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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31
Bryan and the Presidency
NORTHUMBERLAND
Gross Of Gold
and Crown Of
Thorns"- How
I Wonderful
Speech Won a
Presidential
Nomination =.

Nomination =.

BY ROBERTUS LOVE.
copyright, 1908, by Robertus Love.1
" YHEN the Democratic national
nv convention met at Chicago in
w 1896 one of the delegates
from Nebraska was William
Jennings Bryan, young man of thir-
ty-six, a private citizen of the city of
Lincoln. His prior politica: career
comprised two terms in congress. He
had been his party nominee for Unit
ed States senatorship in a Republican
legislature. ..:.
The national Democracy had broken
away from Grover Cleveland, whom It
had elected president twice and who
was then In Office. The split was on
the money question. Cleveland had
called special session Of congress to
repeal the silver bullion purchasing
act. The mass Of the party stood for
the free coinage of silver. chiefly at
the ratio Of 16 to l. The Cleveland
wing stood for the single gold stand
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31


Again the great east shed ~ ~
mashed the western candidate with,
lemoniac denunciation, though that
lime there was a very large Increase
n personal respect for Mr.. Bryan. He
had proved himself to be by no means
The wild visionary, the anarchistic rev.
,lutionist, the dangerous fanatic, which
the opposition in his own party had
pictured him as being in 1896, when
the Democracy split open and the less
sr section thereof nominated a gold
Democratic" ticket, with General John
N. Palmer Of Illinois and General ST.
non B. Buckner of Kentucky as the
standard bearers, thus contributing to
Bryan's defeat in the first campaign.
In the campaign of 1900 the Demo
cratic seceders simply voted the Nc
k1nley and Roosevelt Republican tick
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31
Observation-Disclosures
His Renomina-
nation In 1900.
The Dominant
Spirit Of the
Democracy For
Twelve Years.
Bryan In 1908

iOnS, We're Geiiver1u ~ cit, sta severol
lays, while it was an ordinary thing
for him to address twenty crowds at
twenty different towns in twenty
Aours. The candidate showed a ply
siQue and voice that stood the ire
nendous strain with marvellous endur
lnce. AS the campaign progressed and
he fame Of Bryan spread people got
o sitting up all night and travelling
many miles just to hear the phenome-
non speak.
Bryan's first appearance in the east
vas on the 18th of August, when he
delivered his speech Of acceptance of
he nomination. Madison Square Gar
len was packed with suffocating
mass of men and women, though it
was one of the hottest days ever known
IN New York and dozen persons had
lied from sunstroke during the day.
}ryan read that speech from manu-
:cript, disappointing thing, for it de-
racted greatly from his eloquence.
ut the candidate was we'll aware that
'reat issues hinged upon his utterances
i that important occasion, and he did
lot care to trust himself to the un-
:arbed enthusiasm of the moment
With Arthur Sewall of Maine, the
ice presidential candidate, Bryan went
own to defeat at the November cleo
son. though he had been nominated
;!>o by the Populist party, with
Ehomas e. Watson of Georgia as the
ice presidential. candidate on that
ichet Mckinley and Hobart went
no Office. and there We're those who
.:.n,!icted that Bryan was forever elm
.a'e,l from the Democracy.
f7u':r years later at the Democratic
n, i~nai convention in Kansas City
,,.r Bryan was renominated by accla-
..i:lt ion There was absolutely no other
ar.iidate suggested for the nomina-
N For Vice president .Adlai E. Ste
;4!.SOn Of Bloomington. ILL.,, who had
'ee. vice president during Clevelands
.5.:''ld term was named. The war
With Spain and our consequent acquiSi-
;>>n Of the Philippine Islands bad
.,.unght new issues into politics, but
, Re silver plank was reinserted into
; ile Democratic platform. Mr.. Bryan
,>a-linine to stand for the nomination
without it. 1t was expressly declared
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31
Democratic County Convention

