Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

heather lands. Among these are many
samples of the hats worn by various
people, and in these the Nebraskan
takes peculiar delight. He dons one
after another, even to the weird head
gear of the Parsee widow, and each
time he smiles a funny smile as if seek
ing some sort of expression to fit the
top piece.
Some OF the millions who have been
misled into believing Bryan man bar
rem of a sense of humor should see
this little performance. Nor is 1t the
only indication of the mistake, which
SENS to he somewhat general
II suppose l tell more stories in my
speeches than nealy any other public
speaker" he said, when l mentioned the
popular theory regarding his great seri-
BUSINESS, but as a rule 1 try to tell
stories that will illustrate a serious
point, and people forget the funny part
in remembering the point"
, And to further prove my assertion
that Bryan really has a good sized sense
of humor l quote from the last politi-
cal speech he made-one he delivered
+, to his friends and neighbors in Lincoln
at the close of the recent campaign.
1t was speech on "dreamers," which
is of itself n rather humorous title for
such a deliVerenCe. He said:
Senator Beveridge, in his speech in
this city, paid the compliment of call
ing me a dreamer. 1t did not impress
me at first although | appreciated the
kindly tone in which this distinguished
representative of the Republican party
had spoken of me. A few days after
ward Governor Cummins of Iowa called
me dreamer. Then 1 sat up end took
notice. Not long after that Speaker
! Cannon called me a dreamer. This
| hp AnI
! Governor Haney of Indiana followed
| and brought the same accusation
against me. With these four witnesses
testifying against me l might find it
| difficult to escape conviction, and have
decided to plead guilty and justify.
Finding that l could not escape the
| charge I began to look up the subject
of dreams and to inquire of the dream
ers position in history. Philosophers
reality of tomorrow, and a poet has
gone even further and declared:
The dreamer lives forever and
| The toiler dies in Il day
On Dreamers
But it is not safe to build an argu-
ment upon a poem, for poets sometimes
take license with truth as with lam
guage have greater faith in the Bible
than l have in poem, and therefore
went to the Bible. as l am wont to
do. If l quote Democratic authority,
the Republicans attack my authority
and sometimes they keep me busy de-
Tending the Democrats quoted; but
when i quote the Bible l leave them tC
fight it out with my authority.
THE Bible tells us of dreamers, the
most prominent among them being
Joseph. His brothers were angered by
his dreams, and when his father sent
him out into the plains of Dothan his
brothers plotted to kill him. They did
sell him to some merchants, who carried
him into Egypt, and they reported tc
his father that he had been killed by q
Wild beast. Yes, Joseph, the dreamer
was put out of the way, as many
dreamers have been since, but after
a while his brothers were glad TO &c
down into Egypt and get corn of him.
"The Democratic party is something
like Joseph in this respect. 1t has hac
it's dreams it's enemies have plottec
against it, and now 1t is prepared tC
furnish the corn to those who hays
fought 1t and tried to put 1t out OF
the way.
"The Democratic party has con
tanned many dreamers during the las
hundred years. In fact, 1t was founded
by dreamer, Jefferson, ana deIendee
by Jackson, who was something OF
dreamer. Jefferson's mind was fillee
with a vision of self-governing peo'
pie, and his whole life was devoted tC
an attempt to make the dream re-
ality. His dream was reduced to writ
ing in the Declaration of Independence
and 1t breathes through all of his let
ters and public documents.
HE saw in the future government
resting upon the consent of the gov
erned, strong because 1t was loved anc
loved because 1t was good. Thai
dream is being realized in this country
for the tendency Is TO make our gov
ernment more Jeffersonian by bringinl
1t more and more completely under the
control Of the voters, The effort to Sc
cure the election Of United States SEN
ators by the people is an effort toward
the realization of Jefrerson's dream
The effort to substitute the party pri-