The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, July 06, 1900, Image 1
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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. 'lit Wo ii. gIl t 111a i Ito
01bargo whichi woro 1111li by i
paperit4 fA iling flat and Iihat bib
govoior is hioldling Iis own inl tile
lilic e"stinition 'hel pl'vodo aire
g tting tirIedl of Inud11(1-Sling 7inI)g. Ab
bovillo Press and Bainner
Women suffer
ing,, from female
t rouitble s and
weakness, and
from irregular
or painful men
ses, ought not
to lose hope if
doctors cannot
help them. Phy
sicians are so
busy with other
diseases t I a t
they do niot un
derstand fully
the peculiar ail
ments and the
delicate organism-of womn. What
the sufferer ought to do is to give
a fair trial to
BRADFIELD'S
Female Reguator
which is the true cure provided
by Nature for all female troubles. It
is the formula of a physician of the
highest standing, who devoted his
whole life to the study of the dis
tinct ailments peculiar to our moth
ers, wives and daugh ters. It is made
of soothing, healing, strengthening
herbs and vegetables, which have
been provided by a kindly Nature to
cure irregularity in tile mnes, Leu-*
corrhoea, Falling of the Womb, Nerv
ousness, Head ache and Backache.
In fairness to herself and to Brad'
ield's Pemale Regulator, every
suffering woman ought to give it a
trial. A large $r b)ottle wvill do a
wonderful amnounlt of good. Sold by
druggists. -nali
S Send for a nicely ilsrtdfree boontesut.Ject.
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On its 40th anniversary
July, 26th, 1899, the
Equitable had on its
books outstanding as
surance for ONE BIL
LION DOLLARS.
The~ Assets exceeded TLW()
HUIND)RED and SFNVENTY
MILLION DOLLARS.
INSUR ES3f
Both Men and Women at the
same rates.
It is perhaps the strongest
Life -Assurance Company on
earth.
It writes any kind of policy
the assured may want.
RTfRIBER,AM
:hotograph of the Terrible Pailiroad
Saturday Night, J
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NOW OP
Having no room for our fall Stock
ENTIRE STOCK OF COLORI
At Cost of Manufacture.
Suits that sold at $15.00 to $18.04
were cheap at $11.50 to $12.50 we'
that Sold Like HOT CAKES earlier in t
are closing out at $5.75. Straight,
If you want to buy Boys and Child
Heard of, look over our stock, we are
Than Regular Price..
People who know a good thing wi
those Ladkes Oxfords that we have be
They are well worth $3.00. Some :
Oxfords at 35cts. too Cheap to tal
STBRW HRlT8 STBIJW I
Rain has interfered with the sal
rain all Summer and you may nee<
sell what we have and the prices-v
lot of best Prints at 4 l-2cents. Bargain Sale U
while you wait.
We are still selling all kinds of Tan Shioes at cost at
After you have read this once reatd it over, yoi
have the opportunity to buy at these prices again,
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