The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-12-09
BRYAN, TIE GREAT oOMMoNER

b.
What Sam. Jones Says Of Him and
President Roosevelt.
Rev. Sam. Jones writes as follows
in the Atlanta Journal:
On my tours since the Landslide"
Of two weeks ago, find two things to
be true. First, find nobody in sack
cloth and ashes ON account of Presi.
dent R1osevelt's election, and second.
ly, find that MIR. Bryan is the most
loved and admired Democrat In tho
world to3ay. These two facts are
signigcant, and will have much to do
in shaping future events In the
United States.
On all sides / hear men say that
President Roosevelt is an honest,
brave man, aud makes a good presi.
dent He certainly has the respect
and confidence Of great majority OF
southern people and would have their
love also, but for the negro In the
woodpi,e." The southern people look
on such facts as his tender of the
Panama comm'ssiouership to Senator
Cockrell (and that If he does not
choose that, then the tffer of the
railroad commit sionership to him)
and Mr.. Roosevclt's kind words and
deeds toward that grand old senator,
and they win him the hearts of
southern men, and shows them that
ue man and faithful service Is the
one object OF his administration, and
that he is ready to reward honesty
and fidelity to trust no matter which
political party he finds them In.
Most men believe that MIR. r o9evelt
will stand by the interest Of the mass.
es and not regard the wishes of the
classes. Surely he knows that the
great majority OF the masses OF thi,
| country stood by him in the last cleo.
tion, and he OWES them d-bt he C IN
only pay as an honest man by proceed.
Ing agAint all combinations of capital
that work to the enSlavement and
pauperism Of the masses, and l be-
lieve he will ''run amuck" and fear
lessly do his duty as he sees 1T. am
sure Mr.. Roosevelt is not the idol of
politicians, or the pet Of the trusts
They are all afraid Of him, and they
never know when and where he will
hit them, and that crowd knows their
Ian, and they know the president Is
n t their man.
| L know the pureSt and brainieSt
men OF the nor, h believe in Roosevelt,
and do not believe such men as Sec.
retaries Hay, Ro t, Shaw, Morton,
ETC., and such men as Senator Cock
rell, Joseph w. Folk, etc., Of the
south, would stick to or admire an
unsafe and unsound man.
l believe that within the next six
months Mr.. Roosevelt will regain the
esteem of southern men by his atti
tude on que Stions that are sacred to
all the good and true mon Of the south
am sure it is our duty to give him a
charc. to show all the genuine kind
ness towards the south Chat man
who openly says he is half southern
man, frr his mother was southern
womau) which he may have towards
US. There is 40 sense now in calling
him names and continuing Iesentful
towards him.
| i say these things without the least
abatement Of my southern sentiments
OF the least disparagement Of my
sou hern manhood.
This election seems to have demon
straed that Democracy does not
stand fer cons ,rvaJism and partner
ship with eastern plutocracy a d
m0nied aristccracy. Mr.. Bryan Is
today the embodiment Of the pfinc-
pies, and also the leader of the senti.
ments, which genuine Democracy will
/ ha ,i,I
must win if victory ever comes to
them again in national politics. He
Is the great cOmmOner, the Gladstone
Of America, and stands easily the
leading champion Of the people
against every thing that tends to
undermine good government and for
everything that M ans liberty ard
the pursuit Of happiness. II Mr..
Bryan shall wisely make the issues
and faithfully advocate the principles
of true Democracy ulswerved by cap
ital and unemtarrasSed by Popuis,ic
theories, then he will In the uext four
years put himself in a position to
capture The presidency or e,se he will
be in position TO pick the winner, and
II he is The patriot | now believe him
TO be, he would as soon pick the win.
ner as to win the prize for himself.
The Democratic party is immortal.
1t will never die Wherever men,
liberty or civilization desires to live,
you will find Democrats like Cromwell,
Gladstone, Jefferson and their mil
lions OF followers. The only victories
ever lasting and the only defeats ever
sustained by the Democratic party in
the United States have been brought
about by the divisions and petty diff
ferencaS within the party itself. A
solid united Democracy is invincible.
In the past forty years, while the
Democratic party has been torn by
division and hurt by enemies in it's
own camp, the Republican party has
been busy grabbing our ammunition
and stealing our guns, not SO much to
tiht Democracy with but it has fur
nlshed them livery to ride into
power with, and to make them feel
respectable after they got in.
L have always heard that the dark.
est hour is just before day, and II
that's SO, then the Democrats ought
soon TO see day breaking. Such a
sweeping victory as the Republican
party has just won will carry with
it responsibilities that they can't
measure up to, and woe be to the
political party that fails 10 meet the
demands OF the masses and refuses to
heed the desires OF the pOeple. MERCY