The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-24


telHgent audience.
There were many flashes of humor,
fraught with great truth. He was
speaking of the people that doubt the
truths of religion because of its mysteries,
and went to show how we are surround
ed by mysteries in life itself, in every
mystery that the chemical combinations
of seeds and roots with the earth can
produce our foods.
Mystery he summed up. 'does not
bother us in the dining room. It is only
trouble Who understands the mystery
of life?''
Again: "It requires more faith to ac-
cept the reasonings of scientist than
any of the facts of religion
He referred to Mr.. Roosevelts speaking
tour, and said: "You can imagine how
happy 1 was, after people had said it was
ndigniied in me. a candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States to be going
around making speeches, when not only
candidate for President, but real live
President, was out making campaign
speeches. l was glad because someone
else was bearing part of the odium that
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speeches in America
After he had touched upon his own
career and his ambitions and had told how
he got interested in the questions of the
day that concerned all the people of our
country and through them all the world,
he said: Il do not apologize for the
part 1 have taken in politics. 1 have no
patience with the man who says politics
is too dirty for him to mix with. When
/ see man like that, see a man not
quite good enough to take advantage of
the blessings of free government"
When he ,as on the subject of the
ideal political party ought to have, and
was dwelling on the necessity of a party
meeting out of its ranks the elements
whose aims were not worthy, he said:
"A man told me not long ago that I
ought to be pouring oil on the troubled
waters, that ought to be harmonizing
the diseordant elements of the Demo
cratic party. 1 examined the oil. and
found that it was Standard OIL That
brought down the house. "If anyone
he went on, were to ask me how to
build up the Den,vcratic party, l would
answer, instead of trying to make con-
cessions. to whip out every man who be-
trays his trust, and fill the party with
men who want government by the peo-
pie, for the people, of the people. That
party will finally dominate that has the
highest ideal (Applause.) 1t will draw
to it the best class and drive from it the
worst class, and the one is as good as
the other for the party. The getting rid
of the bad class purifies it, while the adj
dition of the good class strengthens, it.
1t is the very same quality in it that
both drives out the bad and attracts the
good. 1t is not SO important how many
people there are in a party, as what
their creed is, and how they live up to it..
1T is the same of any party. 1t is
good to have two parties, one to watch
the other But I think there are a few
too many Republicans than necessary just
to match us Oaughter.)
At one time, right in the middle of a
sentence, Mr.. Bryan stopped, went across
the stage and got chair, and coming to
the edge with it beckoned Mr.. r. T.
Gray who was standing in one of the
side aisles. and handed him the chair,
saying: "you are too old to, stand up
You are very kind" said Mr.. Gray. as
laughed.
MI. bryan very happily suiHHAtu NY Iio
own conception of the workings of the
highest ideal in party pontlcs when he
dwelt on the fact that if parties had
those high ideals there would not be such
bitter denunciations and abuse INDUCED
in during campaigns. ''There would not
be-" he went on, such bitterness in de-
feat. l do not claim to be better than
others, but l shall be happier than my OPP
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was the best thing for my country"
There is the whole thing in a nutshell
President Winston in Introducing Mr..
Bryan, said that we had with Us a man
whom more than six millions of people
had twice invited by written invitation
TO be their chief magistrate and ruler.
(Applause.) But that was not his chief
claim for distinction. He was one of the
fore most orators of the age (ApplauseO
Tie true orator was primarily good
man. bad man could not be a great
orator.
After referring to the great orators
of America, President Winston, amid a
storm of applause, presented the orator,
William Jennings Bryan, who had thrilled
the American people with living speeches.
There was perfect storm of applause
that lasted for some minutes as NJ. Bry
an advanced to the front OF the plat
form.
MIR. Bryan commenced by saying that
1t was with great deal of pleasure that
he once more came to Raleigh; for he
felt kinder toward North Carolina than
to any other State save of course that OF
his own nativity; for North Carolina had
been very kind to him, the people OF
North Carolina had always taken as &C
complished the things that he had tried
to do.