THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1913.
PAGE TWO
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III"
As Premier of President's
Cabinet He Achieves His
Final Victory.
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By JAMES A EDGER.TON.
THEY do coino back some of
them. You can knock thorn out,
Jump on their prostrate forms
and have them unanimously
elected mombera of the Down and Out
club, but they will be up and smiling
at the tap of the gong. They are like
the cat you put In a meal Back and
take seventeen miles away to lose It In
the wilderness, only to find on your re
turn that the cat beat you home. You
can't lose some men. Defeat only
makes their friends more loyal. You
may think you hnvo them "beaten to a
frazzle," but they arc always ready
for the uext round. .
With these few brief remarks. ladles
nnd gentlemen, wo will now Introduoe
the greatest comebacker of them nil,
not that he needs introducing, but only
to show that wo know him. Sure, you
guessed his Identity the llrst time
The peerless leader is his middle
name and not only the peerless lender
nnrl no erless loser, but the peerless
comebacker. You can't lose William
.TpnnlncH Rrvnn.
There are nconlo who held fallacious
views to the contrary. They now
know better. Any one who harbored
that delusion is like Coleridge's "An
clont Mariner"
A sadder and a wiser man he wolte the
morrow morn.
The Republicans wore sure he was
done for in 1800. They again glee
fully announced his demise in 1000.
Aftnr Pnrknr's nomination In 1004
both the Republicans and a part of
the Democrats were esseuuany aim
toctotnllv certain that this was the
end of Bryan. They fluishod him once
more In 1003. When he broke witu
Jim Dahlman and other leaders of his
party in Nebraska in 1010 everybody
nimu.il thnt nt last he was out of it
timt Is. evervbodv but Bryan. They
left the most important man out of the
equation. It is hard to keep n man
HM.-i.il if he won't admit he's licked.
Y.iii nil do know what happened nt
the Baltimore convention and what the
peerless did to them there. And now
lio li nremlnr of the cabinet, thank
you, is only flfty-three, his health was
never better, and ho sail has tno smne
that won't come off. You can't keep
a good man down not if his name is
Bryan.
looks Like a Victor.
niil vnn ever see anything like it-
now, honestly, did you? That man has
been whipped enough to put a whole
mHmmt. nf ordinary nolltlcians per
manently out of commission. But to
look nt him now you would think he
had been a victor all his life. The
same Bryan ho was twenty years ago.
TPPnt. that he is balder and bears
down a little more heavily on the
scales. His smllo is as ready, his wit
as quick and his eye as bright as of
yore. Ho walks with tho same ath
letic spring, and his voice that won
derful voice that has been heard by
perhaps more people than that of any
mau now living is as resonant ns ever.
The writer has known Mr. Bryan for
twenty-three years ever since away
back in 1800, when lie was first elect
ed to congrens. During these years I
have at times been associated with
him intlmately-politlcally. socially
nnd as a newspaper man and have
studied him from every angle. As a
result of this study I say deliberately
that in many ways 1 regard him as
the most remarkable man now living.
That is tho secret of his power to come
back. He has tho goods.
Shortly after the inauguration I went
down to see him. Several hundred
other Americans were on tho same
mission that is, all of them did not
go to see Bryan, but they were In
Washington. Some of them were aft
nr Inlis. Others went to enjoy the
siinw But from tho numbers at ills
hotel and In tho secretary of state's
ofllces it was evident that most or
thom iiirt KP.o him or tried to. And
groat swarms of them succeeded.
TiVnm lone oxnerlence tho new secre
tary of state has acquired tho knack
nf irpttlncr a visitor's case In a word
or two and passing him on. That Is
tiio secret of belne a nubile man. ion
hnvo to nasa them on nnd make them
think nt tho strmo time that you are
their sworn friend. It is a great art
nnd nerlmns one that cannot bo ac
quired. One has to bo born to it, ns
lie does to being n king or a poet.
Keeps the Line Moving.
in thn nrt of nnssing them on Secre
inrr nrvnn Is a nast master. With
one or two dexterous questions he has
their story. With another worn ue
toils them what to do. His wit Is al
Kays on tap, nnd his memory for faces
fcnd names Is remarkable, nis per
sonal magnetism Is In good working
.inipr likewise his handshake nnd
friendliness. Brynn can mako every
Hiau Jeel that ho Is n friend because It
u n fnot. His cood will for everybody
flows In n never ceasing stream. But
tiirraiph it al) ho nasscs them along,
TJnrer fnrimt that ODO DOlnt, for It Is
vital. If he did not he would have no
time left for being secretary of state
or anything else, One of the New
Vnrk nowsnaners says that the new
premier can get rid of more callors-ln
a less time than any public official who
lins rpppntlv annuarea in wnsningion.
