The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-07-09
w. D. Oldham, Nebraska,
dominates Bryan to Lead

has added eighteen stars to the field of
blue in the banner OF the free to sym
bolize the states that have been carved
from territory. annexed to the domain
of this nation. by the wisdom and states
nanshlp Of the democratic party: this is
an expansion that is bounded on the north
by the constitution of the United States.
on the east by the Monroe doctrine. on
the south by the declaration of independ-
ence. and on the west by the ten COM
mandments.
How different this from the bandit
policy of the republican Imperialism, with
conquered provinces; it's government of
It's standing army, and bayonet rule of
sullen subjects against their will. by
force and fraud: its denial to them of the
protection of either the constitution or
the command which says: Thou shalt
not steal'-a policy that would send our
Uncle Sam off his American range with
a cowboy hat, n rope and a branding
iron, TO rustic and brand over all the
lesser islands of the orient, while hypo-
critically chanting the long meter dexOl-
ogy.
Back from the first battle Bryan
came, a baf!ied but unconquered hero of
the rights of man. Conscious of the recti-
tude of his purpose. and cheered by
the belief that no issue is ever settled
until It is settled right he cheerfully
acquiesced In the result of that cam
paign. and girded his loins for the next
great contest between the dollar and
the man.
For four years he has waged an I'M
ccasing warfare against the peoples en-
emy-for four years he has held up the
rartys standard ard his voice has cheer
ed the hosts of democracy in every state
ard territory. When the trusts began to
increase under the protection of a re-
publican administration, he was the first
to point out the danger and prescribe a
remedy.
when the alarms of a war for hui
manity reused the heroic spirit of our
land, he offered his sword to his coun-
try's use on the day that war was de-
clared.
when later he saw the administration
departing from the ancient landmarks of
cur institutions. In its enchanted dream
OF empire and militarism. le was the
first to raise a warning voice, and re-
signing his commission on the day the
realty of peace was signed. he threw him
self into the contest for the rescue of the
republic.
"Realizing that Imperialism, like the
tabled Artaeus, was born of earth, and
that contended with on the selfish worldly
plane of greed and gold, IL was of gi
ant strength. and II thrown down would
rise again refreshed from contact with
It's mother element, he, like the mighty
Hercules. raised IT above the sordid
sphere from which its strength was
drawn and on a plane of lofty patriotism
he strangled 1t.
with the issues now clearly drawn. no
doubt remains as to the name of our can
d.date. On that question we are a re-
united democracy.
Already worthy allies differing from
us rather in name than faith have
shouted for our gallant leader again. and
cry state and territory has instructed
its delegates to this convention TO vote
for him here. So It only remains for Ne
braska to pronounce the name that has
been Numbered forth from the foot of
Bunker Hill. and echoed back from
Sierras sunset slope, and that reverber-
ates among the pine-clad snow-capped
hills of the north. and rises up from the
slumtering fiower-scented savannahS of
the south: and that name Is the name of
william Jennings Bryan. her best loved
son."