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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1906. MILE-STONES IN CAREER OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN SPEECH THAT WON FAME AS AN ORA TOR FAMOUS PERIOD IN SPEECH OF CONGRESSMAN BRYAN, Destiny. udI and dieheertene^. thought the bettle we. E.t? eUlVd to « drummer boy and ordered him Jo boat a retreat.' The lad replied : * “ '8lre, I do not know how. Oeteaix has never tauaht m« P but I can teat a charge. Oh, I can beat a charge that wHI* mlka'thJ dZII ,.11 into line. I beat that charge at the Brijg. of L^d . | b..t it at Mount Tabor: I beat it at the Pyramide. Oh, miy | beat it here?" * * “The charge was ordered, the battle won, and Marengo w„ added to the victories of Napoleon. Oh, let our gallant leader draw*inenirltinn from the street gamin of Pane. In the face of an enemy proud and ooS" fident, the president hasi wavered. Engaged in the battle^oyal between him not"be 5ism‘.7ed ° C ° mm0n P,op, “’’ h * h “ o^ered a rVtreSt. Lat "Let the charge be ordered, and the air will resound with the tramo of men tcMrrcd in a score of battles for the people's riohts Let »u;. mend be given, and this Marengo will be our glory and not our shame” (Applause on the floor and in the galleries.) 7 sname. Was Delivered in Con gress August 16, 1893, When William Jennings Bryan en tcred congre»a as a representative from Nebraska, he was practically unknown rare to the people of his own state. On the floor of the house he was soon rec- ofnlzed as a forceful and ready speak- but It was not until hJs great fpeech against the repeal of the Sher man law on August 16, 1893, that his wonderful oratory sent his name click ing over the wires throughout the country. It was this address, known long af terward as the “drummer boy" address from.a quotation he trumpeted.through the house that .brought William Jen nings Bryan first Into the eyes of the nation. It was delivered In the heat of a long debate'In which several of the foremost orators of the house had made their supreme efforts. The young orator was Interrupted In the early part of his address by ques tions intended to confuse him; he was badgered by the opposition with every trick of the floor, yet when his time had expired and the. speaker's gavel rapped upon the desk, the applause which fol lowed Mr. Bryan’s pause swept friends and enemies alike, and the time was extended indefinitely. At the close of his address the gentleman from Ne braska soared into ahelght of eloquence auch ns the walls of the capitol have seldom heard since the oratory of ante bellum days, and only the magnificent voice of the young orator from the West could have been heard above the tumult of applause which swept the great hall In defiance of all rules. Some extracts from that address are herewith reproduced from the Con gressional Record of that date. Th# Address in the Hpuse. “Mr. Speaker, I shall accomplish my full purpose if I am able to Impress on the members of the house the far-reaching consequences which may follow our action and quicken their ap p. -latlon of the grave responsibility which presses upon uA Historians tell us that the victory of Charles Martel at Tours determined the history of all Europe for centuries. It was the con quest ‘between the Crescent and the Cross, v and when, on that fateful day, the. Frankish prince drove back the followers of Abderrehman, he rescued the west from ’the nl-destroylng grasp of Islam.’ and saved to Kuropc Its Christian civilization. "A greater than Tours Is here mv humble Judgment, the vote of this house on the subject under considera tion may bring to the people of the West and South, to the people of the United States, and to all mankind, weal or woe beyond the power of language to describe or Imagination to concede. “In the princely palace or In the humblest hamlet; by the financier and by the poorest toller; here, In Europe and everywhere, the proceedings of this" congress upon this problem will be read and studied; as our actions bless or blight, we shall be commended or con demned. The president of the United States, in the discharge of his duty as be sees It. has sent to congress a ines- Mg* railing attention to the present financial situation, and recommending the unconditional repeal of the Sher man Jaw as the only means of securing relief Some outside of this hall have Insisted that the president’s recom- mendutlon Imposes upon the Demo cratic members an obligation, as It ‘ ere, to carry out his wishes, and over turn* friends have suggested that r>p<»sltlon to his views might subject the hardy dissenter to administrative displeasure. They do the president < treat injustice who presume that he would forget for a moment the In dependence of the two branches or nngress. He would not be worthy of •ur admiration ot even respect If he demnnded n homage which would vlo late the primary principles of free rep tentative government. * * * No* it He Honest? But is Hs Right? president has recommended an unconditional repeal. It Is not suffl- f l p nt to say that he Is honest—so were the mothers who r wlth misguided zeal, threw their children Into the Ganges. Jhe question Is not ’Is he honest?’ but ’ Is he right?’ He won the confidence *'* th»‘ toilers of this country because * A taught that ’public office Is a public and because he convinced them hlfi courage and his sincerity. But ,h cy willing, to say, tn the language Job. ‘Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’ Whence comes this irre- MtlbU. demand for unconditional rc- Are not the representatives here r* tho.people and as apt to know f.clr wishes? Whence comes this de mand'' x 0 t from the workshop and the farm, not from the workingmen of this country, who create its wealth In time of peace and protect Its flag In time of war.- but from the middlemen, from what are termed the ‘business Inter- ests,’ and largely from that class which can force congress to let it issue money at a pecuniary profit to Itself If silver is abandoned. The president has been deceived. He can no more Judge the wishes of the great mass of our people by the expressions of these men than he can measure the ocean’s silent depths by the foam upon Its waves. A Magnificent Period. “There are thousands, yes, tens of thousands, aye, even millions, who have not yet ‘bowed their knee to Baal.* Let the president take courage. Muhlbach relates an incident In the life of the great military hero of France. At Ma rengo the Man of Destiny, sad and dis heartened thought the battle was lost. He callea to a drummer boy and or dered him to beat a retreat. The lad replied: ‘"Sire, I do not know how. Dessalx has never taught me a retreat, but I can beat a charge. Oh, I can beat a charge that will make the dead fall Into line! I beat that charge at the Bridge of Lodi; I beat it at Mount Tabor; I beat it at the Pyramids. Oh, may I beat It here?* "The charge was ordered, the battle won, and Marengo was added to the victories of Napoleon. Oh, let our gallant leader draw Inspiration from the Atreet gamin of Paris. In the face of an enemy proud and confident, the presklent has wavered. Engaged In the battle royal between the 'money power and the common people,’ he has ordered a retreat. Let him not be dis mayed. % Tribute to Cleveland. "He has won greater victories than Napoleon, for he Is a warrior who has conquered without a sword. He re stored fidelity in the public service; he converted Democratic hope Into reali zation; he took up the banner of tariff reform and carried it to triumph. Let him continue that great?* fight for 'the FATHER AND MOTHER OF WM. J. BRYAN FORMER VISITS TO CITY OF WILLIAM J. BR YAN JUDGE SILA8 8. BRYAN. MARIE ELIZABETH BRYAN. His First and Only Lecture of $50,000 Tour Delivered Here Ten Years Ago. Judge Silas Bryan was a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, where three generations of his family had preceded him. While not In any sense pioneers, for they followed rather than led the wave of settlement, the Bryans have always been Inclined to abandon the centera of population and seek their fortunes In newer and ruder communities. The son comes naturally by his love for public life. Judge Bryan sat for eight years In the senate of Illinois, to which state he hod early removed, made an unsuccessful race for congress, was In 1870 a member of the constitutional convention which gave hla state her present bnslc law, and was for twelve years Judge of the circuit court. In 1852 he married, at Salem, Miss Marla Elizabeth Jennings. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MR. BRYAN; HIS DEFEATS WERE VICTORIES Some Biographical Facts About Atlanta’s Guest. Among the lesser known heroes of mythology Is one Antaeos. a wrestler, who, when 1 In combat thrown to earth, gold and silver coinage of the cohstttu- a ] Wa y B arose with greater ' strength tlnn ’ tn which threp nntlnnnl nlatfnrtnii . . tlon,’ to which three national platforms have pledged him. Let his clarion voice call the party hosts to arms; let him but speak the language of the senator from Texas, the reply fto those who would destroy the use of silver: Tn this hour fraught with peril to the whole country, 1 appeal to the unpur chased representatives of the American