The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-06

they come in, will also be thrown on
him and the principles be incarnates.
"The victory is won" truly, says Mr..
Bryan. Will it be honestly recorded?
If so, Mr.. Bryan will be the next Pres
ident. The arrest of Republicans in
Indiana, who sought to bride election
officers, shows that, conscious of de-
feat upon the issues, the Republicans
in the close States will resort to any
crime to steal the election as they sue
ceeded in doing in 1876 and again in
1S96.-.It is in the fact that the trusts
have contributed millions of dollars
to corrupt the election that occasions
the only doubt of Mr.. Bryan's inaugu-
ration in March. If their corrupt
plans are thwarted, Mr.. Bryan's cleo
| ton is as certain as that the sun will
set today.
So far as Mr.. Bryan is concerned
personally, his fame is secure He is
the first citizen of America, enjoying
the confidence and affection of the
people as no man of this day has sue
ceeded in winning their love. He has
won this first place because he is
transparently honest, because he
stands for liberty and equality, be-
cause he lives to bless his fellow man
and is the brother of the humblest
toiler, because he is as able as he is
honest, and is as eloquent as he is
sincere.
For him, the presidency would bring
great responsibilities and great cares,
as well as great honor. But it is not
for the honor that he aspires to that
| high station. 1t is because he would
use the power of the great office to Sc
cure equal and exact justice to all, to
prevent the rich from depressing the
poor or the poor injurying the rich,
to crush trusts and all illegal combi-
nations that fatten on the people, to
make the banks go out of the govern
| ing business, and most of all to re-
store peace by guaranteeing liberty
and self-government to the Filipinos
and restoring the Declaration of indie
pendence and the Constitution to the
old time veneration in which they
were held before Mark and Nc made
the flag an emblem of greed and OPP
preston.
With Mr.. Bryan in the White
House, there will come an end to the
rule of the Hannas, the Rathbones, the
Neeleys, and the robbery of the Porto
| Rcans and Cubans; 1avorites will no
longer get rich selling unfit food to
American soldiers or by selling at
fancy prices old hulks to the War DeN
partment; and the trust magnateS
will be too busy trying to keep out
of the penitentiary to be running the
| government. The old time honesty
and simplicity of jefferson and Jack
son will be restored. Men of charac-
ter will not find poverty bar to pro-
motion and honest men of wealth
would not find their wealth a bar to
just recognition. Property rights will
| be protected, but the man will be put
above the dollar There will be no
| back-door to the White House. There
will be no underground ticker to Wall
Street. The president will not be
| found with his ear to the ground. He
will regard the platform upon which
he was elected as his chart and will
sail by it without shadow of turning.
Pledges will be kept. Our plain
duty will not be violated at the be-
hest of a sugar trust. Economy will
take the place of extravaganza. A
small army will take the place of our
approach to militarism. AS soon as
the trusts are made to resolve them
selves into independent concerns, the
Filipinos given their liberty, and the
sovereign right to issue money resum-
ed by the recommendation, with
prosperity well distributed at home and
the menace of militarism rumored the
people will find that at last they have
| realized their dream of a government
of the people by the people and for
the people, and another Era of Good
Feeling will be ushered in at the be-
ginning of the Twentieth Century.