The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-06
REVIEWS A
SOLEMN PLEDGE
If Elected He Will be the
Peoples President.
HE A N THEIR LOVE
declaration of Independence Shall be
Law Of the Land.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC PARADE AT CHICAGO
It is One Long Ovation to Their Leader Who
Reviews 1t. Mr.. Bryan Leaves Chicago
For His Home in Lincoln,
Nebraska.

Nebraska.
Chicago, H.. Nov. with four ad-
dresses in Chicago and one at Harvey,
William Jennings Bryan today practically
closed his long campaigning in the strug-
gle for the Presidency. Tonight, from
in front of the Union League Club, on
jackson boulevard, Mr.. Bryan reviewed,
amid a din Of cannon and glare of fire
works, an immense parade Of Democrats
which marked the close of the campaign
in Chicago, and late tonight he left over
the Burlington road for his home in
Lincoln, where, with his family, he will
receive election returns next Tuesday.
Today the third of Mr.. Bryan's speech
making in Chicago was marked by ire
mendous crowds at each Of the five meet
ings addressed by him, and the parade
tonight developed into one long ovation,
the cheering for the Democratic Presi-
Dental candidate being almost inceSsant
from the time he stepped onto the re-
reviewing stand until, rather weary from
his arduous work Of the past three days,
he stepped into his carriage and was
driven to the Union station. At noon
today the IroQuois Club gave a banquet
in honor of Mr.. Bryan, at which many
of the members who opposed him in 1896
pledged him support on next Tuesday.
At 10 O'Clock Mr.. Bryan began his days
speech making at a big open-air meeting
in front of the Transit House, at Forty
second and Halstead streets, the center
Of the stock yards district. Three other
meetings were also addressed by Mr..
Bryan during the afternoon. At 2:30 p. M.
he spoke at an open-air meeting on the
Lake front, Washington street and Mich
igan avenue. From here Mr.. Bryan took
a suburban train to Harvey, where he
addressed a big meeting Of foundry men
and mill hands. The final meeting Of
the day, and the last of Mr.. Bryan's re-
markable campaign outside of his own
State, was at the Calumet Theater, in
South Chicago. From there Mr.. Bryan
went at once to the reviewing stand, on
Jackson boulevard, where for over an
hour ne stood and bowed as the hosts of
the Democracy marched by and cheered
their leader.
REPUBLIC OR EMPIRE?
At the I~roquois Club Mr.. Bryan said
in part:
q have had imposed upon me in this
campaign a great duty and l have per-
formed it to the extent of my ability,
and to the extent of my strength. My
responsibility ceases, so far as this cam
paign is concerned, on next Tuesday.
If l have any further responsibility it
will be given me by the people, it will be
for them to say whether l shall remain
a private citizen or become a public ser
want.
Il am glad in this campaign that we
have the support Of many who were
AGAINST us before. l do not c~riticise
/ fhnyp ho rch1u op1 r I;J go rlo~ @lor
left us because l believe that the great
majority of them left because they con-
scientouslv believed that the country
was in danger. 1 did not agree with
them in that, I did not believe that the
people or the country would be in dan
ger because Of my election, and l make
the statement to you that if | had been
elected we would not now be confronted
f by the crisis that is before us. l believe
that those who voted against me were
at least nearly all men who voted
, against me because they thought that
they were doing their duty to their
country. When l heard, the night of the
!, election, that an old gray-haired man
, fell uDon his knees and thanked God
that the country had been saved, I knew
that he was expressing the sentiments
Of his heart. But, many who thanked
God that I was defeated then, are now
praying that I shall not be defeated
again. 1t does not mean that they have
changed their sentiments since then. 1t
+ does not necessarily mean that they have
v changed in their opinions upon the ques-
f tons which were then, but
s it does mean that four years of Renubli-
, can rule have brought us face to face
y with a greater question than that which
has ever been before this country. l be-
ls@,,1 -
s than was the issue of 1860. for then the
question was whether we should have
one republic or two republics; but now,
n the issue in this campaign is whether
we shall have one republic.
BRYAN REVIEWS HIS PLEDGE.
tOur appeal has been to the conscience
and the judgment of the American peo-
pie. l am glad that this is the only
kind of an appeal that we could make.
e If it is my destiny to be the President
n of the United States l do not want to
! feel that l am President because some
body was bought to vote for me or COM
PEELED to do it against his will. be-
lieve with those who believe in the prin-
ciple that we stand for, that if I am
. elected there is a great work before me;
: and if | am called upon to perform that
work | want to feel that have behind
me the hearts of the American people,
as we'll as their votes.
: my purpose will be to disappoint nc
honest man who voted for me. | can
not hone that my administration, il
I am elected, will be free from mistakes,
for l contend that perfection is not tc
= be found in this world, and that all we
can do is to approach it as nearly as we
y can with the light before us, and with
a sincere purpose to do what is right
| cannot hope not to make mistakes, bu1
[ promise you that if l am elected there