The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-27
A NEW BRYAN
CAMPAIGN MANAGiRs SURPRISED AT COMPLETE CHANGE IN MAN.
OrEAnisstions His one Aim--wsltee We'll
 | mn Telis of Calm Candldste Who | Has Learned in Ills Two Defeats.
By waiter weIImaA ln Chicago Record
 Herald

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 By Walter weiiman in Chicago Record
 Herald.
 He Is the new Bryan. indeed. He has learned the game in the bitterly good school of of experiences. and Is playing 1t to Such is the Judgment of the Democratic campaign managers who for two days were in consultation with their candidate in this city. He has both delighted and amazsd them. Those of them who were associated with him in his former battles for the presidency are utterly surprised at the change that has come over the man. They had heard that he was a new Bryan" Now they know 1t. And they like the meta morphosis.
 The Bryan of years ago was all aggressive ness, always cumulative, always argument ative. always deeiamatory. always eager to dtscuss every question under the sun, off hand. at the drop of . hat. Organization he cared little about. Ideas were the things, and man was given speech 10 make his ideas known. There was something magnificent about the Bryan of those earlier days--his beautiful self-confidence. his calm assurt anee that he could go forth in the land with that agile brain. that nimbie tongue. that splendid voice of his. and capture the people. charm away their prejudices and their fears. rally them in sheer fascination 10 ms ei0es anu COu9ufT tDG etfth- 4t Wee maEnificent--the dream of youth, of the idealist. of the preacher. of the proseiyter. and of the man of brains and eioquence and the fine self-assurance of a glorious strength who no more doubts that all the world should agree with him than that he can compel 1t to do 90. It was magnificent. but 1t was not war It won no victories.
 The new Bryan Is making war. He has learned his lAssan. No longer is he the armed and piHfnsd knight, riding full fiit with q sersps smile upon his face, against the pre3udices Of the multitude NO l.,. ,onset Is he trying to carry the eeuntry by assault. No longer is his motto. "rn make them believe as do ana vote for me" Nov he Is trying to find the way they are inclin- cd to go on their own account. and thither he Is graciously and gracefully wliiins to lead them. He has taken leaf out or the book of the most successful ststesman-poii- tieian of our day and generation. Mir. Rocse- welt. with whom Is has ever been fsyer- ite maxim that if you see a crowd running or just getting ready to run put yourself at their head and beehon them on.
 The old Bryan was always taking about .prlnciplss'' and "righss'' and other big sounding things The, pew Bryan sits for six hours in a conference with his ieuten- ants going painstakingiy over all the de- tails of orRanixatfon--how to raise the money, how to spend 1t. how to set results. "Aboye all, organization. right down to the precincts" Mir. Bryan believes he was beat not properly organized: and now that he has put his mind to this sort of thing. he as- toniahes his aids with his skill and sug- sestivsness and understanding and resource fulness.
 Our knight errant of the earlier cam paisns. eager to break a lance with all com ers in pelenic Jeust, has become caution itseIf--a prosperous, sedate, sharp-wttted man with a fine smile and keen eye to the main chance. Nov. instead of ratdins the people, storming them. overwhclmins them with his valoE and his voice. he is eager not to offend thern not to rasD upon their prejudiess not to rouse thsir latent fears. Instead of the mad charge we now find him tiptoeing his way carefully upon the field of discussion. All his important speeches he writes beforehand. He even reads them, with speetacies across ms nose What a sad fall Is here, my countrymsni The greater orator than Demosthenes or Cicero" as Governor Glenn said of him in the attitudes of Denver, the very flower of the chiyairy of eloQuence, the man Who won a party and once upon time set out to win a kingdom with the magic of his tongue, now reading his speeches from . printed page. with spectacle on his nose. just like Roosevelt or TaftI
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 When Bryan comes down from the heights whenl stood the cross of gold and grew the crown of thorns We may as we'll conclu6s. once for all, that these be pro- safe. matter-of-faet. commonplace. bread butter days we have fallen upon.
 If further proof Is wanted we find it in the determination of the once militant Bry- an to be as mild and inoffensive as now cheese. in his general policy of caution and organization and avoidance of stepping on an ta alraady wall known because oft-used formula for warding off the awkward inquiries of men who want to know how he stands on thls or that-"It ss not in the DenvFe platform and cannot discuss it."
 Yes, the chiefs at Democratic headquar- ters have a right to feel amazed as well as pleased He is the new Bryan. for sure, The silver -armored knight of the glorious days of 'sS. riding with leveled lanes af every man that crossed his path. is now studying how not to step upon any exposed toes, how to extend the glad hand to every man with a vote. And when the missiles of pertinent Of impertinent questions are seen flying in the air he rstirsH to the lit- tie cyclone cellar which he ever carries with him. bearing this sign on its cutter wall. ''You can't touch me; it Is not in the Denver platform"
 We can well unedsrstand why the chiefs at Democratic headquarters are happy over this new Bryan. He is steadisr. stronger candidate than he was in 'ss or 1900. He is more helpful to them, He is more ef- fective general. He has learned his lesson He has discovered that whilst hundreds or thousands of people will jostle one another h their eaxerness to see and hear real crusader, not many of them will vote Tor him. He has tempered his method till 1t is less romantic and more timely. ana 'n .r,,. svmnathy with the spirit of our peo- nle He rouses less curiosity. but wins more confidence He is less the cavalier. but more the hard headed thinker. capable or maNIhs an impression upon the minds or the nusi' mesa neopIe with plain talks on such ousi- nsss auestious as tariff. trusts. bank depos- its. ,t,. tn..
 And what the Democratic ehiefs hke pess
 .au .hout their oid-new candidate is that in their eyes he looks and acts like Win nsr and has inspired them all with his own confidence of success
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