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E''A BLISHED 1865. N WBERI RY. S. C.. F R I DAY. .11 ' I V t 1(nw1 A w Te rair eirt v A irAl A STUDY OF BRYAN. il.li N' PEN It-tIlIIE 0o? THlC (GIIEA I)EMoC lAr1 )IT.TAIMAN. EsmotaIally sti AiAtl-olitral Alnehino Ma111 -111. Ex,ra-Drdilnarv .11-nl ,ildorea mwtoitt;-Wher4 ii li04t Great orsonal 1ikguouslen 1a, The first impres,'on ono recoivod of the man, aind the last impression to fade, is that of youth-not the youth of immaturity; not the youth of mad vanity anl folly; but the youth of the brilogroom coming forth from his chi-iber, rejoicing as a strong man; the youth of hope, of onthusiasm1, of bright eyos that indicate a good liver and rMIect a bravo soul. All ti., liines of the tall t!niro that inclo-v) .,#ar 21f pounds of wholesomo tlv.iek and blood are lines of youig imiaood. Althongh Uryan's hair is r4cveding from his brow, no wrinkles mark it, and beneath it is i \Volsbach smile, clear an( stendfast. and choorful as the sunriso. At bme, in his oflice, or in the street, that smile is winning It is its ownor's tnkisman. Back of the broad chini is a srong jaw; iunder the jaW a neck obstinato ai a Turk's 1lo)es into a pair of as diplomatic shoulders as ever Havod an Irishman's head fromi a blackl horn stick. Bryan's figuro im all Irish. llis loose hanging mris aro Irish. His strudy a oll-pe;: ed legs are Irish. And there's an Irish grandsiio,-who used to smoke a Oay pipe probably and he likes to eae I#Aok and rest his bones, that hira been aAer the 'ould sod' theso kudrede of years, by sitting on the Fmu10 of kisg KrMds,n's back to view tho world from across his grandson's elevated knoos. Doubt loss if the scion wod'l tako a little something at such times, the ancestor would como out 1f the past and give the young man a philosophy that would smilo wi.h1 the world at its weaknesses tad shortcomings. But Bryan is a sobor and a virtuons man, who neithota s mok-o, drinks, chews nor swears. 8o the old one koops his place and listens whilo his offspring us-,hs at the mis. ery and w'ickndness3 and woo of this molancholy world. Clothe a handoe figure in a black tailcoat, and tinder tho awning of a black slouch hat, put a low-cut vest, with two studs istened through the front of a white shirt; tio a black string tie, the onevitablo nAckgear of the young lawyer ton years ago; under a lay.-down collar; modify the chill amlosp)here of the bar by the breezy amiability of a St. Louis shoe dru:mr-or, repressed wvhile he sells a Mdhodist deacon a bill of goods, and thie gentle reader may have a fair idea of howv Bryan looks, acts, moves and has his being when he is not before ani audience. Bryan shows his greatest personal strength in thle fact that ho is today, as he has ever boor, utterly without a political machine. Other men mU American political :stanid or fall for reason outside of their personality. Mr. David Hill, for instance is a ge ographical location. Mr. McKinley is a kind of syndicate. Roosevelt stands for an ideal of civic righte ousness. Mr. Crokor is an independ ent appetite. Quay is a system of wireloss telegraphy. But B3ryan is Bryan, and Bryan is his prophet. More power for good or evil reat un der Bryan's black alouch hat than undler any other ingle headpiece in America. Bryan is mRachlineless, not because lie abhor. the machine, but because he ignoses it. He would not know whlat to do with captains anid lieutenants. If his party should be gin to turn for bim, Iryant could not call, "Wihat, ho, warder, ls the port cullis fall," in a ier- of a(at,es and check the stampced. If oratory *would not stop the) panic, the multi tude would have to leave him na in coame to him. After wvhich he would o on lecturing until that gave out. ~nd running for the senate until that 'ave out, and for congross till that hve out, when he would return to is law oflice, and continua as he was the beginning, an honest, hard. orking, ordinary country lawyer, th an extraordiary voiina and a narnl. dirant. nllaasible way of put ting short Anglo-Saxon words that ofton m1iovO jurieis but. 11ro not 1o thrilling in briofs. But if, on tho other hand, Bryan's prosidontnial ambitioni should be grat i . fiod, the count-ry woild have i star tling spectacle. It would bo like that of a Southern gentleman in swallow tail and a choker, but one generation romovod from his peri wig, suddenly ihuntod half a century head and jammod into the oak-bottomed chair of i railroad prosidont. Tho gentlemon. of the old school would try honestly to do his duty. But he would have such diflicult thing to learn and sceo an incapaci ty for learning thom that he would cut many a