Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-09-18

ne mas tue unauScteu CourVc5y1
not Of one who stoops to conquer,
but of one who ia unconscious of
social or intellectual forces. He
lives, as it were, on the broad
free plain of common humanity.
1t is of Bright-Bright with a
slight American accent-that
you think as the broad stream OF
his talk flows on. u sail from
headland to headland," said
Bright, "while Gladstone nava-
gates every creek and inlet" And
so it is with with Bryan. His
canvas bellies with the great
wind. He does not tack and trim
but keeps to the well-charted
highway and the open sea. 1t is
this breadth of appeal, this large
sculpture of his thought-the re-
suit of that moral purpose which
gives its simple unity and ooher-
ence-that has made him the
most powerful popular orator in
the English speaking world. 1t
it true that he has twice failed to
win the Presidency; but his iail-.
ures were more dazzling than the
triumphs of other men. There
has been nothing in political an
mails to compare with these two
great Presidential campaigns.
He went through the country like,
a whirlwind. Merely as q ply
steal performance they stand
alone. In the four months elec-
tioneering in 1896 he travelled 49,,
600 miles and delivered 2, 100
speeches to an estimated total of
8,000,0O0 people. During the
last few weeks he often spoke so,
times a day, and once Al times.
His force never faltered and its
passion never lost its hold. II
saw women with mysteries and
men with tears. in tlieir eyes at
his entrance" says an American
journalist, describing the scene
of the meeting in Indianapolis,
where the great audience had sat
in a temperature of ITO degrees
waiting hour by hour for the can
didate held up by the train. Il
timed the length of the excite--
ment. 1t was 20 minutes before
Bryan could sit down." His
power owes nothing to rhetorical
trickery. His voice is rich, deep
and musical, but he does not use
, it with conscious display. He
talks quite simply and naturally,
and uses few gestures.
The physical resources which
this titanic campaigner indicates
are a tribute TO the stock from
,. which he springs. $50 far as
have been able to discover" he
told me with smile, 81 embody
. the British Isles, for my ancestry
are English, Irish and Scotch"
a The intensity of the feeling
. against him among the Republi-
r. can and propertied classes can
: only be indicated by recalling the
!. attitude of English society to-
4 ward the late Sir H. Campbell.
j Bannerman at the time of war
, | had a sudden revelation of it a
:. dinner one night when seatet
4 beside an AmericaR lady. A
at 1.-THE mention OF his name her Sc
a Irenity vanished, and she burst in
r. to q torrent Of invective that lef
ce him a moral ruin. But hatefu
m as his Democratic doctrines ar
a to his opponents, no one eve
lie challenges their sincerity Q
m doubts his honesty. He has car
". fried that honesty into business
We FHe left the law for journalism
"a and owns a newspaper, Th
90 Commoner, at Lincoln, Neb., an
% in that paper he never allows an
:, ttrust-made article to be advertiI
= ed. That, nevertheless, he draw
5. an income of $1,000 year from
IN lis q pleasant evidence that It
le possible to be honest and pro
alperous even in America.
Ard sndaod whofhar