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-:ifnpuw» ■ I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 190*. MILE-STONES IN CAREER OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN SPEECH THA T WON FAME AS AN ORA TOR FAMOUS PERIOD IN SPEECH OF CONGRESSMAN BRYAN, Mou nt T * b £ ri I be»t it at the Pyramid!. Oh, may I beat it here?’ "The charge was ordered, the battle won, and Marengo waa added to the victories of Napoleon. Oh, let our gallant leader draw inapiratlon from the street gamin of Paris. In the face of an enemy proud and con fident, the president has wavered. Engaged in the battle aoyal between the ‘money power and the common .people/ he haa ordered a retreat. Let him not be diamayed. "Let the oharge be ordered, and the air will reaound with the tramp of men scarred In a aeora of battles for tho people's rights. Let this com mand be given, and thta Marengo will be our glory and not our shame" (Applause on the floor and In thi galleries.) Was Delivered in Con gress August 16, 1891, When William Jennings Bryan en tered congress as a representative from Nebraska, he was practically unknown rave to the people of his own state. On the floor of the house he was soon ree ngnlsed as a forceful and ready speak or. but It was not until his great treech against the repeal of the Sher. nmn law on August It, 1893, that his wonderful oratory sent his name click' Ing over the wires throughout the country. It was this address, known long at' 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 ol 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 confute him; he was badgered by tho 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 pauso swept friends and enemies alike, and the time waa extended Indefinitely. At the close of his address the gentleman from Ne braska soared Into ahelght of eloquence such as the walls of the capitol have seldom heard since the oratory of ante bellum days, and only the magnificent voire of the young orator from the West could have been heard above the tumult of applause which swept the great hall lit defiance of all rules. Rome extracts from that address are herewith reproduced from the Con gressional Record of that date. The Address In the House. “Mr. Speaker, I shall accomplish my full purpose If I am able to Impress upon the members of the house the far-reaching consequences which may follow our action and quicken their ap- p,-. flatten of the grave responsibility which presses upon us. Historians tell us that the victory of Charles Martel ut Tours determined the history of all Europe for centuries. It was the con quest 'between the Crescent and the »'rose,' nnd when, on that fateful day, the Frankish prince drove back the followers of Abderrehman, he rescued the west from 'the al-dcstroylng grasp of Islam,' nnd saved to Europe Its Christian civilization. "A greater than Tours Is here! my 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 tho 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 flnnncler and h.v the poorest toller; here. In Europe and everywhere, the proceedings of this 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 sliver 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 ocenn'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 preaident 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 waa lost. He called 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 street gamin of Paris. In the face of an enemy proud and confident, the president 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. I*t him continue that greater fight for 'the FATHER AND MOTHER OF WM. J. BRYAN JUDGE 81 LAS 8. BRYAN. MARIE ELIZABETH BRYAN. FORMER VISITS TO CITY OF WILLIAM J. BR YAN His First and Only Lecture of $5^0,000 Tour Delivered Here Ten Years Ago. • Judge Silas Bryan was a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, where three generations of his family had P receded him. While not In any sense pioneers, for they followed rather than led the wave of settlement, the iryans have always been Inclined to abandon the centers 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 had early removed, made an unsuccessful race for congress, was In 1870 a member of the constitutional convention which gave his state her present basic 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 Ahtaeos, a wrestler, who, when In combat thrown to earth, gold and sliver coinage of the constitu- always arose with greater strength (Inn * (n u-hlnh thrAA nntlnnnl nlolfnrma J . . than before. Not without relevance •ngress upon this problem will be read find studied; as our actions bless or Might, we shall be commended or con demned. The president of the United States, In the discharge of his duty ns lie sees It, has*nent to congress a tnes- Fage calling attention to the present rtnunelal situation, and recommending the unconditional repeal fit the Sher- tnnn law as the only means of securing relief. Some outside of this hall have Insisted that the president’s rocnm mendatlon Imposes upon the Demo crutic members tin obligation, as It were, to carry out his wishes, and over- zealous friends have suggested that opposition to his views might subject the hardy dissenter to administrative displeasure. They do the president a Brent injustice who presume that he would forget for a moment the In dependence of the two branches or «onqrPH*. He would not be worthy of ••ur admiration or even respect If he demanded a homage which would vio late the primary principles of free rep resentative government. • • • Not is He Honsst? But Is Hs Right? •'The president has recommended an unmndltlonal repeal. It Is not sufTl- rlent to say that he Is honest—so were the mothers who, with misguided seal, threw their children Into the Ganges. The question Is not ’Is he honest?’ but he right?’ He won the confidence the tollers of this country because h* taught that ’public office Is a public trust; and because he convinced them n * tits courage and his sincerity. But *re they willing to say, In the language Job, Though He slay me, yet will I ,r u«t Him.* Whence comes this Irre- n»rib!* demand for unconditional re peal? Are not the representatives here ** Bear the people and as apt to know tl,e lr wishes? Whence comes this de- ,n *nd? Not from the workshop and the To Think Well Means Success Hfillfcr Brains ire Mails By Grape-Nuts "There’* a Reason." tlnn," 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 to those who would destroy the use of ellver: 'In this hour fraught with peril to tho whole country, I appeal to the unpur- chosed representatives of the American people to meet this bold and Insolent demand like men. Let us aland In the breach and call the battle on and never leave the field until the people's mone) Bhall 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 a, score of battles for tbs people's rights. Let this command be given, and this Marengo will be our glory and not our shame. (Applauai on the floor and In the galleries.) The Parting of tbs Ways. "Well has It been said by the sena tor from Missouri (Mr. Vest) that we have come to the parting of the ways. Today the Democratic party stands between two great forces, each Inviting Its support. On the one side stand* the corporate Interests of the nation. Its moneyed Institutions, Its ng gregatlons of wealth and capital, Irn perlnus, arrogant, compassionless. They demand special legislation, fa' vors, privileges and Immunities. They can subscribe magnificently to cam palgn funds; they cun strike down op position with their all-pervading In' fluence, and to those who fawn and flatter bring ease 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 which gave the name to the Democratic party, and for which It has assumed to speak. Work-worn and dust-begrimed, they make their sad'appeal. They hear of average 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 deserve tho fostering care of government, their cries for help too often beat In vain against the outer walls, while others less deserving find ready access to leg islative halls. Battle Hymn, "Home, Sweet Home.' ••This army, vast and dally vaster growing, begs the party to be Ite com panion In the present conflict. It can I. _ minima 'mill ■Atinfla of PAV. not press Its claims 'mid sounds of rev elry. Its phalanxes do not form In grand parade, nor has It gaudy ban ners floating on the breeze. Ite bat tle hymn Is 'Home, Sweet Home:' Its war cry 'Equality Before the Law.' To the Democratic party, standing 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 second law-giver: Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.' What will the answer be? Let me Invoke the memory of him whose duet made sacred the soil of Montlcello when he Joined •The dead Imt seeptered sovereigns who ■till rule Our spirits from their urns. ••He was called a demagogue, and his followers a mob, but the Immortal Jefferson dared to follow the best promptings of his heart. He placed men above matter, humanity above property, nnd, spurning the bribes of wealth and power, pleaded the cause of tho common people, it waa this devotion to their interests which made may Mr. Bryan In his political career be likened to thle deml-god, for a calm consideration of hie public life makes It the Inevitable belief that hie defeats have by chance. by f destiny or what not, been turned Into victory. In 1880, at the age of 30, Mr. Bryan became for the flreC time candidate for office. He aimed high as a starter, be Ing Democratic nominee for congress from the First Nebraska district. Al though It waa 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. In 1894 he was Democratic nominee for the senate. The land slid about that time and Mr. Bryan waa over whelmingly defeated. Then ho went to newspaper editing, being one of the writers of The Omaha World-Herald. He kept at thin till he went as delegate to the Chicago con vention. Thero was a split In the res olutions committee on the money plank of the platform. A majority declared for bl-metalllsm. A minority report was presented. Mr. Bryan closed the debate for the majority or free silver forces. He closed hie speech with “You Bhall not presa down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold." Defeated for the Benate, he was nominated for the presidency. Ho was defeated, It need hardly be said. Again four years later, he was defeated, and In 1901 he was not considered at the St. Louis convention. Yet, at that convention, bo was re garded as the strongest man In the party, and today he Is generally re garded as certain to be next Demo crallc nominee—or else runner-up. A9 to his life—the details havo 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 skeloton In Who's Wht reads like this: Bryan. William Jennings, editor: born Salem. III.. March 19, I860;' early education In public schools nnd Whip- >|e Academy; graduated Illinois f'o|- pge, Jacksonville, valedictorian, 1881; received degree maater of arts 1884; Union College of Law. Chicago. 