The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-24
EXPECTS TO WIN.
sfydn e .Iiev5s That He Wi i
Csuy This Election.
NEVER TOO TIRED TO SPEAK.
Description Of His Special Car,
His Daily Life. Wardrobe,
D,ef, Companions
and Habits
and Habits

Mr.. Bryan thinks be will be the next
president. He hss perfect faith in him
self and his theories H. knows be is
fighting his last battle Il he does not
win this time he never will attain his
ambition. H, real;z, that his person
ality has more to DO with the result
than any other factor in the campaign,
and his plan is to get ia personal touch
with as msny people as possible and
make them friends.
He is never too tired to make a
speech. He never keeps the people
waiting. When his train gets into q
town Bryan is on the back platform,
and he inss:s that tae local chairman
shall waste No time IN irtrod letting him.
a few words is ali he will permit
Then he does the rest of the taking
himself. His hand never aches too
much to keep him from shaking hands
With every one who cau get near him
He submits to the rudsst prsttling With
nile aod laughs when the people
shonts, H lilo, 8 lily! AMI II W le do
Bill IL, is canoaigLiag for the pep
pie and the people can have their Way.
NR BRYANS SPECIAL CAR
Mr.. B.ya1's friends prevailed on him
to take p7;vate Car for the last great
swing sryuad the circle be is nov max
ing. H, protested. but they prevailed
TAeg ted him be was killing himself
win work, and ne owed it TO his party
and himself to make himself as COM
Portable IS possible. So three weeks
ago the combination diniag and sleep
ing car ''R ,nbler' vas sent to Sioux
City, Ia, aoi B :yan and his party went
into it to stay until election day.
The RaA5ar' is the ordinary type
of the Pu,lu,n combiaa.ioa car. l. has
kitchen at enc end, sad then living
room into which at night eight barths
can be let down, From the dining room
narrow hallway leads to the ebselva-
tion room at the rear snd the wide rear
platform.
Nj. Bryan's s:atcroo2 IS the fist of
the hall frJm the DINING room. 1t has
a vide bed, chat is always down, AID a
little table. There is one camp $500! IN
the room. If there are tso visitors one
Of them has to sit OF the bed. B:yan
always sits there. There is little toilet
room and closet, where Bryan keeps
small steamer trunk, and ne1s is 40
other compartment, where his seere'
,ary, Rob.rs E. Rose, Western news
paper man and brother Of Mayer David
K Sc, o. Milwaukee, has his typawr.t
S orctary 4 .se aad Mr. B7yal's per
sonal represents i've, National 'omnl;
teemac Jaucs G. DihlGaar OF Nebraska
sleep IT their rom Tacn there are q
cyuple Of lockers. and .ha., besides a:e
observssion-room at the rear OF the car,
whsre there are several easy chairs and
lounge. is all. Dshlman is az old
frieod Of B :yan's. He is small wiry.
smooth shavsn, keen looking msa, who
sta2ds between B ,yao aud the ou 5 De
The newspaper corres poadea:s Ute the
dining room fJr working room and
sleep there az night.
HIS DEMOCRATIC MANNER
Aside from B yen, DaAluan and 4 >se
.ad the newspaper N n, the only OTHER
persons ou the C + are the negro cook,
porter and waiter. Bryan is very fond
OF ,hese three men, WHO are the pick Of
she Pullman employees. The other day
the special train was stopped out IA the
country in OAio to Jet photographer
get "a group picture of the party f1r the
pa-sy's own use. The people were posed
aloocs;de OF the car. Jlst as the pAo-
tographer was about to make his ex-
posure Br5 an Shouted: Here. wait a
minute Where is the cook?' A ID he
insisted tha. the cook, the porter aud
the wa:tes should be il the picture.
Bryan is good travelling con2a :ion,
HIS mcs motto .abln habit is his uaiVer
So! good humor. He never seems to b.
out of sorts. Som ;tiues he is tired and
looks it, but he is always pleasant. The
Safe and local committees, thinking
only Of their own advantage, work BIN
Increasingly. They stop the train at
places not on tho schedule aud say
Just few words here, Mr.. B B:a',
or Coma out on the platfor here, Mr.
Bcysn;' snd he never refuses
Oae SAY life Oh thz Rambler is mnca
ike aaosher Tae speaking always be
gins ea7;g, generally at I o'clock, and
before that time evary body must be up
Blysa gees to bsd as s,on as possi5 5e
after his evening speeca and never has
70 be called. Hs mas suit cf graz
:u,xed cloth be uses for dag meetings,
aad he jumps into that in az instant
His si.rs are all Of madras cloth. lnost
ofth,n blu, striped ard al with sof:
oosons. He wcsrS turn down CELLARS
and small string ties. Bryan has a
small, wel-shaped foot for SO large p
man. ana has several pairs Of fle calf
shoes Wit aim Shoes seem TO b: his
only extr .vagancc, so far as apparo:
g,:s H.5stateroom lacks Ike the show
siodow OF hsoeriashery store; for be
wears many shirts N cay aud has
them lung around the room on lines
stretched along The walls
Usua!l tho first speech comes before
breakfast. Mr. Bcysn always goes out
20 tho kitchen and drinks cup OF cof
fee Then he steps ont on tae platform
and talk 61e. ten, hfieeu OF tweo'y
minutes as the case may os After that
comes brvskfas:. B.ysn has l. s'at Al
the head Of the table. I$therc are any
guests they sit r=y: to MIN If not the
party consists Of the candidate, Dahl
man and Rose and the correspondents
TIE man at the foot Of the tables serves
Bryan talks with every body about
everything, sometimes a5ou: politics.
Dat generally not.
EATS MUCH DRINKS NONE.