New Britain herald., 1930-10-17
BRYANS AGAIN IN
 POLITICAL RACES
Brother, Daughter and Nephew
 All Seeking Office

Washington, OCt. Nt' IHe perennial candidacy which William Jennings Bryan made tradition of American politics, is thrice recalled in the gathering of hosts for the No- vember election.
 A daughter, a brother and nephew of the great commoner-all like him in fervor, but divergent on his major premise, prohibition-are before the voters in three widely separated states.
 Ruth Bryan Owen, who as child sat on her fathers knee in con- gress, is making an annual re- port on her second years work as a member of the house from the fourth district of Florida. Though she Is without opposition, she has spent weeks traversing the territory in a car equipped as a rolling office. She has avoided the liquor question as a political issue.
 Brother Seeks Office
 Charles w. Bryan, long associate editor of his brothers publication, The Commoner, is running for the governorship of their home state Nebraska. Charles is an evangeli- cal dry-as are the two opponents who make his path toward office hazardous.
 Silas Bryan, son of Charles and cousin of Ruth. is hopefully cam paigning for congress in the Min neapolis district, once represented by Walter Newton, one of President Hoover's secretaries. This young Bryan, who went to Minnesota air service training unit during the war and settled in that state after mar rying native, is making his first bid for public office.
 How much of a family affair the Bryans are making of the pre-elec- tion campaign is not evident in the capital, Mrs. owen has carried her inheritance of the family tradition proudly, but she has made no apologies for defections from the fathers political principles-when, for instance, she voted for higher tariff schedules. Her friends here declare that her driving, speaking, conferring tour of her 500 mile long strip of Florida coast has been "triumphal march,"
 Believes SilaS Will Win
 Democratic headquarters here re- port enthusiastically on the candidacy of young Silas. Republican Repre- sentative w. l. Nolan is strong, and there is Ferdinand Johnson, farmer labor candidate, who the district democrats insist, is to be classed IS doubtful" Republican leaders are equally confident of Nolan's suc- cess. Young Bryan, still in his early thirties, has long been an aviation enthusiast, has practiced law. and is making his issues on the republican administrators record
 A local issue that William Jen- nings Bryan espoused is reported the chief cry of his brother Charles. This is the issue of the states bank guaranty law, sponsored by the commoner more than IS years ago, and recently ordered submitted to a referendum, by a vote of the state legislature. The candidate is telling Nebraskans that when he was gov ernor, from '23 to '25, this law was effective, and that it's present dis favor is the fault of administration.
 But Governor Arthur J. Weaver, seeking reelection on the republican ticket, has a different story to tell of the law requiring assessment of all state banks to meet bank fail- ures. An independent democrat, R. J. Christie, also is running for the office.
 Debated in 1924
 The patriarchial candidate Bryan was the democratic vice presidential nominee of 1924 and was defeated with John w. Davis. Previously he had served as mayor of Lincoln, Ne braska. He is getting on toward the edge of the biblical life-span. From the days of his brother Williams glory, in the sos, until about 10 years ago, Charles Bryan had charge of the paper that carried afar the commoner's messages.