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the legislature. Mr.. Bryan remained a
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 a
broader contest 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 Fl. Leavitt and has
made her father a grandfather. Will
liam junior is eighteen, and Miss Grace
is budding belle Of seventeen years.
Young Mrs. Leavitt 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 a
student In the Nebraska State univer
| sity ut Lincoln. Miss Grace. who In
the event Of her fathers election to
he presidency will become the young
lady of the White House" is at home
| with her est.mable mother on the
Bryan farm near Lincoln. known as
l"Fairview." where the head Of the
family some years ago built hand
| pnle residence. PRO, to that the fam
kllv had occupied 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
lion which nominated Mckinley for
president met in st. Louis. William
Bryan held no Office whatever He
still fad a connection with the Omaha
paper. and he went to S.. Louis as a
press correspondent At the Planters
hotel the clerk looked over the plainly
CARRIED young man who signed Nv. J.
Bryan" on the register and made him
pay In advance. The clerk put Bryan
in room with seven Republicans. Un-
der date Of June 10 correspondent Of
the New York Tribune sent to his pa
per from St. Louis this highly inter-
esting paragraph:
Ex-Congresssnan william ]. Bryan, the
leader of the free silver wing Of the Ne.
braska Democracy. was one Of yester-
lays arrivals. The appearance Of Mr..
bryan IN . notes cOrrl0Of In consultation
with several Republicans from free silver
states Of the far west excited much COM
ment. In response to a question concern
ing his mission Mr.. Bryan remarked, II
have nothing to say now EXCEPT that
,, these gentlemen and I will be found next
November voting the same ticket"
Senator Henry N. Teller Of Colorado
and others were the free silver Re-
publican leaders indicated By the Trib-
une correspondent. It was an accurate
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the party leaders offered him the NOM
nation for the lieutenant governorship
Of Nebraska. He declined the offer,
but made stumping campaign for the
ticket throughout the state.
The next year. 1890, the young De-
mocracy thrust upon the young De-
mosthenes from Illinois the nomination
for congressman from the First dis
trict. J. Sterling Morton. who in his
time was father Of Arbor day aud a
member OF President Cleveland's cab
met, had been defeated in the race for
congress from that district In 1888 by
a Republican majority of more than
1000 votes. Scarcely anybody expect
ed young Bryan to win. He was not
so very sanguine himself, but he made
an oratorical campaign and defeated
Congressman Connell by nearly 1000
votes In Omaha, where Cornell lived.
Eryan was sneered at as that Lincoln
boy" II was the reaction against the
rev Mckinley tariff that elected Bry-
an-that and the silver tongue Of the
Lincolnian lad.
SO at thirty Bryan was chosen to the
national house of representatives. He
delivered his first speech in the house
the 18th of March, 1892. on the subject
Of free WOOL Senator Burrows OF
Michigan, temporary chairman of this
years Republican national convention,
declared that 1t was the best speech on
the tariff he ever had heard. News
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tn that coaventtoa - the vast thron9
which had wa1tod anA sweated and
tretted oil night long just to hear him
q speech which for patAss and power
and thrill No msesrats convention fol-
lower ever heard equaled. The Demo
cratic ticket. Judge Alton B. Parker
Of New York and ex-senator Henry g.
Davis Of West Virginia. was defeated
In November inexpressibly worse than
was Bryan In either Of his campaigns.
The discovery of vast deposits Of
gold In Alaska and elsewhere since the
free silver campaigns has eliminated
the money issue from politics. Mr..
Bryan has 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 past
he has given expression to his views
in the weekly Journal. the Commoner,
which he established at Lincoln. He
has removed to fine farm near Lin
coin, built commodious residence and
become known throughout the world
as the great American commoner,"
titular successor to Henry Clay. He
has Travelled around the world and
written his impressions for syndicate
of American newspapers. He has been
for years the most popular and highest
paid lecturer on the American lyceum
and Chautauqua circuits. 1t is said
that his income from lecturing alone
Is as much as $4,000 year. the presl-
dents salary.
Mr.. Bryan Is q total abstainer from
alcohol and tobacco. He Is q member
Of the Presbyterian church and never
works on Sunday. save to deliver a re-
ligious address now and then. His
ideal Il morality, personal, political
and civic. The Bryan OF 1908 looks
older than the Bryan Of 14e6 but be b
10 len vigorous and virile than he was
when his voice flashed across the con-
tinsnt from tie Chieaso cenvsntieo AaA
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editorship after a fierce legal eight
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 on the silver
coinage issue. With John NJ Thurs
ton, tie leading Republican candidate
for the senate. Bryan engaged in two
Joint debates, having challenged Thurs
ton. The forensic duels took place in
Lincoln and Omaha. The tariff was
the sole topic of discussion. Bryan
defended the Wilson tariff, which as
member of the ways and means COM
mittee he had helped to create. At
Lincoln the enthusiasm was such that
Bryan was carried from the platform
outside and down into the street. where
bowling mobs of Overflow" admirers
awaited him. Thurston was elected by
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BRYAN and the Presidency
FAAJ7k1k1nkhAEk
His Renoanina-
nation In 1890.
The Dominant
Spirit Of the
Democracy For
Twelve Yeses.
Bryan In 1893

