The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-31
Bryan's Funeral at
National Capital Today
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In the vicinity of the Rogers home,
little knots of Daytonians, who loved
and greatly revered Bryan, stood in
awed silence, broken only by sad ex-
pressions regarding his passing.
The news of his death spread quick
ly to the countryside, brought to the
farmers and their wives over five
rural routes by mail carriers. Thou
sands of rural folks passed before the
body.
Chauffeur Finds Body
Bryan's lifeless body was discovered
by Jim Mccartney, the family chauf-
feur. The CommOner had returned at
9 o'clock Sunday morning afterzspeak-
ing in Winchester, Tenn, and calling
upon publishers in Chattanooga. He
attended services later at the South
ern Methodist church and led the con-
gregatiOn in prayer. AT noon he ate
a hearty meal and at about 2:3Osp. m,
as was his usual custom, lay down
for an afternoon nap.
Mrs. Bryan and Mccartney were
the only other persons in the house
at the time. Once or twice during
the next two hours they heard him
snoring and when he didn't get up
at 4:30, Mrs. Bryan thought it was
merely that he was sleeping longer
than usual. At 4:30 Mccartney went
in to awaken him. He touched his
foot and when Bryan did2not respond
looked closely at his face and irnrne-
diately called for a doctor.
DR.. Albert C. Broyles and DR.; W.
F. Thomson responded on the run
and pronounced Bryan dead They
estimated that the end had come
about quarters Of an hour be-
fore they saw the body. - ~ 49,
SKETCH OF BRYAN'S CAREER
Virtually dominant in the demo-
cratic party for nearly 16 years, VIII
liam J. Bryan was three times nomi-
mated and defeated for the presidency.
Then, like Elijah cf old, he cast his
mantle upon the Elisha of Princeton
and exerted a potent influence. in
bringing about Woodrow Wilson'S first
nomination for the office to which he,
himself, had vainly aspired
Known in his youth as ''the silver
tOngued boy orator of the Platte" it
was Mr.. Bryan's eloquence in his
famous "crOss of gold" speech at the
democratic national convention in
Chicago in 1896 that made him the
choice of his party. He polled more
than 100000 votes in his first cam
paign. tr 9E1- @'.
His career has beer. lsened to that
of Henry Clay, who, also was three
times nominated for the presidency,
and as many times defeated. Clay,
toe, BECAME secretary Of state
Born in Illinois
The former secretary of state was
born in Salem, III March 80, 1860.
His father wac 81 AZ Fdllard B7yaa, a
native of Cul1~r~ r. county Virqihia.
a lawyer and Judge. The son, after
graduating from Illinois College in
1881, and Union College eff Law, Chi
cago, in 1888, entered the law office
of Lyman FFunasalls former United
States senator Subsequently he re-
moved to Jacksonville, Ill. where he
p,ractlced law until 1887, when he set
tied in Lincoln, Neb.
During the presidential campaign 0.
1888 Young Bryan's sneeches in be
half of the democratic ticket attracted
attention, and in 1890 he accepted
nomination for CONGRESS- in the FRS
Nebraska district. q republican strons
hold. because no one else would havt
it." he said, since it was believed n,
democrat could win He was elected
and served from 1891 until 1895. m,
was made a member Of the importan
ways and means committee in his frs
term.
Two speeches in this period gay
Mr. BRYAN nationwide prominence
one against the policy of protection
delivered on March 16, 1892 and tn
other against the repeal eff the silve
purchase clause of the Sherman act
on August 16, 1898. In the latter, h
advocated "the free and unlimite
coinage Of silver irrespective of in
ternatiOnal agreement, at a ratio @
16 to l." policy with which his nam
was afterwards most prominently as
sociated until he entered the cabint
of President Wilson.
Political Miracle
The first nomination of Mr.. Brya
for the presidency at the democrat
national convention in Chicago, O
July 10, 1896, has since been cha-
acterized as one of the miracles {
American politics. The nominee. aftt
serving in congress, had run for IL
United States senate and been d
feated by Senator John NJ. Thurstc
of Nebraska Abandoning the lay
Mr.. Bryan became editor of the Om
ha World-Herald, and championed Il
cause eff bimetallism as vigorous
with the pen as he had upon IL
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