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III that convention 10 the vast throng
which had waited and swcatcd and
frcttcd all night long Just to hear him
speech which for ralhOH AND power
and thrill no invetcratr convention fol.
lower ever heard cqualcd. The Demo
cratic ticket. Judge Alton b. Parker
OF New York and ex-senator Henry G.
Davis or West Virginia. was defeated
In November inexprcssibly worse than
was Bryan In either OF his campaipns.
The discovery OF vast deposits OF
gold IN Alaska and elsewhere since the
frce silver campaigns has eliminated
the money issue from politics. Mr..
bryan mas accepted this fact and now
stands upon other Democratic issues.
Despite all opposition, he has domi-
mated the national Democracy FOR
twelve years. For several years mast
he has given expression t0 his vir,ve
III in" weekly journal, the C0mmoncr.
winch II" established at Lincoln. lie
h"S removed TO n fine farm near Lin.
com, huilt II commodio,lS residence and
bcco!n" known throughout the world
as the "grcnt American comlnOncr."
titular successor to Henry CLAW. He
has Travelled around the world and
written his Impressions for n syndicate
or American newspapers. lie has been
Tor years the most popular and highest
paid lecturer OIL the American lyccum
and Chautanqua circuits. 1t Is said
that his income from lecturing alone
Is as much ns $4,000 year. tho presi.
dents salary.
Mr. Bryan IS total abstaincr from
alcohol and tobacco. He Is d member
Of the Presbyterian church and never
works on Sunday, save to deliver u re-
iigiou$ address now and then. Ills
idcaI Is morality personal, political
ana civic. The Bryan OF 1908 looks
older than the Bryan OF 1896, but he is
no less vigorous and virilc than ne was
when his voice flashed across the con- J
tinent from the Chicago convention hall.
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editorship after fierce legal fight
against the advertising contract He
was nominated for the senate by the
unanimous vote Of the state conven.
ton. despite the fact that many of
them disagreed with him OH the silver
coinage issue. With John Nj. Thurs.
ton. tho leading RepHblican candidate
for the senate, Bryan engaged in two
joint debates. having challenged Thurs.
ton. The forensic ducls took place In
Lincoln and Omaha. The tariff was
the sole topic Of discussion. Bryan
defended the Wilson tariff. which as O
member OF the ways and means COM
mittec he had helped to create. At
Lincoln the enthusiasm wns such that
Bryan was carried from the platform
outside and down into the street. where
bowling mobs Of 'overfow" admirers
awaited him. Thurston was elected by
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ct n second time Bryan went down
to defeat but gracefully and with
good cheer.
He was Mt his home In Lincoln on
election day, ate an early dinner, went
upstairs ut about o'clock md slept
soundly until II. when he came down
and discovered that he was badly
beaten. lie smiled to the assembled
reporters, returned TO his he'd and slept
Soundly until morning. II was said
by those present thHt he cviuccd not
the slightest sign "t disappointment.
Mr.. Bryan did not seek The numinu.
tinn In Nnl. He was quite willing for
The di%aifrctrd wing OF the Democracy
To name tIr ticket just T." soc If that
clement could dn BETTER than the other
lie attended the conNruii~n i'm St
Louis rs Il delegate, made an amazing
fight for Il PLATFORM upon which he and
his supporters could stand and won the
light hN sheer force OF brain and
Drawn. He arose from his J,ru on the
early morning of The last day Of the
convention, though threatened with
pneumonia. and just as the dawn was
brcalt'nE over the city he delivered
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the legislature. Mr.. Bryan remained
private citizen. He had challenged
William Mckinley also to a joint de-
bate on the tariff, but the Ohio tariff
builder declined. Mr.. Mckinley was
destined to meet the Nebraskan in q
broader contest Il little later.
In the meantime Mr.. Bryan was
happy at home with his little family,
the helpful wife and three children.
The children now are grown up. Ruth
is Mrs. William II. Lcavitt and has
made her father Il grandfather. VIII
liam junior is eighteen. and Miss Grace
is n budding belle of seventeen years.
Young Mrs. Lcavitt herself is some
thing Of politician. She has been
elected a delegate to the Democratic
state convention in Colorado, her home
being IN Denver. Young William is Il
student In the Nebraska State uuivcr-
sity at Lincoln. Miss Grace. who IN
the event Of her fathers election to
the presidency will become 'the young
lady Of the Wbite House," Is at home
with her cStimable mother on the
Bryan farm near Lincoln, known as
"Fairvicw," where the head Of tho
family some years ago built hand
some residence. Prior to that tho fam
lily had occupied a modest cottage in
Lincoln, where Mr.. Bryan returned to
his law practice after his unsuccessful
campaign for the SenatorShip.
When In 1896 the Republican conven-
ton which nominated Mckinley for
president met in st. Louis. William j.
Bryan held no Office whatever. lie
still had connection with the Oma hi,
paper, and he went TO ST. Louis as q
press correspondent at the Planters
hotel the clerk looked over the plainly
CARRIED young man who signed "W. J
| Bryan" on tho register and made him
| ray IN advance. The clerk put Bryan
| in Il room with seven Republicans. Un
| Ger date OF June 16 Il correspondent OF
| the New York Tribune sent to his pa
per from St Louis this highly inter
| csting paragraphs:
Ex- Congressman William j. Bryan. thy
| leader Of the free silver wing of the Ne
| hraska Democracy. was one Of yestcr.
| days arrivals. Tho appearance OF Mr.
| Bryan in n hotel corridor In consultation
| with several Republicans from FREQ silver
| states of tho far west excited much com.
! mcnt. In response to question concern.
| ing his mission Mr.. Bryan remarked az
! have nothing to say now except thai
| these gentlemen and will be found nex
| November voting the samo ticket"
| Senator Henry NJ. Teller cf Colorado
| and others were the free silver Re
publican leaders Indicated by the Trii,
une correspondent 1t was an accurate
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Again the great cast lasned and
