The sun., 1900-09-10
BRYAN'S NAME A CHARM.
TURNED A HOSTILE FILIPINO VII
LACE INTO WORSHIPPERS.

Ruse OF an Irish Reporter with Lieut., hohil-
ians Command to Get Something TO Eat
In santo Tomas, Luzon-The Entire Town
Fails at the Feet OF "Bryans Cousin Z"
There isn't a rabbits foot or a ball Of yarn
or a mystic charm that's marker TO the name
Of william Jennings Bryan when II comes TO
wardlng OF danger or winning favor with the
Filipinos They look on the Democratic cam
didate as kind Of "A denigod 10 he worshlpped
II any Of his real relatives want real snap in
this life, they ough to go out TO the Philippines.
advertise their blood knsh hip with the head anti
inperiaist. and settle down among the little
brown men.
Lieut.. Robert +. Mcmillan. a son Of former
Park Commissioner Mcmillan. saw service In
the Philippines a. second Lieutenant In
the Fourteenth Infantry and was invaded
home recently. ne knows Just how dear the
name Of Bryan IL 10 the Filipinos. One day
last December he was sent out with company
Of Macabebe scouts 10 capture the little town
Of Santo Tomas In one Of the northern prov
inces Of I,u1on. With him went newspaper
man named Burton, tall raw-boned Irish
nun who said that he had served a term In
the English army. lie was a bright chap.
with a tendency to practical joking, When
Mcmillan ald his command reached Santo
Tomas they found the FilipinOs ready for them
and a hot little fight epsued. Several of the
Fnpinos were killed and thea as Is their hapit,
the (ghting mcn ned aud the Americana en-
ception. Eyerybod was sullen and no one
had anything 20 eat or drink Tor the Yankees
This worried Burton who had a penchalt for
the good things In lilo and he Sat down 10 think
BY and by lie got up and made speech.
Lieutenant, he SAID, am gong 10 90 q
stunt thai Il win these Fellows ana get u soneI
thing good to eat. You come with me and I'll
show you trick worth hundred rifles.
Having nothng else 10 do. the Lieutenant
went along with the Irish Journaist 70 the
house o. the village I adr;, They found The
old gentleman at home and In very bad Spanish
Burton introduced himself,
l., ,Y9Hr reverence. said Burton, my name n,
tho great william Jennings Bryan. who Is the
leading FilipinBt oi the United States and
who hopes therefore, TO be their next Presi-
dent"
The padre fell on his knees He grabbed
the hand Of the cousi n Of the great Bryan and
a,S1 SsHTed him thRi the whole I,and %aS his
all over the village to announce the presence
OF the great mans blood. The Teorle svarmed
about the nadre'i & house in great HmoZemenl 2'
were brought out Of the little mir huts and
an imrromItu serenade began thnt lasted
the rest of The day. Bottle. Of wine. basf cts
of eggs and dozens OF chicbens we're presented
as love offerings to BryGnS cousin Nothing
friends. even though they did wear the Amer
iCan uniform. From utter sulienness IL,
faces ot all the townspeoIle changed To CHEEKY
hospitality and the Macabebes lived high while
their stay Ia ted.
When Burton loft the town he was loaded
down with presents and everybody turned
out yelinga thousand WV u" for him. fle bore
messages from everybody In the village TO hi.
distinguished cousin, bidding him godspeeC
and the best of luck in his effort to drive m,
Americans from tH Island. II is not know
whether these messages were ever delivered
but Mr.. Bryan Is acting IA though they hac
been
Lieut. Mcmillan when he told the story haC
only this to say:
That was the first time and probably IN,
last that the name Of Bryan ever did me OF AM
other American soldier any good"