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'-vHr u,r" ' "vrw ?'WiTw;pi!j(piJSSJ"i "B w " 'v'St w! ' The Commoner M VOL. 20, NO. 5 ; T -n ? j - Mm I? The Bryan Person ality What Is thore about Bryan that pulls pooplo to him and holds thorn thoro? What is it .that has mado v it poasiblo for this man 'to hold his placo in tho hoarts o Nobraska poo plo for thirty years? It is jusl thirty years sinco Nebraska pooplo got tho habit of listening to Mi. Bryan, thirty years sinco he had "wished upon him what looked ll'ko tho profitless honor of a Doino cratic nomination for congress in a hopolossly Republican district. Ht won in that election and that is tho only office to which ho was over olec tod still ho talks to crowded houses everywhere, anywhere. Despite his many defeats, his many political deaths ho romains tho blggost Demo crat of them all, tho .man nearost and doarost to tho pooplo of Nobras ka, the nation. Saturday night tho pooplo packed tho Elks hall to 'hoar, him. It was tho same old story of politics. 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What is there about this man that holds tho old guard's affections for more than a q'uartor of a century, that wins the sons of these old guards and holds them, too? Tho writer hoard him first in '96 a student in the grammar grades, a Republican by birth wo found it hard to follow his logic; but wo felt his presence, the personal appeal of tho man and no one was more proud of tho pleasant greeting and hearty handshake than the little Republican girl with short curls and shorter skirts Indeed, we wore so happy over tho honor of tho matter that wo walked around the old court house lawn at West Point to take our place in tho ranks for a second opportunity to shako hands with the big man with tho kind eyes. Wo havo heard him many times since that day but never with more joy, more real sat isfaction than last Saturday. His voice has lost' nothing of tho old appeal. His personality nothing of the old charm. His eyes are as clear, as smiling, as filled with happy fun as thoy woro twentv-four years ago. There is an indefinable some thing about the man that draws you to him. He is clean. Ho is fin.o. His vory presence exalts you, edifies, inspires you to better things. To bo with him is to see with him, to feel with him, to bo just glad you aro able to do whatever little you may do for him. Wo went to Wayne to meet him Saturday afternoon and such a wel come as those Wayne people accorded him! Tho streots were knee-deep with mud. Tho skies were' flooding the town. Mr. Bryan was mud-bound betwoen Wakefield and there and the people waited for him in the city opera house upwards to two hours, waitod patiently, gladly and stood as one man when he entered. His oyes shone. And why not? Was not such, a demonstration proof that he held the old place in their hearts? He spoke for two hours and not a word was lost on his audience. They laughed with him, were serious with him, applauded him vigorously ana when he finished they gathered about him, recalling tho old days, assuring him they are for him today as then. And here is something we noted particularly, everyone put his hands on him, some placed their arms about him, all felt the magnetism of the man, all felt their common ownership in him. Wo know now why he is called tho "commoner." He is a com moner at heart. He more nearly rep resents tho ideal presented by Abra ham Lincoln than any living man. At Wayne there was no note of defiance in his tone he sensed his audience at sight. There was no need for defi ance, denunciation. It was a Bryan crowd an audience of people with him, almost to a man. At Norfolk thoro was just a, hint of defiance, a He knew there - Berryman in Washington Star. we sat 'round the table and enjoyed a review of 'the years with him with out thought of other than a friendly comraderio that bound us all. At breakfast he was the same simple citizen, enjoying plain food. Happy in tho rest of the few hours he slept, he was ready for the early train for Omaha, where he spent another busy day. What is there about this man's presence that gives you a feeling oC safety, protection, friendship a kind of benediction feeling that leaves you better prepared to meet the world's battle? Somehow, the little home seems more of a sanctuary, a sacrec placo because of his having been there; somehow there is a peace about him that calms, that blesses. Somehow he gives, one the feeling that must have been that of Mary Magdalene when He appeared before her at the tomb. They may beat Bry an, may keep him out of public of fice but they can't kill him, they can't keep him oub of the hearts of men and women. Of all the men in American history in our time, no man shall hold the place that history will accord to him. Norfolk, Neb., Press. 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"Brother Charley" is prob ably the first politician in the uni verse to adopt.-a countiy-wide card index system of keeping an accurate record of the party leaders in all the states. His system would compare favorably with the records in the war department at Washington whereby the government keeps a record of all men In the military service. Many politicians those who cannot dictate to Charley or get him to follow their whims would prefer he was not quite so active and persistent in this work. His cleverness, too, is very disconcerting to fellows, like for ex ample, Hitchcock and Mullen. TalJay rand never played diplomacy among the kings and rulers of Europe any more cleverly than Brother Charley plays the political game, so far as be ing able to unfathom intrigues of party enemies and anticipate the in tentions of those who attempt to be tray tne party into tho hands mine, some MscMts ana .uitoT S'S: SM of corruption. W. J. Bryan and his brother are eternally camping on the trail of party perverters and party wreckers. This is why this kind of fel lows have such venomous hate for the Commoner and his political gen eral Brother Charley. How many times men have invaded Brother Charley's private sanctum in the Commoner office bent on pumping him for the purpose of playing a smooth game to get the brother to disclose things that would be valu able information to the enemies of Bryan policies. And just, as often as it has been tried the fellow in each case "has, w5th barely any exception departed without any moro knowl edge than when he entered, but on the other hand Charley Bryan usually obtains all he wants to know or en deavors to obtain and this is where he is a little bit the shrewdest polit ical interviewer in the country, as more than one trained journalist has found out. The writer was the first newspaper man in the United States to publish give to tho outside world Charley. Bryaa's card index and classified file system on party leaders and statesmen in all the states and also his card index system of dele gates chosen in all the states to the nationaL Democratic conventions. It was Charley Bryan's directing genius in this that enabled him to attend the last two' national conventions and be able to place his finger more accurate ly on what could be expected of each delegate than any other man in con vention hall; and, too, it gave him and his noted brother the master hold that enabled W. J. Bryan to keep an accurate tally on the total strength to rally about him for a mass attack on the opposing elements at the most vulnerable opportunity. This was strikingly shown when ho hurled a united front at Baltimore A Family Treat High class, practical reading course, for each member- of tho family, covering a whole year and at a low co3t. Doesn't that interest you? 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