Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-28
They Are Urged to Work and
Vote for Bryan.
NOW FOR A GRAND EFFORT.
Chairman Simmons Appeals to Friends OF
Heiorm and Good Government to Unite
Tor the Overthrow of Trusts, Imperial
ism and Mckinleyism- Every Bryan
Man Must be Gotten to the Polls on
Election Day.

Raleigh. N. c.. Oct. GA period of
great political activity in North Caro-
INA is nearing its close. The Demo-
cratic party has grappled with the far
reaching question OF negro suffrage
and has solved 1t. In local affairs. the
people of North Carolina now enter an
era OF changed political conditions that
VIII remove race antagonism and the
clashings of the races, and TINT will
TEND TO secure quiet, continual good
,eeiihS, ana prosperous industry in tho
homes Oh all the people. This clorious
result mas been accomplished mainly by
.ne effective work of the local cham
pions OF the good cause. All honor
and credit are due to the press tha
party workers. the public speakers and
the local organizers, to the committee
men and the Democratic clubs. II was
these who brought to the polls that
vas. array OF voters. who. arranging
themselves beneath the Democratic
banner secured the adoption of our re-
FORM measure by majority OF fifty
thousand votes
Also of immense interest to the people
Is the triumph of Democracy In the
National campaign. On November the
9TH the people OF all the States are to
pass their Judgment on the great Fed
erai questions of the day. Many of
them are of momentous Importance.
some relate to finance some relate to
industry and nearly effect every family
IN their homes; others relate to our
Federal government. the capitulatio of
our country. and bear upon the per
petuation of the liberties and privileges
or the citizen, which we have inherited
from our fathers, and which we are in
duty bound to hand down unimpaircd
to our posterity
On all these questions the Demo
cratic party stands by the people. our
platform is clear. positive and without
duplicity. Its principles are the teach
ings of Washington. Jefferson and the
patriot fathers. Our Standard bearer,
William j. Bryan. is well known by all
men for his honest devotion to his po-
litical convictions. and his zeal and de-
termirlStion TO carry them into opera
ton. and his spa of self sacrifice,
and his large sympath.ss for strug-
Cling humanity.
No leader has arisen in n hundred
years who was so strongly inbred with
sympathy for the manhood of our
country. 1t is the flesh and blood, the
men and women of the land, the great
masses of the people whose interest he
strives to promote. and whose rights
he proposes to guard against the in
SidiouS encroachmcntS OF men seeking
their own selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The
election of Bryan means the overthrow
of the trusts, the death of those rings
which. under Mcl<inley's administers
ton. have plunged our government in
to courses full of peril to the future of
our country.
Immense was the effort made to de-
feat him four years ago, but the
change of a few thousand votes would
have elected him, and would have pre-
vented all the evils OF McKinlcys adj
ministration. And now another great
effort is being made against him. The
trusts and the rings die hard. They
fight for life. but the people are against
them. The people are rallying every
where to the standard of Bryan. and
Democracy never had leader any
where with such immense crowds to
hear him as Bryan has had in Indiana.
Illinois, Ohio and New York. These
outpourinSs of the people bespeak their
sympathy. They mean victory for VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. But what shall
be the voice of North Carolina? The
Republican leaders have been devising
means TO give our electoral vote to Nc
kinley. They think that our people are
nUuthetic. They believe us over-conh-
dent They count on light vote
They expect that Bryan men will not
go to the polls, and they hope to gain
the victory through our negligence
And there is danger in this emergency.
to the rescue. a appeal to every citi-
zen who wants to see Bryan and Stew
enson elected to bestir himself. In
particular I appeal to every working
Democrat. who did such splendid work
last summer. to aid once more in max
ing n supreme effort / appeal to tho
Democratic press. the most potential
political power. I appeal to the com
mitteemen. the party workers and the
clubs. None Of these have ever failed
the party in the past. Last summer
they covered themselves with glory. |
To-day the party and the country call
them once more TO the post of duty. |
and commit to them the banner of De- |
mocracy, believing that they will again
secure the victory. 1t is the call of
patriotism and know that this appeal
Will not be in vain. but that every
Bryan man possible will be brought to
the polls. and that every vote possible
Will be obtained for Bryan and for our
Democratic Congressman and for the
success of Democratic principles.
full vote is indispensibly necessary.
Every Bryan man must be gotten TO
the polls. and now make my last an
peal TO every white man to do his full
duty TO the party. the State and his
race. f. NJ. SIMMONS
Chairman Dem. Eek. Com.
p. NJ. PEARSALL Secretary.