The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-12
A GREAT LEADER AND A GREAT MAN.
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION IN
EVERY INSTANCE
The Political Struggle Has Dcyrl-
Opcd IL Great Amcrirun-Thc Em-
bOuimcnt OF Democratic Prin-
ciplr.
New Norl; Journal.

| bouimcnt or Democratic l'rin-
| ciplr.
New York Journal.
Whether Wiliiam jennings Bryan
shall become President Of the United
States or not. he has proved himself Il
great leader, Il great man. Should
| tDc voting 20 against him on Tues
day, who i there. even among his OPP
poncntS, that will not recognize 4
splendid figure towering above defeat?
lie has grown from day to day in the
| appreciation OF tho American people
ever since he began his marvellous
| personal campaign, until now he has
| como to seem TO common men colossal.
| His recent return to Chicago was Il
| triumph q" ''",' Mas been
| accorded to Successful sodl.ra u..l
| Julian ll,.w thOrnc, the most masculine
among oar writers, describing for the
JGurna! t1oSC mOnstrOuS crowds cheer
| Ing ia a j@i!rinm Of entnusaSm drew
this picture IN the midst:
| kept getting glimpses Of 81 yan.
lie stood erect in the moving carriage,
his head up, confronting that anna
ing cOnCCurac with An expression grave
almost t. grimncsS. Not twice in q
lifetime, not once in most lifctimcs.
has such il scene been behcld or i'm
aginCd. The chief figure in it look cd
worthy { the uccus siOn-a man Of iron
nerve and unconquerable dignity. Ger
talnly thu, Is 4 man OF men.
But it is the same Bryan who worked
obscurcly as a lawyer in Nebraska
the samca Bryan who made his mark
at once in Congress the same Bryan
who drew the cOuntry's notice by his
attack in the House upon the un,Dc m
Ocratlc policies Of the un-Democratic
Cleveland the same Bryan who gave
voice to the soul of the Chicago Con
vcntion, and was SO plainly perceived
to be the man for the work before the
Democratic party that all competitors
disappeared. If the Bryan of to-day
seems larger il is because his opportu-
nifty is greater. TO every situati on he
has been more than equal, which proves
his greatness.
Has ever IL candidate for the presic
dcnCy faced the discourage mcnls that
he has faced and easily overcome :?
Put forward upon aplatform Of moder-
ate and constitutional proposals Of re-
form, he was instantly assailed as q
revolutiOnist, the enemy Of the national
| honor, OF courts, OF orderly govern
mcnt itself. Ard this not a.ono from
the opposition. The Federal adm inis-
| tratiOn, nOlninany Democratic, many
OF the fOrCmos men Of his own party
| throughout The country, and many Of
the most powerful newspapers OF his
own party also, joiEcd'in the assault
it seemed as if not merely The wealth,
but what passes for the respcctaUility
and character Of the United States,
| had made common cause against him.
SO lOrlurn appeared his situation, so
lonely was MS isolation, that the op-
position considered him entitled 10 no
serious consideration and set out to
shout him down. He was scornfully to
be denied a rcspcctful hearing.
Recall Bryah'a place in the public
mind, as the public mind is rcliccted
by the press two months ago, ann con
mind now. lie has made a hearing
for himself. Going straight before the
people he has preached his gospel Of
just money, iQual rights for all and
special privileges for nOnc-prcached
it with such sincerity, such cloqucncc,
such cIcarncss. such force. such calm
ness, such s4lf-commnnd and dignity,
that his appearance among men whcr.
ever nc goes, in the citics or out in the
villages OF the farmers, sets such fires
OF patriotism burning as have not
blaZcd since armies were marching
and the / CniOn was being fought for.
TO millions he has become the per-
sonticnt;on Of the Democratic princi-
pie, and to millions he will remain
that, whether he shall for the next
four years live in Washington or in
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Only genius could have achieved
What William jennings Began has
achieved. His is that rare combina.
tion Of qualities, intellectual, moral
ana physical, which precisely meets
the nccds Of Il time when revolt against
established and respectable wrong il
men have felt and failed to express
to others, or even cOhercntly to them
selves, Bryan expresses with the luci-
dity and strength Of perfect natural
ness and native carnostncss. Other
men could not by trying be what he
is, and he by trying could not he other
than he is. The hour and the man
have once more arrived together.
Those who, hostile to his cause and
seeing his power to lift masses OF mcr
out OF themselves, call Bryan q dema-
gogue blazon their own littloness, theil
incapacity to know q man OF genius
when he appears. The crowd IL always
tho dcmaG0guc's inspiration and mas
ter Bryan is ever the inspiration ant
: master OF the crowd. Though he has
spoken daily for many weeks and made
speeches by the hundred, the printed
record OF what he has said will b'
, searched vuinly for a single dcsccn
from the plane Of fsclf.rcspccting manli
ness, for sentence thrown oht tt
catch the applause Of the moment. ]
, is not in the man to pandcr to the nn
! worthy. His whole being is absorbed
in the delivering Of his message, ant
the tricks Of the dcmagoguc are forcigl
to hi,l. while loss Of balance, OF intel
lcctual surcncss and Of clarity arc i'm
, possible. He never rings false. Thi
! is not culogy, but fact.
Let the election turn out as 1t may
tho political struggle Of 1896 ha
bl ought forth for the worlds knowlcdg'
q great American in William Jenning
Bryan.
Can q man marry his Geceas@
, wife's sister in any part OF Amt rica
: Not unless tho sister Is willing, and 81
n general rule, she isn't. She know
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