Show S I BRYAN RYAN AND TEDDY Is the contest contestS this year to narrow down own to Roosevelt and Br Bryant Bryan nn 1 It has that l look ok now sure sure- Neither candidate candidate if if hear them them them- ly r. r is js a you ou but hut neither can keep from butting in And whenever when when- ever either shows up UI his his- his holler According According According Ac Ac- cording to Dr Franklin there was once a French Frenchwoman woman who in conversation cOD with her sister said It ft is strang that I I can n never cl find any one who is I alwa always s 's right except myself rr That at seems to be bc the trouble with both Mr 1 Bryan Br all and Mr 11 Roosevelt and thc they both apparently apparent apparent- 1 ly l spend many sleepless nights deploring that fact A singular tiling thing about them both i. i is that no one named for fol possible candidates suits either of them They have another characteristic in common the moment that any one disputes or questions the thes s st soundness duess of th their L views i Sf that monier mome they arc lc ready cir to denounce tle the bold critic as altogether an anu u unsafe safe man to tie tic to If a proposition is ma made e to lo elect either cither as a delegate to a convention the gentleman so honored makes malics a public request that his name be with with- drawn i but when the the Convention meets he is prompt to present a proxy and demand admittance admit admit- tance Did any Jn one ever er tr try to imagine how long this old world wo would ld remain steady on its axis and without jar to its ils orbit should the thc lightning strike tl tiiT c two gentlemen on the same du day 1 Are Arc the fales s in fIt league to perpetrate a 3 stupendous joke on tins tins' t r 1 It survived the r death of b George rg Washington 1 though th the ree record of his mili- mili tn i l i ci c i of tl tin steadying ing li hand nd of hIss his s stat statesmanship t n was ns vivid hid iii in the thc memories es of the people It survived SUl the death of Lincoln ln though h it was was' with passionate c grief that they conte contemplated the services which he 1 had u performed for loi his nat native c la ml and the pitiless tl tragedy cd of hi his hiS' taking oft oCl But can bUl any apy one comprehend what will be when both Bryan and the thc colonel give up their situations is lS school masters of the American can people 1 When h ni n a great ships ship's h p os rudder chains are arc snapped In n a l. l storm m tho ship is prone to drift It may mar be he so a planet or OJ n a star tar when its rudder is disabled If i i that naJ i is t true I C think how much depends upon the I st stability of the thc rudder chains chuins one of which is attached at at- a hed at Lincoln X Nob the other oilier made fast t lp l lS S Hill We e r c arc wagering today that the thc ultimate i l' l re result s sult It will be tho the nomination of those two gentlemen gentle men on their respective tickets for president In tu that event the Dut Dutchman's hman's advice chice to the tile traveler when ii he asked which h road he lie should hould take will he be You ta takes s vich ichi road you Q l and you'll ron e sorry nit vot you iou didn't didt t take talc der clel udder I J |