1883; married Mary E. Baird, Perry, III., Oc tober 1, 1884; practiced law Jackson' vlllc, 111., 1883-1887; since then at Lin coln, Nebr.; member congress 1891-'95; received Democratic vote for United States senator In Nebraska legislature, 1893; nominated In Democratic conven tion for United Statce senator, 1894, OLD BRYAN HOMESTEAD REMAINS MUCH THE SAME AS WHEN BUILT IN 1792 The old Bryan homestead, built by the great-great-grandfather of William J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for president, still stands on Orentop mountain, at the eastern base of Mar- vey'e rock, the highest peak of the Blue Rldgo mountains, practically the same as when It was constructed, 114 Vears ago, by Joseph T. Bryan. Mr. Bryan In 1752 left the tidewater section of Virginia and pushed west ward. Orentop mountain—then un named—appealed to him ae a perfect place for a home, and there he settled. From hie door he could look down through a beautiful valley, now dotted with graslng herds and fine farms made fertile by the mduntaln 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, un 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. Tho 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 which he, after providing for hie wife, Nettle Bryan, and two maiden sis ters, who lived with him, divided his property equally between hie children, James, John, William, Aqullla, Lucy and Elisabeth. He was at the time of his death some 5S or 60 years old, James, his eldest eon, was the only child married at the time of hie death, but they nil 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 bis children, and to John, the grandfather of William Jennings, was allotted the tract of 215 acres near the town of Sperryvllle, and by reason of Its location perhaps the moat valuable portion of the estate. In 1807 John Bryan was married to Nancy Llllard. He lived on the old home place until 1828, when he sold out and with his family removed to the then western part of Virginia, now West Virginia, on the banks of the Ohio, near the mouth of the Great Kanawha. 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 Hill 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 la the fifth visit of Mr. Bryan to Atlanta. He first came while a member of congress, and then 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 of 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, offering him 850,000 to deliver fifty lectures. Mr. Bryan accepted, and Atlanta was named as the city for the premiere. On December 33 Mr. Bryan addressed one of the most brilliant audiences that ever gathered at the Grand opera house. Every sent In the house, from pit to dome, was occupied and hun dreds were forced to stand. It was the biggest cron-d that ever heard a lecture In Atlanta, with the possible exception of that which greeted Henry M. Stanley. Yet that was the first and ths last lecture of the series Mr. Bryan de livered. Hie 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-nlpe dates remaining. Mr. Bryan's lecture was on "The Ancient Landmarks.” Read today, It would be regarded ae applicable to 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 his famous speech In congrei.-, which In one day transformed a provincial law yer Into a national figure, and hla Chicago speech, which swept a Dem ocratic convention off Its feet and mails him the presidential nominee. The public expected to be thrilled, to be transported Into a realm of mental In toxication by flow of oratory. The pub lic expected figures of speech, and 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 ceremonies. The social side of his visit waa bril liant. A luncheon by the Young Men’s Democratic league was the first fea ture of the day. w. J. Mallard, at the head of the league then, presided. A reception nt the governor's mansion followed, and after the lecture Mr. Bryan was entertained by the Fulton Club. It Is significant that In the ten years that have elapsed the personnel of po litical ascendency In Georgia. Mg changed completely. Those who were then moet prominent officially and so cially In the reception to Mr. Bryan will thle year be fnconeplcuoue In ex tending the glad hand. As a politician expresses It, “It's another gang." Yet Mr. Bryan seems to have lost naught by the changes of 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 corrtdors. Just catching now and then a word or phrase of the speech he made, and untold others sac rificed supper to be able to sec him ns he passed on his way to deliver the address. There seems to be no diminution of present conditions and as a powerful that homage from Atlanta and Atlpn- yet temperate arraignment' of modern I tana. MRS. BR YAN STUDIED LA W TO ASSIST HER HUSBAND; IDEAL WIFE AND MOTHER Famous American Fell in Love With Mary Baird While They Were in College Together in Illinois. 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, anil by overthrowing It, he made himself the Idol of- the peo ple, and reinstated the Democratic parly In public confidence, ■'Whnt will the decision be today? The Democratic party has won the greatest success In Its history. Stand ing upon this victory-crowned sum mit, will '.4 turn Its face tow aril the ris ing or the setting sun? Will It choose blessings or curses—life or death— hlch? Which?” (Prolonged applause the floor and galleries and cries uf Vote! Vote!") 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 Bryan meeting houso. It le a large, rambling structure. In about the same condition os 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 tho 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 nnd civil—are still handed down to younger generations In this vicinity. .. William Bryan, the great-grandfath er of the candidate, died In Culpeper 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-metalllsm: 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" was declared by platform to be the para mount Issue; he made an active can- vase. but was again defeated, receiving In electoral college 155 votes against 292 for William McKinley. After the election he established the weekly po litical magaslne. The Commoner. Last year he embarked on his tour around the world, for articles on which he ft raid to have received $60,000, the big gest price ever paid by a news syndi cate. He visited the Philippines. Japan China, India, Russia and other Euro pean