people to meet this bold and Insolent demand like men. Let us stand In the breach and call the battle on and never leave the Held until the people's mone) shall be restored to the mints on equal terms with gold, as It was years ago.' Let this command be given, and the air will resound with the tramp of men scarred in n score of battles for th, people’s rights. Let this command be given, and this Marengo will be our glory and not our shams. (Applauai on the floor and in the galleries.) Th, Parting of the Ways. Well has It been said by (ho sena tor from Missouri (Mr. Vest) that we have come to the parting of the cays. Today the Democratic party atands between two great forces, each Inviting Its support. On the one side stands the corporate Interests of the notion, Its moneyed Institutions, Its ag gregations of wealth and capital, Im perious, arrogant, rompasslonleso. They demand special legislation, fa vors, privileges and Immunities. They can subscribe magnificently to cam paign funds: they can strike down op position with their all-pervading In fluence, and to those who fawn and flatter bring ense and plenty. They demand that the Democratic party shall become their agent to execute their merciless decree. ..... "On the other side stands that un numbered throng whlrh gave the name to the Democratic party, and for which . „*,» onnnlr Wiihlf .worn To Think Well Means Success Healthy Brains Are Made By Grape-Nuts “There’* u Reason.” it has assumed to speak. Work-worn and dust-begrimed, they make their sad appeal. They hear of nverage wealth Increased on every side and feel the Inequality of Its distribution. They see an overproduction of every thing desired because of the under production of the ability to buy. They can not pay for loyalty except with their suffrages, and can only punish betrayal with their condemnation. Al though the ones who most desenre the fostering care of government, their rrlets for help too often beat In vain against the outer walls, while others less deserving find ready access to leg- Islatlve halls. , Battle Hymn, "Home, Sweet Horn*. "This army, vast and dally vaster crowing, begs the party to be Its com- nanlon In the present conflict. It can not prws tts claims 'mid sounds of rev- elry. Its phalanxes do not form In grand parade, nor has It gaudy ban ners floating on the breeze. Its bat tle hymn Is 'Home, Sweet Home; Its war cry 'Equality Before the Law. To the Democratic party, standtng be tween these two Irreconcilable forces, uncertain to which side to turn and conscious that upon Its choice Its fate depends, come the words of Israel s day Whom ye will serve.' What will the answer be? lit me invoke the memoir of him whose dust made sacred the soil of Montlcello when he Joined centered sovereigns who their urns.' than before. Not without relevance may Mr. Bryan In his political career be llkefled to this deml-god, for a calm consideration of his public life makes It the Inevitable belief that hla defeats have by chance, by destiny or what not, been turned Into.victory. In 1890, at the age of 30, Mr. Bryan became for the first time candidate for office. He aimed high as a starter, be tng Democratic nominee for congress from the First Nebraska district. Al though It was normally Republican, he carried the district by a plurality of 6,000 votes. Two years later he again made the race and was elected with only 139 votes to spare. Id 1894 he was Democratic nominee for the senate. The land slid about that time and Mr. Bryan was over, whelmlngly defeated. Then he went to newspaper editing, being ono of the writers of The Omaha World-Herald. He kept at thlo till he went as delegate to the Chicago con vention. There was a split In the res olutions committee on the money plank of the platform. A majority declared for hl-metalUsm. A minority report was presented. Mr. Bryan closed the debate for the majority or free silver forces. He closed his speech with “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold." Defeated for the senate, he was nominated for the presidency. He was defeated. It need hardly be said. Again four yearR later, he was defeated, and In 1901 he was not considered at the Ht. Louis convention. Yet. at that convention, he was garded ns the strongest man In the parly, and today he Is generally re garded ns certain • to be next Demo cratlc nominee—or else runner-up. As to his life—the details have been prosaic enough up to his thirtieth year. There was little of the romantic In It. Just hard work. But In those plodding days he was working eighteen hours a day, preparing himself for ‘the two great opportunities that eventually came to him and by the magnificent seizure of which he established himself as a statesman. The Bryan skeleton in Who's Wht reads like this: Bryan, William Jennings, editor; bom Salem, III.. March 19, 1860; early education In public schools and Whip ple Academy: graduated minola Col lege, Jacksonville, valedictorian, 1881; received degree mnster of arts 1884; Union College of Law, Chicago, 1883; married Mary E. Baird, Perry, III., Oc tober 1, 1884; practiced law Jackson ville, III.. 1883-1887; since then at Lin coln, Nebr.; member congress 1891-’95: received Dopiocratlc vote for United States senator In Nebraska legislature, 1893; nominated In Democratic conven tion for United State® senator, 1894, OLD BRYAN HOMESTEAD REMAINS MUCH THE SAME AS WHEN BUILT IN 1792 The old Bryan homestead, built by the great-great-grandfather ot William J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for president, still stands on Oventop piountaJn, at the eastern base of Mar< vey's rock, the highest peak of the Blue Ridge mountains, practically the same as when It was constructed, 114 years ago, by Joseph T. Bryan. Mr. Bryan In 1762 left the tidewater section of Virginia and pushed west ward. Oventop mountain—then un named—appealed to him an a perfect place for a home, and there he settled. From his door he could look down through a beautiful valley, now dotted with grazing herds and fine farms made fertile by the mountain stream that winds Its way to the waters of the Rappahannock, while around him were all the conditions necessary for a set tler’s livelihood. The Bryan house, after the fashion of the time, was built of heavy, notch ed logs. Cracks and crevices were fill ed with mud and water. Thus It stood, weather-stained and storm-shaken, til about eighteen months ago, when the family that now occupies the place determined to Improve Its appearance. The ell, however, Is now as It waa when first constructed. The barn stands on a small eminence, almost directly In front of the house. The rains and snows and heavy winds of nearly a century and a half have sadly marred whatever beauty the sturdy old structure might have once had ! county In 1806, having made a will by w-hlch he, after providing for Ills wife, Nettle Bryan, and two maiden sis ters, who lived with him, divided his property equally between his children, James, John, William, Aqutlla, Lucy and Elizabeth. He was at the time of his death some 66 or 60 years old. James, his eldest son, was the only child married at the time of his death, but they all married shortly thereafter, one daughter marrying a Mr. Duna way and the other a Mr. Baldeck. one year after the death of William Bryan his real estate was divided among his children, and to John, the grandfather of William Jennings, was allotted the tract of 216 acres near the town of Sperryvllle, and by reason of Its location perhaps the most valuable portion of the estate. In 1807 John Bryan was married to Nancy Llllard. He lived on the old home place until 1826, when he sold out and with his family femoved to the then western part of Virginia, now West Virginia, on the banks of the Ohio, near the mouth of the Great Knnawha. The Llllard family lived In the same neighborhood with the Bryans and are supposed to be of Scotch origin. A large remnant of the family still Ive In Rappahannock and Culpeper coun ties. They are people noted for their courage and Integrity. Silas Llllard, a brother of Nancy Lll lard Bryan, and for whom the father of the candidate was named, left Virginia about the same time the Bryans did. This Is the fifth visit of Mr. Bryan to Atlanta. He first came while a member of congress, and thei* again ten years ago, less three months and two days. His reception then was as brilliant as that of Thursday, a decade later. “The First Battle," that campaign of 1896, had been fought and William McKinley had 'overwhelmingly tri umphed. But the matchless oratory of the Nebraskan, concreted In the thrill ing “cross of gold, crown of thorns” climax to the Chicago speech, still held the people of Atlanta and the South In enthusiastic thralldom, and the defeat of the hopes ot the Democratic party, bringing the most intense disappoint ment to Dixieland, did not In the least diminish the admiration the people had for him. So, a brilliant idea struck Captain V. E. McBee, of Portsmouth, Va., at that time general superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line, and one of the best known men In the South. About ten days subsequent to the fateful Tuesday after the first Monday In November, Captain "Bunch,” as he was known to everybody, wired