Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-21
ALLEGED DBMI@t Or BRYAN,

But Bryan Is dead one. II doesn't
matter what he does" This quotation
from casual remarks at the National
Democratic Convention epitomizes n
general impression that prevails
among many people who either disap.
prove of Bryan on account of the prin.
ciples he espouses or have been edu.
Gated by colored reports of certain sec.
tions OF the press to believe that he is
forever placed upon the political shelf.
There are few things more interest.
ing in American public life than TO
watch the alleged demise of public
men. 1t would be difficult to detail
the number Of times Hill has been kill.
ed of. Cleveland was buried beneath
the revilings of his own party men
who now cheer him. Eek Governor
Black Of New York, who nominated
Roosevelt, was put in the same class
not many years ago. Senator Plat.
once a drug clerk, was sent home to
oblivion and, as he put II, Immediately
began making pills for his enemies.
And so goes the list that might be ex.
tended to innumerable instances prov
! ing that public men Of persistence. ca
pacity and, in the majority Of cases,
honesty have as many lives as the
proverbial cat.
But what of this man Bryan who, II
is claimed, is at the end of his career?
Here is what the correspondent Of the
San Francisco Chronicle at the con.
vention says of the statement that Bry.
an Is dead one:
This argument holds good so far as
control of the Democratic party is con
cerned. Bryan In this respect is dead
entombed and epitaphed, but he is to
be reckoned with as talker among
the common people. II was shown to
every man who attended the conven
ton that Bryan is a veritable wizard
with audiences of a certain class. Nc
man in the country can cope with him
He can wheedle applause from scot
fers, rouse II into frantic demonstra
tions of approval and leave the stage
the idol OF men who went TO boot him
This sounds like exaggeration, bu,
Il is exactly what Bryan did repeated
ly during the past week. II the con
vention had been made up of delegates
left entirely to the within of the hour,
Bryan would now be the unanimously
nominated candidate of the Democrat
ic party. No safe and sane leader
like John Sharp Williams would have
dared to cry halt. So Bryan Is decid'
eddy a man to be reckoned with. The
Democrats, who by superior organlza
tipn numiliated him last night. are to-
day igLring upon ways and means TO
keep. Bryan In the fold. They know
thoroughly his dangerous influence. II
there is any way of placating him they
will seize upon It,"
Bryan at this hour OF his alleged de
feat Is cordially feared by the so.callet
conservative elements OF his party.
This cannot be entirely the result Of
his oratorical trickery, though he b,
ever so well supplied with this asset
Bryan is a great orator. He has now
been before the people as n central fig
ure for over twelve years. His hold
on the Common people" must repre-
sent something more than the hypno
tlsm of oratory. The common PEG
pie" of the United States are not fools
though common people" who have be
come conservative" through lucky
accumulation of this worlds goods are
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