The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-17
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond ent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial TO the Citizen.I

for President, needs 10 introduction to
the Democrats of The United States,
although he is only SO years of age
the youngest man ever honored with the
Presidential nominatiOn-hist two terms
in Congress did that thoroughly. He
was member in the Fifty-secOnd and
Fifty-third Congresses and would prob
ably have been still a member if the
Republicans had not gerry the
First District of Nebraska, which he
50 ably represented. In each of the
Congresses in which he sat he had the
youngest members. Of making the
speech which was most widely circu-
lated. The first of those speeches was
delivered March 18th, 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 by the Chicago Convention, and
was more widely distributed as CAM
paign document by the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee
than any other speech on the
subject, and he became in a day
one of the most talked about men in
Congress. The other speech was made
al the extra session of Congress, called
/ to rereal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman silver law. That speech was
at the time and is still regarded as one
OF the ablest arguments made IN either
branch of Congress for the free coinage
of silver and millions of copies have
been sent out by the silver men, and it
will probably be even more widely cir
culated during the present campaign.
Mr.. Bryan is thoroughly Democratic
in his manner and way of living, is
easily approached. always affable, but
he, er 'gaggy." He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church and when in
Washington he always attended with
his wife, the New York avenue Pres
byterian Church. His wife, like him.
self, is lawyer, but she did not study
law with the intention of practicing,
but in order to make herself more COM
paniOnable 10 her husband. Mr.. Bry-
an is poor and he never made any at
tempt to appear otherwise. When in
Washington, he and his family, wife
and three children = occupied NSlli
ments in the house of 3, nasl o1111lo0 .tll g
! ;esfaShionahle. seGtiNe4i "a dhes q MAJ
! ate vicinity Of tEs 3 to 1Iii
Ian IS N i. Il Il d FL
I wl5hll iIllEJ tGl.gse q sssfr 10 i11ffII1 lIiIs
Ia yves fiefIfIt Ell M hiS congressional
duties aud % study. After he had
apsade MS first speech and became u
Congressional lion, Washington socie-
ty tried to entice him and Mrs Bryan
within its sillzen tolls, but it was time
wasted. He felt that he had some
thing more important to do than to
exhibit himself at fashionable enter
tainments.
Mr.. Bryan was thus described few
months ago when no one had any idea
that he would he the candidate, this
year at any rate; Bryan is collie
giate scholar, and has stored away in
his capacious Uranium much of the
golden grain of wisdom and little of the
husks, and ii is ali there for use, either
as argument or establishment. Some
men are so ugly and SO ungalnly that
it is a positive disadvantage TO them as
as public SPEAKERS. Some men are so
handsome and graceful that they are
on good terms with the audience before
they open their lips. OF the latter class
Bryan is shining example. His APP
pearance is passport TO the affections
of his fellow men,"
HOu. Arthur Sewell, Of Maine, who
has been nominated for Vice-President,
gives the ticket geographical balance
which will unqueStionablY add
strength to it. He has had wide eX-
perienee in politics, having been prom
inently identified as member of the
National Committee with the manage
ment of every Democratic national
campaign of recent years. Mr.. Sewell
is successful shipbuilder and business
man.
1t is generally believed in Washing
ton that the Populist and silver con-
ventions which are to meet at st.
Louis next week will endorse Bryan
and Seweli and the Democratic plat
form.
There is much talk in Washington
of the probability of President Cleve-
land and the members of his cabinet
joining with the sound money Demo-
Gratis in a movement for the nOmina-
ton oi an independent Democratic
ticket ON a gold platform, but it is
O1ASCN ihOiO olIVh th"h NPOh
fact. 1t is, of course, certain that
considerable number of men who have
been Democratic leaders will refuse to
support Bryan and Sewell and the
Chicago platform-that was indicated
by the refusal of the most of the gold
men to take any further part IN the
convention after they were defeated on
the platform. But will they carry any
considerable number of Democratic
voters with them? That is the impor-
tant question. Senator Call, of Flor
ida, now in Washington, was asked if
he thought the gold Democrats would
bolt. He replied: Many of the lead
ers will, but the masses will not. The
trouble is many of the leaders are not
in touch with the masses and do not
know what they feel. The banks and
the big newspapers will oppose Bryan
and Sewel but that will help elect them.
Mrs. Rhode Noah, of this place, was
taken in the night with cramping
pains and the next day diarrhOea set