The Delawarean., 1900-07-11
BRYAN AND
STEVENSON.
interesting Lives of the Two
Democratic Standard Bearers.
BRYAN WAS HIS CLASS ORATOR.
Made a Famous Speech in the House
in 1892 on the Tariff Question.
Stevenson Fighter for
Democracy.

The candidate for President, William
Jennings Bryan, was born at Salem,
ILL.,, March 13, 1860, and hence was 40
years old in March last. Early in life
he desired to be minister, but later
turned to law When Is years of age
he entered the Whipple Academy at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, and later the Illinois
College He was fond of oratory, and
in 1880 won the intercollegiate oratori-
cal contest, with Justice, for his sub
ject.
When graduated he was elected class
orator and delivered the yaledictory.
He attended his first political meeting
and made his first speech in 1880. In
1881 he entered the Union College OF
Law in Chicago, from which he was
graduated in 1888. He began the prac-
tice of law in Jacksonville, Ill, in the
fall of that year and was married in
tober 1887, where he formed law
partnership with an old classmate, A.
r. Talbot.
In 1888 he became connected with
the Nebraska Democracy and made his
first political speech in the State at
Sherwood. In 1890 he was nominated
for Congress and was elected. He was
reelected and in 1892 made his famous
speech in the House of Representatives
on the tariff question He was appointed
a member of the ways and means com
mittee, on which he served during his
term in Congress.
In 1894 he was nominated for the
United States Senate, but was defeated
in the Republican landslide by Thurs
ton. In the following campaign he
aided in the election of Senator Allen.
In 1894 he became one of the editors of
the Omaha World-Herald. Then be-
gan his famous campaign in which he
made his nomination in 1896 possible
His defeat by Mckinley is recent his
tory. Since then he has delivered
1,472 speeches and has travelled $4,000
miles to make them. He has pleasant
home at Lincoln and a farm a few
miles from the city.
He has three children, two girls and
boy, the oldest being Is and the
youngest g. He is supposed to be worth
100000, and recently gave $4,000 to a
church in Lincoln
Ad1ai Ewing Stevenson.
The candidate for Vice President,
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, was born in
Christian county, Kentucky, October
29, 1885. After attending the public
schools of his native State he entered
and was graduated from Centre College
at Danville.
When he was is years old his father
removed to Bloomington, ILL.,, where
young stevenson took UP the study of
law. He was Master in Chancery four
years and District Attorney for like
term.
In 1864 he was Presidential elector
ON the Democratic ticket and stumped
the State for General Mcclellan. In
1869 he returned to Bloomington, where
he formed a law partnership with ]. S.
Ewing, which still exists. He was
elected from the Bloomington district
to Congress in 1874 and was in Con-
Seracc d1rino- tbo avictipo r;lda,, IIox,os,
contest, in which he took an active
part. He was defeated for second
term in Congress, but when he ran
third time he was elected. He was a
delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1884, and when Mr..
Cleveland was elected he was appointed
First Assistant Postmaster General
He remained in office unit, 1893.
Then he returned to Bloomington,
where he remained attending to his
private practice until 1892, when he
was a delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in Chicago. He was
nominated as Vice President on the
ticket with Mr.. Cleveland at this con
vention, and was subsequently elected
Vice President, going out of office with
Mr.. Cleveland. Since then Mr.. Steven
son has been living quietly at his home.
Mr.. Stevenson was married in 1866
Ito a daughter of Rev. DR.. Lewis Green,
president of Centre College. He has
four children, one son and three daugh-
ters, all of whom are grown and living.
While not wealthy in the accepted
sense of the term, Mr.. Stevenson is in
comfortable circumstances, his fortune
being estimated at $4,000.
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