The Boy Orator of the Platte
the Standard Bearer of
Democracy for the
Great Fight.
The Convenin Stanpeed {0 Him.
NO NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESI-
DENT UNTIL TO-DAY.
It is Probable That John R. M’Lean
of Ohio will be on the Ticket
with Bryan. The Work
Nearly Done. Great Ex-
citement Prevails.
ee TO LL.
CHICAGO, July 10th.—The greatest
crowd that has yet assembled in the Colis-
eum, in Jackson Park, struggled and fought
to get near the doors hours before the time
set for the opening session this morning, at
11 o’clock. There were fully 30,000 people
gathered “abet the place hoping to gain
entrance to the great building where it was
felt that the next President of the United
States was to be named within a short
time. This opinion was well founded for
it was only four hours until one of the
greatest demonstrations that has ever char-
acterized any political gathering culminat-
ed in the nomination of William Jennings
Bryan, the Boy Orator of the Platte.
The WATCHMAN’S bulletins during the
session are as follows :
10 45—The first business in order is the
ballot for President. There seems to be
some doubt as to whether a two-thirds
votes of all States is required to nominate
or simply two-thirds of the vote cast.
The hest authorities say the latter and
these bulletins will be based on that sup-
position. There are in all 930 votes, but
it is expected a number will refrain from
voting.
10 52—It has just been learned that
Senator Hill will not attend feonvention
today. Itissaid that he is ill. It is also
learned that Tillman will go to Bryan on
second hallot. He is for Blackburn on
first ballot.
Delegates come in slowly. It is said
that Boies’ vote will likely split up after
the first ballot. Bland’s strength is put at
350 to 375; Bryan about the same.
11.03—New York delegation has sent a
committee to Senator Hill’s hotel to get
him to come to the convention.
11.04—Chairman Harrity rises. He is
loudly cheered. Harrity nominates Rob.
E. Pattison for President. ’
It is stated at the New York delegation
headquarters that Senator ‘Hill had with-
drawn from the convention. At 10.42 he
had not arrived and his associates were
organizing. They said Hill would not
again come to the hall.
DOWN TO BALLOTING.
11.07—Nominations for President are
closed. Roll of States ordered for first bal-
lot. :
The official count of the ballots after
making corrections on account of ahsentees
and declinations to vote, is as follows :
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Bland..................... 233 257 292 217
Bryan... 105 186 220 278
Boies. 86 35 ¢
Matthew ee 37 35
McLean 4 54 ’
Blackburn 83 30
Pattison 95 99
Campbe 22
Russell. 2
Pennoyer 17 8
Hill......... 1 1
Stevenson... 2 6
Teller......... ae 8
Not voting...............183
On the third and fourth ballots there
was no material change in the votes of any
of the candidates except the two leaders.
During the next ballot Illinois asked
permission to retire to caucus but the re-
quest was declared out of order until the
result of, the ballot should be announced.
Delaware went into caucus in the conven-
tion hall.
On the fifth ballot there was no count
made as the assurance that Bryan would
be the nominee caused a stampede to him
and his nomination was made ‘ unanimous.
THE BRYAN STAMPEDE
At this juncture Ohio withdrew McLean
and announced her vote for Bryan. Pande-
monium reigned supreme. © The Bryan
boomers carried guidons, flags, and ban-
ners to every part of the vast building,
yelling themselves hoarse, throwing hats,
canes and umbrellas high into the iron
rafters. State after State fell in line for
him and when it became known that only
four votes were needed Montana changed
her vote to Bryan. This was enough, but
before it could he recorded Boise had been
withdrawn and Bryan’s nomination was
more than assured.
BLAND’S LETTER.
While the chairman was trying to re-
store order a Missouri delegate leaped to
the platform and read a letter from Bland
asking that his name he withdrawn when-
ever it would appear that another man
was the choice.of the delegates. This was
the signal for another great outburst that
lasted nearly an hour.
MADE UNANIMOUS.
When order was restored Senator Turpie
moved to make the nomination unanimous.
The delegates from the States that had not
been voting objected, but the chairman
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
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ruled that only delegates that were voting
should have a voice in the matter and it
carried.
HOW THE NOMINATION WAS MADE.
