The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-17
IS UNMOVED
BY 1UMULT
Mr.. BRYAN TAKES A LITTLE
REST AND SLEEP ON HIS
LAWN.


Today was a quiet one al Fairview
and the candidates had his first siesta
i in weeks.
The day was hot. A sultry South
ern breeze swept over the rolling
prairie gathering oppressive qualities
as it travelled and depOsiting them in
the neighborhood of the Bryan home.
Mr.. Bryan and his Secretary, Robert
F. Rose, presently found reasons for
leaving the telegraph operator alone
and adjourned to the shaded portion
of the lawn near the kennel back of
the house.
Before the peace and quiet of the
hour were broken by visitors, the tel
egrapher, L. NJ. Semper, read the prl-
vate messages through an open win
dow, and Mr.. Bryan without, lying on
the grass, dictated the answers.
His Sang Froid.
Mr.. Bryan did not sleep, but he
talked but little to his companions.
If the greatness of the impending mo-
ment when delegates in convention
assembled shall name leader af-
fected him he did not show it. Such
moments, however, are not unfamiliar
to Mr.. Bryan. His nerves are steady.
1t is related of him that after the
adverse returns were in in 1896, and
weeping and unstrung friends, racked
with disappointment surrounded him,
the defeated candidate alone was
calm, and when McKinley's election |
at about 10 o'clock in the evening
was absolutely confirmed. he retired |
and slept the sleep of child the night
through. 1t was long after that his
friends who had hoped with him and
Dattled with him had Gained down
sufficiently even to think of sleep.
1t was the afternoon adjournment
If the convention till o'clock in the
evening which gave Mr.. Bryan todays
opportunity for repose. When mat
ers pertaining to contrasting delega-
ions, rules, organization and plat
orm were being considered at Den
er, Mr.. Bryan was kept close to his
wire and has been work
ng twenty hours day. but today,
With a satisfactory platform about to
e adopted and nothing but his own
omination in prospect, the RESPONSE
ilities of his position dropped from
i'm and he lay with partly closed
yes, gazing steadfastly at the green
Italia fields and the red and white
lrm houses in the distance.
Colleagues With Farmers.
1t was a half dozen farmers from
her sections who, in passing through,
alled to pay their respects and dis
Irbed his reverie. But they did not
re him from his couch on the grassy
ID. All sat down in a row, and Mr..
ryan, leaning on his elbow, talked
it'll them on many things beside pol
cs.
It's the first rest have had in
ng time" he said, as he regretfully
ose and entered the house.
After dinner and before the tele-
aph had again taken up the burden
the convention report, the candi-
tie walked about his farm with Mrs.
yam, their daughter Grace, and Mr..
se. He noted that a portion of his
y crop had been safely slowed
ay; that the summers brood of
1mouth Rocks were approaching
bile proportions; that the two calves
re doing well, and that few years
re would bring his apple trees to
turity He picked few cherries
l ate them, and to all appearances
got that there was such a thing as
or White House. OF
7 of those who visited Fairview he
S the least concerned.
fr. Bryan, in the midst of his fam
and one or two close friends, to-
hit listened by telephone to the
d demonstration which interrupted
speech Of /. ]. Dunn, nominating
as the Democratic candidate for
sident. He heard the voice of Ser
Martin, the music of
DIS and voices raised a song. BY
magic of electricity and refined
oustics he was a part of the Con -
ton. TIT