Trying to float the old wreck. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, standing in the Presidential Sea, pulling on a rope tied to a shipwreck labeled Democracy which was Stranded 1896 on rocks labeled 16 to 1, Bryanism, and Bourbonism, a bearded old man labeled Populist, wearing overalls, is trying to help, using a large hook to pull the ship off the rocks. Date 1900 June 20. Trying to float the old wreck. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, standing in the Presidential Sea, pulling on a rope tied to a shipwreck labeled Democracy which was Stranded 1896 on rocks labeled 16 to 1, Bryanism, and Bourbonism, a bearded old man labeled Populist, wearing overalls, is trying to help, using a large hook to pull the ship off the rocks. Date 1900 June 20.