The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1904-10-27
ELOQUENT SPEECH.
MIR. Bryan Delivers One of His Best
Oratorlcal Efforts.

Those with Mr.. Bryan said he
made one of the best speeches he
ever made at Lawrenceburg, where
he spoke from the grandstand at
the fair grounds.
This is the close of that speech
as corrected by Mr.. Bryan. He
considers it one of his great efforts: /:
IL have had people to ask me
why Democrats seem to be so in
tensely earnest about their Democ-
racy. l have had men say, why,
with some Democrats Democracy
ls sort of religion My reply is
that with every Democrat who
knows what Democracy means 1t
is religion, and when you hear u
good Democratic speech it is so
much like sermon that you can
hardly tell the difference between
them. And whyP Because a
good sermon is built upon the Ten
Commandments, the Sermon on the
Mount, and the Eleventh Com
mandment, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor like thyself.' And a
good Democratic speech Is built
upon the doctrine of human
brotherhood and equal rights and
self-government. When you get
down to bed rock you find tina.
love of mankind is the basis OF
both, and Democracy can never
die while there is in Democracy 9
love of mankind.
Democracy does not go as fal
sometimes as we would like to have
it; but, my friends, we must not
expect that we will have every.
thing as we would like it. Ask 9
mother as she holds in her arms
her baby boy what her hope is,
and she will tell you that she
hopes his heart will be 80 pure
that 1t will be laid upon a pillow
and not leave a stain; that his am.
bition shall be so holy that he can
whisper it in an angels ear, and
that his life will be so clean that
his mother, his sister, his wife,
his child can read record of his
every thought and act, without a
blush for what he has said or done
That is the ideal that every moth
er has for her child. But ask her
if she is going to require that per
fection in him, and her great heart
tells you, No; that that is hei
hope; but that she will make him
as good as she can; that she will
follow his footsteps with a daily
prayer; that her blessing will rest
upon him wherever he goes through.
out the world, and that she will
hope, she will hope, yes, hope,
that when he dies the world viii
be better that he has lived. That
is about all she can say to you.
"And so, if you ask me if my
platform has all that / want in it,
| say no. You ask me If my can.
didate stands for all would like
to have him stand for, no. But
shall | throw away the good he
promised because 1 cannot get all
that / want2 By what other
means can secure more than
can secure from the election oi
Parker and Davis. There is
other means by which 1 can brin
to my country at this time more d
good than will be brought througl
their election. Reformers must ii
patient; it is slow work, thiJ
work of raising humanity-it is
slow work.
"Why, l remember that jusv
about the time that they reported
from the Philippine islands that
the Philippine army had divided
into squads and that those separ-
ate sections of the army had hid
den in the woods and formed
maurading bands, just about that
time 1 read in an encyclopedia
that about thousand years ago
the Anglo-Sanxons were doing just
the same thing. A thousand
years ago! We have made. pro-
gress, but there is much ahead of
us VET. Whv. it, ia onlu twO or