smashed the western candidate with
icmoninc denunci0tion, though that
time there was very large Increase
IN personal respect for Mr.. Bryan. ue
had proved himself to be by no means
the wild visionary, the anarchiStic rev.
olutionist, the dangerous fanatic, which
tho opposition In his own party had
pictured him rs being In 1896. when
the Democracy split open and the less.
er section thereof nominated gold
Democratic" ticket, with General John
NJ. Palmer Of Illinois and General ST.
mon B. Buckner Of kentucky ns the
standard bearers. thus contributing to
Bryan's defeat In the first campaign.
In the campaign Of 1900 the Demo-
cratic secedcrs simply voted the Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt Republican tick.
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long, were delivered by him on severa,
days, while it was an ordinary thing
for him to address twenty crowds at
twenty different towns in twenty
hours. The candidate showed n ply
siQue and voice that stood the tre-
mendous strain with marvellous endur
anco AS the campaign progressed aud
the fame Of Bryan spread people got
to sitting up all night and travelling
many miles just to hear the phcnomr-
non speak.
Bryan's first appearance IN the cast
was on the 10Th of August when he
delivered his speech OF acceptance or
the nomination. Madison Square Gar.
den was packed with n $u..ucatiny
mass of men and women. Though 1t
was one Of the hottest days ever known
In New York and Il dozen PERSONS hai
died from sunstrollc during the day.
Bryan read that speech from manu-
script, disappointing thing, for II dc
tractcu greatly from his cloQurncc.
But the candidate wns we'll aware that
great issues hinged upon his utterances
OH that important occasion. and he did
not care to trust himself to the un-
curbed enthusiasm Of tho moment
With Arthur Scwall Of Maine, tho
vice presidential candidate, Bryan went
down to defeat Mt the November cleo
ton, though he had been nominated
also by the Populist party, with
Thomas e. Watson Of Georgia rs the
vice presidential candidate on that
ticket. Mckinley aud Hobart went
into office, and there were those who
predicted that Bryan was forever elm
mated from the Democracy.
Four years later ut the Democratic
national convention in Kansas City
Mr.. Bryan was rcnominatcd by nccla-
nation. There was absolutely no other
candidate suggested for the nominal
ton. For vice president Adlui Il. Ste.
vcnSon of bloomington, Ill.,. who had
been vice president during Clcvcland'S s
second term, was named The war
with Spain and our consequent ucQuiSi-
ton of the Philippine Islands had
brought new issues into politics, but
the silver plank was rcinScrtcd into
the Democratic platform. Mr.. Bryan
declining to stand for the nomination
without II, 1t was expressly declared
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"You shall not press down upon the
brow Of labor this crown Of thorns. You
S2GH q Hol22@ 2Y@f cruelty mankind op0" cross
ard The mighty chasm widcncd ut
the convention. Congressman Richard
=. Bland OF Missouri, "Silvcr 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 4 certainty until n thing hap
pcncd hitherto unprecedented In Amer
lean politics.
Bryan Of Nebraska, known as "thc
silver tongucd orator. and "thc boy
orator OF the rlnttr," mounted the plat
form aud delivered Il brief but bold
and maSterful speech. Ills vibrant
voice rang out over the heads Of the
5000 persons in the vast hall, penc-
trating with clarion intcnHtion to the
farthcst corners. The customary up
roar OF great political convention,
which the strongest of OrntOricnl lungs,
as a rule. cannot qucll entirely, was
husheu into unDinathlng awe. No such
eloquencc ever before had been heard
In 4 national convention. The man
ana the occasion had met, ana the man
had mastered the occasion. The I'D
dress was an impassioned appeal for
bimctallism and on exalted gloriiica-
ton Of the new Democratic financial
doctrine. When the orator closed with
his epoch making metaphor OF "thc
cross OF gold and crown Of thorns'
the enthusiastic approbation OF his
nj i.N\n ante,
was indicated by whirlwind of M.
plausc beyond description.
Ard William Jennings Bryan was
nominated for the presidency Of the
United States.
FLASHED to the rcmotest reaches Of
the nation, the news was the most sch
sntional 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 president. While some of his
speeches In congress Il fcw years be-
fore had given him momcntary rcDu-
tatlOn, lie was practically unknown to
the nation Mt large, and particularly
so 10 the great eastern section Of the
country. Never before had Il great
party nominated for president n man
ilvlllG west OF the MissisSippi river.
Never before had so young n man
been nominated. Never before had an
orator won the great prize by Il single
speech. Democrats, Republicans. Pop-
ullsts. everybody wondered how the
newcomer would, conduct himself I'm
the campaign.
Presently the wonder turned to
amaZement. Young Mr. Bryan was n
campatgner-thcre was no doubt ns to
that ue infected into American poll
tics presidential campaign such as
tho nation never knew before. Men
called 1t a whirlwlnd campaign, and
such 1t was The whirlwind road was
tho railroad, and It carried the candf.
date up and down and across the land
upon IN amazing schedule Of travelling
and talking. Mr.. Bryan Travelled In
that campaign more than $1,000 miles
and delivered considerably more than
1000 speeches. He made forty.nine
speeches in ono day in New York
state Thirty-flve addresses, short and
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prediction by Mr.. Bryan that they
would be voting the same ticket with
him In November. for they walked out
Of the Republican national convention
when the gold standard platform was
adopted and aligned themselves with
the free silver Democracy.
But neither the New York CORE
spondcnt nor the free silver scceders
nor the Nebraska correspondent and
free silver leader himself could fore
tell that the scccders would vote for
William Jennings Bryan as the prcs!-
dental candidate on the ticket which
was to be nominated at Chicago few
weeks later.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-17
by ROBBRTUs LOVE.