long, were delivered by him on several
for him to address twenty crowds at
twenty different towns In twenty
hours. The candidate showed a ply
sique and a voice that stood the ire
| mendous strain with marvellous endur
ance. AS the campaign progressed and
the fame of Bryan spread people got
to sitting up all night and travelling
| many miles just to hear the phenome-
non speak
Bryan's first appearance In the east
was on the 10Th Of August. when he
delivered his speech of acceptance of
the nomination. Madison Square Gar
den was packed with a suffocating
mass Of men and women, though it
was one of the hottest days ever known
in New York and dozen persons had
died from sunstroke during the day.
Bryan read that speech from manu-
script, disappointing thing, for 1t de-
tracted greatly from his eloquence.
But the candidate was well aware that
great issues hinged upon his utterances
on that important occasion. and he did
not care to trust himself to the I'M
curbed enthusiasm of the moment.
With Arthur Sewall Of Maine, the
vice presidential candidate, Bryan went
down to defeat at the November cleo
ton, though he had been nominated
also by the Populist party, with
Thomas f. Watson Of Georgia as the
vice presidential candidate on that
ticket. Mckinley and Hobart went
into Office, and there were those who
predicted that Bryan was forever elm
mated from the Democracy.
Four years later at the Democratic
national convention in Kansas City
Mr.. Bryan was renominated by accla-
nation. There was absolutely no other
candidate suggested for the nomina-
ton. For vice president Adlai E. Ste
venson of Bloomington. ILL.,, who had
been vice president during Cleveland s
second term. was named. The war
with Spain and our consequent acQuisi-
ton Of the Philippine Islands had
brought new issues into politics, but
the silver plank was reinserted into
the Democratic platform. Mr. Bryan
declining to stand for the nomination
without 1t. 1t was expressly declared
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papers Of all political persuasions call.
ed 1t a masterpiece. The chairman of
the ways ard means committee was
William NJ. Springer of Illinois. Spring
er was so delighted with Rryans free
wool talk that he procured the appoint.
ment Of the young Nebraskan on his
committee. Old graybeards have sat In
the house for a generation without
achieving that coveted honor. Here
was youaester member 80 honored IN
his first term. And when Bryan was
returned to congress for a second term
be was Continued on that most impor-
tant committee.
In the interim the Nebraska districts
had been reapportioned SO that Omaha
was eliminated from the First district.
The district In Its new shape was con-
coded to be Republican by about $500.
Judge Allen w. Field Of Lincoln. one
Of the ableet and most popular Repub
leans In the state. was nominated to
run against Bryan. He resigned from
the bench. 80 sanguine Of success was
he, but Bryan beat him by lao votes.
When President Cleveland called an
extra session of congress In the sum
mer Of 1898 to push through the repeal
Of the Sherman silver bullion purchas.
ing act Of 1890, the Democratic presi-
dent of the old school unwittingly gave
to the man of destiny In the new school
OF Democracy an altitudinous stepping
stone toward the presidency. Bryan Of
Nebraska. aged thirty three. delivered
In the house on the 10th Of August
speech against the repeal of the pur-
chasing clause Of the Sherman act,
The whole house and most Of the SEN
ate heard it. When. Bryan ceased
speaking he was picked up by enemies
and friends alike and borne around the
ball on the shoulders Of enthusiasts
who liked ripping fine grafton when
they heard 1t regardless as to whether
1t suited their politics. Nobody dis.
puted that it was the greatest speech
Of the extra session.
Bryan declined a denomination for
congress In 1894 ana became editor OF
the Omaha World Herald. He wanted
to go to the United States senate. The
World Herald business once made q
contract to run daily on the editorial
page two columns of STUFF" paid for
~ Republicans. which was inimical b
Brysn's prospects. Bryan rests1sd he
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t. \ second time Bryan Went Gown
y GefeAt. but gracefully and with
GOD cheer
Tie was Mt his home in Lincoln on
ertim dry. ate AZ early lisner, went
pStai":I at about q O'Clock and slept
Nuna!y until II. when he came dawr
NJ disco err,' t.,at he was badl.
eaten. lie smiled to the assemble,
nir1rterS. rct.rEcd TO his led and slep
un1'v until morning 1t was sai(
:, ta'sse present thu; he evinceh no
ic slightest sign OF appointment.
,tr Bryan did no. seek tile nomina
on IN lH04 lie was quite willing fol
he di.t.ffectrl wing Of the Democracy
. name the ticket just to see II tina,
cement could DO better than the other
lie attended the convention In St
Louis as a delegate. made an amazing
fight for platform upon which he and
his supporters could stand and won the
fight by sheer force Of brain and
Drawn. He arose from his bed on the
early morning Of the last day of the
convention, though threatened with
pneumonia. and just as the dawn was
breaking over the city he delivered
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-07-06
BY ROBERTUs LOVE.

