The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-14
INTERESTING VIEW OF BRYAN.
An Honest. conscientious Man. but
No; the Man for President


William Allen White has an inter-
cSting article on Bryan in Mcclure :
Magazine. from which few extracts
art. taken:
Bryan j. deadly serious. From The
caverns OF his ineXperience comes no
cackle of mirth at his own presump-
| ton. such a. invariably comes to Il
man with ripe philosophy. Bryan
| sees in his creed the truth, the whole
truth. and nothing but the truth.
With him an expeditions compromise
w0uld be a dlshonOrable surrender
His career makes il proper that he
should teach that the state by proc
lamatioR and enactment, can coax the
cog millennium ont of the roseate
dawn dnd put salt on her tail. For
him to hold another view wuIld argue
in him ii vanity that is foreign to
him
Bryan il not ii demagogGe. He is
absolutely honest. which Il drmagogue
Is not, He l. absolutely brave, which
d,.magogue is not He is passion
ately sincere, which Il demagogue i,
not
Bryan shows his greatest personal
,.rcn.ih in the fac. that he = to-day,
lLd has ever been. utterly without a
political machine Bryan = machine
tess. not because he abhOrs the
machine. but because he ignores it.
He would not know what 20 do with
captains and lieutenaEts. If his party
should turn from him Bryan cou!G
not call. What, no, warder, let the
portcuilis fall. III Il score OF states ana
check the stampede. If oratory would
40; stop the panic the mul'itude would
Afts.t- which he would 20 on lecturlng
till that gave ont. and running for the
senate TIL that gave out. and for con-
n - til! that gave out. when ft. would
return to his law office anu continue
rs he was in the beginning, an honest
hardworking, ordinary country law
Yer. with an extraordinary voice. and
ii forceful. direct. plausible way OF
putting short Anglo-SaXOn words that
often moves juries. but l. not 50
thl ii.ln@ in briefs. Butif. on the other
hand. Bryan's presidential ambition
should be gratiiied. the country would
have startling spectacle. 1t would
DC ike that of Il southern gentleman
IN swallow tails and choker. uut one
generation removed from his periwig
suddenly stumbled half Il century
ahead ana damned into the oak bot
tome cnair of Il railroad president.
The gentleman of the old school
would try honestly to do his duty.
But ne would have such difficult things
to learn. and such an incapaclty for
learning them, that he would cut mar
IA fantastic capcr and iG the end ,,,,.
al mess Oh IL DIS Ddu dS L nr,.,,,,l
going rascal would Mr.. xr,,, .,,.
ing to run the presid ,n,,., ,,r.a =
Jackson ran it, N .cbt make MANY
important and expensive personal
discoveries. &c might discover that
the world mas laoved since Jackson's
day; that The present phrase Of in
dustrial evolution is not a conspiracy
against God and man, and that an
intelligent conscience is a surer guide
than an ear trained to catch the voice
of the people
There Is wide spread belief that
repairs are needed, and because
Bryan gets ont with his oratorical
hammer and knocks upon the indus
trial system and the existing order,
unthinking people have hailed him
as the master mechanic. But Bryan
Is not a builder. Oratory is rarely
constructive. 1t is AN illusion. a
iegerdemain, and the world is learn
ing to dlsassOciate oratory from
craftsmanship.