Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-19

some or the IseyzDrvsazB sougnU Jo take adyantage of his inexperience by interrupting him with questiops that might have puzzled much older heads But MT. Bryan heightened, under this friction and forced ole Republican after another into his seat. all of them find ing the young NehTustan mere than their match. He argued his ease with a dramatic direotness. that aroused nob only the enthusiasm of the Democrats, but won the applause of the galleries.
 First Recognition In Congress.
 The first cheers the young man won from his fellow congressman were clio ited by characteristic piece of wit
 ''There was once time in the his- tory of Nebraska, heA said, "when there was a sheep there for every per son in the state. But now, if every wo- man in Nebraska named Mary wanted pet lamb, she would have to go out of the state to get it. .'
 The peroration of that speech is worth quoting, for it shows tersely the stand Mir. Bryan has taken on the tariff ques- tion all through his public career. It is as follows:
 ''The country has nothing to fear from the Democratic policy upon the tariff question. It means @ more equal distribution of the great advantages of this country. It means that the men who produce the wealth shall retain a larger share of it.
 ''It is for this reason that young men of this country are coming to the Dem- ocratic party. It is because we are right, and right will triumph. The day will come, and that soon, trust, when wiser economic policies 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 few; when those whe1 annually con- gregate about this capital, seeking to use the taxing power for purposes of private gain, will have lost their oocu- patton; when the burdens of govern ment will be equally distributed and it's blessings likewise.
 "Hail that dayl When it comes, to use the language of another, Democracy will be king. Long live the kingp"
 At the end of that speech the mem bers of the house no longer questioned the ability of the young man just come among them. Natures that had been prone to discount the youthful inter- loper from Nebraska recovered from their error with no further delay.
 No one sneered at Bryan after that, and there were few who dared to risk the discomfort of taokling the 1.-the westerner who was so quick and nimble on his mental feet.
 All through that congress-the Fifty second-Bryan was one of the most prominent figures in the house, although he was its youngest member. He de- voted limitless time to tariff reform, and when he went back to Nebraska it was with the knowledge that he had fought good fight.
 He entered the next congress to fight new battle. He had joined the forces of Mr. Bland s free silver warfare and became the first lieutenant of the Mis- souri veteran. In the previous congress MT. Bland's right hand man had been MT. Pierce of Tennessee, but he failed of reelection. Pierce was not great orator, but was an effective speaker and skillful and adroit parliamentary gen. eral. What Bryan lacked in the latter respect he fully made up by his bril- liancy as speaker, and in the silver debates of that congress he laid the foundations for his political future
 He had sided with Mr. Bland in the previous congress but it was not until