Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-09-02
A Fine Eulogy Of Mr.. Bryan.


to form aud express opinions on great
men and big events. When asked the
other day, what interested him most
in his extended opportunity for obser-
walton, he said without hesitation and
in his impressive way:
] Bryan, at half past four o'clock, in
the morning. when he arose to second
I the nomination Of Senator Cockeril in
the presence Of ten thousand people.
/ The great reporters Of the convention
have not exaggerated the impressiveness
OF the scene, or the Superlative talk OF
the defeated leader. In that assembly
at least be was a Mirabeau. In that
crowd he was mighty man. lie out
Classed all others. He was in class bv
himself and | would not like to saw that
I he has his equal as a convention orator
IN the United States. | am certainly far
! from Bryan man, but would not have
missed his sunrise speech for several
nights sleep.
When YOU recall the circumstances,
the hour, the exhaustion OF the audience
the long fight the orator had passed
through, the success of his speech was
an event in the history of platform
trlumphs. Everything was against him
and over everything he triumphed. Not
murmur OF dissent throughout his
pendulum-like utterances for forty-five
minutes. To me that was the marvel Of
the incident. 1t proves better than a
column of commentator the power of
the orator. The reception he received
every time he appeared also proves that
he IS still the greatest single factor in
the Democratic party. He shines as
the underdog.'
There, that will do for Mr.. Rae.
While all know that he has the ability
to judge ably and we'll, it will hardly
be claimed that he possesses any in
clination to praise q partisan Of
another belief unless his acts or utter
ances have been based upon grounds
which command respect. And Mr..
Rae is not alone in this acknowledge
ment Of the wonderful power that Mr..
Bryan sways over all with whom he
comes in contact. Blaine was said to
have possessed it in a wonderful de-
gree. but his power vas in the magni.
tism of touch, and the command oil
the senses held by his finely modulat-
ed and expressive voice, wherever and
whenever he appeared among his fell
low men, but the witchery which
holds large assemblies, the silent ges.
ture which has been made more im.
pressively eloquent than words, and
that was always effective in stilling
the gales and tempests like those in
the st. Louis Convention, seems to
be q gilt held by no other man than
Bryan-surely none in that large as.
semblage of representative men-sev-
eral of whom tried in vain to "still
the troubled waters" by look or ges'
ture.
Mr.. Rea will receive the thanks oil
the admirers of Mr.. Bryan for his
candid and evidently heartfelt tribute
to the genius OF man who to day con.
trolls nine-teuths the opponents of the
dominant party. The act is the more
priced from the fact that it is So un.
usual for either party to accord credit
where due outside OF their own party
champions.
No REsPECTER OF PERsoNs.-Justicc
Hurley, of Chicago, declares that he
will haul Postmaster General Payne
into court like common mailbag, il
he disobeys the courts order to appear
in case against Chauncey NJ. Depew
1t seems that when the officer To-
Gated the Postmaster General at the
Chicago Club and served q subpoeni
on him, Mr.. Payne told him that he
ignored the authority OF the court, ant
when witness fee was rendered hin
he threw the money in the officer
face. When this is shown in court
the Judge says, a bench warrant viii
be issued for contempt and Mr.. Payne
treated precisely like the common
people. All hail, Judge Hurley!
A CHICAGO dispatch OF the 29th ult
states that the striking butchers wer'
for time that day on the verge Of ,
, stampede to the non.union ranks from
depletion of supplies in the commits
sary stores, willie hungry men wer
} vainly scrambling for food. The,
we're asked to wait for submission of
plan it is claimed that cannot be re
fused by the packers, while the employ
! ers are demanding unconditional sur
. render.
I Buys Divorce. Lawrence c
Phipps, q multi-millionaire, of Penn
sylvania, has agreed to pay his wifi
100000 and allow her custody o
the children six months each year, il
consideration that she shall not figh
his suit for divorce. 1t seems tina
such q proceeding is almost on Q pa
:. with compromising felony, but thel
a gilt.plating will probably cover it
, hideous deformity.
: WHEN A. E. Mead was a member {
|. the State Legislature in 1898 he made n
effort to play to the galleries.-RereiHe.
D Probably not. 1t requires the be,
of talent. as we'll as decided tact, I
make q deliberate attempt to pleas
. the gallery gods. Had he made tn
e effort, be would probably have bee
e suppressed with cat.calls and the thur
. der of derisive applause.
r FLOYD L. Daggett has been az
pointed Vice. Chairman Of the Demo
= cratic State Committee, to conduC
f. the campaign in the eastern part {