lSopyrlBnt. lWS, by Robertus Love.1
has spoken face to face be-
yond oil question to more
Il II hearers than has any other
man In the worlds history"
says one who travelled with William
Jennings Bryan during tho presiden-
ual campaigns Of 1896 and 1900, and
there Is no doubt as to the truth Of the
statement.
The purpose Of this article is briefly
to sketch the life Of Mr.. Bryan I'D to
the age Of thirty-six, when he was
nominated by the Democratic party for
the presidency Of the United States. It
Is life possible only to American pol
tiles, and, whether or not Mr. Bryan
shall reach the presidency, 1t IS an in
teresting chapter In United States 10
lftical history.
The town Of Salem, Ill.,, IS the birth
place Of Bryan. Judge Silas l.. Bryan,
substantial, intellectual settler from
Virginia, was his father Maria Eliza
beth Jennings was his mothers maiden
name. The child was born March 10,
1860. Judge Bryan lived on farm
near the edge Of town. He had nine
children, Of whom William jennings
ts the fourth. The boy grew up out
doors, drinking the daily medicine Of
sunshine and tho open dir. His phys
ical constitution, q marvel Of robust
ness and energy, came by inheritance
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-17
By ROBBRTUs LOVE.
copyright, 1908. by Robertus ove

w IHEN the Democratic national
w convention met at Chicago In
w 1896 one Of the delegates
from Nebraska was William
Jennings Bryan, Il young man Of thir-
ty-six, private citizen Of the city Of
Lincoln. His prior political career
comprised two terms In congress-. He
had been his party nominee for Unit
ed States Senatorship IN Il Republican
Legislature.
The national Democracy had broken
away from Grover Cleveland, whom 1t
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 mt
the ratio Of rs to l. The Cleveland
wing stood for the single gold stand
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and was nurtured by wholesome and
healthful environment IN bOyhood.
Bryan attended the public schools III
Salem until he was fifteen, when he
entered Whipple academy at Jackson
vile. III. Two years later he matricu-
lated In Illinois college, in the same
city, from which institution he was
graduated with honors at tho age Of
twenty-one. During his college course
his oratortcal abilities made him prom
1nent in middle western collegiate life.
He won the honor Of representing his
school in the state contest Of college
orators. He won that contest and rep
resented Illinois In 1881 at the inter
state oratorical contest, held at Gales
burg, ILL.,, where he achieved second
honors. He was class orator at gradu-
alton.
Jacksonville has a female seminary.
In that school Miss Mary e. Baird was
a student while young Bryan was In
Illinois college. She was from Perry,
ILL.,, and was OF excellent family and
an ambitious student. y bright young
tending college In the same town some
IlllcS clnpllaSlZe lno dpllOilSll IuH( ike
attracts like. Perhaps. that explains
why Bryan. after attending the Union
Law college in Chicago and reading
law at the same time In the office Of
Judge Lyman Trumbull. the celebrated
associate Of Abraham Lincoln, re-
turned to Jacksonville to begin the
practice Of his profession. Bryan and
Miss Baird were married shortly after
his return. Mrs. Bryan studied law In
order to assist her husband In his pro-
fessional work. After the Bryans re-
moved to Lincoln, Neb., in 1887 Mrs.
Bryan was admitted to the bar. Mr..
Bryan became Junior partner In the
law firm Of Talbot s. Bryan. He be-
lieved there was more opportunity for
n rising young lawyer In new state
a belief assuredly well grounded in his
own case.
Bryan plunged into politics In the
spring Of 1885, and that became his life
vocation instead Of tho law. He was
elected delegate to the Democratic
state convention Mt Omaha. where he
made a speech strongly advocating
free trade; also he made reputation
as q speaker. Ho was only twenty
eight years old, yet tho very next year
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NEW PICTURE OF MK. AND MRS. BRYAN.

