Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-05
TIE EESONAL FACTS.
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BRYAN AND STEVENSON.

BRYAN AND STEVENSON.
William j. Bryan is a native of
illinois,; Adlai 4. Stevenson is a res
ident of that State. Bryan was born
at Salem; Stevenson resides at Bloom-
ington.
Both are lawyers. Stevenson is in
active practice.
Bryan was forty years of age on the
10th of March last; Stevenson will be
sc on the 23rd of October.
Both have been candidates before
for the offices to which they were
nominated by the Kansas City Con-
yention.
The Illinois county of which Bryan
is a native gave him 400 majority in
1896. Christian county, Kentucky,
of which Stevenson is a native, is one
of the strong Republican counties of
that State. 1t has large colored
population. Goebel lost it at the last
election by GOO majority. Steven
son lost it when candidate for Vice
President in 1892. Bloomington, in
which Stevenson resides, gave 2,225
Republican, 2,100 Democratic votes in
1892, with Stevenson on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Both Bryan and Stevenson have
been members of Congress, each for
two terms. Bryan was first elected
in 1890; Stevenson sixteen years
earlier.
Stevenson was the tail of the sue
cessful Democratic ticket in 1890;
Bryan was the head of the unsuccess-
full Democratic ticket in 1896.
Nebraska, from which Bryan halls,
has s electoral votes; Illinois, from
which Stevenson comes, has "a.
Bryan was nominated for the pres
idency in Chicago in 1896 on the
fifth ballot, one of his opponents be-
ing Stevenson. Stevenson was nom-
mated in the same city for Vice
President four years earlier, on the
first ballot, as he was in Kansas
City. His opponents were Isaac P.
Gray, of Indiana; Judge Morse (who
has become Republican,, of Michi-
gan: Henry Watterson and John l..
Mitchell, of Wisconsin.
Nebraska has never furnished the
country with President, or Illinois
with a Vice-President, except Steven
son. The only Republican candi-
date for Vice President nominated
from Illinois was defeated In 1884.
Bryan and Stevenson were both in
the Fifty-third Congress, Mr.. Steven
son presiding over the Senate and Mr..
Bryan being a member of the Ways
and Means Committee in the House.
Both Bryan and Stevenson are
civilians-Stevenson distinctly so.
He was, however, member of the
Board of Visitors to the West Point
Military Academy in 1877.
Bryan is tireless and effective po-
litica) campaigner. Mr.. Stevenson
dated his letter of acceptance of the
vice-presidential nomination in 1892
from Charleston, w. Va, and in it
he wrote: "The greatest power con-
ferred upon human government is
that Of taxation" A rabbits foot
was presented to him in that canvass.
Neither Bryan nor Stevenson hold
any public Office at present.
II.
William Mckinley is 81 years of
age; Theodore Roosevelt is AZ.
President Mckinley was born in
Ohio; Roosevelt was born in New
York city.
Mckinley is of Scotch-Irith ances-
try; Roosevelt of Holland-Dutch de-
scent. The name Roosevelt means
"feld of roses"
Mckinley was educated in Ohio,
studied law in Albany, N. Y. He
was admitted to the bar in 1867.
Roosevelt was educated at Harvard
College, and at the Columbia Law
School in this city.
Both Mckinley and Roosevelt are
trained in the affairs Of lifa laoiola