Those who have nny real ousiness
with hlra ho singles out nnd waves
nclrtn fnr n inter conference. But these
are comparatively few. Tho others he
keeps moving in a constant stream, u
Is tho same nt tho hotel or at his of
fices. Only nt the hotel there is tho
added grace of Mrs. Bryan's presence.
Her tact and diplomacy with people
are on a par with her distinguished
husband s. By 9 o'clock or snortiy an
er tho secretary Is ready to go to his
otlke. For an hour earner ne nns
S II Mill
Indomitable Will and Tact
Carried Him Through
Countless Defeats.
Hon tun nrtltitfp. sense ih chobslntr botn
tbey! seemed -to lit exactly, making a
harmonious and pleasing wuoie. wen,
seeing Bryan as secretary of state was
like that He was m a new rranie.
Some had misgivings about whether
tho painting and frame would harmo
nise. Frotn my brief observations 1
bhnuld say that President Wilson has
tho artistic sense. His new secretary
of state Ota the frame 88 though made
for It. . .. !
Tim Htntn. war and navy building Is.
limt nernsn tho way from the little low
whl(e b,ulldng in which the president
has hlflfilce. Tho, secretary or states
rooms aro In tho' south end, that to
ward the Potomac. Hero the numbers
In waiting wero larger than at tho
hotel. There wero senators, congress
men, candidates for diplomatic ap
pointments nnd plain folks. Word was
brought in that Secretary Bryan would
see us soon, but that ho was then at
tho White House. One wag remarked:
"That sounds good. We've been try
ing to get him there n long while."
This reminds me of what another man
said to the candidate in 1008: "I'm go
ing to vote for you. Mr. Bryan. It has
become a habit."
He Is exactly the same old Bryan In
office that ho was out of office. In
fact he Is never dlffcront In any posi
tion In which he Is placed. I recall
having been with him the next day
after his defeat for the presidency in
mm n( was the most cheerful man
In the crowd. The rest of us had faces
Inn" pnnl iirh tn eat onts out of an old
fnoiiimu.il Pimm. Only the beaten can
dldate was cheerful and philosophical.
Tew Defeated Three Times.
Photos 1313, by American Press Associ
ation.
r.iTi minTnniui'n nv mti. nnYAN f AT TOP)
STATE.
been reeelvinsr callors at tho New Wil-
lard. Any one who knows about the
usual Washington hours can realize
Inst w1i.it tills means. Tho averaco
high department official Is seldom In
his office before 10 nor, as a general
thlmr. aro his secretaries and those In
Immertlntn touch with him. Some
times he is not thcro till after noon.
But tho now regimo is not only Demo-
ornHrv lint nnrlv rising. Anv wnv. VOU
nuvo to nso eariy ir you get aiieaa oi
Bryan.
His Job Agrees With Him,
Tlin noprptnrv nf otntn nreunlea the
nroslilpntlnl milt nt tho Wlllard. Noth
ing significant about that! Even If
you get there shortly after 8 the re
condon room is well filled: at least it
was so on the morning I went. The
first to greet us was Mrs. Bryan, with
n olinrmlnir smllo. Introducing every-
hmlv tn Avprvhmlv else. TToro la a noted
lawyer from Brooklyn, there a business
man and his wife from Now lorn.
Vnn moat n Dr. .Tpnnlncs. n cousin
frnm St TaiiIk. thpn n rl latin crulshcd
diplomat, next an army colonel, follow
piI hv tlin fnmnna thin or that, also sev
eral nobodies. In h moment Mr, Bry
an breaks away from an important
rnntnmnon In nn Innpr room all con
ferences In Inner rooms aro supposed
to be Important and with a handshake
nnrl n wnril fnr oneh crreets nil comers.
You observe that he is looking happier
than usual. His now Job seems to
agree with him.
He Fits the Frame.
Did you ever nut an old picture Into
t new frame? Possibly tho frame was
so new that it mado tho picture look
old nnd dingy or so good It made the
olcture look cheap, or perhapa if you
This recalls another story that a gen
tleman told me while on tue tram
from Washington. Ue had entertain
ii Mr. Brvnn In his home and nau in
rltnil n small comnniiy to meet him at
dinner, among thorn a New York con-
rrn.usmnn. It was hi 1008. when liryan
irn for a third time the candidate for
president. The congressman asked him
point blank If lie expected to oe eieci
ed. Brynn replied by telling of a very
nirpd neighbor of his whom we will
call Uncle Jake and who was lying
at tho point of death. Dropping m to
mi- Ms rpsnects. Mr. Bryan expressed
tho hope that the sufferer would pull
through, and Uncle .lake responded:
"Well, mm thouuht comforts me. Very
few men dlo when past eighty-seven
(his own ngo)." The candidate contin
ued that very few men had been de
feated for president of the United
States tho third time.
