Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
A PEERLESS ORATOR.
Bryan's Mastery Exposition of Amer
loan Government Ideas in
His Speeches.

bryan's Mastery Exposition of Anne r.
loan Government Ideas in
His Speeches..
NO man living can say such stirring
things in words so free from passion
as William Jennings Bryan. He is
equally master of rhetoric and of
logic. He Is as modest and unassum-
ing as he is inspiring and convincing.
II he has an equal among pubHoists of
the day he Is easily FIRST among
equals -primus inter pares. He will
take place in American history with
jefferson and Lincoln, and whether he
takes his seat in the presidential oh air
or not-and it now seems absolutely
certain that he will-his fame az one
OF the greatest interpreters OF true de-
mocracy and. Americanism 10 assured.
He grows in stature with the days, and
every speech he makes gives aew proof
| OF his fearless candor and intellectual
thought and acumen.
His speech at Indianapolis was a
mastery exposition of American gov
ernmental IDEAS, and his acceptance of
the popuhs. nomination at Topeka,
Kazi., was less great only because II
was less exhaustive. Truly it can be
said that only himself can be his
parallel" In expounding the great
fundamental truths on which our ma
tional existence is based, in word. as
common as they are comprehensive.
In accepting its presidential nom
nation Bryan paid the populist party,
in his opening sentences, high and
just compliment for the educational
work it has done in arousdng the peo-
pie to study Of economic and indus
trial questions, for, 40 he says, truth
grows not in ssclusion but in the open
field, and 1t thrives best in the sun
shine of full and free debate" It 10
this free and full discussion that Nc
Kinleyism-the bastard republicanism
of the day-most breads. The men
he --a.a q re striving to make the stars and
strlpeS WnaI CtcI4 --1sa-Ssses-aa1,za,,-.s- q
union jack in Africa. a Commercial
asset" want no debate. With no more
feeling or sentiment than Words
worth's peasant, to whom the pretty
flower on the rivers brink "a yellow
primrose was and nothing more" the
the flag of Washington, of Jackson,
of Lincoln and of Grant, has no glory
or meaning in it's folds to those greedy
and vulgar plotters of force, treason
and imperialism. "Old glory" in porto
Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and al
home, unless they can make it com.
mercial asset" is thing to be furled
and especially because Of the glowing
story and hopeful significance which
Bryan waves into it's folds. With
plumber instead Of patriotism as thei,
aim they would make it, as Gen. Hal
pine wrote in the New York Trib.
une, in slavery days, "robber rag
like other imperiahstie bunting, and
if it cannot be so used why then il
their eyes it is nothing but "a flaunt
ing lie.'
Mr.. Bryan touched on several things
but briefly, at Topeka which he passed
over at Indianapolis. In referring tc
the currency question the republican
party he says denies the necessity fol
more real money, while it permits ma.
tional banks to expand the volume OF
paper promises to pay money. 1t il
now committed to currency system
which necessitates perpetual debt
while the populist finds himself in
agreement with the democrats, who
believe in paying off the national debt
as rapidly as possible. In sentences
few but clear he advocates an income
tax, the principles of direct legislation
the enlargement Of the scope Of the in
terstate commerce act and the crea
ton OF labor bureau at Washington
with cabinet officer at it's head. He
favors the exclusion of Chinese an6
other oriental labor from the United
States, and in some trenchant sen.
fences shows the raseality of the
trusts. If" he says, "a private mo.
nopoly can suspend production and
fix the price of the finished product,
the farmer powerless to protect him.
self when he sells is plundered when
he purchases"
Mr.. Bryan's treatment of the pros.
perity" argument, of the war and its
cost to the taxpayer, OF imperialism
and other issues, leaves nothing to be
desired in the way of putting unan.
swerable arguments in terse, pithy
and original manner. Every true citi.
zen VIII wish with him in his closing
words that 1.-THE oppressed of every
land will see in our flag the hope Of
their own deliverance and, whether
they are bleeding upon the battlefield
or grooming beneath tyrant's lash
will raise their eyes towards heaven
and breathe fervent prayer for the
safety of our republic"
For Sale.
A valuable home with about ten
acres OF land, owned and occupied by
the late James 81. Brown, south of the
Railroad and east of the Stock wards