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THE BRYAN BOOM FORMALLY LAUNCHED. ECHOES OF BRYAN DINNER WHEN THE PEERLESS ONE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY. Th State Pureau, 12 Po.st building, Washington, Dec. 1. The $3 Br)'an dinner lias hap pened, and the Bryan boom is formally launched upon the breezes. It was launched amidst the murk and mazes of smoke and wine, a ud though it needed no launching, not even before UrRrvan'e in The Commoner ot last week, it is afloat and no mistake. I sat * amidst the smoke and wine and saw it launched mjself. It was a heap of fun, and while the thing itself was no surprise, there were some surprising incidents. The hour was so late when the speeches began that none except Bryan's went out to the papers; so that a brief resume is not out of place. The most significant thing about the whole dinner, perhaps, was the speech of John Sharp Williams. John Sharp is is a long .sight further away from most ot the principles advocated by Bryan than he was ever from those advocated by his late antagonist. Vardaman; but he said that all in all, taking everything into considera tion he was of the opinion that the best things for the Democratic party to do was to nominate Bryan next year for the presidency. He said he would not stultify himself by saying that he agreed with Bryan in everything-, but that "in essentials unity, in non-essentials charity" was his motto; and he asked, if Bryan would be defeated, "who stands a better chance 1 f not being defeated?" Tm not afraid of any man who is a Democrat,'* said Mr , Williams. It makes no differ i tnce whether he is a conserva- 1 tive or a radical. I know his impulses are right, and I don't ; know any man I'd rather see president of these United ' States. I believe he'd be a safe and sane and sound president." ( He paused a minute till the ap- < plause permitted him to pro- , ceed then he added in his pierc- , ing voice, "in the right sense. , We don't want a president who would be so infernally safe and , ?ane and sound that he would , not move." Mr Williams is always inter- i esting, and in any crowd of men, with Bryan or anybody else present, he stands a peer, not merely in my judgment, you understand, but in the judgment of the crowd. He was greeted with wild enthusiasm and listened to, as he always is, with the closest attention of everybody. He was altogether more serious that night than usual, that is, he let fly fewer sparks of the ever present wit than usual, though he let some fly. "Keference has been made,' he said, "to the vitality of the Democratic party. God knows it has vitality. Nothing but the Democratic party could have survived the mistakes you and I have made." Then he went on to explain why, as he said, that thnnp-h the Democrats al ways beat the Republicans in debates, beat them in general ability, and had the right on their side, they were so often defeated. "It is because," he said, "you can't get eight of them to pull together in the same team." Now he proposed that with respect to Bryan the whole party pull together, even though there be many, as he, who do not agree with all the policies of Bryan. One incident of the dinner was not well brought out, at least not to all of the diners; those sitting in the corners of the room could not see it, and the papers did not explain it. They had a picture on the wall of .George Washington. The Hq^iorable Sulser of New York, who is half Irish, he says, and nobody is e ter inclined to deny it, one of the Tammany Braves, referred to J this picture in the most abrupt < manner, while in the midst of i his speech, and many of those ; present did not know what lie;1 meant by it, and some of them j * are wondering yet. "I am glad < to see such an excellent picture 1 of George Washington," he ora- j i ted all of a sudden. Just then ! * George's hair came off very sud-1( denly, and our eyes beheld the , features of William J Bryan, out i of whose face they had made a < likeness of George by sticking f white hair about it. Amidst ^ the clapping of hands, Sulser i observed, "See what a transfor- 1 mation my eloquence has ^ brought about." Two Tammany men spoke at ? this dinner, and both said that f Bryan -whs the idol of the Lie-1< mocracy of New York. One of 1 them said that New York's delegation would go to the conven- t tion pledged to Bryan. This 1 may mean something, and it t may mean nothing. Tammany, * you know, is a sort of one-man arrangement, and if it all hap- { pens as it usually does, this one t man, whoever he be at the time, will simply pass the word down c as to who is to be the man to sup. ^ port and the delegation will act t accordingly. Still, what these a men say is most likely the actual sentiment among the people, j without regard to what the po- a litical bosses may think. e ZACH MCUHEE. * m. L When the stomach, heart, or kidney nerves get weak, then these or * gans always fail. Don't drug the 0 stomach, nor stimulate the heart or * kidneys. That is simply a make- * shift. Get a prescription known to 8 druggists everywhere as Dr Shoop's 8 Restorative. The Restorative ex- 1 pressly for these weak inside nerves. r Strengthen these nerves, build them s p with Dr Shoop's Restorative? tablets or liquid?and see how qnickly help will come. Free sam- ? pie test sent on request by Dr 8hoop, ^ Racine, Wis. Your health is surely worth this sanfple test. D G Scott ^ rbe Companion as a Christmas Gift. he Nobody is too voung, nobody too & aid, to enjoy reading The Youth's ^ Companion. For that reason it makes one of the most appropriate of Christmas gifts?one of the few u ivhose actual worth far outweighs the h cost. Welcome as the paper may be ^ to the casual reader on the train, at j the office, m the public library, it d is, after all, the paper of the home. The regularity and frequency of its h visits, the cordial sincerity of its I ^ tone, make for it soon the place of a J familiar friend in the home Likely a good friend, too, it stands always for those traits and qualities which a are typified in the ideal home, and " are the sources of a nation's health and true prosperity. 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