The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13

that the demand for his paper would
not abate in years to such an extent
as to compel it's abandonment He ar
gued that there are enough Democrats
interes ed in what he considers the vi
tai principles of Democracy to preserve
to him substantial subscription list
for years.
His business farsightedness was de-
monStrated again in the scheme that
he at once put into operation as soon
as success was assured. AS editor of
the paper he draws a salary Of S5, 900
year. The remainder of the profits
of the enterprise are invested largely
in government securities, in what he
calls a trust fund for his subscribers.
The purpose of this is to provide the
paper with an income permanent in
its character, so as to insure it's life
for an indefinite number of years. In
other words, he has provided for the
eternal publication of the CommOner
without any drain upon his resources,
even if the subscription list dwindles
to nothing.
Thirty-five or forty persons are en-
ployed upon the paper, principally in
it's mailing room. He has no printing
plant. His type is set at another office
and the paper printed at still another.
The Commoner office occupies the
entire lower floor of a big business
block on one of the side streets. The
business office occupies part of the
floor space, and three-fourths of it is
used for mailing purposes, several
dozen pretty girls personally seeing
to it that the entire issue of the Com
moner is distributed properly.
While the demand for his services as
a lecturer had dwindled since his first
entrance into that field, he still has al
most as many engagements as he can
meet. His income from this source is
estimated to be $4,000 year, and it
enables him to carry on his projects
without impairment of the Commoner
income.
At Fairview his home is conducted
on the broad lines of a man of wealth
Three maids are employed to keep the
big house in order and provide the
family meals. A coachman and a
farmer attend to their special tasks,
and private tutor comes daily to iu-
struct the two junior members of the
family.
The latchstring at Fairview is al
ways out, and visitors are many. The
house itself is furnished on a costly
scale. The guest chamber contains a
bedroom suite of solid mahogany that
set the Colonel back some $1,000 Each
of the mantels' in the house is made of
materials brought to Lincoln and es-
2ecia1lys selected.
Great mirrors and fine furniture are
in the parlors, and in the library is a
splendid collection of volumes. Mr.
Bryan has fitted up a stretch of wood
land nearby as a public park, and it
was this that he dedicated last Fourth
of July with the aid of Mayor Tom
Johnson.
Mr.. Bryan took his work as editor
much more seriously at first than he
does now. He is rarely at home for
longer periods than few weeks. When
he is here he reduces his editorial la
bors to a minimum.
In his earlier days of speech-making
writing was irksome to him; and as he
has never cared to master the intrca-
cies of the typewriter, most of his work
is done by dictation. He has one eX-
perienced newspaper writer constantly
employed. This man does the para
graphs and the summarizing of events.
If Mr.. Bryan is unable while away to
send in his ordinary stint. the work is
done by r. l.. Metcalfe, editor of the
Omaha World-Herald, under whom Mr..
Bryan took his first lessons as a news
paper man.
Mr.. Bryan is able to extract consid-
cradle enjoyment out of life. He has
an assured fortune that is being rap