The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-04
THE BRYAN OF TO-DAY
Remarkable Growth and Develop
ment Of Americas Great
Commoner.

In reply to n request of the New
York World, Chairman Norman f..
Mack Of the National Democratic
Committee, has prepared an appre-
ciutivc article contrasting the VIII
liam J Bryan Of lSlG with the Bryan
Of the present time. Ii is herewith
given:
"No other man in public life has
grown as William J. Bryan has
grown during the past twelve years.
And say this without disparaging
the high qualities of the man as
they were revealed To his intimate
friends during his first campaign for
the presidency. Mr. Bryan was
conscientious then AS now; then, rs
now, he was eloquent in public
speech, resourcefut in debate and
faithful In the championship of
measures, which, In his view, were
for the general welfare. But since
then Mr. Bryan has grown in such
a way as to make the Bryan Of 1896
appear as a STRIPPING when compared
to the Bryan Of 1905.
This growth is particularly
noticeable among men who, through
intimate political association with
the man, have had every opportunity
for close observation, and this
growth is the natural order Of
career fraught, as Mr.. Bryran's has
been, with the elements that makes
for the development and the
maturity Of high class citizen.
"Mr. Bryan revealed to Nebraska
Democrats his fine characteristics
when he won his spurs in battle
for tariff reform; and then during
his first term as member Of Con-
gress he captivated his associates in
the House and won the respectful at
tcntion .Of his cOuntrymen generally
through one Of the greatest tariff
reform speeches ever delivered in
the American Congress. Then he
revealed himself to the members of
the Democratic convention Of 1896,
while In the ensuing campaign n
number Of the Ameri-
can people came TO know him well
duringa contest which, for sublime
courage on the part Of young man
against the greatest possible
odds, is without parallel in the
history Of popular government.
bat those who thought they
knew him AS Congressman from
and those who thought
they knew him during the presiden-
tial campaign Of 1896 learned more
of him in the single glance they
obtained when on the day following
the 1896 election he stood erect
among his countrymcn and showed
by the manner in which he met
defeat that he had in him the stuff
out Of which heroes are made.
at goes without saying that n
man having passed through Mr..
Bryan's experience in 1896 and hav-
ing four years later been again
nominated by his party only to meet
defeat must have had within him
the elements for substantial pro-
gress. When we add to all this the
experiences through which Mr..
Bryan has gone during the past
eight years, then We need not find
IL difficult to believe that there has
been going on in this country IA pro-
cess OF character development in
order that at II critical period in the
history of free government great
occasion may be provided with a
man.
Republicans who have carefully
studied the danger signals just now
visible in this republic of ours feel
ms Democrats do, that the occasion
lS III Ilulu' anu lllDSt "Hb IuNt the
privilege of present-day acquain-
lance with Mr.. Bryan feel also that
in him the American people have
the man. They feel that Mr.. Bryan
OF 1908 is well-seasoned patriot,
admirably fitted by experience as by
conservatism as well
as by couragc-for the head OF n
national administration during which
peace and prosperity will be re
stored to the business and indus
trial world"
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
says that the reason why Speaker
Cannon and his Committee on Rules
held up the important measure of
saving the forest region was 1.-THE
influence of the Lumber Trust and
its no less rapacious congener, the
Paper Trust, were mt the bottom of
it, Go to the bottom of all matters
arising before Congress and the