The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
WHY BRYAN LEADS SIGNIFICANT INTER-
VIEW.

ssTNhe most stubbornly sincere and con-
yincingly convinced political leader
have met in the whole world is what
Mr.. James Creelman writes of the leader
of the National Democracy.
1t is Mr.. Bryan's sincerity that has
given him pl'imacy among men. lie is
the ablest and most versatile man IN
public life today, and his genius and
ability have commanded the admiration
even of his political foes. But ut is the
fact that he is ''the most stubbornly sim
cere and convincingly convinced political
leader that makes him the greatest trI-
hume of the people of all sections of the
Republic since the days of Andrew Jack
sen. They know that he speaks only his
convictions and that no selfish or I'M
worthy motives or influence have weight
with him.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Bryan has
grown UNNECESSARILY in popular estima-
ton since 1896 To very many voters
he was comparatively unknown, and n
portions of the country the people We're
made to believe he was am anarchist
and communist, or if nothing more.
boy orator without the elements of
craftsmanship. That impression has
passed from the minds even of the most
prejlrdiced opponents, and today Bryan
stands in American politics the greatest
statesman, as well as the most popular
leader. Why? Because he is honest
and unlike the political time-server, csln-
did, framk, outspoken and courageous.
Mr.. Bryan. less than any man who
has been national leader certainly IL
the memory of younger men, is free from
the fault of being dominated by single
issue. He does not owe his promi-
nence in politics to the silver ques-
ton. It is due solely to the
fact that he is ADLER and cleaner
and honester than any great man
among u.s. In 1891 he made the best
speech in the House of Representatives
in favor of the Mills bill that had been
heard in Congress in many years. 1t was
so clear and logical that I'm the campaign
of 1892 it was one of the chief docu-
ments circulated by the National Demo
cratic campaign committee. He is the
voice of THE people in their protests
against trusts He sounded the frs
e 40 fbf low Of
Imperialism that menaces the liberties of
the people and the stability eff the Re
public He is the leader against gold
recommendation and national bank control
of government Not only do the silver
men look to him for leadership. he is
likewise equally the hope of those who
stand against lniltarism and trust domi-
nation. He will not be false TO elthef,
or sacrifice either cause, but will seek TO
convince all who believe i'm one that they
are all allied i'm a common cause against
the common enemy. And he is conyine-
ing them daily by the hundreds and
thousands From the Germans alone,
he will get half million voters who put
the dangers of miliharism above all other
issues. From the business men and
drunmers he will get like number Of
votes because with them the trust issue
is paramount He will not lose the
vote of single man who sup
ported him in 1896 Add II
these the vast number of Reprh-
LEANS who are Disguised with Haunt
ism, Eaganism, Imperialism, Militarism,
and Trust control, and those Democrats
who went wrong in 1896, but who now
have their eyes open, and he will poll
the largest vote in 1900 ever received
by any man, living or dead.
We publish elsewhere today the most
significant political utterance of the year.
BY special permission OF Mr.. Hearsr,
we copy in full the copyright interview
with Mr.. Bryan in which he outlines the
National policy for 1900. In it Mr..
BRYAN reiterates the principles declared
in 1896 but he does not stop there.
While abating no jot or little in adyocat-
ing free silver, Mr. Bryan shows that
there are other great issues that will
bring to the party an immense vote III
1900. For example, he says:
I'VE are strong in the new questions
just where we were weak an the old
ones. We could not reach onr foreign
born citizens with our literature on the
hut oir1- l1te.
citizens are, because of their past -expe-
rience, il anything, quicker than the