The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-01
TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD
SENS. MALLORY AND BRYAN

here before them Bryan. the youheei'
whose step was strong, fun OF IN
like Minerva, stepping from the neau
Of Jupiter, prepared for the connie.s
OF life, had a career meteorlc III 10
brilliancy, but brief. Mallory "no
struggled for more than thirty yea
in the vicissitudes of public 4lfe' ndu
his triumphs but he had his sorIo"S'
his disappointment and his deIeat.
we stand and survey ana aonILe
the magnificence of William ). Or! dn
as he stood at the age OF tnlr ono
TO be sworn in as senator Oh MS na
tive state We turn and survey the
career of Stephen R. Mallory. 1ahe
from him a period OF thirty-one years
and watch him as he struggled. pa
tiently, modestly, unassum1ngly, rlslns
from defel. to victory.
Bryan and Mallory, We Can
learn much from the hives OF botn as
we contemplate them, but in this nour
OF our sorrow and in this expression
OF our grief, let us not forget hnd
thoughts for those who sorrow most,
My heart goes out to the widowed
wife who is resting now in her SAD.
ness and loneliness in the home OF
AACA D1ONAtCA III the StdlC VI -
Carolina, and for the mother OF this
young man, Bryan, in the southern
most part Of our state, as she sits and
Weeps and mourns, but |, hike Judge
Raney, feel more than all for the
father who saw in this young man
the hope of his name He knew
something Of public Efe. He had
served his state and received the
honOrs OF his people. I saw him and
watched him in that great political
fight OF 1887 when he was leading the
staunch and loyal friends Of VIM. D.
BloXham in that great contest for
the United States senate and | could
not but admire the strength Of char
acter and the loyalty and the fidelity
or that strong, brave, true-hearted
native son Of Florida, John NJ. Bryan,
and since l have learned to know his
son | can well see, my friends, why
he was successful and why he went
forward so rapidly But with NAL
Tory, my friends, there are none Of
his people TO mourn for him. His
mother is dead; his sister. who was
the idol Of his heart and the pride of
his family, who in every walk of life
was the life of the party and of the
people, who could charm as she sang
Way Down Upon the Suwanee
River and who could entertain a
party almost as large as this gather
ing AROUND me thds afternoon; she,
too, died before he did, and his
brother preceded him only a year or
two, and he was never fortunate
enough to be married, so there are
none of his immediate family for us
to think of now; but my heart goes
back TO my people-his people,
think of them, the great common peo-
pie, the people whom he particularly
represented and whose fortunes he
served throughout his political life,
TO whom he was ever true, among
whom he loved to move the great
masses of the people. the laborers
/ End carpenters, those in every walk
r 1ass.~slIe was unassuming. / think
tpe chief characteristic Of his life
was his humility He was a hrror,1a
man. He never pushed himself tn tbe
front in a political or social way Tn
order for him 10 reap bis rererd T
people had TO know him w.u ana tb,s
1t was he moved along lies naSbg-sv
slowly. patiently and Quietly T. as
not for him to touch the opportunities
of life as if with an enchtnted wand
Yet w. J. Bryan seemed n toueb a-i =.
| and To- the fiOWersof success - ~
totry 'blOomed along the natb1o,si
his life. Humbly he lived ~ o.
died. When he found nstbjs a
was coming to a close, he nat -