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Show William Jennings Bryan. X FK.OM HETKA.L'D-'R.E'PU'BLICA.M BRYAN, THE ORATOR Tho year's havo dealt kindly with tho garden 'of eloquence in which tho oratory of William Jennings Bryan haB been nurtured through four'prcsl-dentlal four'prcsl-dentlal campaigns. Tho marvelous buds which, sixteen years agcjv8cnt their pungent perfume through tho ranks of the Democracy and Introduced Introduc-ed to fame tho "boy orator from tho Platto," have, In tho midst ot the ad-vorscs ad-vorscs which they alleviated, hurst Into full blown flowers, fragrant with an eloquence that is moro mature, more subdued, less emotional but moro Impelling, than tho oratory ot which tho "Cross ot Gold and Crown of Thorns" was made, Tho Bryan of today Is the mellow cd man enhalocd with the sentiment of defeats. Ills eloquence Is matured matur-ed with tho deft touches of experience. exper-ience. Thero la less ot tho heart in tho Bryan speech ot today than thero was when tho "sliver tongue" swayed wildly enthusiastic conventions, nnd in Its placo Is tho Insinuating, yet Ingratiating, In-gratiating, noto of earnestness tempered tem-pered by tho thoughtfulnees with which Bryan now proceeds his nd dresses where It used to bo tils wont to spenk flrst and think after. Thero Is less of rhetoric In Bryan's Bry-an's campaigning today; but thero Is moro of that subtle oppoal for sympathy sym-pathy that brings tho cheers nnd i nrouscs that latent love ell the world has for tho loscra It chaBtlses, In tho days of sixteen years ago tho Bryan address was an Inspiration; Inspira-tion; today it Is an cntcrtnlnmont, nbundant with tho pearls that shin" nnd scintlllato when thoy aro freeh fioin their beds, but which die and lose their tints when subjected to tho blaBts ot a hot and argumentative wind. BRYAN, THE DEMOCRAT , The years havo changed the Bryan perspective the Democratic leader's outlook upon tho fading hopo ot a political harvest. When tho young lawyer-congressman went out from Lincoln to cast a Bpell over a national nation-al Democratic convention his parly listened to him because he opened a now prospect; he advocated a chimerical chim-erical building up of doflnlto things. Tho Bryan of today tho politician builds his castles in tho air upon tho foundation of criticism. Ho pleads not so much for tho Democracy as ho rails against Republicanism. Ills newer doctrlno is that the Republican Republi-can party should bo torn down; not that tho Democratic party should bo built up. He calls moro for enthusiasm, enthusi-asm, perhaps, than did tho Bryan of sixteen years ago; but It Is an enthusiasm en-thusiasm that carries with It Ilttlo ot tho conviction that leads to votes, in tho flrst of his campaigns Bryan called call-ed his party to listen to his arguments argu-ments for a revivified Democracy a Democracy that would lay aside Its haggling and Its protests and build up a sphere of Its own. In his address at tho Colonial last night tho Bryan of today called upon Democrats to sot no ideals of its own but to ridicule and humble tho groat things tho Ropubllcan opposition had treated. Roachlng out for tho iin agery of tho spollblndcr, tho lom nioner ot other years now asks a.i the Democratic party tako for Itself tho credit that tho nation gives tho other party and to meet tho argu inents of Republican progress with tho pica for vindication In tho nttl-tudo: nttl-tudo: "I told you so thqy bay? boon stealing our thundor." Bryan, the orator, clothes It all In rhotorlc pleasing to tho ear; but Bryan, the politician, gives it a ring Unit somehow does not seem to sound true. |