The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04

Chicago. November 3.-W. j. Bryan be-
gan the last day Of the democratic cam
paign with an address before the Iroquois
club at noon today. His numerous speeches
of last night did not permit him to retire
until long after midnight, and he did not
arise today until 10 O'Clock. Beginning
with his speech at noon at an informal
dinner rendered him by the Iroquois club,
MIR. Bryan spoke all afternoon in different
parts of the city and suburbs, concluding
at o'clock this evening, when he re-
viewed the final democratic parade OF the
campaign. q.
In his address before the Iroquois club.
Mr. Bryan said in part: "A man amounts
to very little in this world except as ne
stands for some great principle. | know
that whatever good will you manifest to-
ward me is manifested toward me, not as
an Individual, but merely toward me as
the representative for the time being of
a great party which stands upon those
principles in which you believe. We can
not tell what the future is for any one
or any nation. | have challenged the
credentials OF those men who have been
going up and down the land pretending TO
tell us what this Nations destiny Is. /
believe that no man is able to see the end
from the beginning, but that, God does
not require of any man. All that he re-
quires OF us is that we do our duty as we
see it and when we do our duty as we
see 1t, we are relieved from further re-
sponsibility.
Il am glad, in this campaign that we
have the support of many who were
AGAINST us before. / do not criticlse them
harshly and did not when they left us,
because ! believed that the great majority
of them left because they conscien tiously
believed that the country was in dang r.
I did not agree with them in that; ! did
not think that the people OF the country
would be in danger because OF my election,
and make the statement to you now
that If / had been elected we would not
be confronted by the crisis that Is before
us. believe that those who voted against
me were at least in nearly all cases men
who voted against me because they
thought they we're doing their duty II
their country.
81 believe the issue today is even
greater than was the isSrs Of 1860. hen
the question was whether we saould have
one republic or two republics, bur ow
the issue in this campaign is whether we
shall have one republic. Our appeal has
been TO the conscience md tho judgment
OF the American people. ] am siad ttat
| is the only kind OF appeal we could make
II II is my destiny TO be president oil
the United States, VIII rot 'eel that !
am president because scGie one was
bought to vote for me or compelled 70 dc
| II against his will. ! behave with the 8,
who believe in the principle thar W,
| stand for-that II an elected there II
a great work before me, md II am called
upon TO perform that work ! wsnt to feel
that have behind me the hearts of the
American people as well as their vet S
ana thereafter my one purpose in lif,
will be to dlsappoint no honest man who
voted for me.
~ can not hope that ny admlnistra.
ltion. II elected, will be free from mis-.
takes. for / contend that perfection il
not to be found in this world, and tina