Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-17

marrieth doeth We'll he that mar
rieth not doeth better"
Dismayed only for moment the
aspiring youth rejoined:
Paul may have said that, but sure
ly Solomon would be the better au-
thority ON this point. because Paul
never married.
The secretary Of state Of the grape
Juice dinners admits that he once
proposed to drink wine-under Ger
tain condition In Japan. at dinner
at which the health of Admiral Togo
| was being drunk, Mr. Bryan's glass
was observed To contain only water.
You must drink the health in chant~
! payne" exclaimed one of the BAN
/ queters across the table. No" Mr..
| Bryan quickly replied. your jana
nese heroes won their victories drink
| ing water; | am drinking their health
in water. When you win victories
on champagne, ! will drink your
health in champagne.
Few men could have gone through
Mr.. Bryan's experiences and come out
of them with the mellow sweetness of
temper which he shows today, MT
Hale says There is nowhere about
him a trace of jealousy or disap-
pointment. He seems To love stories
of which he is the victim. BY way OF
illustration the writer repeats the
widely published story that Mr.. Bryan
told last year when his admirers were
urging him to stand for the nomina-
ton again:
A certain cowboy came into town
one night, and having got pretty well
exhilarated. made his way into the
dance hall. He made himself obnox-
ious and was led to the door. But
he returned, went in again, and re-
peated the performance; this time he
was dragged to the door and pushed
out into the street. He returned
third time, however whereupon he
was kicked across the hall. hit oveF
the head with chairs and flung head
long into the gutter. When he came
to himself and had got the sand out
of his mouth and the blood out of his
eyes, he was heard to say: They
can't fool me. / know what's the
matter. They don't want me in
there"
Mr. Bryant speaks without malice
even of such treatment as that one
night handed out to him by Governor
Thayer, of Nebraska. Mr.. Thayer
long his political enemy. was presid-
ing at nonpartisan mass meeting at
which Mr.. Bryan was to appear
When Mr.. Bryan took his place on the
platform the Governor pretended not
to recognize him and asked him his
William lem
nings Bryan "Oh. Mr.. Bryan" said
the chairman, Il am glad to meet You
Do you speak or sing p
On much earlier occasion, when
Mr. Bryan was just out of school ana
was really unknown, he was pressed
into service at a Democratic meeting
in the public square at Jacksonville,
H. because the scheduled speakers
were slow in arriving and the crowd
was growing impatient. How shall
introduce him." whispered the chair
man, after young Bryan had consent
ed to serve. "Oh, just say that we
will now hear William J. Bryan, a ris-
ing attorney of this place" The
chairman turned to the audience, OBJ
tanned silence and announced: we
will now have the pleasure of listen
ing to William Rising Bryan, jay
attorney of this city"
Today" writes Mr.. Hale. ''the
thrice defeated candidate. who has
come to Washington to sit at the right
hand of the new Democratic Presi-
dent, is telling these stories and
score like them, with great glee. His
favorite hero, think. is farmer
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