In the platform, however, that imperial
ism Was the paramount issue OF the
campaign. The Democracy opposed the
forcihlc %uhiuration Of the l'iiipinos
ana the control of the archipelago tll
the colonial style OF the British empire.
Mr.. Bryan made another whirlwind
campaign. even breaking his own rec
ord for travelling and spccchmnking
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lie was forty years of age and in the
full flush Of magnificent manhood.
During the four years since 1896 he
had done much political speaking and
writing, he had lccturcd many times
on other topics, he had Travelled abroad
ana EiuNicN other governments and
conditions or people; also he had be-
come Colonel Bryan. having gone to
camp during the Spanish war as colo
mel Of Nebraska regiment,
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
A LITTLE HOTTER,
AND THEN SOME
Weather FOreCdSteT
Temperature Goes Up 10 ga,
and May Get Higher
Before the End.

"a little more OF th> same" the fore
caster of the Weather Bureau answered
blitheIy this morning when asked what
he had for today.
He said also taat here was suffl-
cient supply OF nice, hot weather in his
steam chest 10 last over tomorrow and
maybe the next day He saws the record
has not been broken in spite Of every
body's feelings today. although Il is the
hottest day OF the month. He also says
it's lust a way that May has along
about this time.
Just the same, Old Sol was q busy
party today and climbed with rapidity
and agility that would strike envy TO a
Swiss guide The higher old Sol went
the hotter il got, and at ! O'Clock he
had forced the mercury up 10 81 In the
downtown districts and 10 SO at the
Weather Bureau. When it is So at the
Weather Bureau everybody knows it's
hot and when IL is 81 at AfheCks S, Fiji
teenth and Pennsylvania avenue is no
place for q SNOWFALL
TIE mercury was still climbing as
time went on this afternoon, and It
looks as If the weather man knew what
he was talking about when he said. a
little more of the same
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
Republicans Refuse to Agree
on Removal of Tariff After
Investigation.
SAY PAPER PRICE
DEPENDS ON SUPPLY
Friends of Newspaper Aen Hope
for Success in Their Next
Appeal.