There Is only one change in the gen
ial secretary observed by his old
friends, nnd that Is lu his headgear.
Those who were with him in tlie great
nirhtH of the nast can think of him
only In connection with a soft hat
Tho hat might be white or black, but
It would be soft nnd worn at the Bry
an angle. Now. however, they say
that on state occasions ho wears a high
imt. This, of course. Is only rumor
nnd may bo n libelous one at that At
n. iiimnrnmHnn It was not so. as
multitudinous photographs show. But
the whispers are so persistent that
they almost compel belief. At nny
mtP. n Wnshlnirtou paper remarueu
Hint Prpslrtnnt Wilson once wnnted to
knock Bryan into a cocked hat hut
had ended by knocking him into a nign
hat.
A Great Secretary of State.
nnn thlntr is observable In Welling
ton thnt there Is a chnnge of feeling
townrd Brynn. Mnny who iinve ueen
mnst hitter acnlnst mm Derore are
mndlfrlnf? their vlows. Not a few of
those who have been unfriendly to him
in thn nast nre nredlctlng tliat he win
mnko n crreat secretary of state. My
own view Is that he will make ono of
thn rrontpst in tho history of the na
tinn lmt "T would distrust, my own
view since I may be personally biased
In his favor. Certain it is that in his
flrt mnvo nfter tnklntt offlco ho won a
diplomatic victory. That was In con
nection with tho indemnity uiu iu
Cuba. It was tho vigorous protest of
Secretary Brynn tlint cnusea tue w.u
linn tiresldent to veto the bill.
TTn PnillPS Into tllO OfllCO With tWO
ripiipntn situations confronting him
that in Mexico and that with Great
nntnln nvnr thn Pnnama canal tolls.
Tim ropncmltlon of the Chlneso repub
lic Is also pending, and the Balkan war
situation may develop a diplomatic en
bU timt. will nffect this country.
There have been great men in tne
offlco of secretary of state Jefferson.
John Mnrshall. Madison, Monroe, J. Q.
Adams, Clay, Webster, uaiiioun, vau
Buron. Buchanan. Seward, uiaine ana
rtnv Htnnd nmonct tho first rank of our
Rtntesmen. and most of tho others are
celebrated In history. Now is added
the name of William J. uryan, tnnce
pnn iiidntn of his narty for president
nnd known ns nn orator around the
wnriii. will his conduct of our foreign
rnintinna ailA new luster to his nnme
and to tho great offlco ho fills? Predlc
tlonB are Idle, but all true Americans
rpnrdlpss of nnrtv. hone that ho will
and with some of us tms reeling is
backed by the reminder of the trinity
of love nnd faith
SOLD NUGGETS.
Thera Is a Curious Resemblanoo Be
tween Thorn and Meteorites.
How do nuggets of gold originate?
Sometimes n mass of the precious met
al worth a thousand dollars or more is
fouhd. By what process was bo much
gold compacted into a lump?
An attempt was mado not long ago
to answer this question. An investiga
tor in Australia cut and sliced and
polished gold nuggets with the sole
purposo of finding out Just what Is
their structure. The first thing he dis
covered was that there is ono curious
nnint nf rpnpmblnnco between cold
nuggets and meteorites. Both, when
polished and etched with chlorine wa-
tor. PThlhlt n crystalline structure, in
tho caso of meteorites tho lines thus
n-rhtviitpft nn thn ntrhpd surface are
called Wldmannstattlan figures, nnd
their presence Is sold to be ono or tue
most Invariable characteristics of those
metallic bodies that fan rrom tne sicy
tn ttin Plirtll.
But It Is not meant to be Implied that
gold nuggets have fallen from the sky
hponusn thev exhibit n crystalline struc
ture recalling that of meteorites. The
resemblance is apparently only super
flMnl. nnd tho crystals of the nmtcot
differ In form from those of the me-
teorltes.
Another curious fact Is that when u
nniTfrpt in hpntnd In n Bunsen flame ex
plosions tako place on Its surface. Blis
ters aro formed whlcn continue to
swell until they burst with a sharp re
port and bits of gold aro violently scat
tered about it is evident, mat tue nug
gets contain either gases or some liq
uids or solids which are easily convert
ed Into the gaseous form, tho expnn
slon of which produces the explosion!
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