Mr. Bryan, ottering hltn 350,000 to deliver fifty lectures. Mr. Bryan accepted, and Atlanta was named as the city for the premiere. On December 23 Mr. Bryan addressed one of the most brilliant audiences that ever gathered at the Grand opera house. Every seat in the house, from pit to dome, was occupied and hun dreds were forced to stand. It was the biggest crowd that ever heard a lecture in Atlanta, with the possible exception of that which greeted Henry M. Stanley. Yet that was the first and the last lecture of the series Mr. Bryan de livered. His own verdict of the lec ture was that It was a failure, and he Insisted on withdrawing from the con tract and canceling the forty-nine dates remaining. Mr. Bryan's lecture was on "The Ancient Landmarks." Read today, It would be regurded ns applicable to present conditions and as a powerful yet temperate arraignment of modern evils In economic and political affairs. Yet as a lecture It was a flat failure. It was an essay of strength, but there was In It none of the oratorical fervor, none of the burning eloquence of hla famous speech In congress, which In one day transformed a provincial law yer into a national figure, and his Chicago speech, which swept a Dem ocratic convention off its feet and made him the presidential nominee. The public *expffcted to be thrilled, to be transported Into a realm of mental In toxication by flow of oratory. The pub lic expected figures of speech, ana got statistics. It expected frills and furbe lows and got plain fabric all wool and a yard wide, albeit woven by a master hand. Mr. Bryan was introduced by the late ’ Judge Hal T. Lewis, who had seized the opportunity at Chicago and had nominated him for the presidency. Governor William Y. Atkinson was master of ceremontes. The social side of his visit ttas bril liant. A luncheon by the Young Men’s Democratic League was the first fea ture of the day. VV. J. Mallard, at the head of the league then, presided. A reception at the governor’s mansion followed, and after the lecture Mr. Bryan waa entertained by the Fulton Club. It is significant that In the ten years that have elapsed the personnel of po litical ascendency In Georgia has changed completely. Those who were then most prominent officially and so cially In the reception to Mr. Bryan will this year be Inconspicuous In ex tending the glad hand. As a politician expresses It, "It’s another gong.” Yet Mr. Bryan seems to have lost naught by tho changes ot time, In his mastery of the people. Two years later Mr. Bryan passed through Atlanta, stopping to make a notable address at the state capitol. The hall of representatives was packed unto suffocation, hundreds stood out side In the corridors, Just catching now and then a word or phrase of the speech he made, and untold others sac rificed supper to be able to see him ns he passed on his way to deliver the address. There seems to be no diminution of that homage from Atlanta and Atlan tans. MRS. BR YAN STUDIED LA W TO ASSIST HER HUSBAND; IDEAL WIFE AND MOTHER About a half mile from the.old home- He went to Mississippi and became a stead, to the west, In a narrow, rocky road. Is the old Dryan meeting house. It Is a large, rambling structure, In about the same condition as when the great-great-grandfather of the presi dential candidate worshipped, there with his family and neighbors. The Bryans are very devout Baptists of the old school, and, Judging from the fact that the church will seat about 800 persons, It Is evident that the neighbors were nearly all of the same faith. The building to this day Is called the "old Bryan church," as It was from the first, from the fact that the Bryans either built It complete or were the chief contributors to the expense of putting up the house of worship. Upon this point the neighborhood traditions are conflicting. , , Stories of the great devotion of the first Bryan to the principles of liberty —both religious and civil—are still handed down to younger generations In this vicinity. William Bryan, the great-grandfath er of the candidate, died In Culpeper • ‘The ‘lend but still rule Our spirits fmui tie was called a demagogue, and followers a mob, but the Immortal lirreraon dared to follow the best SSTSSS? matter, "h’unianpjy S"aUh >r ; n d n twer. rn pl«d*d^ th^cause rtf the common people. * l ***** devotion to thetr Interests which made his party Invincible while he lived, and will make his memory revered while history endures. And what message comes to us from the Hermitage? When a crisis like the present arose, and the national bank of his day sought to control the politics of the nation, God raised up Andrew