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VOL. 20, NO. 5
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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. Tho
night waB.cold and wot, the streots
muddy but tho hall was packed. For
tho full two hours ho hold his audi
onco, scores who had been unable
to procurO a soat, remained stand
ing until thoy had heard his very
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came aiid stayed, apMauded, shook
hands with .him and went homo fool
ing tho evening well spent.
The wondorful, magnetic man once
known as "tho Boy Orator of the
Platto" ' xiow in his sixtieth year
charrilod his hearers just as effective
ly as ho did back there in the early
90'fl.
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
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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
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were elements in his audience that
merited that defiance. They would
have none of him. Their minds were
closed to him. He dared them to do
their worst!
It was the privilege of the Press
folks to entertain him for the night.
He seemed just as happy, just as
much at home in our-modest littles
bungalow as though he were tho
plainest friend or in the grandest
noma, iv glass or two of sweet, cold
"BROTHER CHARLEY"
The professional politicians in the
Democratic fold have but little love
for Charley Bryan, the political
Napoleon who sits in the Commoner
office and keeps a close tab on the
party leaders as well as all others
who have to do with directing party
affairs. "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
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