A Democratic delegate convention for
the County Of Morrison. state of Mime.
sofa, will be held on Friday. August 4;
1905 at / o'clock in the afternoon OF said
delegates to the nemecratic State Con
ventiol, to he held in the City of Mime.
apolis, on Wednesday. August l9, 1873, tor
the DI1rpose of nominating candidates for
Goyernor. Lieutenant Governor, Secre.
tary of State. State Treasurer. Attorney
General ana two Railroad and Warehouse
next GENERAL election, and for the trans
action of such other business as may
The basis of representation to the coun.
each Is votes cast for Governor John A:
Johnson at the last general election and
also one delegate at large from each pre-
cinct.
In accordance with the above apportion-
ment the several precincts will be entitled
to the following number of delegates:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31


you shall not press down upon the
brow of labor this crown of thorns You
shall not cruelty mankind upon cross
of gold
ard. The mighty chasm widened at
the convention Congressman Richard
P. Bland of Missouri, 'Siver Dick"
the old war horse of the free silver
coinage movement, was the logical and
apparently the inevitable candidate for
the presidency. His nomination SEEM
ed to be a certainty until thing hap
pened hitherto unprecedented in Amer
lean politics.
Bryan of Nebraska, known as ''the
silver tongued orator. and ''the boy
orator Of the Platte" mounted the plat
form and delivered brief but bold
and masterful speech. His vibrant
voice rang out over the heads Of the
$1,000 persons in the vast hall, pene-
trating with clarion information to the
farthest corners. The customary up
roar of great political convention,
which the strongest Of oratorical lungs,
as rule, cannot quell entirely, was
hushed into unbreathing awe. No such
eloquence ever before had been heard
in a national convention. The man
and the occasion had met, and the man
had mastered the occasion. The adj
dress was an impassioned appeal for
bimetallism and an exalted glori6ca-
ton of the new Democratic financial
doctrine. When the orator closed with
his epoch making metaphor Of 1.-The
cross Of gold and crown Of thorns''
the enthusiastic appreciation Of his
sentiments and of the man himself
was indicated by a whirlwind Of ap-
plause beyond description.
And William Jennings Bryan was
nominated for the presidency Of the
United States.
Flashed to the remotest reaches Of
the nation, the news was the most SEN
sational political titbit that ever took
the wires. Bryan was but one year
, above the minimum age required by
the constitution of the United States
for a president While some Of his
speeches in congress few years be-
fore had given him momentary repu-
tation, he was practically unknown to
the nation at large, and particularly
so to the great eastern section Of the
! country. Never before had a great
party nominated for president q man
, living west of the Mississippi river.
Never before had so young a man
been nominated. Never before had an
orator won the great prize by a single
speech. Democrats, Republicans. Pop
ulists, everybody wondered how the
newcomer would conduct himself in
the campaign.
Presently the wonder turned to
amazement. Young Mr.. Bryan was a
eampaigner-there was no doubt as to
that He injected into American poll
tics a presidential campaign such as
the nation never knew before. Men
called 1t a whirlwind campaign, and
such It was. The whirlwfnd road was
the railroad, and it carried the candi-
date up and down and across the land
upon an amazing schedule of travelling
and talking Mr.. Bryan travelled in
| that campaign more than $4,000 miles
and delivered considerably more than
1000 speeches, He made forty-nine
speeches in one day In New York
state. Thirty-five addresses, short and
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

