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nalistic guns for the" battle of Novem
ber. But all tributes ana all ovations in
that great historic assembly of dele
gates and people pale into insignifi
cance beside- the continuing11 popular
idolatry that followed William J. Bry
an. It was not-on'iy one time, but
every tim.o; not upon special occa
sion, but upon all occasions, and upon
the slightest provocation any sugges
tion of him swept the -vast -assembly
into a stotm., Every mention of his
name was magical. The sight of his
impressive figure was a signal for the
wildest enthusiasm, and he aione was
potential to still the storm which his
lightest word let loose. Time and
again when the democratic chairman,
and the sergeant-at-arms, and the offi
cers, and the police, were simply as
leaves in the tempest of popular ex
citement, One lifted finger of the great
Nebraskan 6uld bring almost instant
stillness to the turbulent enthusiasm
which all the organized forces of the
democratic convention could not con
trol; No man has ever seen Bryan the
real Bryan-Sunless he saw him at St.
Louis. Those who have seen him
elsewhere have seen the great but
tranquil teacherj preaenmg In patience
and biding his time. Those who saw
him at St. Louis saw Bryan jit his
best arid greatest with all tile Hon
aroused by opposition and offense, and
his niarvelous eloquence winged to
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Cut the Qordian knot!
its loftiest flight by the occasion and
the emergency. And to have seen
Bryan at his best was to have seen
the world's best at his best.
For no man living and few men
dead have ever looked upon so peer
less an orator, so incomparable a
master of assemblies, as Bryan at St.
Louis. The delegates before him were
iron,, pledged, predetermined, inacces
sible and immovable, cut If any one
thousand men could have been select
ed from that vast assemblage, or
brought into that vast assemblage,
with open, minds and uninstructed
wills, and given for an hour to this
matchless leader of men, he could
have swayed arid lea t&em as Demos
thenes moved the Athenians to
"March against Philip, to conquer or
die."
whpn tho student o oratory In art,
or the student of popular leadership
in expression, seeks in the future an
illustration to make immortal on can
vas or in description, he will find the
ideal in the great Nebraskan, who was
the unchallenged and unequalled hero
of the democratic convention of 1904.
Next to Bryan, and in most things
equal to him, was Bailey, of Texas.
He is a really great man, poised, bal
anced, powerful, impressive, almost
majestic In his dignity and strength.
His lightest word was impressive to
the convention. His dignity, his fair
ness, his splendid firmness and his
great lucid brain left its impress
wherever it touched. It was one of
the disappointments of the convention
that he did not speak.
John Sharp Williams lost rather
than gained by the St. Louis parlia
ment. As a presiding officer he did
not measure up. He lacked dignity,
and impress! veness. His voice was
poor. His manne did not win. He
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LIFE AND SPEECHES OF
William J. Bryan.
Illustrated, Octavo, Cloth Bound, Published in 1900
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had the poor taste and the poorer
tact to assail Bryan after Bryan had
fallen in line with his party. And
Bryan, who could -have demolished
him in a epcecb, simply killed him
by answering never a word.
Lord, how much there Is to say, and
how hard it is to stop when writing
of this historic convention.
But 1 must stop somewhere, and I
will stop now. John Temple Graves,
in Atlanta News.
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