Royal make* the food pare, wholesome and delleloas. POWDER Absolutely Puro ROYAL BAKINS POWDER CO., NEW YORK. JOHNSON ON BBYAN. Lincoi.n, Nkb., Jan. 22, 1898.—Special Correspondence: Returning to Lincoln after an absence of two weeks in Mis souri and Kansas, I find here as I found there a good deal of gossip to the effect that Bryan is no longer a possibility ns a presidential candidate in 1900. Many of Mr. Bryan’s Nebraska friends when they read this statement will waive it off with a toss of the head, as so much republican clap trap, written for the purpose of injuring Mr. Bryan. But whoever has traveled and met public men within the last ten days, has gathered, not from republicans, but from free silver democrats, enough to convince him that the boy orator of the " Platte has reached the meridian of his glory and from this time his course is downward. In the cities of Missouri and Kansas Where I met politicians, traveling men and business men from all parties, I observed carefully the general trend of comment on the recent utterances of the New York Journal and the hostile action of the New York democracy, and I found among men who claimed to have supported Bryan a year ago, a general consent to the Journal’s state > ments that the country is becoming tired of Mr. Bryan in his feverish chase for notoriety and his unwarranted Assumption that he is the whole thing. Here at Lincoln where an unusually large number of fusion politicians have flitted in and out during the last ten days, the national situation, especially as to Mr. Bryan, has been eagerly dis cussed and there has been enough said and consented to by the fusionists to show that they regard the Journal’s attack as a body blow. The great sllker champion is stagger ; ing. There ia no question about that The New Tork Journal was hia national organ. It apent money recklessly in hie national campaign. When hia defeat came it atood by him in the trying hour, , instating that he would prove himself as a patriotic private citizen worthy the confidence of those who had followed him in the presidential campaign. During his remarkable canveaa of the country as a national candidate, eastern # people who were anxious to form a correct estimate of this young westerner, continually asked, “Who is Bryan? What does he amount to? Is he any thing more than a sensational orator, susd does he represent anything in atateemanahip but 16 to 1.?” To all of tbesC questions the Journal m answered boldly, assuring the public that Bryan, elected, would show broad statesmanship, and that defeated he -would subside into that quiet dignity sand aelf-oenteredoess which the public expect in a candidate for the highest iboBors and the greatest responsibilities. h’or neatly fifteen months this nation aalBryaji organ has waited patiently for f*he boy orator to shake 08 his boyish ; Anuta—-for the westerner to demonatrate tbatbe is broad enough to comprehend dbe^s.holo country, to know something iJtaHMdes Ibis 16 to 1 or fcuat proposition, j *.sWb«n defeat catne to Bryan in his odMCMsfawtial Jtaee. the Journal, believing ,;u»n .b*m ^Bd _*«alaang that though 4*. ahiwMpd .his senatorial notoriety had a ;.UMMMn*r«jai value-engaged him as one of •tUe m»n«Monpta 3*0 U»e uutougiiuc editor ’ a lwnd ij • jxmm&amm*- jMMWtofr j. ^^lifci/MylYi ajf1}) mymmfltluLjMo ftlMpinad ..-mJWP-"a■ ■’'iwjwpaiwVM|• M .will gweua ^Ml^*^** Uu*tou«s." Aim! -agar iiiiftntff^ *‘i fry**1" rV"1 -Tf**1 *«**«»• jU1**- i^mfr#*nr« jJUe UP in ,¥m si¥m*k if* UP'-t&m*- W»*to*IP*a ,*H1> nidlw^i ^ "" n;-)“ir U*m liaetor • Jw^jjro r* £«*«. -to «M*‘ iy* a*^^^*^****3 ,¥»y, ;#*» :MteMvw**: ',,; w *».!*■ m&* Tmm»- *'&*■ l Jb - ymmMmmMi¥ ■&?, »«.»** ..lltfitt ••liiiifl l*