El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-08
BY G. A. MARTIN.
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His apparent sincerity clluches his
position with the party. No matter
how much YOU may differ with Mr.
Bryan. you have TO admit that he is
square fighter" another thing
Americans like, and you can't listen
70 him and question his sincerity.
In A Clnss Alone.
The more / see OF the man. the
more I want to place him IN a class
by himself Honestly, you get the
feeling that there is something sort Of
hallOwed about the man when he
throws that big head back-its bald
spot growing bigger each year, seems
sort Of haloish-aud. with the fire in
his eye and the silver IN his voice.
launches into a fight for what he
thinks he wants or believes the peo-
pie ought to have.
II william Jennings Bryan IS not
honest, II he is not sincere. then, like
millions Of other people in these
United States, am badly fooled, and
Il would hurt my pride to be fooled
IN man have come to admire 50
much during the last few weeks.
wouldn't vote for him for presi-
dent. Il IL matters to anyone what 7
would do in the circumstances, for
his rainbow chasing removes him
ever filling the exalted office safely,
but can cheer him and admire him
and then vote against him, Just as
millions OF others do.
There IS no other man like Will
liam Jennings Bryan. and the world
viii be long time producing another
such enigma man We can love and
respect and then squelch with our
vote every time we get = chance.
Square with Opponents.
7 first began TO admire him at
Chicago, for his fairness IN reporting
the Republican convention He Wrote
articles that were eminently more fair
to the convention than 9 lot Of the
articles turned out by socalled good
Republicans" Biased as he was. he
could see the good and he gave credit
for IL. He did not coniemu II all be-
cause Il was not his party.
STEPPED as he is I'm the traditions
OF his own party, spoiled rs ne might
he expected to be a a result OF the
worship he has had from his follow
ers and the honors he has had from
the people as represented In his party.
he IS unassuming. plain. sincere and
honest-at least that Is the impress
him. and It grows as you get 20 know
him better
I naturally expected to find him
big man at san Francisco. but he
proved bigger than I had exnectsd.
At no time did he grow small in Tnv
Of his debating. He kept everything
on high plane He praised presi-
dent Wilson as no other man in the
convention praised the chief eUecu-
tive; he gave full credit to his adj
yersaries for sincerity and ne was as
frank IN placing MS cards on the
table as a man could be. Il may be
one OF the Bryan tricks. II so, II is
a good one
Americas Best Loved Man.
In my mind. ". J. Bryan is today
the best loved man in America. With
all due respect to everybody and
other enigma, another big man. for
no man but a man big IN some respect
could dominate a convention as he
dominated the San Francisco gather
ing. The Democrats endorsed his poll
cies and platforms and did his bidding
in every respect and seemed glad TO do
It. There must be something about a
man out OF the ordinary when he can do
that from a sick bed 1000 miles away.
But. woodrow Wilson could never
hold the alteration Of his party for p
years, as William Jennings Bryan has
done Bryan IS the bigger man
II craved the alteration Of the pub
Hc-and I hope the frequency OF the
personal pronoun viii be pardoned in
this article. but Il IS necessary be-
cause this Is merely an individual
opinion Of an individual would ask
for no more than the regard in which
William Jennings Bryan is held by
the people he has worked with and
for during all these years OF his poll
teal misfortunes-
He must live much by that Bible
he quotes so freely and so accurately
and so disconcertingly to his oppon-
ents, and he must get inspiration
from Il, for no man can live the oroin-
airy life and be an ordinary man and
attain 20 the height Of the great
Commoner.
The press gang mere started the
libelous declaration that Otheman
Stevens, Of the Los Angeles Examiner,
came here TO have the Democratic
platform declare for a legalization OF
I. o. US given over the poker table.
II such a law should be enacted, IL is
said Stevens would Immediately pass
into the claEs designated by Mr.. Bryan
as plutocratic-
Al. Cohn. former editor Of the Bis
bee Review. came up 70 the conven-
tion with Mrs. Cohn. in their car from