Copyright 1905. by Robertus Lowell
III E has spoken face to face be-
yond all question to more
hearers than has any other
man in the worlds history"
says one who travelled with William
Jennings Bryan during tho presiden-
tial 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 up to
the age OF thirty-six, when he was
nominated by the Democratic party for
the presidency Of the United States. 1t
Is life possible only to American pol!
itics, and, whether or not Mr. BRYAN
shall reach the presidency, it Is an in
teresting chapter in United States po-
litical history.
place Of Bryan. Judge Siins l.. Bryan,
n 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 a farm
near the edge of town. He had nine
children. of whom William Jennings
Is the fourth. The boy grew up out
doors. drinking the daily medicine of
sunshine and the open air. His phys
zeal constitution. a marvel Of robust
ness and energy. came by Inheritance
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WILLIAM l. BRYAN, FROM HIS LATEST pHo1oeRApn.

and was nurtured by wholesome and
healthful environment In boyho0d.
Bryan attended the public schools in
Salem until he was fifteen, when he
entered Whipple academy at Jackson
willie. Ill. Two years later he matricu-
lated In Illinois college. in the same
city, from which institution he was
graduated with honors at the age Of
fwenty-one. During his college course
his oratorical abilities made him prom
anent 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
q student while young Bryan was In
Illinois college. She was from Perry,
I'LL. and was Of excellent family and
m ambitious student. A bright young
man and bright young woman at
tending college III the same town some
times emphasize the aphorism that like
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-
oessional 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 & Bryan. He be-
lieyed there was more opportunity for
. rising young lawyer in a new state
4 belief assuredly well grounded in his
own case.
Bryan plunged into politics IN the
spring of 1888. and that became his life
vocation instead Of the law. He was
elected a delegate to the Democratic
state convention at Omaha, where he
made q speech strongly advocating
free trade: also he made q reputation
~ Z speaker. He wss only twenty.
eight yeafs I'D, yet the very next year
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You shall not press down upon the
brow OF labor this crown of thorns. You
shall not cruelty mankind, upon u cross
IT gold
ard. The mighty chasm widencd at
the convention. Congressman Richard
i. Bland of Missouri. silver Dick"
The cid 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 certainty until thing hap.
pened hitherto unprecedented in Amer
i lean politics.
Bryan Of Nebraska, known as ''the
silver tongued orator. and 1.-The boy
orator Of the Platte" mounted the plat
form and delivered a brief but bold
and masterfui speech. His vibrant
voice rang out over the heads Of the
5000 persons In the vast hall, pene-
trating with clarion information to the
farthest corners. The customary up
roar of q great political convention,
which the strongest of oratorical lungs,
as~A rule. cannot Quell entirely, was
hushed into Undertaking. 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 ad-
dress was IN imprisoned appeal for
bimetallism and an exalted glorifica-
tion 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.
satlonal 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 n few years be.
fore had given him momentary repu
alton. he was practically unknown to
he nation ut large. and particular,
20 TO the great eastern section Of the
olntry. Never before had Il great
arty nominated for president man
wing west Of the Mississippi river
Never before had so young man
''een nominated. Never before had an
orator won the great prize by a single
speech. Democrats. Republicans. Top
ulists. everybody wondered how the
newcomer would conduct himself in
the campaign.
Presently the wonder turned. to
amazement. Young Mr.. Bryan was a
campaigner-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 It whirlwind campaign. and
such 1t was. The whirlwind 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. nirt,Ave addresses. shest ana
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Again the great east dashed ana
mashed the western candidate with
iemoniac denunciation, though that
ime there was very large increase
n personal respect for Mr. Bryan. He
had proved himself to be by no means
he wild visionary, the anarchistic rev.
,lutionist. the dangerous fanatic, which
The opposition in his own party had
pictured him as being in 1895, when
he Democracy split open and the less
er section thereof nominated a gold
Democratic" ticket, with General John
N. Palmer Of Illinois and General ST.
non b. Buckner of Kentucky as the
tandard bearers. thus contributing to
.;ryan's defeat in the first campaign.
the campaign Of 1900 the Demo.
'rati' sereders simply voted the Nc.
Kinley and Roosevelt Republican tick.
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IN the platform. however. that inpselAl-
ism was the paramount issue Of the
campaign. The Democracy Opposed ~
fercible subjugation Of the FHlpdnos
and the, control Of the archipelago In
the colonial style OF the British empire.
Mr.. Bryan made another whklwind
campaign. even breaking his own rec
ord for travelling and spsechmaking.
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Gross of Gold
and Crown Of
Thorns"- How
. Wonderful
Speech Won 4
Presidential
Nomination =.

