Show I 1 Heard ear in in Hotel o e Corridors Bryan BOan was at his height In lS 6 when t ho he led tho Democratic forces 3 against William McKinley Never did a candidate candi candi- date for tot the white while house m meet el with wilh more mote enthusiasm nor start starl his boom with a H. better hotter chance chanco to win than dl did Bryan In the tho campaign of 1896 1596 That was his only chance to win lie was young and o of the people Ho lie was brilliant and po ed as a statesman He was poor and the tho people believed him Now he lie Is worth a million dollars Every policy he stood for ever every reform he oc ad advocated and every Ideal he represented has now been ox- ox posed and the people want none of ot him Besides this h ho he I Is twelve years rears older than at the tho time timo of his first campaign He l Ie posed as a hero even evon to his enemies twelve years rears ago V KI N nv he Is more or less Jess a Joke even among among- the tho Democratic ranks In such manner did M. M 1 J. J Daniels cx- cx congressman from California express himself on the Bryan situation at the j Kenyon this morning Congressman I Daniels ls Is fg acquainted with both Taft I and Bryan Bryan- He knows the Republican vice-presidential vice nominee Sherman asan as asan asan an Intimate friend having sat In three jle sessions of ot ss A liner man than Jim Sherman never ne occupied a public office In this country ho continued Ho He Is a 3 quiet man with little repute outside e tho the district ho he represents represents rep rep- resents In congress but In that district h he Is the mo most t popular f man In America He Is safe and cons conservative c the ver very essential needed In a vice He has hIlS never tle me meddled In the political game of oC the tho country countr and goes Joes before his party part as a 3 statesman with t Ideals rather than Ideas Of or Of Taft ran I know nothing although In public life lIfo I have havo had occasion to notice his reel career While ho he Is Ia a statesman he ho yet ct lacks nothing of ot the practical side of politics That ho will fill the presidential chair with honor honer and ability both mentally mentally men men- tally and morally Is as sure as the oft oft repeated sa saying that his ph physical size will do ample credit to the white house 1 |