United labor bulletin., 1914-10-31


sisted in his capture OF Mrs. Bryan 1or
wife. At the reception given them in
the Democratic Club rooms, the Secre'
tary of State espied in the crowd Mrs.
L. A Tanner, mother of the Rev. Allan
A. Tanner of this city. Bryan immedi-
ately dropped the hand of the woman
he was being introduced to, and stepped
over to where Mrs. Tanner was stand
ing, and with his broadest smile clasped
her hand. Mrs. Tanner assisted the
Commoner and his wife to evade watch
full college authorities and follow Cupid's
bidding The head of the college at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, at which Bryan was a
student, thought he should wait until he
was graduated before assuming matri-
monial responsibilities. The head of the
seminary attended by the present Mrs.
Bryan shared this opinion. Mrs. Tan.
ner lent her parlor to the young couple
for their courting and, after their mar
riage, they made their home with her
and her husband for several months.
49,:
''There are only two main divisions
among the people of this country-ars-
tocrats and Democrats" said Vice-Presi-
dent Thomas Riley Marshall at the
Auditorium Monday night. There are
some ways of Providence beyond our
and lie also made the ss-istocrat-but
why we cannot tell" Again he told a
story OF the colored house servant in
Washington who quit her job, to illus
trate the Progressive party situation.
MANDY told her mistress that she was
going to leave, and when asked the rea-
son, replied: Misses, dar's too much
shufflin' O. dishes in dis here house for
de amount of food you hab.'" And
again: III l We're going to quit the
Democratic party, which / never will,
would turn my coat wrongside out and
be Republican or turn Just one sleeve
and be a Progressive" Once more:
"This is my first visit to Denver since
] nominated my fellow Hoosier, Senator
John w. Kern, in this Auditorium for
the position l now occupy Some of my
friends were fearful of my coming this
time. They thought maybe the October
climate would cause my voice to fail,
and then the people of Indiana would
insist upon my remaining in Colorado"
The Democratic Vice President OF the
whole United States and island possess
ions is an eloquent orator and held his
big audience throughout the evening
Mrs. Marshall accompanied her husband
to Colorado, saying she never permits
him to travel alone. To all those who
endeavored TO have her commit herself
on woman suffrage. she said Mr.. Mar
shall did all the political talking and
voting for the entire family, and that
this was quite satisfactory to her.
:::.
i Ben c. Hilliard, Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Denver district, was
keen disappointment to the big crowd
/ at the Auditorium Monday night. After
being given the honor of introducing the
| vice president of the United States, he
cut a sorry figure in performing this
simple function. He made q few ram
bling remarks about how fortunate the
/ dear people We're in having him their
candidate for Congress and then pulled
a ream of paper from his pocket and
| began to read his speech OF introduc
/ ton cold shiver went through the
audience, which required the wit of the
I vice president, who of course spoke
/ without papers or notes, to warm up to
a cheering mood again. 1t was the
opinion of thirds present that a
man who could not trust himself or had
not the ability to make brief i'm
promptu Introductory address would fall
7 far short OF successfully representing
| the Capital City OF the Centennial State
in the halls of Congress. He reminded
the o. p. OF the dismal effort made by
+
date for United States Senator when he
read limpid speech from the same
platform just two weeks previous. How
ever. there il the consolation that the
chances OF Ben and Hubert going to
Washington III official capacities are ex-
ceedin"ly slim
Friend OF foe, all must admit that the
Rev. William Ashley Sunday is IA most
remarkable man. When he closed a
seven weeks revival campaign in Den
yer last Sunday night the following un.
usual occurrences had been recorded:
A thank offering of over $4,000 in
cash, collected on the last day, was pre-
sented the evangelist; during the three
services on that day $4,000 heard him
preacb and $500 made professions OF
faith; it was estimated that during the
seven weeks 100000 people attended the
tabernacle services, and 100000 addi-
tional heard him and his coworkers at
other meetings; a total of 100000 was
collected, of which $4,000 went to pay
for construction OF the tabernacle and
expenses of co-workers. $1,000 to local
charity institutions and the $4,000
above referred to for Billy Sunday him
self. The total number of persons who
walked down the "sawdust trail" as
the center aisle leading to the pulpit
was called, is given as l2,500. When the
o. p. first saw Billy he was playing
center field with the Cincinnati Red Sox,
and he was some sort of Ty Cobb at
the bat. He always refused to play ON
Sunday, and this was used by the man
agement to good advantage in advertis.
ing the club. Here is where the man
who row draws such multitudes OF peo-
pie to hear him preach got the hunch to
take up the work of an evangelist
Besides, it pays, even better than being
a star slab performer with a worlds