-THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLFFONTE, PA., JULY 2, 1008, Bryan and the Presidency Fordedodrdododokok keke Bp “Cross of Gold and Crown of Thorns" ~How a Wonderful Speech Won a Presidential Nomination .'. By ROBERTUS LOVE. [Copyright, 1X8, by HEN the Democratic national convention met at Chicago in ISG one of the from Nebraska was Jennings Bryan, a ty-six, a Lincoln comprised had beer State tobertus Love.) delegates Willian of thir the city ot young man private citizen of His ed legis gressmail Fla the nation, ational pol the wires above the the consti: for a presi gpeeches In fore had given him » tation, he the nation #0 to the was practica larg: enste it and great country Never party nominated for living of the Never before had been nominated ormtor won the Eee h Democrats ulists, everybody newcomer would the eampalign Presently rm section before had na pre aident M insinxly pl wey west young a mnt Never before had nr great prize by n Rey wondered ublicans, Pop the himself I how conduct the wonder amazement. Young Mr. Bryan was #8 campaigner—there was no doubt as t« that. He Injected Into American poll turned Mrs. William J. seeded dedodokodeokok His Renomina- nation In 1900. The Dominant Spirit of the Democracy For Twelve Years. Bryan In 1908 Li Yo an Bryan. long, were delivered by him on several days, while it an ordinary thing for him to address twenty at twenty different twenty The ne and a lous was crowds towns In showed a phy the candidate that st with marvelo hours voice ood strain the campalgn progr ¢ of Bryan Rp | pen NEW PICTURE OF ties a presidential eampalign such as | the nation never knew before Men called It a whirlwind campaign, and such It was. The whirlwind road was the raliroad, and it carried the eandl date up and down and across the land upon an amazing schedule of travelling and talking. Mr. Bryan traveled In that campaign more than 18,000 miles and delivered considerably more than 2,000 speeches. He made forty-nine speeches in one day In New York state. Thirty-five addresses, short and WILLIAM J. URYAN, JW, full flush of magnificent manhood | During the four years since ING he | had done mich polition writing, had lectured many on other topics, he had traveled abroad and studied other governments and conditions of people; also be bad be come Colonel Bryan, having gone to eamp during the Spanish war as colo nel of a Nebraska regiment. he i has written his impressions for a syndicate | of American newspapers | for years the most populnr and highest | paid lecturer on the American lyceum | and flcohol and tobacco | of the Presbyterian church and never | speaking wi | times | Again the great east lashed and smashed the western candidate with demoniae denunciation, that time wis a very large increase 9 personal respect for Mr. Bryan. He had proved himself to be by no means wild visionary, the unarchistic rev olutionist, the dangerous funatic, which the opposition in his own party had pictured him as being in 1806, when the Democracy split open and the less. or thereof nominated a “gold Democratic” ticket, with General John M. Palmer of Illinois and General Si mon B. Buckner of Kentucky as the standard bearers, thus contributing to Bryan's defeat in the first campaign, In the campnign of 1" the Demo cratic simply soted the Mc Kinley and Roosevelt Republican tick. though there the section secoders gold free the mo Bryan stands Despite nated twelve he has giver in the weekly which he tabl dn nenin has remove i ' nr near built a com become known as the : titular su traveled He Lin we and world coin, Atl Ceasar to monet He and Henry around the world Chautauqua circuits that his Income from It Is sald lecturing alone | 18 ns much as $50,000 a year, the pres! ] | dent's salary He was forty years of age and in the | Mr. Bryan is a total abstalner from He is a member works on Sunday, save to deliver a re liglous address now and then ideal Is morality, personal, political and civic. The Bryan of 1008 looks older than the Bryan of 1804, but he I» no less vigorous and virile thas he was when his voice flashed across the cons tinent from the Chicago convention bail a He has been | fis | | &—— The —- Scrap Book A Boy's Answer, An Inspector was examining a class of school children in knowl edge, and among other things asked for was a definition of a lie. lmmediately up shot a boy's hand and in a piping treble the reply, “A le Is an to the Lord, but a very pleasant help In time of trouble.” ad religious came abomination PATRIOTISM Breathes there the man wit) Ww h soul so desd never to himself | my my native land!” cart hath ne'er within him his footsteps he hath t own, ng on a f s» breath netrel rapture Taking Care of Papa n BR. 4 ix Presence of Mind seen the fi er's there and told ) “Never molnd.” et i another cat! Judge's When You're i : Hint . Is hey "Yon what do yo Safe eat talk had tom | wouldn't more Christianity i difference If had a good Peter Dunne vou called Finley which you nurse.” The Benevolent Peddler, “1 have told you a times | don't want the machine! Siek him Tige!" sald the exasperated woman of the house Peddler (while the dog Is gnawing his | le)~ Don't want the machine, ma'am’ Pardon me, you haven't yet seen half its good points, It washes the clothes cleaner than any other and In I than half the time. It never tears off a button. Iv “Good heavens! the dog is doing?” “Yer, Quite a playful animal. This machine, ma'am, uses less soap, takes up less room" “He'll tear you to pleces If you don't dozen lens Don't you see what go! Run, for mercy’s sake! He's tast ed blood, and I'm afraid 1 can't make him stop now!" “1 have to put up with ma'am, and it in thing This wis such a good cause Is the best If 1 can succeed In ( I always machine invented one that ever intro ducing one Into a fam! a fee) that You can use any kind of water, bard or soft hot “Oh. oh, is the “It's family, 1 have done a benevolent act, ol He'll kill worth?" oh! you! What machine worth but a mil dolinrs it for Hon I'm se Hing | and” | Assembly entitled | Mions, i : : : [And 10 provide for the care of “Here's your money I'll take it Tige, Tige, let go!” “IL.t him chew, ma'am; let him chew wooden leg ready ne Is worn out to use any I've got another one for use w t's a home all wen th Looks as If we rain nd of water wer: going Remember nd if your Ii have can soap is all right you can here! gor tired of Wi a Mystery. Woman hb Curious of the Future, “Ha Poor Land { K J . LE {tDVERTINI A i MENTS ¥ ’ entitled rev § 3 ~- esta]. or » Mee. No Frida ! HOON A Wiar } Eagle as choo tH tra Hilo oto : ITLh, I= at | wk 3) | parties having Mims against estate are required 0 present and prove cinims of be forever debarred rom on said fund 8 KLINE WONDRING June 18, 1s xm Au ner i A fore wad thelr aning In tor Arr ATION POR CEMETERY Notiol is hereby given that an applieation will be made to the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County on Tuesday the 3st day of July, A.D WOR at 10 o'clock A. M., under the Act of AB Act 10 provide for the ineorporation and regulation of certain corpor approved April the Mh, 1574, and the supplements thereto | vended corporation 10 be oalled “The Port Ma tilda Cemetery Association,” the charmeter and | object of which is to lay out and preserve a | 10 soquire for piace for the burial of the doad that purpose land either by rehase or gift same. and for at) enio} all the rights, Rn by the act of CL benefits and privilewon v assembl - DALR, x Solleitor License Transfered The gra F Weisotske V. i i Iloyd P inchire wa i nip JUrg, was to Edward G re n he nted to D, House, veek same ft noel liquior license D140 Pla Banner Lye to use fely and conve- S easy s nacked s0%a and disinfects bs Banner Lye. It 1 coloriess niectar Makes pure Market Trade Marks Labels. + ¥ JOSHUA R. H. POTTS, Lawyer, 929 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, D I k WINDSOR HOTEL H PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD SCHEDULE Rioomsdor! 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