when yew were Young did yew play
Skinny? Say?
awl Of us Fellers we did Yesterday!
stubbie and ME- we chose up with
Stick.
1 won thee Choice and Bill White wuz
stubhie took Fat and chose Buck Nc
Tommy o'Dowd wus thee Next fer Stubs
side.
we kept choosing eech Kid by hi.
/ It'll awl thee Fellers wuz picked fer thee
We scratched thee Lines and stuck sticks
very deep
making thee Goals that eech side wuz
2 Keep.
next we paced off fer thee Skinny 2 lay
then Everybody got redy Play!
Stubbie and ME we lined up face face
dashing away at Teribul pace.
stubbie wuz first but he slipped very
struck the shiny smash with m,
then awl thee Fellers they set up howl
hollering how it wuz only a fowl!
but we Lined Up fer try it once mOar
this time we met at the line with
crash
hitting our FIeds Terrific old Smash!
both Of us Kids we went down in Mess
sealing Moar Stars than thee Hevens,
guess!
next thing thee World wuz awl Flaming
and RED!
when cume 2 wuz lying in bed.
father wuz sitting quite close on Chare,
Mother wuz Crying and smoothing mi
Hare.
Old Doctor Brown he wuz fussing about
mixing sum stuff that Smelled Strong
and Wuz STOUT!
there at thee Foot OF thee Bed in frite
Fatty and Billy wuz standing, quite
white
up on thee back Of Mi He'd was place
where cum down at the Crash in thee
it wuz as BIG AS A DRUM and as
HOT!!!
also it paned me a Ter1bul lot
Fat sed that Stubbie was doing quite
we'll
only his Ankle wuz Broke when he Fell
2 OF his ribs was Jared loose when he
lit,
otherwise stubbie wuz feeling quite Fit.
two Of mi Teeth wuz knocked out in thee
this and thee BUMP and one Cut-that
wuz Awl
this is ,knot much when we think of thee
Way
us Fellers met on thee Ice Yesterday
next time we play shiny down by thee
Mill,
Stubbie and ME will play Fatty and
Bill.
'yew are too evenly BALANCED" ma
sed.
maybe we are,' sed /, feeling mi He'd.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31
Our 20 percent discount
Sale closes Saturday Aug. LIST
Do your buying before that
date or you'll wish you had
Victor Clothing Co.

''What did you think Of last nights
opera?''
I'm not quite clear about It," an.
swered Mr.. Cumrox. II can't exactly
make up my mind whether I couldn't
appreciate because I had a headache
or whether l got a headache trying to
appreciate t."-Washington Star.
Disappointed Friendship.
In the matter of friendship l have
observed that disappointment arises
chiefly not from liking our friends too
well or thinking of them too highly,
but rather from an overestimate of
their liking for and opinion Of us, and
that If we guard ourselves with sufti-
cient scrupulousness Of care from er-
ror In that direction and can be con-
tent and even happy to give more at
lection than we receive we may man
age to go through lite with consistency
and constancy. unimbittered by that
misanthropy which springs from revul-
sions Of feeling.-Charlotte Bronte.
A Spanish Marriage Custom.
In some parts Of Spain the marriage
ceremony has one feature peculiar to
1tself-that Of the velacione. During
the mass said after the marriage cere-
mony the couple, with their godfather
and godmother, kneel at the foot of the
altar. A silken cord is thrown around
the neck of the bride, and the bride
groom holds the ends of it. Then a
long strip Of silk cloth is thrown over
the heads Of the newly married pair,
and four lighted wax candles are hand
ed, one to the bride, one to the groom,
one to the godfather and one to the
godmother, who stand to the couple
in much the same relation that best
man and maid of honor do with us un.
der the same circumstances. Then the
priest sprinkles all four with holy wa
ter, blesses them, and the ceremony is
over. A Spanish woman does not con
slider herself thoroughly married with
out velacione.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Criticism ..of courts as a charge
against Bryan falls exceedingly fiat
when it is seen that the republican
president has denounced the opinion
of judges in far stronger terms than
Bryan ever did. Roosevelt used very
strong language in discussing Judge
Humphreys decision in the employers
liability case, and in criticising the
decision favorable to the Standard Oil
concern he assails the Judges in still
stronger terms.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Albert Lea Standard Two years
ago while jacobson was touring the
state believing on the stump against
the railroads. he was riding on rail
road passes and the actual number OF
each pass is known and IS of record.
What sort Of reformer Of railroad
abuses would such man be as
governor of the state?
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Springfield Republican: The Bryan
plan of insuring bank depositors is
likely to prove more popular IN
Pittsburg than IN some other places.
Something like $40, 900, 600 has been
lost by the banks there within year
or two by the speculations Of officers
and employees, and popular confidence
in the banks has been so impaired
that bankers themselves are consider
ing the advisabllity Of having an
insurance scheme adopted.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31
MakinQ Good.