It was a pretty question for awhile,
when it was learned that New York would
refuse to vote, as to whether a two-thirds of
the total number of delegates present or
two-thirds of those voting should be con-
sidered in reckoning on the necessary
majority. The chair ruled, on pre-
cedent, that only those voting would
be considered in reckoning the proportion.
NOT VOTING.
The number of delegates who did not
vote on the various ballots were 185, 160,
162 and 162 respectively.
The convention adjourned uniil 8 p. m.
THE EVENING SESSION.
CHICAGO, July 10th. 8:21 p. m.—The
weather is clearand warm. Delegates are
coming in slowly and an effort is being
made to dispense with formal presentation
of candidates and proceed at ence with the
balloting for Vice President. It looks as
if votes will be cast for McLean, Matthews,
Sibley, of Penna., Geo. F. Williams, of
Mass., and Sewell, of Maine, if such a sug-
gestion is followed. The general opinion
is that McLean will be nominated.
8:58 p. m.—Convention is called to or-
der while delegates are earnestly conferr-
ing in the aisles. Gen. Bragg secures plat-
form and says he rises to question of State
privilege and asserts that some one stole |
the Wisconsin banner during the afternoon
stampede for Bryan and carried it around
the hall. He explained that he only want-
ed to set matters right.
9:08—Gov. Stone, of Missouri, takes
platform to move adjournment until noon
to-morrow. Henry, of Miss., amends the
motion so as to read at 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning. The roll of States is ordered
on the motion.
9:10—Roll call down to California.
States vote ‘‘Aye.”’
9:1—Illinois and Indiana vote : “No !”
Great cheering.
9:14—‘“Ayes,” 201; ‘“‘nays,’”’ 45. Roll of
Illinois ordered.
9:16—Motion to adjourn almost carried.
9:26—Audience and delegates leaving
seats and going out.
Roll call cannot be heard. Motion to ad-
journ until 10, a. m. tomorrow carried.
IT WILL LIKELY BE MCLEAN.
The indications are that John R. Mec-
Lean, of Ohio, the brilliant editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer will be nominated for
Vice President. His State having been the
first to break to Bryan the latter’s friends
will naturally favor him.
All
THE FREE COINAGE PLATFORM.
Declaration of Principles on Finance and for Better-
ment of the General Government Adopted by the
Majority of the Democratic National Convention.
We, the Democrats of the United States, in
national convention assembled, do reaffirm
our allegiance, to those essential principles of
justice and liberty upon which our institu-
tions are founded, and which the Democratic
party has advocated from Jefterson’s time to
our own, freedom of speech, freedom of the
press, freedom of conscience, the preserva-
tion of personal rights, the equality of all
citizens before the law and the faithful ob-
servance of constitutional limitations.
FOR THE INTEGRITY OF GOVERNMENT.
During all these years the Democratic
party has resisted the tendency of selfish in-
terests to the centralization of governmental
power and steadfastly maintained the in-
tegrity of the dual scheme of government es-
tablished by the founders of this republic of
republics. Under its guidance the great
principle of local self-government has found
its best expression in the maintenance of the
rights of the States and in its assertion of the
neccessity of confining the general govern-
ment to the exercise of the powers granted
by the constitution of the United States.
THE FINANCIAL DECLARATION.
Recognizing that the money question is
paramount to all others at this time, we in-
vite attention to the fact that the federal con-
stitution names silver and gold together as
the money metals of the United States, and
that the first coinage law passed by Congress
under the constitution, made the silver dol-
lar the monetary unit and admitted gold to
free coinage at a ratio based upon the silver
dollar unit.
We declare that the act of 1873, demonectiz-
ing silver without the knowledge or ap-
proval of the American people, has resulted
in the appreciation of gold and a correspond-
ing fall in the prices of commodities produced
by the people , a heavy increase in the bur-
den of taxation and of all debts, public and
rivate ; the enrichment of the money-lend-
ing class at home and abroad ; the prostra-
tion of industry and impoverishment of the
people.
GOLD MONOMETALLISM A BRITISH’ POLICY.
We are unalterably opposed to the mono-
metallism which has locked fast the pros-
perity of an industrial people in the paralysis
of hard times. Gold monometallism is a Brit-
ish policy, and its adoption has brought
other nations into financial servitude to Lon-
don. It is not only unamerican but anti-Amer-
ican, and it can be fastened on the United
States only by the stifling ‘of that spirit and
love of liberty which proclaimed our political
independence in 1776 and won it in the war
of the revolution.
INDEPENDENT FREE COINAGE DEMANDED.
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation. We demand
that the standard silver dollar shall be a full
legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts
public and private, and we favar such legisla-
tion as will prevent for the future the
demonetization of any kind of legal tender
money by private contract.
BONDS AND BANK NOTES OPPOSED.
We are opposed to the issuing of interest-
bearing bonds of the United States in time
of peace, and condemn the trafficking with
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banking syndicates which, in exchange for
bonds and at an enormous profit to them-
selves, supply the federal treasury. with gold
to maintain the policy of gold monometallism.
Congress alone has the power to coin and
issue money, and President Jackson declared
that this power could not be delegated to cor-
porations or individuals. We therefore de-
mand that the power to issue notes to circu-
late as money be taken from the national
banks, and that all paper money shall be is-
sued directly by the treasury department,
and be redeemable in coin and receivable for
all debts, public and private.
TARIFF FOR REVENUE EXCLUSIVELY.
We hold that tariff duties should be levied
for purposes of revenue, such duties to be so
adjusted as to operate equally throughout the
country, and not discriminate between class
or section, and that taxation should be limited
by the needs of the government honostly and
economically administered. We denounce as
disturbing to business the Republican threat
to restore the McKinley law, which has been
twice condemned by the people in national
elections, and which, enacted under the false
plea of protection to home industry, proved a
prolific breeder of trusts and i en-
riched the few at the expense of the many,
restricted trade and deprived the producers
of the great American staples, of access to
their natural markets. Until the money
question is settled, we are opposed to any
agitation for further changes in our tariff
laws, except such as are necessary to meet the
deficit in revenue caused by the adverse deci-
sion of the supreme court on the income tax.
DUTIES OF CONGRESS REGARDING INCOME
TAX.
But for this decision by the supreme court
there would be no deficit in the revenue
under the law passed by a Democratic Con-
gress in striet pursuance of the uniform deci-
sions of that court for nearly 100 years, that
court having in that decision sustained con-
stitutional objections to its enactment which
had previously been over-ruled by the ablest
judges who have ever sat on that bench. We
declare that it is the duty of Congress to use
all the constitutional power which remains
after that decision, or which may come from
its reversal by the court as it may hereafter
be: coustituted, so that the burdens of tax-
ation may be equally and impartially laid to
the end that wealth may bear its due propor-
tion of the expenses of the government.
EFFICIENT PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN
LABOR.
We hold that the most efficient way to
protect American labor is to prevent the im-
portation of foreign pauper labor to compete
with it in the home market, and that the
value of the home market to our American
farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by a
vicious monetary system, which depresses
the prices of their products below the cost of
production, and thus deprives them of the
means of purchasing the products of our
home manufacturers.
STRICTER CONTROL OF RAILROADS DEMAND-
ED.
The absorption of wealth by the few, the
consolidation of our leading railroad systems
and the formation of trusts and pools require
a stricter control by the federal government
of those arteries of commerce. We demand
the enlargement of the powers of the inter-
and oppression.
GREATER ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT NEED"
ED.
We denounce the profligate waste of money
wrung from the people by oppressive taxation
and the lavish appropriations of recent Re-
publican congresses, which have kept taxes
high while the labor that pays them is unem-
ployed and the products of the people's toil
are depressed in price till they no longer re-
pay the cost of production. We demand a re-
turn to that simplicity and economy which
| benefits a democratic government and a re-
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, of Lincoln, Neb.,
was born in Salem, Marion County, Ill., March 19th,
1860, attended public schools until fifteen years of age,
spending his vacations on the farm ; in the fall of 1875
entered Whipple Academy, at Jacksonville, Ill. ; enter-
ed Illinois College, Jacksonville, in 1877 ; completed a
classical course and was graduated with the highest
honors, in 1831 ; attended Union College of Law, Chica-
go, Il1., for two years during which time he was con-
nected with the office of ex-Senator Lyman Trumball ;
began the practice of his profession at Jacksonville ; re-
moved to Lincoln, Neb., October 1st, 1887, and became
“~a member of the firm of Talbot & Bryan ; never held an
elective office prior to his election to Congress; was
elected to the Fifty-second and re-elected to the Fifty-
third Congress as a Democrat, receiving 13,784 votes,
against 13,644 votes for Allen W. Field, Republican,
863 votes for R. W. Maxwell, Prohibitionist, and 2,409
votes far Jerome Shamp, Populist.
