The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-07

1t is this same consistency that makes
the advocates of bimetallism oppose
| Imperialism, which involves both a
denial of the rights of the people and
a disregard of the interest of the peo-
! pie. Questions differ in their relative
Importance, and relative Importance
may be changed by circumstances.
| Where you find that a man differs
from his party on one question but
agrees with it on the others, his diff
ference can usually be explained by
his pecuniary interest or his lack of
information. Or it may be explained
by the fact that he is not free to do
his own thinking. But whatever
may be his reason, he is not as valua-
BILE as the candidate of those from
whom he differs The Democratic
party can never be so modified as to
please those whose pecuniary inter
ests are advanced by Republican pol
itics, and it is better to await the in
struction of those who do not under
stand the evils of Republican policies
than to endeavor to conciliate such
| by either endorsing or winking at
Republican policies
Mr.. Bryan's attention was called to
an interview in which he is alleged to
have referred to Senator German as
| al q 70 H.
Il don't recall having mentioned
Mr.. Germans name in an interview.
In fact, | have avoided the discussion
of candidates because l think the
principles are much more important
than the men-men being useful po-
litically only as they advance prin-
ciples."
Even Mr.. Bryan did not expect the
reception he received, although he
stated that he expected to present his
views to such an audience as could be
encountered nowhere except at such
an assembly. An important political
conference that was to have been
held could not be pulled off because
of the nOnattendance of those who
were to have attended. Edwin War
field, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor Of Maryland,
was expected, but he was delayed and
wired, postpcning his coming until
the 10th. just what he and Mr.. Bryan
expected to talk about was not di-
vulged by Col. William Kilgour.
After dinner at the hotel Mr.. Bryan
walked up the steep hill to the audi
forum, accompanied by DR.. w. l..
Davidson, head of the Chautauqua
Association. The crowd had been
gathering for some time prior to two
O'Clock. People came in every con-
celvable sort of conveyance from all
the adjacent towns and villages, as
well as the rural sections.
When Mr.. Bryan appeared on the
platform those in attendance, ire
spective of religious or political faith,
gave him several hearty cheers and
INDUCED in vociferous applause. No
time was lost in presenting the "peer-
less LEADER to the people of Western
Maryland and West Virginia. Mr..
Davidson introduced him as "a great
man who has a great thought to com
munlcate to us, a man of honor and
conscience, possessing the courage OF
his convictions, and remaining the
idol of countless thousands of Ameri.
can citizens
In speaking Mr.. Bryan appeared in
no new light. He has aged since his
last fight for the presidency, his once
generous suit of hair having given
way to locks that sparsely cover the
top of his head, while hanging in
curls on the nape of his neck. The
change in his oratory, so noticeable
two years ago, when harsh and strid.
ent tones had displaced the resonant
eloquence of his first memorable con.
flict, was even more noticeable Sat.
urday. His graceful gestures of olden
times have disappeared almost entire
ly, and he stands and talks now as a
man who has a message to deliver
and who means to deliver it with the
fewest possible frills and furbelows.
That message of Saturday was a
compound of religion and politics, not
secular nor dogmatic religion, but the
broader religion of man, which finds
its highest ideals in the greatest good
to the greatest number, and which
seeks a perfection of civilization, to
the end that all men may realize a
profit therefrom. In this portion OF
his address Mr.. Bryan was pleasing
his utterances\ being sound, his logic
good, his illustrations apt and his con-
illusions such as all men might accept.
But when he branched off, taking the
! political switch set in the road he was
travelling, it was case of the ''same
man, same ideas, same phrase" with
which all the country is familiar. For
the entire two hours he spoke Mr..
Bryan was accorded the closest at
tention, the applause being frequent: