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Show A GREAT SECRET DISCLOSED. William J. Bryan's secret to success suc-cess at last has been disclosed. The thrice defeated candidate of the Democrats Dem-ocrats has been restored to his normal condition. When he received tue news of his defeat on the night ot November Novem-ber 3 last, one who was present, describing de-scribing the sad scene, says Mr. Ury-an, Ury-an, as the telegrams kept pouring in, telling the story of his defeat, at last gave up and, starting for his bed chamber. simi0; bid "the boys goodnight," good-night," saying, "I am tired." But there was a look of great disappointment on his face, as though a life's ambition ambi-tion were destroyed. That was William J. Bryan in the dumps. Had young .William J. gone to Chicago In 1896 with that same disheartened dis-heartened "I am tired" ana with mat Bame look on his race he could not have mustered up enough courage to have faced David B. Hill and the followers fol-lowers of Cleveland with mat "crown of tborns and ctobs of gold" speecn which made hlru the plumed knight ot tho Democratic cohorts and gave to him the fame which made his Commoner Com-moner yield him thousands and placed his "First Battle" on the shelf of ever lover of the Boy Orator of the Platte. But we are digressing. The secret is this: Bryan has Just had printed over his signature an article, "Tho Future of tho Democratic Party," In which the prediction is made that the Democrats can elect a majority of tho next lower house of congress. Any Democrat who can go on predicting Democratic victories after he has seem his party crushed into a shapeless mass, ,has tho faith which moves mountains and a hope oven greater than that which springs eternal ln the human breast. And that Is the secret ol Bryan's success. He sees tho beautiful beauti-ful side of existence, except at such limes when he is knocked breathless ln collision with some one of the proportions pro-portions of Taft. Even then his only complaint is "I am tired." |