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The Commoner
JANUAEY, 1915
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one of those, whose memory treasures
up small thing with yen more care
than great ones. He -was said to be a
very diligent reader, and was cer
tainly a. never weary monotonous
talker. ,. . . It was, moreover, his
passion or his policy to identify him
self with the pepjple, in opposition to
those who were termed the well-horn.
.... In other respects Mr. Bryan
was well enough: let us say a well
meaning man, and even one, who, in
the main, felt he was acting the pa
triot;, for this paTt, it is well lenown,
is played In very different styles. . .
S6me see only danger, bless their op
tics J. on the side of -aristocracy; and
therefore, rivet themselves with all
their, might in an- anti-patrician spirit
nP nnrtmvaanciSB trt AVftrvthinGT Cn.ll-
did, or noble or honorable. Nothing.
is republican with them, but as it is
crawling, and mean, and candied
over with a' fulsome and hypocritical
love for the people. I do not say that
Mr. Bryan was actuated by such mo
tives, bub merely, that his patriotism
was of the humble character they
are calculated, to inspire. . . .
This' was understood to have been
principally the Work of . . Bryan,
in conjuncton with . . , a school
master; and it was severely repro
bated by those who thought checks
and balances necessary to a legm
mate distribution., .of the powers qx
government', ..' '. .; 0f his colleague
' . ' it'm'av not be uncharitable to
presume, .that,, , haying the little
prediiectipn for 'the. antique in Jlb
efty,' which' generally falls to the lot
of a' Dedag,oguef!;he acted accordingly.
J , '. . The cpristjtutionalists, how
ever, ciaimel h'lm and .whether he
thought with, them or not,, he .was
too prudent to disoblige them. It Is
rather robabh that the philosopher
was iOf the opinion, that the. ferment
of the revolution should be left to
work itself off '
. . . As he had discovered that
oil would smooth the ruffled surface
of the sea, so had he found it most
effectual in assuaging the troubieu"
mind3 of his fellow men. Hence his
demeanor to both parties was so tru
ly'' Oily and accommodating . . .
while president
... These' constituted the du
umvirate, which had the credit of
. . . laying . . .the corner
stone of that edifice, which, however
retarded in its progress by aristocrat
leal interference, towers like an
other -Babel to ' the skies, . and will
cbntinue to tower, until finally ar
rested and dilapidated by an irrem
edial confusion of tongues: for an
archy ever closes the career' of dem
ocracy. ,
."You're faking," I declared, when
he had finished. "History does not
repeat itself."
"See for yourself," he replied,
handing me the little leather bound
volume and I saw he was right. The
twentieth century has no monopoly
of colonels, Bryans, schoolmasters
and. constitutionalists. The para--graphs
"he read were from the pen of
one Alexander Graydon, who served
his 'country in the War of the Revo
lution'. ' They are to be found begin-
nnca 2fifi of his Memoirs.
He is describing the part played by
George Bryan and a Mr. Canon in
the formation of the first Pennsyl
vania state constitution. Edwin fc.
Slosson, in New York Independent.
One of 'Nature's Blessings
"Is dem you-all's chickens?"
"Cohso dey my-all's chickens.
Whose chickens did you B'pose dey
was'"
'f wasn't s'pqsih nuffin' about 'em.
But I will say da it's mighty lucky
dat a chicken won' come a-runnin
an' a-waggin' its. tail when its regular
owner whistles, same as a dog;'
Kansas City Times.
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