The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-10-07

election hIter ne had been nominated
because his chances for an election
were not considered good
He devoted good deal VI his polit.
lcal argument for Mr. Bcrge, candidate
for governor, comparing him to JOS
Folk of Missouri, and promised that
II elected MIR. Berge would not be
swerved from the path of duty. He
ridiculed Mr. Mickey's letter on the
pass question, and alleged II dissatis.
faction among the republicans,
Mr. Bryan added his testimony to
the undesirable qualities OF the new
revenue law and urged that the rail.
roads and corporations were not asked
to pay their fair share of the taxa.
tion, pointing his argument with the
personal experience with the assessor,
who came and measured the house
and barn. and chicken coop and pig
pen, counted the horses and cattle and
pigs and chickens and at the home of
a neighbor found n setting hen and
promised to call later when the chick.
ems were hatched. He said that the
farmer not only had to pay taxes on
his land but upon the hay that was
taken from the land. He asked for the
success of the congressional, state and
Legislative ticket and plead with his
hearers not to forget their local trou.
bles because great national cam.
paign was on and they were being
asked to vote for Roosevelt. He ad-
mitted that the state would vote for
Roosevelt, and indicated that he didn't
much care because Parker Is too
much like Roosevelt to suit us on Il
number of questions"
Leaving the political field Mr. Bry.
an devoted an hour of his time To the
discussion of "The Value of an Ideal"
and during that hour he inspired his
hearers with higher conception of
their duties in a political way, and his
argument for better government was
strong, clear, and prettily presented
He did not appeal to party. He ac-
knowledged that in all parties there
was good and bad and he placed i'm.
plcit confidence in the American peo-
pie whether republicans or democrats
to keep the nation ideal and an ex-
ample to the other nations Of the
earth. To bring this about two parties
are necessary. the one to watch the
other. He considered as evidence of
this ideal in the national life the fact
that a party had been permitted to
dominate the country for forty and ff-
ty years at time, which would not
be possible had 1t not approached the
ideal of the American people. He de.
plored the fact that so many people
look for chance to sell their votes
and found that some had sold 20 both
parties. During this portion of his ad-
dress the audience was held spell
bound by his pleasing oratory and flu
ent delivery, and lofty thoughts.
He spoiled some of the impression
he had made on his audience in his
closing remarks when he again be-
came a partisan and endeavored to
prove to the people that they were
threatened by Imperialism and mill
under the charge that the republicans
were leading them to such a condi-
tion.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for almost two
hours and there were frequent though
not enthusiastic bursts of applause.
Mr.. Bryan Walked to Town.
With an unscheduled automobile ac-
An unscheduled automobile ac-
with a tramp of three miles into town,
was one of the unique features of yes
terday with Mr.. Bryan. Early in the
morning he, in company with Mr.. Nc
Killip and others, had left Harrington
in an automobile. Three miles out of
Randolph, for which place they were
bound, the machine broke down and
precipitated the party to the road bed.
The next hour and half was spent
in hitting the highway, with no pave
ment on the highway at that.
His New Granddaughter.
Mr. Bryan's new granddaughter,
born September 27 to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Homer Leavitt at Newport,
is getting on, from what Mr. Bryan
has heard, in good style. The name
of the new daughter will probably be
taken from that of her mother-Ruth
Bryan Leavitt. This has not definitely
been determined, but that will prob
ably be the case, said Mr.. Bryan to
The News.
There was something of a coinci-
dent in the arrival of that daughter"
said Mr. Bryan. Not of political sig
nificance, but merely little incident
The birth of the daughter came very
nearly celebrating the wedding ami
versary of Mr.. and Mrs. Leavitt, as
they were married on October 3, 1908.
And Ruth, herself, was born just a
year and a day after Mrs. Bryan and
myself were married"
Lungs Sound as Silver Dollar.
Mr.. Bryan never looked more robust
and never felt better, he says, in his
life He has just returned from trip
to the mountains and the rest did him
great deal of good. Asked in re-