Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-07-11
THURSDAY, JULY IL, 1907.
Mr.. BRYAN'S GENIUS.

One thing which has made Mr.. Will
liam J. Bryan so popular as a public
speaker IS his aptness of expression and
Illustration. In the recent speech at
Fort Worth, Texas, he described Pres
ldent Roosevelt as an incubator that has
Matched policies laid by the Democratic
party from time to time. The Nebras-
kan illustrated this simile with a story
OF debate on the question, (Which is
Mother of the Chicken-the Hen That
Lays the Egg or the Hen That Matched
It?"
while in Chicago recently" said
Mr.. Bryan, Il was told story and saw
its political application at once. A ne
gro debating society was wrangling on
the question, Which Is Mother of the
Chicken the Hen That Lays the Egg
or the One That Matches it?' The chair
man was holding that the hatcher of
the egg is the maternal parent, when
an old brother on the rear seat arose
and said: Suppose it's a duck egg
VINO Is the mother of the duck, the hen
that Matched it?' This argument SEEM
ed unanswerable, but the chairman
scratched his head and finally said:
Ducks am not befo' de house. Chick
ems am de question
Il at once saw the political applica-
ton OF this anecdote. If the Demo
cratic party lays policy and Repub-
hcan President matches it out, who is
the mother of the chicken? | am crate
full to the old brother on the rear seat
who put the query about the duck, for
II it's a duck egg, by considering the
nature of the policy, we can readily dis
cover who is the mother-the Demo-
cratic hen that laid it or the Republican
hen that Matched it
1t is doubtful if any living American
could have turned this trick so ingenious
ly. 1t was brilliant Richmond Times
Dispatch.
What wonderful genius Mr.. Bryan
must be. He has at last, by the use of
time-worm anecdote as an illustration.
solved the problem of what constitutes
the Democratic party; and thereby an
swered successfully the vexed question.
What is a Democrat?"
Our Richmond contemporary evident
ly is getting under the spell of Mr..
Bryan's magic and genius. Recently
the Times-Dispatch heralded him as
The Champion Hypnotist," now it
proclainns him Genius. 1t appears to
be awe-struck by his aptness of express
sion and illustration, as shown by that
speech at Houston, Tex, and declares:
at was brilliant
Not great while ago our Richmond
contemporary, when in an angry mood
over speech made by Mr.. Bryan to the
Virginia Legislature, said that the Dem
ocratic party was a disorganized mass
OF humanity, representing all known
political isms. This was a very clever
analysis of the makeup of the modern
Democracy. More recently our esteem
ed Norfolk contemporary, the Virgin
ian-Pilot, repeatedly called the Demo-
cratic party braying, kicking donkey.
This was a very kicking, but we
Will not say appropriate, name, lest
some of our Democratic friends should
be offended by our repeating what they
say about themselves. But it has been
reserved for Mr.. Bryan to evolve from
his brilliant mind more apt illustration
of or name for his party than has either
of our contemporaries. He calls it:
''The Hen That Lays the Egg"
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan's illustration is
more apt than brilliant. Just think of
the Democratic party as a cackling
old hen. She lays an egg and cackles so
long and loud over the performance that
she attracts the attention of all the
feathered tribe in the political barnyard.
Then she gives all her energy to scratch.
ing upon the political dunghill, hunting I
for a new idea or issue to inclose within {
the next egg she is preparing to lay. 1t
does not appear to enter the old hens l
mind that she has other very important I
duties to perform besides laying eggs. I
and scratching. She leaves s
.hese important duties for another hen. a
me with more intelligence and motherlv t
instinct, to perform. In a case like this