GREAT COMMONER'S FUNERAL RITES 'INEXPRESSIBLY SAD'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On July 31, 1925, Robert T. Smalls of The Evening Star reports that "there has been something inexpressibly sad about the funeral rites for William Jennings Bryan."
Small points out that while the 'Great Commoner' wanted "to rest within the shadow of the...Capitol (and) the...portico of the White House," he remained until his last breath "sadly disappointed that he had not been able to strut his hour across the national stage."
Mr. Bryan's remains have reposed in a flag-draped casket at "the historic old New York Avenue Presbyterian Church" here in the Nation's Capital where thousands of mourners have viewed the casket.
Despite Small's characterization of the three-time Democratic candidate for POTUS as "disappointed," he adds that...
"if ever a man died happy, Mr. Bryan was that man."
JFK+50 NOTE
William Jennings Bryan lost both the 1896 and 1900 presidential elections to Republican William McKinley. He lost in his third bid to William Howard Taft, also a Republican.
According to Politico, Harold Stassen ran for POTUS ten times between 1948 & 1992. Plan Sponsor says that Normon Mattoon Thomas, a Presbyterian minister, ran six times for POTUS on the Socialist Party ticket.
SOURCES
"Sadness Of Bryan Tribute Marked," by Robert T. Smalls, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 31, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The Death of the Three-Time Candidate," by Josh Zeitz, February 8, 2015, www.politico.com/
"Who Has Run for President the Most Times?," www.plansponsor.com/
