Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-13
". J. BRYAN STILL
 A BIG MAN Those on Special Were I'm pressed With His Value
 and Importance.
JOKED WITH FRIENDS
VIII Make Years Living in Three Months-WOuld Prefer Aiding
 the Party Rather Than Lead if.

If William Jennings Bryan can convince eastern states that he is a man big enough to be president of the United States, he will vet he elected to that exalted position He firmly convinced those on the Bryan Initiative and Referendum special train which flew over the state for five days last week, ending it's 2OOO mile journey in Little Rock Sunday morning, that he is the logical man for president, and is as great a man as his most pronounced admirers have claimed him to be. He demon strated he was a plain man of the people by his Democratic spirit shown to the special family in the five days of the trip. He talked free ly with the newspaper men of the party and convinced them of his un- selfishness regarding the presidential nomination. He did not say he would not accept the nomination if it was again rendered him, but did frankly state he would prefer to stand aside and be wheel horse to assist in the flashing of the Republican party out of power.
 Col. Bryan entered into the pleas antries of the party with zest ex- pected only of college youth, but in T :ll he WAS so dignifed tha. it was treat to look and listen. What time he was not devoting to these minutes of pleasure, he spent in his state room in study or answering his cor
 respondence, or in telling yarns to those on the observation car. Col. Bryan is one of the best story tellers of the age too, and once he was started, the entire party crowded around to share in the laugh which was bound to come. Even those who boarded the train skeptics, and less than lukewarm admirers of Col. Bryan, left the party at the close, al most worshiper of the great Com moner. demonstrating his power ov- CT men, and his ability to convince them of his integrity, sincerity and ability. Col. Bryan is a man of ideas, and big ones. He is twenty years ahead of the times, as is de- monstrated by the political parties now advocating measures for which he stood ten years ago and was con- sidered radical. He has patiently waited for the world to catch up with his advanced thought and now is preparing to spring some new ones on the people of the United States, just holding back until the time is ripe. All of his principles are Demo- cratic, and intended to place every governmen, state, county and city of- ficial directly in the hands of the people. instead of being out of the reach of the voter. Col. Bryan seems to reafize the force of the opposition which would be thrown against him should he be the party nominee in 1912 and would prefer to stand aside and wait. He says he is yet young, just passing 50 few months ago, which gives him 20 years of political activity yet. He figures that he is serving the people now as faithfully and as beneficially as if he was president of the United States, and that he is accomplishing much by whipping the dominant national par ty to accept his principles.
 Col. Bryan leads the simple life, if ever a man did so He now works three months a year for revenue, making enough in that time to car ny out his plans for the balance Of the year. He figures to give three months of the balance to rest and the balance to the people. Col. Bryan has been saving man and by shrewd insurance investments when young, will within the next few years have an annuity on policies which
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