
with Tom Watson and pronounoes Watson
to be an unmitigated agitator and blather
skite, whose sweeping charges of drunk
ennsss and immortality against member'
- k1vv~ vkhenn hnk
viable notoriety. II the Populists, h
continued, had nominated Jerry Simpsor
for vics-president they would have had
"manly man" for candidate, of whom
they would have had no reason to b.
ashamed.