BY ROBERTUs LOVE.

w IHEN the Democratic national
w convention met at Chicago in
" 1896 one of the delegates
from Nebraska was William
Jennings Bryan, a 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 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
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prediction by Mr.. Bryan that they
would be voting the same ticket with
vim 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
spOndent nor the free silver seceders
nor the Nebraska correspondent and
free silver leader himself could fore
tell that the seceders would vote for
William Jennings Bryan a. the presi-
Dental candidate ON the ticket which
was to y nominated at Chicago . nv
weeks later.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-02-06
For Tax Collector.

To the Voters of Cobb County:-
hereby announce myself candidate
for tax collector of Cobb county, SUBJ
lect to the Democratic primary. If
elected, | promise the same faithful
and dtligent service that it has been
my pleasure to give in the past. / wish
to thank the good people of Cobb coun-
ty for their support in the former elec.
tions, and earnestly solicit your votes
in the next election. II. B. CLAY,
To the Voters of Cobb County: /
hereby announce myself as candidate
for the office of Tax Collector of Cobb
county, subject to the next Democratic
primary, Ii elected, will devote my
undivided attention and energy to the
duties OF this important office. This is
a more lucrative office now than in
former years, when our tax values were
very much smaller than they are at
present, and one which / believe should
not be held by one man for more than
two terms. In fact, believe it is to
the best interest of the people for Of
tice holders generally not to hold Office
more than two terms | put myself
squarely on record nov ON this point.
and promise, If elected I shall not be-
come candidate for third term under
any circumstances.
will deeply appreciate the vote and
support of each and every voter in the
county, Respectfully,
WILL 2. STEPHENS.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-02-06
For the Legislature.

To the Voters of Cobb County:-I
hereby announce myself candidate to
represent the people of Cobb county in
the next General Assembly, subject to
the Democratic primary, and would
thank you for your support.
GEO. u. DANIELL.
TO the Voters of Cobb county:
Through the solicitation of my neigh
bors and friends, | have decided to
make the race for Representative. I
wish to thank my friends for the spIen-
did vote given me in my race two years
ago. l will appreciate your support in
the coming Democratic primary.
T. N. CAMP.
To the Voters Of Cobb County:
hereby announce myself candidate for
one OF the representatives of Cobb
county in the Legislature, subject to
the Democratic primary. shall appre-
ciate sincerely the support of the peo-
pie OF my county, and, if elected, will
strive to serve them promptly and
faithfully. J.J. NoRTHoUrr.
Acworth, Ga, Jan. 9th, 1905.