The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
HEART TO HEART TALK.
Col. Bryan Addresses the IrO-
QuOis Club In Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-W. J. Bryan began
the last day Of the Democratic campaign
with an address before the Iroquois club
at noon today. His numerous speeches
of last night did not permit him to re-
tire until long after midnight and he
did not arise today until 10 o'clock Be
ginning with his speech at noon at an
informal dinner rendered him by the
Iroquois club Mr.. Bryan will speak all
afternoon in different parts of the city
and suburbs. concluding at o'clock
this evening when he will review the
final Democratic parade of the cam
paign. In his address before the Iroquois
club, Mr.. Bryan said in part:
"A man amounts to very little in this
world except as he stands for some good
principle know that whatever good
you will manifest towards me is not
manifested towards me as an individual,
but merely towards me as the repreSen-
tative for the time being of a great
party which stands upon the principles
which you believe in. We can not tell
what the future is for any one or any
nation. have challenged the creden-
tials of these men who have been going
up and down the land pretending to tell
US what this nations destiny is. 1 be-
heve that no man is able to see the end
from the beginning; but that God does
not require of any man. All that he
requires of US is that we do our duty
as we see it and when we do our duty as
responsibility.
i am glad in this campaign that we
have the support of many who were
against us before. / do not criticise
them harshly and I did not when they
left US because 1 believe that the great
majority left because they conscientious
ly believed that the country was in dan
ger. did not agree with them in that
I did not believe that the people or the
country would be in danger because of
my election and 1 make the statement
to you now that If had been elected
we would not be now confronted by the
crisis that is before US. 1 believe that
those who voted against me were at
least in nearly all cases men who voted
against me because they thought that
they were doing their duty to their
country.
Il believe the issue today is even
greater than the issue of 1860 for then
the question was whether we should
have one republic or two republics; but
now the issue in this campaign is wheth-
er we shall have one republic.
"Our appeal has been to the con-
science and the judgment of the Ameri-
can people. / am glad that this is the
only kind of an appeal that we could
make. If it is my destiny to be the
president of the United States 1 do not
want to feel that L am president be
cause somebody was bought to vote for
me or compelled to do it against his will.
If 1 am elected there is a great work
before me, and if 1 am called upon to
perform that work want to feel that
I have behind me the hearts of the
American people as well their votes,
and therefore my one purpose in life
will be to disappoint no honest man who
voted for me.
Il can not hope that my administra-
tion if elected will be free from mistakes
for 1 contend that perfection is not to
be found in this world and that all that
we can do is to approach it as nearly as
we can with the light before us and
with a sincere purpose to do what is
right. I can not hope not to make mis-
takes, but 1 promise you that If am
elected there will be four years in this
country when no citizen here OF any
foreigner abroad will have any doubt
that the Declaration Of independence is
the law of this land"