The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-07-18
BIZ Bryan. the Fireman, Altoays
Ready With His Estineuisler
Foremost 10 the Rescue When
Things Get Toe Hot for the
Administration.
BY Ernest O. Walker.


orable Secretary Of State, William Jen.
nngs Bryan. If connagration
" breaks out il does not rage long
before there is the faithful old Lin.
coin Democrat, running with the ma.
chine, jumping upon the platform and
helping work the pump The stream
guzzles forth, the flames reeede, and a
smile breaks over the features of the
premier. i1r ;oor
The readiness of Mr.. Bryan TO put
on his red shirt and big helmet is graft.
lying to the administration. There was
trouble with ,ae Currency Bill in its
earlier stages. A great hurrah went
mp that Mr. Bryan was fighting II I'M.
derhandedly. The opposition newspa.
pers printed and circulated the yarn
lar ANA wide The red necked billies
back in the woods were beginning to
take notice and there was chance that
the story would be believed.
Clang clang! The engine came
rumbling down the street. Everybody
went scurrying out of the way There
was Bill Bryan, extinguisher in hand
and ready for the lay. He was not
against the Currency Reform Bill. No
stree. Not Bill Bryan. He was for the
measure. 1t was good and strong and
meretorious. The country needed Just
that kind of legislation. And the OPP
position, within the Democratic party
received hard blow IRON which it has
not fully recovered yet. AS a matter
of fact il is question which did the
more to "hIe up' Democrats pretty
solidly in favor of currency reform
Bill Bryan g statement that he was for
Tie measure or President Woodrow vii.
son remarkable special message to
congress the other day.
Revised 1t q Bit.
Certainly the first was the compile.
ment OF the second and helped nightly
in the task the President essayed of
convincing the public. That portion of
TIE Democratic party which follows
rryan implicitly yet and believes all
he says might not have yielded sup,
port had he not spoken. Perhaps Bryan
insisted upon change or two in the
language of the currency measure. He
certainly was consulted and the work
was not put forth till he pronounced it
good But he has stood shoulder to
shoulder with the President about cur
rency reform and is certainly entitled
to be known as Bryan the faithful.
The Caminetti FURRY.
There was an ugly furry the other
day about those two California trials,
it will be remembered District Attor,
mey McNab, Republican, resigning,
made things uncomf ortable for the adj
ministration, although it should be said
that President Wilson, ut least, was
without tlame in the matter. Repubi
Leans were pounding away. They seem
ed to have q topic upon which they
could talk and the public would pay
attention. But up rose Secretary of
State Bryan. He had prepared an edi,
torial for The Commoner, which set
forth the situation. II was given out
from Washington as statement and
undertook to free President Wilson, At.
torney General McReynolds, and even
Secretary of Labor Wilson and Com
missioner General of Immigration An
thOny Caminetti were all excused from
blame. These things are rather excep-
tional for Bryan, who has always been
averse to condoning any slips whatever
in public officials.
Since the nomination of Richard Lee
Metcalf as Panama Canal commits
sioner, whereupon he relinquished his
office as editor of the Commoner. Mr..
BRYAN has undertaken to be editor of
the Commoner himself. And there is
much comment as to whether he will
not make his weekly newspaper rous'
ing administration organ. Everything
seems to trend that way for the sec.
rotary of state is demonstrating how
he can be most loyal administration
man, standing with the party through
thick and thin, supporting those who
IRE on the high wave of favor and de-
Tending those who fall into trouble.
is In High Favor.
Multitudes still attend the seere'
tary's way around the state depart
ment. Those who seek office want his
endorsement and he has actually inter.
posed in favor of many an old friend
President Wilson'S willingness to hon
or Mr.. Bryan's requests for Office only
stimulates those who seek places to
obtain the cordial help of the secretary
of state H..
Strangely enough, Mr.. Bryan, as sec,
rotary of state, is getting along wen
with other men than Democrats. lie is
on tolerably cordial footing with
numerous Republicans, and by that IS
! meant hepuDllctHs VI Naiipus pioh"e'
His long standing friendship with SEN
ator La Toilette is well known, but Sec
rotary Bryan is becoming very friendly
alike with Senator Root, once dig
tinguished secretary Of state. II will
be recalled that Senator Root was one
of the early visitors TO the office OF the
secretary of state, after Mr.. Bryan
had been sworn in. The senator g
friendly attitude was reciprocated ana
Secretary Bryan has shown DISPOSE.
ton to retain the confidence and good
will of Senator Root. Secretary Bryan
is very much of an equestrian and on
an occasional morning when two horse
men are seen coming in from the coun-
try, trotting down the Avenue of the
Presidents (SiXteenth Street) 1t turns
out TO be Senator Root and Secretary
Bryan, riding side by side.
While all such things may read odd
" to those who think of what has been
il occasions slight comment at Wash
ington, where people are accustomed to
seeing the scenes shift rapidly. Men
of antaIonistic political views, not on
~ fraterpize personally but exchange
opinions about administration. For,
as might well be emphasized. there is
much about the administration Of af-