Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-22
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presidency, John W. Kearn will
come in for, a lot of good .natured
"joshing" by the paragraphers dur
ing the campaign. His facial adorn-
ment will revive the old gag about
pop whiskers." He is the picture
of what the funny papers" offer as
the typical granger. But the fellow
who tries to snare John w. Kearn is
going to suffer a sad experience.
OF course you read in the dis
patches about the Taft banner that
was hung across Lincoln's main
thoroughfare last week, and which
is said to have been cut down by a
too enthusiastic Bryan supporter.
Well, don't be too quick to accept
the reports sent out by the Associa.:-
ed Press. 1t is not 30 certain that
it was cut down, nor is it certain
that if it was cut down that the act
was performed by "Bryanite. !"
Enough level headed and courteous
republicans can be found who de-
nounce the discourteous hanging of
the Taft banner just at that time to
give rise to the suspicion that it
might have been a republican hand
that cut the rope-if it was cut.
Nobody denies the right of the re-
publican state committee to hang a
Taft banner across the street, but
all save a few extreme partisans de-
nounce it was most discourteous
thing to do at this time when Lin
coin is profting SO much by the at
tention shown to Mr.. Bryan.
The Tammany special went thro
Lincoln Saturday evening, stopping
long enough for the whole bunch to
:go to Fairview. where Chief Murphy
declared that nothing would be left
undone to carry New York. Other
state delegations stopped over Satur-
day and Sunday, and all went out to
Fairview to pay their respects to
the nominee. On July, IA the nation
al committee met in Lincoln to con
fer with Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Kearn ac-
companying them.
A striking scene at Fairview Sat-
urday evening was that of the en-
tire Commoner force, sixty in num-
Der, paying respects to Mr.. Bryan.
Ii the voters of the United States
knew Mr.. Bryan like this royal band
of sixty young women and middle
aged men know him, Mr.. Bryan
would be unanimously elected. Mr.,
Bryan excused himself to the "bie
guns of politics long enough to per
sonally greet every employe, and he
knew every one of them by name,
too.
Here are few facts about viii
liam ]. Bryan. He is forty-eight
years old, weight 230 pounds and
is slightly over six feet tall. he
never tasted intoxicants in his life,
never took chew of tobacco, never
smoked but two cigars, and never
had pipe in his mouth. He never
uttered an oath, and never told a
risque story. So far as the writer
knows no man ever told two risque
stories in Mr.. ,Bryan's presence, al.
though he has heard several tell
one. The result was too chilling fol
a second one. Mr.. Bryan never was
a poor man in the sense that he wat
in actual need of money. He inherit
ed a small sum Of money from his
fathers estate, and his law practice
was renumerative from the start
He is worth not to exceed 100000
He drinks neither tea nor coffee
but consumes large quantities O
water, and he has an appetite tha
is delight to see in the process O
being satisfied. 1t takes lot of fue
to keep that tremendous engin,
going.
During the convention a telegraph
and a telephone wire connected Mr.
Bryan with the convention hall. Blu,
there was only one wire at that
Mr.. Bryan talked over the wire tha
carried the telegraphic messages
and often he was talking while tn
operator was receiving messag'
in Morse. He heard most Of the two
big demonstrations in his honor
and at the close of the Wednesda,
morning demonstration he, smiling
ly invited the eighteen newspape
correspondents to help him devou
a big sixty pound Texas water
melon. Will M. Maupin
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