The Great Commoner vs Bryan Bryan

William jennings bryan, nebraska born a populist known as the great commoner. He wasn't much of a lawyer and hadn't practised law for more than 30 years at this point. Bryan was a politician, a long time presidential contender, a democrat opposed to conservative republican economic policy. Also a fire and brimstone lay preacher known as mister fundamentalist. led a national campaign against the teaching of evolution. Once told a political cartoonist, you should represent me as using a double barrelled shotgun,. fixing one barrel at the elephant as he tries to enter the treasury and another at darwinism in schoolroom.