Last week Bings went up into South
Dakota to address a convention OF
editors. Just before leaving the house
his wife remarked:
"Oh, forgot to put a clothes-brush
in your grip. Here, take my whisk.
broom. It will do very nicely and
there isn't time to go upstairs after
your brush-but don't you lose that,
for it's my best one!"
lose nothing!" responded Bings,
looking admiringly at the silver.
handled affair and struggling to get
into his overcoat.
When Bings arrived in WATERFOWL
he unpacked his grip-and the broom
was gone!
"Confound that thief Of q porter"
he soliloquized. Then he looked
through his baggage again, peered
into the pockets of his full-dress vest
and gave it up.
Its too bad she gave me that"
mused Bings. "Now she'll laugh at
me and tell me I always lose every
thing. The best I can do is to buy
another fully as good"
Next morning he left the hotel and
after visiting several stores found a
neat little broom that looked fully as
attractive as the one he had lost.
Then he bought his wife 4 souvenir
spoon and felt better.
When he reached home week
later, he said:
you know that broom you let me
take, dear?"
Eyes," beginning to laugh.
well, the porter lifted it on me be.
fore got to my destination"
More laughter.
"Oh, you awful fellow, to lay that
onto the poor colored man. Here is
my broom. You busted your hat with
It just before leaving and laid it on
: the hall tree, going away without it,
"Never mind" responded Bings
sheepishly but joining in the laugh
''You have two good ones now, and
anyhow, the porter may take one Of
them on my next trip"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Governor Campbell OF Texas has
been renominated in the state primary
by 100, 900 majority. The big rail
roads did their level best to beat him.
Texas, the empire state Of the South,
was not miSled as was Georgia.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

The Minnesota democrats who
endorsed Hearst in 1904 did SO because
they thought him nearer to democratic
ideals than Parker. They are almost
to a man for Bryan and while they
still recognize the good that Hearst
has done, they refuse to follow him
along unwise and impracticable lines.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

in the platform, however, that imperial
ism was the paramount issue of the
"aclpaign. The Democracy opposed the
sor"ible subjugation Of the Filipinos
and the control Of the archipelago in
che colonial style Of the British empire.
Mr. Bryan made another whirlwind
campaign, even breaking his own rer-
ord for travelling and speechmaklng.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Mr.. Taft takes fourteen columns Of
newspaper space to apologize for the
omissions in the republican platform
and to say that he will put the Roose-
welt policies on better basis. The
document is as refreshing as sawdust,
and if there is striking phrase or
vital sentence in it, we have failed to
find it, and we read the whole thing
through. How many republican
editors can say the same?
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Georgia defeated Hoke Smith, and
now the Georgia railroads are going to
raise their freight rates. The lesson
won't be pleasant but it may be
salutary.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

The deficit in the y. S. treasury for
July Will be about $50, 600, 900. Sure,
lets have the biggest navy on earth
and great standing army. Who
cares for expenses
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

He was forty years of age and in the
tul flush of magnificent manhood.
During the four years since 1896 he
had done much political speaking and
writing, he had lectured many times
on other topics, he had travelled abroad
and studied other governments and
conditions of people; also he had be-
:'ome Colonel Bryan. having gone to
ramp during the Spanish war as colo
ne! of Nebraska regiment.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Over one hundred republican papers
in this state have bolted Judge Mills
nomination, and plenty others wish
they dared to follow
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Taft says the list OF campaign con-
tributions will be published AFTER
election. The people.-want to know
BEFORE election.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Taft apologies for the omissions in
the republican platform, but the
platform is the authoritative an
ncnncement of party doctrine.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

The primaries for the election of dele
gates to the county convention will be
held in the usual voting places in the
several precincts on Wednesday, August
" 1908 from to o'clock, .. M.
CHAS. E. VASALY,
Charm an
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-07-31

Some men who haven't been to
church in 30 years, do lot of kick.
ing about the big hats of women shut,
ding of all view of the pulpit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
BANQUET FOR BOYD.
Assistant To President of Gould Rail.
 way System Entertained.

Chicago, January S0.--E. B. Boyd, as sistant to the president of the Gould rail- way system, was the guest of honor at a banquet given last night by the Chicago Board of Trade, of which he was formerly traffic manager.
 ". C. Brown. vice president of the New York Central lines, one of the principal speakers, deplored the quietness of com merce throughout the United States, and expressed a hope that conditions soon would improve He said in part:
 "I want to say to you now, gentlemen, that there are now in the United States more than $1OOOooo worth of cars that lno one wants. They are idle from lack of business activity in all parts of the country"
 B. L. Winchell, president of the Rock Island, said:
 '.The shortage in cars last year can be attributed to the fact that more than i50, GOO cars were used in transporting ma terial to build more cars with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
], !, PRICK BADLY
 HURT BY WINDLASS
Face and Head Badly Crushed
 By Handle
PUT IN NEW SWITCHES
Street Railway Company Begins Work In EnsIey Which Will Require About Two Weeks For
 Completion.