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OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
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duction in the number of useless offices, the
salaries of which drain the substance of the
. people.
state commerce commission, and such restric- ,
tions and guarantees in the control of rail- |
roads as will protect the people from robbery |
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FEDERAL INTERFERENCE DENOUNCED.
We denounce arbitrary interference by fed-
eral authorities in local affairs as a violation
of the constitution of the United States and a
crime against free institutions, and we espec-
ially object to government by injunction as a
new and highly dangerous form of oppression,
by which federal judges, in contempt of the
laws of the states and rights of citizens, be-
come at once legislators, judges and execu-
tioners ; and we approve the bill passed at
the last session of the United States senate
and now pending in the House, relative to
contempts in federal courts and providing for
trials by jury in certain cases of contempt.
NO DISCRIMINATION TO DEBTORS.
No discrimination should be indulged by
the government of the United States in favor
of any of its debtors. We approve of the re-
fusal of the Fifty-third congress to pass the
Pacific railroad functions bill, and denounce
the effort of the'present Republican congress
to enact a similar measure.
JUST PENSIONS APPROVED.
Recognizing the just claims of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule
of the present commissioner of pensions that
no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from
the pension roll, and the fact of enlistment
and service should be deemed conclusive evi-
dence against disease or disability before en-
listment. :
EARLY ADMISSION OF ALL TERRITORIES FA"
VORED.
We favor the admission of the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona into the Union as
states, and we favor the early admission of all
the territories that have the necessary popu-
lation and resources to entitle them to state-
hood, and while they remain territories we
hold that the officials appointed to administer
the government of any territory, together
with the District of Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona fide residents of the territory
or district in which their duties are to be per-
formed. The Democratic party believes in
home rule, and that all tn lands of the
United States should be appropriated to the
establishment of free homes for American
citizens.
We recommend that the territory of Alaska
be granted a delegate in congress, and that
the general land and timber laws of the Uni-
ted States be extended to said territory.
SYMPATHY EXTENDED TO CUBAN
GENTS.
We extend our sympathy to the people of
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and
independence. ;
We are opposed to life tenure in the public
service. We favor appointments based upon
merits, fixed terms of office, and such admin-
istration of the civil service laws as will afford
equal opportunities to all citizens of ascer-
tained fitness.
INSUR-
AGAINST THIRD-TERM PRESIDENTS.
We declare it to be the unwritten law of
this republic, established by custom and
usage of 100 years, and sanctioned by the ex-
amples of the greatest and wisest of those who
founded and have maintained our govern-
ment, that no man should be eligible for a
third term of the presidential office.
GOVERNMENT CARE OF THE WATERWAYS,
The federal government should care for and
improve the Mississippi river and other great
waterways of the republic, so as to secure for
the interior states easy and cheap transporta-
tion to tide-water. When any waterway of
the republic is of sufficient importance to de-
mand aid of the government, such aid should
be extended uvon a definite plan of the con-
tinuous work until permanent improvement
is secured.
DEMOCRACY’S APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE,
Confiding in the justice of our cause and
the necessity of its success at the polls, we
submit the foregoing declaration of principles
and purposes to the considerate judgment of
the American people. We invite the support
of all citizens who approve them, and who de-
sire to have them made effective through leg-
islation for the relief of the people and the
restoration of the country’s prosperity.
Vote on Platform.
States and the Ballots They Cast on the 16to 1 Free.
Silver Platform. ‘
CHICAGO, July 9.—The following table
gives the record of votes on the adoption of
the free silver platform :
STATE. Aye. No
AGhAMY. iri iin ciitn eis fara resesesseinness 22
Arkansas 16
California...
Colorado....
Connecticut.
Delaware
Florida
Georgig
Idaho..
