Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-15
M. BRYAN HAS TO DEPEND UP.
ON HIMSELF.

Some Of our esteemed cOntcnip orari,'s |
iind fault with Candidate Bryan for
stamping the country. claiming that
he il talking too much and acting In u |
ma nner that II beneath the dignity Of
an aspirant tn the Presidential chair.
"" must say that this view II not
shared by the general public. II current
events can be taken as any cvl'lcnc"
Of the public feeling In the matter.
What Bryan says to the people seems I"
please them immensely. and II IL the
votes Of the people which elect.
What Bryan has said day after day
has not been refuted. although Ills
.pcechcs have been criticised. The crit.
icism has been more with the character
of the speeches than with the argn-
uents AMI statements contained In
them.
As for It's being beneath the dignity
Of u Presidential candidate to =" about
among the people and talk io them
that Is simply l~sli. the President of
the United States Is no better nor high.
or IN the scale of manhood or citizen.
ship than the humblest citizen IN the
land. The office he ILLS Is an exalted
one and the office all loyal citizens
honor AMI respect. But that Otttc" does
not carry with 1t anything that con
fcrs upon the incumbent the quality Of
nrisiocracy. Presidents are hut public
servants: the people who create them
are their masters. 1t Il neither unl~.
coming nor out Of place for man
seeking u position Of any kind tn tell
those from whom he seeks II how h.
will discharge the duties thereof II he
gets II,
As for the utility Of the thing. there
can be no doubt that II was u perfect
godscnd to the Democracy Of the cO,in-
try that % man like Bryan was chosen
for It's standard bearer this year.
The party management somehow
seems to have drifted into the hands Of
supine or impotent idierS.
" its presidential candidate had nor
been u young man full III vlgor AMI elo-
uIi, nee. whose magnetism ami fervld
niatcry has filled the whole land "! III
IN enthusiasm caught from himself.
there would bc little or nothing 10 let
the people know that the good oil Dem
orgatlc party was IN existence or had
. ticket in the field this year Men
whose names have been the bulwark-
az The party have held alO0f for many
reasons, and the party has fallen into
~. hand. OF u lot of wlll'cyed AMI
h,WliSk"Tcd craaks from the West ana
.Nashbucklers from the South.
The prestige ind genius Of The liarl'
., hn Wllitnnpg
Hpurkr cOckrans. the Flowers. AMI The
rest Of the leaders in the East. AMI oi
men equally we'll known ana dlstin
.ul>hrd IN the West have been sadly
missed and poorly replaced 10y iht
.lunrst-s. the Whites, til" TillmanS. TIT
.NIr.rld-. and the rest of the CoXeyit,
crew that have literally taken posses
sion Of the Democratic shi - Of state.
Although the Democratic convention
was held considerably over n monIi
ago. there hasn't been u single meet
ing Of the national committee since
Net single step has been taken in ih'
direction at opening up the ci mpaign
headquarters have not been esiab
ii,hed
Jones has been asleep. White. TIL
man ana The rest of the drlnagOglles
having run the show ~ the Coliseum Il
please themselves, have retired to rhci
lalrs and left the people 10 their fate.
Under these circumstances We ~
peat the energy and enthusiasm
Gryan has come a. "a g0dsend 10 ia
PARTY. He has fairly SET the prairie
of the West and the hilltops of The Eas
On fire.
Iiris in himself worth score OF cam
palga or national committees. Will