Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-12
privileges for all and of just and right

privileges for all and of just and right
eous money. Err. Bryan in all that CON-
stitutes true greatness is conspicuously
greater in defeat than his successful OPP
ponent can be in the flush OF victory.
The possession of the honors that DOW
seem about to fall upon Mr.. Mckinley
cannot bestow upon him a title of the
luster that glorifies the name and
fame of the stalwart young hero who
bore the standard of democracy in the
proudest fight the party ever made in
behalf of its genuine Jeffersonian prin-
eiples. Such a fight has never been
made in the history of the country.
Even the fight of Andrew Jackson in
his great contest with the United States
bank can scarcely be compared to the
gigantic struggle just ended against
the money power of the world. No
candidate for the presidency ever faced
the ANNOUNCEMENTS Bryan has faced
and sought SO hard to overcome. AS
Julian Hawthorne says in his pen pic
ture of the hero as he saw him strug-
Cling for the right: "To every situa-
ton he has been more than equal,
which proves his greatness" Put for
ward upon platform misunderstood
by many in his party, he was instantly
| aSSeiC0 ny tic tIUStS, TIC COTDOEd-
tons, the combines, the money power
through all of its institutions, as a rev.
olutioDist. the enemy of the national
honor, of courts. of orderly government
itself. To this opposition was added
that of the federal administration, many
of the foremost men of his own party,
and many of the most powerful news
papers of his own party. Going
| straight before the people in the face
| of this proposition he preached the
gospel of just money, equal rights for
| all and special privileges for none
| preached it with such sincerity, such
| eloquence, such clearness, such force,
| such calmness. such self-command
and dignity. that his appearance
| among men wherever he went, in the
cities or out in the villages of the
! farmers. set such fires of patriotism
J burning that have not blazed since
| armies were marching and the union
was being fought for. To millions Mr..
Bryan has become the personifcation
of the democratic principles of govern
ment. and to millions he will remain
the idolized tribune of the people
even in defeat. Only exalted genius
| and magnificent courage could have
achieved and maintained the leader
ship of the great cause in the face OF
the vicious onslaughts of the powerful
interests representing greed and gold,
that were enlisted to accomplish its
defeat by methods as unscrupulous
and as dangerous to the liberties OF
the people as were ever employed in
an unholy conspiracy. The defeat OF
Mr.. Bryan itself will not be as great
"a calamity to the country. as the sue.
cess of the disreputable and corrupt
ing means used to accomplish it. The
hope of the future is that reaction
against the vicious use of money and
the employment of coercion and in
timidation may take place before it is
too late to save the people from slav
cry to an oiigarchy. Let every honest
citizen, whether democrat or republic
an, resolve that the trusts. combine:
and corporations controlling vast ag
gregated wealth shall not appropriate
the fruits of the victory they have pur
| chased and bulldozed.
So far the causes of bimetallisp
, and equal privileges are concerned
: they can wait.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers"
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