The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Bryan's Whirlwind Speech m a king Campaign Al ready Has Swept 15 States, and Four More Re- main- Is Convinced That Mountain Region of the West Will Go Solidly for Wilson.

In special correspondence to the New York Evening Post, David Law renee writes interestingly of the work that is being accomplished by William Jennings Bryan. former secretary of state, in the interests of Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic party in the present campaign. Writing from Kansas City, MT. Lawrence says:
 What is William Jennings Bryan doing in the Presidential campaign This has probably occurred to not few who recall the dramatic circum- 4 stances under which he parted official company with President Wilson II months ago Ono day with the ex' Secretary of State would convince the most skeptical that he not only is in terested heart and soul in Democratic success, but that he is giving more i of time, energy, and money combined than any other single man to bring about the reelection of Woodrow Wilson.
 ., Crowds-well, the like of them are never seen except when Bryan comes l- to town. Applause-the kind that fEises from the hearts of multitude li ithe approval that sds accentuated by the audible comment: He's right he's right!"
 ins Peace Issue Overshadows Others. qt For the great Commoner is making -A stirring appeal He touches or many issues, but the one that brings down the house every time is his dis. .cussion of peace-the fact that the President has kept the nation out o1 war. Out in the West this is the issue which overshadows all others hnd MT. Bryan has had such q recep. tion in the 15 states he has already visited as to make him confident thai the mountain regions of the Wes will go solidly for President Wilson
 Four and five speeches a day fol five weeks has bean MT. Bryan's par in the campaign, and he has foul more states to cover in the next three weeks He is paying his own travell' ing expense&
 ''If the Republicans credit my time as valuable now" he remarked laugh. tngly when I met him, ''as they die when I went lecturing, must bt making quite a contribution"
 The same Bryan-not changed z bit--happy, good humored, epigram' < 1natic in his speeches, with a touch Q, { campaign sarcasm in them every nov and then; 20 minutes in one town 'sonly to be rushed by train or auto mobile to another during the day; a least two speeches in the big cities a night, everybody reaching out tt sha.ke his hand us he brushes througi the crowds people interrupting hin constantly as he gulps glass of min , or q sandwich at railroad luncl room, and on he goes
 His Kansas City meeting was typi cal of those he has had for man, weekz- The big convention hall ther was jammed tD the doors, whicl means nearly 16.0o0 people seemed laryer than the Madisol lSquare Garden crowds that Roose } welt draws. Senator Underwood, e sAlaaa1na ,and Senator Reed, of Ms isoud, who Is running for reelection sspoke pr4sr to tho arrival of MT. Bry Jan Both had talked of the horror I Of war and the disaster from whicl ..the Presidents diplomacy had save the nation But it remained for Xl Bryan to<grip the audience with tn kind of argument and appeal that h E alone can make He had hardf entered the han in the midst of an other speech whsn the crowd caugt < sight of him and yelled itseh hoarss It was some minutes before tho speak CT, Fred Gardiner, candidate for gov ernor, could resume When the Com moner was finally introduced tn thousands of people stood up an cheered Mr. Hughes gets nothin of that kind; even Mr. Wilson seidor inspires such a demonstration Bu 7 with Bryan, it is constant And h :, todd me afterwards he had never ha ' such enthusiasm in all his campa1g AayA
 Deeds veesus Promises.
 Just why that as may be hard t say, bat I suspect he fs also maxim moro votes for Mr. Wilson than h ever made for himself Perlsaps hi own explanation may aecount for i 5a 'I can make . nrach better Argr ment," he told me. flor the re-elet tion of President Wilson than I eve could make for myself For fou campaigns. haze been able to tai about promises only. but today ca point to . record greater than an Administration of our generation Deeds are so much more convincin than prqmisea"
 MT. Bfyan's speeches are entertain ing. He intersperses humor with al gument and rakes the Republica party % good naturedly yet effectivel that his crowde fairly howl with d. light When he spoke ina Kansf Nifv he had On5w K yv1iuufes as ' had to catch a train for St. Louis. H begged his audience not to applau for applause took time, and he ha much to say. They didn't obey hi at first; they couldn't. But SOC they realized that applause was Ill economical, and were content to Ii ten in silence. but it was obvious painful for them to hold themselv, in check.
 Few things were more deliciol than his description of the campaie of 1912 when he said everybody W. 30 anxious to defeat the Republica Administration that half the Republ can party refused to permit the Den ocrats to do alone the task they wei so eager to perform. And has tf Republican party reformed?
 'Why, do you remember" he sal amid laughter, what happened Chicago last June? Who nominate Mfr. Hughes? The same men WI nominated Mf. Taft. And were the repentant? Not a bit of it. The wouldn't even let MT. Roosevelt al dress their convention after he plea, cd for an Invitation, Why, they kel 4 A