The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-01
a MAN OF TIE PEOPLE.

| The election is near ut hand. Four
days from now the American people will
know i'll all probability who.will be Pres
ident of this republic for the next four
years. The campaign now drawing to n
close has been the most exciting one since
that of 1860. The currency question has
been brought fairly to the front, and not
withstanding the objections of the Repub-
! licans, the fight has been made squarely
upon that issue Major Mckinley and
the prominent leaders of his party have
attempted on all occasions to lug into the
discussion the question of protection, and
have dwelt lovingly and tenderly on the
beauties of the tariff system, but to no
avail. The people have.long since decid-
| ed that the question of silver remoneti-
| cation must be settled at the polls this
year and in the fight which has ragged so
stubbornly all over the country have ar
| rayed themselves on the side of bimetal-
ism or of the single gold standard At
| first it seemed that the ''sound money!
! advocates as they called themselves would
have it all their own way; but man. be-
| fore comparatively unknown, suddenly
came to the front at the Chicago conven-
! ton in defense of the white metal and
since then, almost single handed aud
alone, has waged Il most determined war
fare against legalized injustice, until now
victory is in sight. His wonderful endrr-
ance, his surprising intelligence, his mas
terful elOquencc and convincing logic have
borne down all opposition and given him
success under circumstances appai emily
! the most adverse and depressing, and now
Just as the campaign is closing, he looms
up head and shoulders ABOVE the rest of
his countrymen, one of the grandest and
most heroic figures in American history
Like some knight of old he rushed into
the arena fully armed and equipped for
the desperate struggle before him, and
under his strong and vigorous blows his
enemies have gone down in all directions,
leaving him in full control of the field, an
object of admiration and love to millions
of his fellow countrymen. Such career
is uneXampled in the lives of the public
men of this or any other country, without
the prestige of military success. With no
weapons but his eloquence and the Justice
of his cause, he has become the recognized
leader of one of the great parties of the
country, and ut thirty.f five years of age
has been nominated for the highest Office
within the gift of his people. Wherever
he has appeared thousands have rushed
forward to hear him and accepted his
teachings with avidity and enthusiasm
The prediction of his opponents that his
speeches would lose their charm from
repetition rs the campaign proceeded has
failed of veritication. Instead of palling
on the public ear they become stronger
and more angmentative with every effort
Some new thought in attractive language
was presented to every audience, until at
last his enemies were amazed at his YER
satility and demoralizcd Mt the evidences
of his genius and resourcefulness, while
his friends were filled with confidence and
delight. In all things he has measured
fully up to their expectations, and now as
canvassing is receding into history, he
stands forth the embodiment of genius
and success, the peoples friend and the
peoples President that is soon to be.
Those who call William Jennings Bryan
demagogue or a revolutionist have fail
ed to make Il true estimate OF the charac-
ter of this wonderful man. His patriot
ism is written on every line of his strik-
ing countenance and manifest in all his
utterances, his zeal is shown n,the sacri-
fees of comfort he has made for the wei
fare of the people, and it is mete and
proper that his heroic eXertions should be
crowned with the full measure of success,
all of which he will receive in being
elected President of this great nation on
Tuesday next