Show 1 NOMINEES NOMINEE 8 OF I 1 THE Oi IN I 1 I 1 biographical I 1 81 sketches etches of bryon bryan I 1 ond and stevenson a I 1 I 1 I 1 1 r X I 1 I 1 k A I 1 r i V f ja J I 1 I 1 11 I 1 0 I 1 II 11 I 1 t 1 mn I 1 i I 1 I 1 P 11 0 W lar drohm zjr TZ P I 1 william jennings bryans rather father ellas 4 bryan was born in culpepper countr virginia at the baie base of the blue plue ridge lie ile went to when a youth of 0 18 settling finally at salem on the edge ot of egypt here he made a permanent home be camo distinguished la in pub ic to life aar awilliam ried tried and reared a finally of whom william bryan was the fourth nt mit nf of inina imon imoni i enil alth fers ars in 1852 silas bryan married maranh E jennings who was born in marion marlon count near balem salem in 1824 ijedge judge bryan a young bride was from ia a distinguished family in marion coun i 4 I 1 1 4 1 I 1 VZ I 1 t t P 4 wa 1 I 1 I 1 N I 1 I 1 MRS W J DRYAN BRYAN ty the house where william jennings bryan was ass born march 19 1660 il Is on Dro broadway adway salem the house wan wag originally built of logs hewn by ithe the elder brysin a own band hands A tow years later he began work ork on a substantial brick farmhouse about a mile fast east of salera this wea won the pride of judge bryan a life lite surrounded by COO acres of splendid land the brick mansion stands COO GOO tet vet back from the road and ad Is approached by a rate yale driveway lined with six ros rows of maples judge bryan set tart a apace for ter a deer paik pals and at the time I 1 af his beath had bad a fine herd it was on this farm that young dally bit I 1 y dryan bryan spent the years of his lie ile has little early decol ft cf the house in which he wa aborn born having left there when ben about 5 ayears years old and moved to the farm ills chief port sport when a boy was rabbit hunting and jumping he ilo Is said to be still toni of both after bis his grad cation nation he won on a prize for a standing jump covering 12 feet 4 inches hurlds vacation season young dryan bryan used to return to the old farm and work with his father and hired help I 1 in n th the e fields or around the big barn bara J so some m seasons e he hired out to neighboring fari farmers pers and earned arned spending spen dins I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 49 J ra I 1 r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 w WI T I 1 11 9 J I 1 I 1 0 1 A I 1 E I 1 money which blell came handy at college D diring iring h biu junior year be he met misa mary C r baird a junior in the female academy at the same place the they y became I 1 en garsed that year miss baird graduated the day before mr sir dran as 28 tal of her clasa 1 of while he was the valedictorian cl c his clau of fifteen she was bora born in perry III where bere her father was a merchant they were married october 4 1831 1884 mr bryan was as 21 when w be the graduated from the illin illinois all college at jacksonville lie ile entered th the 0 law office of NIll william fam springer for a hot ho t time and ben then went to chicago a two year years course at the union college of lair law this wax was in 1681 and during the next two year years he waa was in the office of 0 the late senator lyman 11 9 drw w classes at the end of bis his chicago course mr bryan returned to jackso jacksonville i and began practicing law with moderate success lie stayed nt at jack ack sonville until october 1887 hen he removed to lincoln neb his pre seit arme some legal matter matters in nebraska had required mr sir bryans per aanal attention at hta his first visit to the sante capital be he was wa so pleased with the place that he made up hie his mind to remain there he lie opened a law office in partnership with A IL talbot who was a classman clase clas mato of mr wr bryans tn to the law school from the outset of bla his nebraska career mr bryan took part la politics in 1890 he be was das elec ed ad to coheres from the first nebraska district over W J connell of omaha mr sir dryan bryan a political career really begun with hi his nomination for congress ills success was rewarded bt ut washington where speaker crisp gave him a place on the way ways and means committee mr sir bryan a first speech in congress was delivered march 1 12 1 kt t the next congressional cession session mr str bryan was reappointed on me tile viade ays and means committee and rendered much service in to subsequent leg lag isolation Islat lon karly harty in 1894 he wrote a letter debryan 14 10 0 I 1 r i 11 a L aa 1 W AZ S LINCOLN dining clining to again become a candidate for congressional hocom by thia time he be had bad bf become come the recognized leader of the nebraska D A at t the elate state convention which met sept 