Jackson, who had the courage to grapple with that great enemy, and by overthrowing it, he made himself the Idol of the peo ple, and reinstated the Democratic partv In public confidence. •'What will the decision be today? Tho Democratic party has won the greatest success In Its history. Stand ing upon this victory-crowned sum mit, will it turn Its face toward the ris ing or the setting sun? Will It choose blessings or curses—life or death— which? Which?” (Prolonged applause on the floor and galleries and cries of Vote! Votel”) but was defeated by John M. Thurston; editor Omaha World-Herald 1894-’96; delegate national Democratic conven tion 1896; wrote the silver plank In the platform, made a notable speech and was nominated for president of the United States; traveled over 18,000 miles during campaign, speaking at almost every stopping place; received 176 electoral votes against 271 for William McKinley. In 1897-*98 lec tured on bl-metallism; raised In May. 1898, the Third regiment, Nebraska vol unteer Infantry, for the war against Spain, becoming its colonel. Again nominated for president in 1900 by Democratic, Populist and silver Repub lican conventions; "Imperialism” waa declared by platform to be tho para mount Issue; he made an active can vass. but was again defeated, receiving In electoral college 155, votes against 292 for William McKinley. After the election he established the weekly po litical magazine. The Commoner. Last year he embarked on his tour around the world, for articles on which he 11 said to have received $50,000. the big gest price ever paid by a news syndi cate. He visited the Philippines, Japan China, India, Russia and other Euro* peon countries* wealthy planter, but died early In life without Issue. Another brother, Cap tain Benjamin Llllard, lived and died Ih Rappahannock county. Captain Benjamin Llllard died about 1870, and hla descendants of the male and female line live In the counties of Culpeper and Rappahannock. Con spicuous among these Is p. H. O’Bran non, who at one time represented the county of Rappahannock In the state legislature. He Is an extensive land owner, as well as the leading merchant of Sper ryvllle. These, together with the other descendants of the Llllard family, are about all the Virginia relatives Can didate Bryan has. John, the grandfather of William Jennings, was the last to leave the old state. He sold out In 1826, when the father of William Jennings was four yeaj*s old, and started West, but, as If reluctant to leave his native state, halt ed on the banks of the Ohio, where both he and his wife, Nancy, died, the wife dying In 1830 and he in 1836. Upon the death of John Bryan his family scattered through several of the Western states. Silas Llllard Bryan, the father of William Jennings Bryan, went first to Missouri and lived there for a year or two with an older brother, who had previously settled In that state. There he sought to obtain an education by working u part of the year and going to school the remainder, i was the custom In those days. After year or two he went to Marlon coun ty, Illinois, where he taught school for a time. Afterwards he went to col lege, was graduated, studied law and began the practice In 1857, soon rising to prominence In the profession. lie held various positions of trust and confidence. He was a state sena tor, superintendent of schools, judge of the circuit court for twelve years, and was a member of the constitutional convention. Such was the Virginia ancestry of the Democratic presidential nominee. His mother was of good New England stock, ir woman of uncommonly good sense. Huch unions have In more than one cose produced some of the greatest Intellects and wisest statesmen of our country. The tire, enthusiasm and eurnestness of the Houthron. commin gled with the persistent energy, forti tude and perseverance of the New Eng lander, seem to produce men fully equipped for the highest attainments. Famous American Fell in Love With Mary Baird While They Were in College Together in Illinois. To say that he home life of a great mnn typifies the Ideal home life of the American citizen Iz to name the crown ing glory of hla career. And to say that such Is the good fortune of Wil liam Jennings Bryan; to recall that the btamelessness of his private life has never found a detractor, and to learn that hs himself declares that al ways In the heat of action. In the tension of supreme effort, he has found his Inspiration ot home, Is to' feel an Immediate Interest In the personality of Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. Mrs. Bryan, as the prospective mis tress of the white