—
jai ii
Illinois... . 48 To
Indiana.. «30 52
Iowa.... . 26 re
Kansas... . 20 ved
Kentueky.. 2%
Louisiana.. . 18 or
Maine..... «2 Io
Marylanc e 4 12
Massachu 3 27
Michigan 2s ..
Minnesota. 6 MN
Mississippi 18
Missouri . 34
Montana,
Nebraska..
Nevada............
I RBot i171
New Hampshire. "
New Jersey..... i
New York.... vi ees
North Carolina. . 22
North Dakota. . 0 5s
Ohio... mw...
Oregon 8 sie
sPennsy a 64
Rhode Islanc oe 8
South Carolina... 18 or
South Dakota... wo 8
Tennessee... 24 oe
Texas..... 30 4s
Utah...... 6
NOTION ec cs0riiireerseressectenternernessinsannmnessennns oro 8
Virginia... 24 ahh
Washingten.. 5 3
West Virginia. 12 is
. 2A
6 6
os 6
6 et
District of Columbia. - 0 0s
New Mexico.......... « 6 os
Oklahoma........... OB is
InQinn Territory. cicecccserereecrenesunssertensesas 6 oe
POIAlN. 0s 000r00 reesseeresstrareseesssvensssnnrursninnss 628 310
One delegate in Minnesota refused to vote.
Vote on Cleveland.
Record of the States on the Expression of Confidence
in the Administration.
CHICAGO, July 9.—The following table
gives the votes on Hill’s amendment to the
platform expressing confidence in the ad-
ministration:
State. State. Aye. No.
Alabama......... New Jersey..... 2
Arkansas........ New York........ 2
California N. Carolina...... ww 22
Colorado......;.. [. 8 N. Dakota....... ‘ 5
Connecticut.... 12 Ohio.....icamppeeees 46
Delaware....... 5 1 Oregon.....;.... a8
Florida.. x 1 Penns’ania...... 0. .
wi 20 8
6 ow 18
48 8 ..
30 wri 24
26 wn: 30)
20 we 6
26 8 ..
16 | Virginfa........... '.. M4
1 Washington... 3 5
Maryland 5 .. W. Virginia..... we 1
Massachusetts 28 1 Wisconsin....... of
Michigan........ 28 Wyoming........ ... 8
Minnesota....... 17 1 Alaska... 6 ..
Mississippi..... a 1g Arizona. wil 6
Missouri... 34 Dis. Colum...... © 5
Montana, 4 New Mexico..., 6
Nebrask 16 Oklahoma. + ne 6B
Nevada. 6 Indian 7T........... ow Bb
TPotals......... 357 564
There were four absentees in California,
and one in North Dakota, while three in
Montana, one in West Virginia and one in
Massachusetts refused to vote.
What They Say About the Nomination.
The following expressions were picked
up and voice the sentiment of prominent
Democrats in this section who were shout-
ing for Bryan at the big jollification meet-
ing held at the Court House last night.
I think it will win. The candidate is
clean strong and well equipped to win a
victory. W. C.HEINLE.
i ft 3
I endorse the ticket and the whole out-
fit. HAMMON SECHLER.
Ff i
I am always for the ticket. I know him
to be a Democrat among Democrats.
C. M. BOWER.
F 4 0}
Iam for Bryan first, last and all the
time. I know him personally.
| J i H. WETZEL.
ll
It suits me very well. It is one in which
all young Democrats can take a most hear-
ty interest. W. GAYLER MORRISON.
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I am for the ticket every time.
N. B. SPANGLER.
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It suits me very well. I know that we
couldn’t have nominated an eastern man
and Bryan is eminently a leader for Dem-
ocracy in this fight. Ww. F. Smith.
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It is one of the best things that could
have happened. It pleases me very much.
I will give my hand and heart, to the sup-
port of this ticket J. P. CoNDo.
i 4 4
I certainly approve the nomination. I
don’t believe a better selection could have
been made from among any of the men
who were spoken of in the West.
W. MILES WALKER.
i 4
A splendid nomination.
fellow.
Just the right
R. C. GILLILAND.
i 4
Elegant, I say. Record clean and a rep-
resentative of the Democratic party. I have
watched his career because of personal. ad-
miration and am heartily glad of the choice.
H. S. TAYLOR.
BRYAN TO THE WORLD.