Ensley, January So-( (Special)-J. D.. Prick, a white man employed at the open hearth department of the steel mill met with a terrible accident early this morn ing which, it is feared, will terminate fatally. Prick was employed as helper on the open hearth furnaces and was engaged in raising a portable platform in front of one of the furnaces by means of a windless. The platform was quite weighty and by some means the crank Prick was turning slipped from his hands, the weight of the platform causing it to fly around with lightning like rapidity, striking him a terrific blow across the face, severing his nose and upper lip, crushing the temporal bone and knocking out his teeth. The unfortunate man was conveyed as quickly as possible to the Cunningham hospital, where his frightfui injuries were attended to. He was fren- zied from pain and it was all four men could do to hold him on the operating table. The doctors succeeded in dressing his wounds and relieving him from some of his suffering, and at a late hour he was resting as well as could be expected un- der the circumstances.
 Prick has only been in Ensley about four weeks, coming here from Gadsden. He is married and has a wife and two young children. He Is the son-in-law of F. L. Ellis of Pratt City, with whom he resided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
NEW COUNTY FEVER
 IS 1T ITS HEIGHT
Big Meeting To Be Held In
 Bessemer Tonight
ADDITION MADE ID HOTEL
j. s. Bass Has Leg So Badly Crushed In Making Coupling That Amputa- ton Is Necessary-Per-
 sonal and General.

Bessemer, January 30.-(Special) )-The new county fever is nearly at it's height in this city due to the fact that there is a probability of the constitutional amend ments being placed on the tickets in the primaries.
 There is a meeting to be held at the Rebie hall tomorrow evening at 7:3O o'clock, at which time Chairman Mallory s call to the executive committee will be discussed, and the chances are that a good many of the prominent men in the and it is hoped that there will be large of the people If the amendments go on the tickets 1t means that the new county advocates have a limited time in which to wage the campaign for the ratification Of the new county amendment. under which it is hoped that Bessemer county will be created
 The matter has at last reached the point where the advocates of the proposed new county cannot afford to take any chances, and iti hoped that there will be large crowd on hand when the meeting is called to order. The meeting will no doubt be one of the most important that has yet been held, and there can be no doubt that interest in the movement is growing each day
 It was hoped and thought that Dr. M. c. Ragsdale, the president of the New Coun- ties club, would be able to be on hand for the meeting, but as he has not been So well for the past few days, it is not thought that he will be able to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
NINE KILLED IN
 MINE EXPLOSION
ONE UNIDENTIFIED BODY BLOWN OUT OF SHAFT HIGH INTO TREE OTHER BADLY MUTlLATED.

Charleston, w. Va, January 30.-Nine miners met sudden death in the New River colliery known to miners as the Lower Boone mine, 45 miles from here, near Hawks Nest, at 2:S5 this afternoon in an explosion that partly wrecked the mine. It is stated that 25 men were m the mine at the time of the explosion, and that eight of the nine dead were in- stantly killed The others escaped with only slight injuries.
 At nightfall the dead had been identi- fled: They are John Bowles, single; Henry Holiday, mine boss, married; Wilbur Wilson, single; A. J. Wagles, single; Charles Casse, married; John Clark, mar ried; Richard Meyers, single; Travis Tight, single; Peter Burlow, single.
 One of the bodies was thrown out of the mine and high into a tree several yards distant. This is one of the bodies that has not been identified. The other is badly mutilated
 John Bowles, who was blown down the incline, was the only man not instantly killed His arms and legs had been blown off and he had other serious injuries. Three physicians worked with him an hour in the hope of saving him before he died The Lower Boone mine is the property of the Boone Coal and Coke company, and is small one. Twenty five is the largest number of men that ever worked in the shaft.