Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-30
BRYAN, THE MAN

l NlIldm Jennings bTNdu duuESSS : in Douglas last Tuesday on a non political subject, The Price of a Soul" was happy revelation to those in the audience who had not
 previously heard him speak on sim liar topic. They came to hear Bryan
 the politician. the presidential can
 didate; they went away having list
 ened to Bryan the man. And, as
 politics did not enter into the ad-
 dress it should not rightfully play
 any part in making an estimate of the man who delivered the address.
 We said the speech was a happy
 revelation. It was. No matter how
 much or how little you admire, Bryan
 the politician, how many of his books
 you have read, how much you may
 have heard or read about him, unless
 you have heard him make a non poll tical speech, speaking on his Doug
 las topic, you do not know nor appre-
 ciate Bryan the man.
 Bryan the man is a thousand times
 greater than Bryan the politician, we
 care not what your politics may be.
 Measuring him by the standard of | service to his fellow-nan-a stand
 ard than which there could be none | higher-by his honest effort to help
 those who hear him to become bet
 ter citizens, better men and women.
 he is without a peer in private fife in
 American history. And measuring i him by this same standarn, remem-
 bering that he has reached millions of people with the same ennobling
 thoughts that he presented at Doug las; taking into account his popular ity. reputation, ability, experience. and travel, and the great power and , wide field these acquisitions afford
 him, Bryan is, next to Lincoln only, the greatest American this country has ever produced. He is doing the
 most real good of any one man we tent is so great as to be incaIculable. A man of means, Bryan chooses the lecture platform and it's hard ships. With the choice of topics toI speak on left to him, and knowing full well that he could talk on sub jects that would be more popularly
 received, Bryan nevertheless often
 est chooses, for the good that he may do, either The Prince of Peace
 or The Price of a Soul" using Bib- lical texts as a foundation to pre-
 sent teachings of morality, honesty. and justice in private and public af- fairs. If I am thus doing any , good" said Bryan, in substance, in
 his Douglas address, q would rather continue lecturing than be president of the United Staees" And there is
 no doubt but that he meant what he i said.
 Bryan conyinces the hearers of his i gentleness,. simplicity, sincerity and I absolute honesty. As a speaker, he t is of course oratorical and intensely interesting, speaking, however, in an ordinary tone of voice that can be
 heard by every listener in the largest of halls. He uses few gestures, proc tically no big words, and employs
 but few flights of eIoquence." His personal magnetism and uninterrupt- ed flow carry you along evenly but
 iyracicffhIv and vo,, ara 0Iod to Isf-
 en as long as he speaks, an hour and a half or two hours seeming but as
 ten or fifteen minutes. He is never at loss for the proper word or the correct sentence-construction there is never a word out of place or wrongly used. But it is in ciearness
 of Representation and in logic ! that he excells, his legal training no doubt rendering his unusually bright mind valuable aid in speaking. Such mental questions as Why, What does he mean" or Can he prove it,
 are not asked by the listener; Bryan , has the faculty of an unusually req sonable mind in anticipating the , question sthat are likely to arise in the mind of the average logical list , ener. The meaning and truth Gas he . honestly sees the truth. and vou do , ~At disagree with him on any ethical nroblem)-the meaning and truth,
 we say, of each thought is clearly es