(Extracts from letters and signed despatches sent
by Mr. Bryanto The World during the silver
campaign, but before his name was presented
for President in the Chicago Convention last
night.) .
-¢“Those who have been heretofore recog-
nized as Democrats and who do not wish
to stand with us in carrying out the pro-
visions of the Chicago platform must find a
location for themselves.’
“I have but little doubt that there will he
those who will think that the silver senti-
ment is a craze that is going to blow over.’
“That makes me think of a story. Out
in the Northwest, where the wind is high,
the fences are sometimes blown down and
A
man was going along one day and found
sometimes the houses are blown over.
another building a fence. He was putting
The
“You are putting a good deal
Don’t you think it
And the man who was
it up solidly, with mortar and stone.
man said :
of time on that fence.
will blow over ?”’
“That is just
It is five feet
wide and four feet high, and when it blows
building the fence replied :
the way I am building it..
over it will be one foot higher than it is
now.”” That is the way they are building
this silver craze. It is wider than it is
high, and when it does blow over it will be
higher than it is now.”’
‘We have already suffered grieviously be-
cause of the fall in prices. The last cen-
sus shows a decrease in the proportion of
farm owners and an increase in the propor-
tion of farm tenants. It also shows a farm
mortgage debt which is truly alarming.
The continued appreciation of gold, that is
the continued fall in prices, increases the
number of tenants and makes harder every
year the life of the farmer.”’
‘‘He who aids in increasing landlordism
in this country hastens the overthrow of
the Republic, for free government will not
long survive when a few own the land and
means of support, while the many are ten-
ants at will. No one would dare to pro-
pose a law increasing the number of dollars
to be paid by a debtor. To increase the
size of the dollar by legislation has exactly
the same effect.”’
‘“That dollar will soon cease to be called
honest which grows fatter every day. Tar-
iff reform grew strong in the West and
South, while it was rejected as a heresy in
the East. It took years of struggle to car-
ry the cause of tariff reform across the Al-
leghenies, but the principle conguered in
time.”’
“The protective policy was never as dis-
astrous to the agricultural classes as a gold ,
standard would ' be, for while protection
lessened the stream, gold monometallism
would dry up the very fountain of pros-
perity.”’
“The friends of the ‘‘gold and silver coin-
age of the Constitution’” need not be dis-
couraged. Strong in the all-conquering
might of right, their principles will tri-
umph and that triumph will be signalized
by a return of prosperity to the great mas-
“Tariff reform’’ and
“‘the coinage of the Constitution’ will re-
ses of our people.
main the two great issues until secured.
W. J. BRYAN.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Career of an Eloquent Champion of Free Silver
It has been said that William Jennings
Bryan, of Nebraska ‘‘won fame in an hour”
by his address on the tariff in Congress in
March, 1892, but his race for fame began
12 years prior to that date, for he was a
student of political economy at a very ear-
ly age and was on the stump before he was
old enough to vote. Mr. Bryan was horn
in Salem, Ills, March 19th, 1860. His
father was a prominent lawyer and a cir-
cuit court judge. Young Bryan graduated
at the Iilinois college and at the Union
Law college ; then he married Miss Mary
E. Baird and put out his shingle as an at-
torney. His total income for the first six
months was $68 ; after that he had a fine
practice. His wife has also been admitted
to the bar, and she isin more senses
than wives usually are a helpmeet to her
husband. They have a delightful little
home and several bright children.
Mr. Bryan is a smooth faced, clean cut,
handsome man, a fine speaker, and a ready
debater. He is an ardent tariff reformer.
Since his retirement from Congress he has
been active upon occasions in spreading the
free silver propaganda all over the great
West and down into New Mexico. He
never fails to secure converts. He began
his congressional career by carry-
ing an overwhelmingly Republican dis-
trict by 7,000 majority. Although his
views on finance are at variance with
those of some of the great Democratic
statesmen, recent developments have
shown that he is in advance rather
than in the rear of Democratic pro-
gress. As long ago as May, 1805, in a
speech in Missouri, Mr. Bryan said he be-
lieved the Democratic party would take its
position at the next national convention
and declare in its platform for the free coin-
age of silverat 16 tol. =
Sr ————————
——Subsecribe for the WATCHMAN.