fantastic caper and inl tho end make a moss ef it. as had a' a thorough-going rascal would. Thp danger of mon or Bryan's Iold to tho country is not what t,hoy hold truh) fio iuiohi as it i4 how t.hoy hold it; not so Iutch tho limit of thoir intolligence as their att.itudo toward truth; for Bryan's mental enoilovimlent is thalt of a debator. Whin ho faces allod fact, his habit is niot 1o search it. for truth, bult to an:1SvEr1o it. 110 is not sOOking tho truthi; he hi it. .nd is sook ing to mike colkV4er. Whilf) his ma11rVelous i1-wntLa i,!..toless ats a debaiter ii a shi4-ld that, will always wurd ceortaia Itni h, from his heart, yet he has oni simple oratorical trick, and only on; he begs the question. For instanmp, a rej ortor rocontly asked Bryau if the praotice of oloct ing senators in Moritana by MO conr rupt uso of meney is not deplorablo. His reply wits: "Don't yen think the spectacle of Seator inlalia, voting to unsoat, Clark for buying an ejection is incongruous? Now, tho alleged incongruity of Senator Han na's 1position in the Clark investiga tion has nothirg to do with the caso against the corrupi-I use of mon,y in", (lectious. j'it that answer before a crowd would turn Ih debat o into another channel. in his Chicago spech Bryan said: "If they tell us that the gold.st ndard is a good thing wo shall point to their platformi and toll them that their plat form pledgos the party to got rid of the gold standard and substituto bimetalism. If tho gold standard is a good thing, why try to got rid of it? With the crowd that passe i for argument against the gold standard, but lie fact is the merits or demerits of the gold standard are not touched upon at all. In no place in that speech was there a sin gle logical argument offered against the gold standard. Yet the speech was a perfect pice of rhetoric of its kind, and it convinced thousands of the iniquity of the gold standard. And yet it is not the kind of argu nment Bryan- uses which gives him strength, it is not the principles he advocates that dIraw men to him. At the bottom of the magnetism which pulls men towards Bryan is the growth in the popular mind of a faith in socialism and a hope to see the State lay hold of the industrial system and untangle its many snarls. Many people believe that society is not properly adjusted, that the ma chinery of industry is not in gear and too many people are being ground by it. There is a widespread belief that repairs are needed, and because Bryan gets out with his.ora torical hammer and knocks upon the industrial system and the existing order unthinking pooplo have halted him as the master mechanic. But Bryan is no. a builder. Oratory is rarely constracbiv. It is an illui sion, a legesdemuaini, and the world is learning to disnociate oratory from statesmanship. There is really no more reason for electing anm orator to the office than for electing a fid dler. Both talents rouse the emno ions. Bryan is a voice. When the master mechanic shall arrive and straighten out the kinks in 'he great machine of production and distribution lie may be-proba bly will be-a prosaic, bald-headed 01(d man, wboso mind has bnen train ed in the abops, factories, counting houses and otlices of the world. This man will take a legislative jackscrew 1m11d work anll imliportlint, m11JI-ir lo. WiI h IIe tlluil hav1e voo ao)fnd golo Ai tisI 11 111 Inie li C i 10m 1 Will itnilo Ill t r baonco of the passing" dayN when-i anl ofarnwml., honlost, al11an11. and0 I"qua2ciouls youngl manl cIarimod tliim with tlio louludy of his liihypnotic voice. And yet, in every citso there inist be at voico crying in the( wildrnoss. William Aolen WIittl inl McClr110's Mlugizino for J un1o. Synpathy flom Ukllela . (Union Tilmos.) Wo regret to learn of Nowboirry's. loss of inotlher of her lividutek II 11he (1eath1 of Jndge J. 1'. Pool Newborry lost. onn or her most highll% rvspweted Citiz"ens, ono whIo ha'u forl nem-1y 1111f a conitilry Ihl 11 indo t iieI wdht 1 her iwople,- anld Overread to imnd at hielping, handttits to anthtintg 100kinlg to) the AdVanI110e '1it 11.1I nybnib l'ig of theo townl. I )PaI h as11IV I:tid 1, h1ea:tV' 11111141 4 1) Nvwhwrry ini tIm ]lst. twolv, mfomths andl(] hats retiovod someo of her 14n(st prominent. citizens. .l1.or ol lind 1marks 11r-o ra11pidly passing aiy. Only at few still reimains. Ni-weri Ny ha1s our sy11IMaty. And( (wpovilly do We extend sympatly to 1ih fm1ily, in tiheir hour of boreaveimein. We hve n4o idelt thiat the one. News woulI knowingly do Govrior Mce wvoe ly 1n injiust lcn or2 Circill1to i e ot, igaillst. 11im Linless Ite tL hn"hlI it VtIL I rue. 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