23 1804 dr edwards of lincoln placed mr lira triin in in nomination for united states de e agaes ales froni from every section of te the state seconded the nomination and on the roll ei arll il it was made lie ile was beaten in the legislature by senator tours tolf four years ago he became a figure cf ct national prominence at the demo civile cuttle national convention at chicago which nominated him for pres dent of the united states the stampede in favor of mr vr dryan bryan for the presidential nomination followed what whit was I 1 considered the greatest speech of his hi poil political acal career the remarkable cun curt vass that followed mr wr bryans nomination in Is still fresh in the public mind in the stirring days of the spanish american war two years ago mr bryan raised a regiment from his own state and was commissioned coonel he ile served bilth ath his regiment in too south until tl a e close of hostilities the bryson lire live in a handsome house tn in one of the prettiest parts of lincoln their children are ruth age 14 N william J jr age a 10 and grace age 8 9 the stud in which both colonel and mrs ire cryan have desks Is filled with books station stationery ery and sour enla s of various campaigns is in the room are busts or portraits of 01 ashington asb ington webster clay Jefre jerrerson centon denton jackson lineon douglas Dott ilaa O 0 led stone and nd one of mr irl dryan bryan 0 father sketches of different di deren klau kinds adom the till adial hwing stevenson tb ills IU awne emo critic cratic rona lars for vice president was torn born in county kentucky oct 13 23 1835 in 2662 2 he removed with bli his parent parents to bloomington ill here be attended the schools ills education wai as finished at center cob col irge danville ky and at the 1111 noll welan We university lie studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857 1657 in 1934 be wig chosen p attorney for or the twenty third judicial district II 11 lie was w elected to congress ai as a cuffe currency ney reformer in 1874 ind wn wil reelected re elected to the forty sixth conalie coms ress I 1 served as an first assistant postmaster master general during mr C eyrand CeTtl ind a first tern term and wu was elected vice president of the united state states in 1892 he ile is I 1 a man of affairs and ani lio also an excellent campal 1 Kner As presiding officer of the united stites senate he gained tha friendship of 0 all the member members irrespective spec tive of party lie wa was amone among mr sir bryana L a dott most ardent supporters sop porters la in I 1 1835 8 9 1 1 lithographers STONE it to I 1 rond al ity la in the b 10 0 ot of 21 the to territory in and around tin tillage village ot Sola hofen tn in the Klair kingdom dom of Da dacarla Dar aria varla forbas oruie the world worlds a chief supply of lithographic atones stones bay says united state states cononi weber stat ionel I 1 Nr nI mym iho th cincinnati alo oad la in brunce rance rL nce near montpelier cannot com pare with the tones stones lithographic stove ti to nothing but a corn com akl AV I 1 I 1 11 I 1 Is I 1 I 1 IT T I 1 t RUTH AND W J JUNIOR pact and homogeneous limestone and the villages Til lages ot of and wit IL 1 population of 0 about 3 inhabitants he lie right la in the center of 0 euch such limestone strata thes cover aa an area of about ten acres of vt which the greater part has not yet been worked the statement which Is giren given out from time to time mostly from interested parties the a apply ot of stones Is rap idly diminishing ie is therefore absolute ly vilt hout foundation these stones will not be exhausted tor for the next 2 years at last 11 rumors of nely cis 1613 covered litho stone beds la in other countries n have so far proved to be untrue a A true or the stones found have turned out to be of little use nowadays Isow I 1 bear iltha stones must be of excellent quality in order to satisfy the requirements of the art many blany sones found at coln hofen are laid aside as not coming up to the standard these are sold to builders and are ared for paving floors etc A scarcity therefore of superior lithographic stones it it should ever rals would nave the effect of bringing into the market inferior stones it Is interesting to note that the stones here do not lie deep in the ground in tac fac asly lr the bartt and soma bome rock have lave to be removed as a rule the stones lie in layers and I 1 I 1 V N 2 U 41 V X A 4 0 O 0 I 1 N P 01 MISS mm GRACE atred 8 have simply fo 0 o be taken carefully from the earth the bulk of the ground beneath which the altho stones lie belongs to the of so In hofen an and d and therefore such gemein deburger homestead owner oner ot of these has a sh h ua tra u a a the ground |