The Republican party, through its
members on the select House commit
tee which Investigated the statement
or ne newspaper publishers that the
tarin on wood pulp and print paper
should be abolished. refused today 10
take action.
The two Democrats on the committee.
Sims OF Tennessee and Ryan Of New
i ORR went on record in a minority re-
port with the recommendation that the
stevens Dill for the removal Of the
duty on paper and pulp be pa ssed by
Congress at once
The Republicans. Mann. Miller. Stat
FORD, and BannOn, after reporting that
II Would De unNise &c take any action
at this time. announced that the com
mlJtee will continue its Investigations
through the summer in this country and
In foreign countries
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
HEARST GAINING
IN BALLOT RECOUNT
LAWYERS Claim ResElts Will Show
10000 Plurality in Editors
Favor.

NFW YORK, May 28,-The recount OF
the ballots east in the last mayoralty
election I'm New York went lazily on in
court today.
The net result, according to the at
torneys was a gain for Hearst in the
nineteenth district OF twenty-thTee
vores although sOUa OF these are open
TO question ard have not been passed
on BY Justice Lambert.
Hearsts attorney declare that all OF
the districts where they have demanded
the boxes TO be opened viii show SINH
lar. .lapses. and they declare the final re-
suit of the trial will be to show Hearst
was elected by exceed ne 1000 plural
inv. This the mayors lawyers dispute
and they insist many of the sO-called
gains viii not be allowed when the
question finally comes Up for dispOsi-
ton.
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
WEATHER REPORT.

Temperature is 10 degrees to Is de-
rrre=S above the seasonal average from
The upper Ohio valley and the eastern
Lake region over the middle Atlantic
states From the Western plains TO the
Pac!hC temperature Is below normal
blowers and thunderstornls have con
fgpued IN the States of the middle and
saver Missouri and upper ohio valleys,
oud have extended over the western
Lake region Local rains have also Oc-
rl5rrer along the New England coast.
r'arlr erature will continue high to-
night IN the Eastern States. and ths
warm spell viii probably be broken in
the Middle Atlantic States by Friday
riqbt During tonight the rain and
cooler area VIII extend over the Ohio
y-aIIav and the lower Lake region
Steamers departing today for Euro
mean norts viii have fresh winds mostly
westerly and showers 10 the Grand
Banks.
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
I'M O'LEARY WINS
18-DAY RAIN BET
Handbook Man Awakes With 10y
as Drops Patter and Tell
of Victory.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-"Jinz" O'Leary,
handbook maker and gambling king.
turned on his downy ped ar dawn today,
then sat bolt upright, and listened with
his hand cupped 10 his ear. 4 vague
nnurnur from outside stole in TO his
hearing.
"Can il be? Is il? Rain? he eiac-
ulated.
Yes. it could be, and it was rain. Rich
er by $1,000 he lay back on his pillow
with a little beatific smile. returned to
sleep and dreamed rosy dreams
Those patteTing TalndrOps of the early
morning had won O'Leary $4,000 He
eighteen rainy days in the month OF
May Today was the eighteenth dav
on which il had rained.
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
SI,25O,OOO PAID
FOR OIL LEASES

PTTTSBURG, May 8.-One million
and a quarter dollars for oil leases Ina
Illinois has Just been paid by the As
s0CIated Producers Company. "a deal
mat is one Of the largest of the pres
eur 7ay. .A All of the Treat and Crawford
CH producing properties in Clarke
C-sWford and Lawrence counties are
Included In the deal These have been
Uartlv developed and nave an aggTe-
Eafe production of 45oo barrels a day.
T,he transfers have been made and the
new owners have taken over the prop
erty.
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
COLONEL RUSSELL
VICTIM OF THIEF

Having recovered a solid silver bread
tray valued at $50. and a silver coffee
pot. worth SO. stolen yesterday after
noon from the residence of Col Ben
7amin r. Russell, T., $, A. 1915 Eight
Cenrh street northwest. Central Office
detectives today are looking for a white
man who formerly worked for the army
officer and who is accused Of ghe theft
The silEeTWare was recovered in a
secondhand shop, where IL had been
dizpOsed OF for a small sum,
The Washington times., 1908-05-28
New Want Ad. Branch.

Residents of the northwest section of
the city will be interested to know that
The Times has established a new Want
Ad Branch in r y. HOward's Pharm-
acv at 14th and " SITS All ads under
Wanted Help. Wanted Situations. Want
ed Rooms or Board. Boarding. For Rent
Rooms, Rooms and Board viii be ac-
cepted at l cent a Word.-Adv.