house, la doubly Interesting. Were College Mates. After a pretty romance, which lasted through the years of their college life In Jacksonville, III., Miss Mary Baird and William Jennings Bryan were mar ried In 1884. Their marriage, did not Interrupt their student life together. On the contrary, the union was but an Incentive to Airs. Bryan, who entered with full and ready sympathy Into every detail of her husband's profes sional life. When the all-abBorblng Interests and manifold duties of moth erhood claimed her time, Mrs. Bryan continued to be the comrade of her husband. Under his direction, she stud ied law, taking tho course prescribed by the Union College of Law, Chicago, and being admitted to practice In 1888 before the supreme court of Nebraska. To Help Hsr Husband. What u momentous accomplishment this seems, In view of the fact that Sira. Bryan had neither need nor Intention of practicing the profession, her aim j being to keep pace with her brilliant husband, and to enable herself to com prehend more fully and sympathetical ly the work to which he waa then giving the greater part of his life. Mrs. Bryan's energy and enthusiasm further led her to take up her pen, and Mr. Bryan's first book, "The First Battle," contains a brief biography of himself, written by her. In this she says naive ly. "A prize always flred William’s ambition.” And she then tells bow ho good naturedly but persistently en tered every contest which schqol and college afforded, and how a defeat only Increased his determination. When v.e recall Mr. Bryan’s public life, the little story becomes highly significant. Representative Club Woman. Mrs. Bryan has been for years representative club woman, and la an earnest advocate of the reforms which women's clubs atm to accomplish. She believes that "organization” should be the slogan of the twentieth century woman. Our admiration becomes love and reverence when we turn from Airs. Bryan, club woman, scholar and lltern- teur, to Airs. Bryan, wife and mother. She has been. In tho truest sense, the helpmeet of her husband, and the wise and gentle counsellor of her children. Indeed, whatever Interests seemingly extraneous to her home life she may have had, these have but rounded that development necessary to fit her for the most sacred offices of womanhood. Three children, all of whom are now living, have beeq bom to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. The Bryan Children. Bulb Baird, the eldesL was married recently to Mr. Leavitt, the well-known artist, the romance having begun while Air. Leavitt wa» painting Air. Bryan'* portrait. Mr*. Leavitt ha* recontly made an ambltloua venture In play- writing, her play, "Mr*. Holmes, De tective," having made It* appearance shortly after the arrival of Air. and Mrs. Bryan from abroad. The second daughter, Grace Dexter, Is u most attractive young woman, and Is now u student at Hollins Institute,' In Itoonoke, Va. William Jennings, Jr., I* a boy of nearly 17. "The older girl,” Mr*. Bryan has said, "Is like her mother, the younger strong- I ly resembles her father, and the son 1 seems to be a composite photograph of. both parents." Prospective “First Lady." It Is Interesting to speculate upon a regime with Airs. Bryan a* mistress of) the white house, she ha* never been. j In any sense, a society woman, having i chosen to devote her life to more serl- | ous Interests. Although,the fashion-' able society llfo of Washington would i probably be dlstaateful to her, she would prove a powerful stimulus to ! the woman who has no alms. We can ; easily Imagine that with Mr». Bryan I as mistress of the white house, such substantial qualities as Intellect, energy and worth of character would be in vogue. MANY ARE KILLED WRECK Bodies of Victims Horribly Burned in the Debris. London, Sept. 20.—Ten persons kill ed and sixteen Injured Is the latest estimate given of the casualties In the wreck last night of the Scotch ex press on the Great Northern railway, near Grantham. The locomotive and several coaches were dashed over an embankment. Fire broke out In the wreckage. Many of the victims taken from the wreck were horribly burned. As In the re cent Salisbury disaster, the wreck oc curred on a curve. The train ehould have stopped at Grantham, but failed to do so. Students Off to College. Special to Tbe Georgian. qoro°l, Wk in l,V " l ®’a%.’ 8 * P *' *0—MUM* A, il e and Christine Smith have S£“ °. 8hort *f College, at Rome; Anna Waterman, Elsie Ragan, 5? a X Phillip*, Reba Jordan and May -fi" SS“ *° *° Brenau at Gainesville, and Allises Ruth Jelks and Kato Lewis S' 1 “ , , ,en<1 Monroe Female College at < onucth. ,