Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-12

elected president want him TO send
this suave and stately little gentle
man to the Court of St James.
was glad To see Gov Tyler there.
because i'm his beaming countonance
was written the passport OF an old
guard who had stood sentinel when
the enemy encompassed tie camp:
and / knew that this hour of tri-
umph for the Chieftain was the hour
of rejoicing for him. In all that
shouting host there was not one
who has greater love and admiration
for the Nebraskan than Gov. Tyler
He is not one of those who In the
quiet days after the election OF 1900
broke line To wander in search of "a
more successful leader, but he is one
OF those who early recognized Bryan $
colossal stature and had faith I'm his
ultimate vindication. Now that Bry-
an is coming into hissown the de-
serters who went astray I'm search OF
victory and the pie counter. are fast
falling into line again, some of them
are too brazen to look sheepish. Big
fellows and small, state leaders who
have ice to cut and popgun villagers
who are beginning to dream of the
federal spoils house where post
Offices are TO let-all these are
ilocking back like buzZards TO their
prey. know men who are now
shouting Bryan's name with the
hoarse basso of the wild ass who
from the time of his second defeat
until after the campaign OF 1904,
openly sneered when his name was
mentioned with approval, 1t is in
teresting to watch some OF these MIN
BILE little ducks I'm their present ca
pers. In 1900 they buried Bryan.
desecrated his grave with flippant
toes upturned TO the daisies;" and
now they will look you square in
the eye and tell you they were al
ways for him and always knew he
NOhlh tOllits iiH 10 AIt uunBIN anu
hopeful gang that went down with
Judge Parker ("the eminent states
man" ! heard so much about at st
Louis) in that icy submersion OF
conservatism prepared for them by
the devil and Joseph Pulitzer. don't
think they will try that souse again.
| have said that Senator'S Daniel
and Martin occupied seats of honor in
Madison Square garden. II will be
remembered that both of these gen
tlemen repudiated Bryan when his
political sun seemed 10 have gone
down, but they are able, and doubt
less sincere. men, and 1t is hoped
that they have come back this time
with the moral courage to fight with
their old leader to the finish. It was
Senator Daniel who denied Bryan IS
right to appear before the resolu-
tons committee at the last national
convention. His manner and Ian
guage In addressing Bryan on that
occasion were so insulting that the
chairman called him out OF order
and asked him TO desist. And then
something happened that must have
touched the heart of the Lame
Lion" to the core: Mr. Bryan calmly
interposed In his behalf saying Let
the gentleman talk on" Such a re
buke only a great and perfectly
poised man could administer. While
at Blueheld during the Parker
Roosevelt campaign. Senator Daniel
In conversation with an acquaintance
said that Bryan's fight in that com
mittee room was a running fire OF
the most invincible argument he ever
heard
II was conceded by the entire press
that the ovation accorded Bryan In
New Yorw was the most enthusiastic
and in point Of size the greatest ever
rendered an unofficial American citl-
zen, but ] observed In the papers a
disposition 10 understate it's magni-
tude. ] do not mean the dispatches
Of the Associated Press but the pa
pers OF New York Where Bryan Is
concerned. the hirelings OF the New
York papers. The World. In partic-
ular. are as shameless p set OF liars
as ever dabbled in ink 7 remember
reading closely the letters Of one
Samuel G.. Blythe. who represented
Pulitzer at the ST. Louis convention.
and whose communications were
published simultaneously I'm the New
York World and St Louis Chronicle.
those pet hyenas Of the most con-
temptible man I'm American journal
ism-a man who Processes loudly
that he Is a democrat and then helps
to elect republicans. Even II he were
to declare himself in his true colors
tho plutocratic garb Of Republican
ism Joseph Pulitzer could not now
remove the stigma that attaches to
his name. But to return to his
henchman, Mr.. Blythe. Ills letters
In their references to the part Bryan
In.