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Show 'I NOMINEES OF THE CONVEJWiON: J Biographical Sketches of Bryan and Stevenson. jfyfowm 7o,-fuW55 jfcaJut, VXm "Xvim S&wi fiTivEnwti'l William Jennings tlryana father, Ellas U Ilryan wu born In Culpepper county, Virginia, t the !se of the Illuo Ittdgo mountains He went to Illinois hrn a )Outh of 18 settling finally at Btlem, on the rdgo of l-gypt. Here ho made a permanent home became be-came distinguished In public life married mar-ried snd reared a fnmlly of whom William Jennings Ilrjnn was the fourth out of nlnt sons and daughters daugh-ters In 18S2 Sllu llr)an marrlel Marlah l: Jennlns. who was born In Marlon county, tear Salem, In 1CI Judge Iiryan'a )ouog bride wot from a distinguished family In Marlon conn MItS W J I1IIYAN ty. Tho house whero William Jennings Jen-nings Dryan was born March 19. 1860, Is on Ilroadway, Balira Tho homo was orlslnallr built of logs,.hewn tiy the elder Ilrjan.1 uaniinuiM TStn later he heganlLwurk on n substantial sub-stantial brick farmhosie about a mile east of Salem This wts the prldo of Judgo iiryan'a Ufa Surrounded by COO acres of splendid land, the brick mnnalon ttands COO feet back from tho road and Is approached by a private pri-vate driveway, lined with six rows of maples. Judge llrsn set apart a spaco for a deer park and at the time of bis death bad a line herd. It was on this farm that young "Hilly" Ilrjan spent the years of his boyhood He has little early rccol lection of Iho house In which ho wni born, having left there when about 5 years old and moved to the farm Ills chief sport when a boy was rabbit bunting and Jumping He Is said lo be still fond of both After his grad ustlon ho won a prlte for a standing Jump, corerlng 12 feet 4 Inches During vacation season young Ilryan used to return lo the old farm and work with his fsther and hired help in the fields or around the big ham Some senrnns he 'hired out to neighboring neigh-boring farmers, and earned spondlng money, which camo handy at collcgo During bis Junior year he met Miss Mary I! Ilnlrd, a Junior In the feirnlo academy at the tame placo They be-came be-came engaged that year Mils llalrd graduated tho day before Mr Ilryan aa valedictorian of her class of eight, while he was tho valedictorian of hit class of fifteen Sho wst born In Perry, III, where her father was a merchant They wore married October Octo-ber i, 18SI Mr Ilryan was 21 when 'imp MItS A. H. STEVENSON, he graduated from ths Illinois college at Jacksonville Ho entered tho law offlco of William Springer for a short time, and then went to Chicago tor a two years' course at the Union Col-lego Col-lego of Uw This was In 1881, and d irlng iho next two years he was In (ba office of the lata Senator Lymau Trumbull, besides attending Jaw classes At the end of his Chicago courso Mr, Ilryan returned to Jacksonville Jackson-ville and began practicing law with moderate success. He stayed at Jacksonville Jack-sonville until October, 1887, when bo retnored to Lincoln, Neb , his present home Some legal mnttera In Ne-braika Ne-braika had required Mr Ilryan s personal per-sonal attention At hit first visit to the slate capital he was so pleated with tho placo that ho made up hla mind to remain there Ho opened a law office In partnership with A. It Talbot who was a clasimato of Mr Ilrjan s In thelnw school I rom the outlet of hit Nebrstka career ca-reer Mr Ilryan took part In politics In 1800 he wai elected to congress from the first Nebraska cllitrlct over W J Connell of Omaha. Mr Ilryan s political rarrcr really began with his nomination for congress. Ills success was rewarded at Wathlngton. whero Speaker Crltp gate him a placo on the wnys and means committee Mr Ilryan's first speech In congress was delivered March 12. H9J At the next congressional session Mr Ilryan wns reappointed on tno ways and moans rommlttic, and rendered ren-dered much service In subsequent legislation leg-islation Knrly In 1891 he wrote a letter declining de-clining to again beeomo a candidate for congressional honors. Ily this time ho had become tho rccognlie I leader of the Nebraska Democracy At the state contention which met Sept 23 1891 Dr IMwnrda of Lincoln placed Mr Ilryan In nomination for United Stiles senator Delegates from every section of tho state seconded tho nomination, and on the roll-call It was made unanimous. He wns beaten In the legislature by Senator Thurston Thurs-ton Kour years ago he became a figure i rrkVAl2!!SL?,Hm,nm" l,lbo Demou which nominated him for president ot the United Slates The stampede In favor of Mr Ilrjan for tho presidential! nomination followed what was considered con-sidered tha greatest speech of hit political career Tho remarkable run- mil 1IKYAN3 LINCOLN ItnSlDKNCi: ass that followed Mr Iiryan'a nomination nom-ination In 1890 is still fresh In the public mind In tho stirring days ot tha Spanish-Amorlcan Spanish-Amorlcan war two years sgo Mr Ilryan Ilry-an raised n regiment from his own slate and was commissioned colonel He served with his regiment In tno south until the close ot hoitllltlei Tho Ilryana live In n haiu. ou.e hnuso In ono of the prettiest puts of I lucoln Their dill Ircn are ituth ago 14, William J, Jr. si 10, and Grace, ago 8 The study, In which both Colonel and Mrs Ilryan bavn desks, Is filled with books stationery and soutcnlrs of various campaigns In tho room are bunts or portrnlts ot Washington, Webster Clay, Jefferson Ilcnton, Jackson Lincoln, Douglas, Gladstone and one of Mrs Ilryana father. Sketches of different kinds adorn tho walls Adlal Kwlng Stovonton the Democratic Demo-cratic nomlnto for vlco president, was born In Christian county, Kentucky, Oct, 23, 1835 In 1832 ho removed with his parenta to Dloomlngton, III Hero ho attended the public schools Ills education was finished nt Center College, Col-lege, Danville Ky. and at the Illlnola Wesleyan University He studied law and was admitted to the bar In 1857 In I8C4 ho was choten prosecuting attorney for the twenty-third Judicial district Ho was elected to congress as a currency reformer In 1874 and was ro elected to the forty-sixth congress He served as first atsltlant postmaster-general postmaster-general during Mr Cleveland a first term, and was elected vice president of tho United Stalet In 1892 He la a man cf affairs, an I alto an excellent campaigner As pretldlng officer of the United Btatet tenato he gained tho frlondthlp of all the members Irro-tpectlve Irro-tpectlve of party He w among Mr. Iiryan'a niott ardent aupportera In 1896 |