countries. wealthy planter, but died early In life without Issue. Another brother, Cap. tain Benjamin Llllard, lived and died In Rappahannock county. ' Captain Benjamin Llllnrd died about 1870, nnd his descendants of the male and female line live In the counties of Culpeper and Rappahannock. Con ■plcuous among these 1s P. H. O'Bran non, who at one time represented the county of Rappahannock In the state legislature. He le an extensive land owner, as well as tho 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 1828, when the father of William Jennings was four years old, and started West, but, os It 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 1880 and he In 1815. Upon the death of John Bryan his family scattered through several of the Western states. Bilan 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 a part of the year and going to school the remainder, as was the custom In those days. After a 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 1867, soon, rising to prominence In the profession. He 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, a woman of uncommonly good sense. Such unions have In more than one ease produced some of the greatest Intellects and wisest statesmen of our country. The tire, enthusiasm and earnestness of the Southron, commin gled with the iierslstent energy, forti tude nnd perseverance of the New Eng lander, seem to produce men fully equipped for the highest attainments. To say that hq home life of a great man typifies the Ideal home life of the American citizen Is to name the crown Ing glory of hi* career. And to say that such Is the good fortune of WII Ham Jennings Bryan; to recall that" the blamelessness of his private life has never found a detractor, and to learn that he himself declares that al ways In the heat of action. In the tension of supreme efforL he has found his Inspiration at home, le to feel an Immediate interest In the • personality of Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. Mr*. Bryan, as the prospective mis tress of the white house, Is doubly Interesting. Were College Mates. After a pretty romance, which lasted through the yeare of their college life la 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 wo* but an Incentive to Mrs. Bryan, who entered with full and ready sympathy Into every detail of her husband’s profes sional life. When the all-absorbing 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 the course prescribed by the Union College of Law, Chicago, and being admitted to practice In 1888 before the supreme court of Nebraska. To Help Her Husband. What a momentous accomplishment this seems, In view of the fact that Mrs. Bryan had neither need nor Intention of practicing the profession, her aim being to keep pace with her brilliant husband, and to enable herself to com prehend more fully and sympathetica! ly the work to which he was then giving the greater part of his life. Mrs. Bryan’s energy and enthusiasm further loil 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 prtao alwaya fired Wllllam'a ambition." And she then telle how he good naturedly but peralstcntly en tered every contest which school and college afforded, and how a defeat only Increased his determination. When we 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 Is an earnest advocate of the reforms which women's clubs aln( to accomplish. She believes that “organisation" should be the slogan of the twentieth century woman. Our admiration becomes love and reverence when we turn from Mrs. Bryan, club woman, scholar and litera- teur, to Mrs. Bryan, wife and mother. She has been, In the truest sense, the helpmeet of her husband, and the wise and gentle counsellor of her children. Indeed, whatever interests seemingly, estraneous 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 been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. The Bryan Children. Huth Baird, the eldest, waa married Foraub. recently to Mr. Leavitt, the well-known artist, the romance having begun while Mr, Leavitt waa painting Mr. Uryan'a portrait Mrs. Leavitt has recently i made an ambitious venture In play- writing, her play, "Mrs. Holmes. De tective," having made Its appearance shortly after the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan from abroad. The second daughter, Grace Dexter, Is a most attractive young woman, and . la now a student at Hollins Institute, In Roanoke, Va. William Jennings, Jr- Is a boy of nearly 17. "The older girl," Mrs. Bryan has said,, "la like her mother, the younger strong- I ly resembles her father, and the son ' seems to be a composite photograph of i both parents" Prospective “First Lady.” It Is Interesting to speculate upon a. regime with Mrs. Bryan as mistress ofj the white house. She has never been, | In any sense, a society woman, having chosen to devote her life to more sert. ous Interests. Although tho fashion able society life of Washington would probably be distasteful to her, she would prove |i powerful stimulus to the woman wno has no alma. We can easily Imagine that with Mrs. Bryan ae mlatresa of tha white house, auoh substantial qualities as Intellect, energy and worth of character would bo In ! vogue. M Iff KILLED • 11 EMU WRECK Bodies of Victims Horribly,, Burned in the Debris. I-ondon, Sept. 20.—Ten persons kill ed and sixteen Ihjured 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. Tho train ehould have stopped at Grantham, but failed to do so. Students Off to College. Specie! to The Georgian. Hawkinsvllle, Oa.. Sept. 20.-M(sses Sarah, Alice and Christine Smith have gone to Shorter College, at Rome- Misses Anna Waterman, Dale Ragan May Phillips, Reba Jordan anil May Caldwell go to Brenau nt Gainesville and Misses Ruth Jellu. anil Kate Lewis Jrtll attend Monroe Female College at