The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-16
SPLENDID TRIBUTE
TO William Jennings Bryan, the
Great Commo1er, by
TIE AUGUSTA, Ga, CHRONICLES.

a6 hUGUS -, S&., SAAoH ASH - J
He Is the Only Democrat OF National
Reputation that Came
Out Of Last Weeks
Landslide Unhurt.
There were many who pretended to
surprise because the Chronicle carried
On its front page Thursday a picture
CT William Jennings Bryan, Wit
these lines-"Damocracys Reaao!E-
tated Leader. From under the Re.
publican leadslide Of 1861, be vii!
energe to lead the Democratic hosts
TO victory in 1903"
While we did not offer this as the
deliberate editorial thought OF the pa.
per-but, rather as a prophecy that
carried with ir, IN the gloon Of the
returns from Tuesdays el cgiol,
CLEAN OF hJpe Tor the future-we shall
not onje 70 it being construed either
as pr 'plecy or pedge.
While it is, nanifestly, too early tc
forecast party policy for the future,
or even to take an inventory Of tae
political debris that Tuesdays elec
tion left scattered around in the Dem
ocratic camp, there are certain po!iSi
cal signs that are unmiStakable.
Whether it was political landslide,
tidal wave or a one. hundred-and-hfIy-
mile-a- minute toraado that struck the
Democratic party on Tuesday, aod
left it bruised and bleeding on the
ground, it is not necessary TO try t.
explain. But it Is. at least, apparent
that there was one DeuocTa5 who was
not hurt by it-Will!an Jennings
Bryan.
And this Democrat neither sought
the storm cellar nor took to the tall
timber to escape demolition. On the
contrary, be was right out 10 toe open
all the time, fighting as va?iantly 70!
the Demo cratic candidate whose nom.
nation be had opposed, as be had ever
fought wheu he, himself, was tw!ce
before his party's nominee fer the
presidency.
1t would be libel upon true Dem
ocrats to say trey do net fully appre-
ciate such loyalty as this. And it
would be SANDER upon their intelli-
gence to say they did not already place
che proper valuation upon Nj. Bayan'S
noble qualities Of head ard heart. Fer
itself, the Chronicle can say OF hiIi
now as it said Ct him two weeks after
the national cnnvertio2:
1T would be unjust to reuse to
concede to Mr. Bryan the ve-y high-
ess Qualities OF mind and heart. Tha,
ne is intensely sincere in advocating
his theories Of government, we haven't
5ne slighte, t doubt. And that he has
the ability tc de!end then against the
be.t men Of either party has been too
we'll demonstrated to be any longer
questioned.
No fair-minded min who witnessed
at St. Louis bis masterful, his almost
-uperhun an. eff ,rts to stem the tide
,, that had set in against hin, could any
longer refus, t. admit that, In point
of personal ability at least, he tower
ed above any other one individual III
chat convention or the one recently
neld In Chicago; to say the least, that
right or wrong-he is toiay the
brightest individual figure on the
American continent.
And we can say it now with re-
doubled truth and enthusiasm. Or We
can say Of him again, as we said o1
September 25 n, when comparing his
efforts with chose Of a less worthy
leader, though southerner by birth:
In several other wa;s, Mr. Bryan
is defending the Democratic party
and upholdiDg it's nominees, while
Mr. Watson is assailing them. Does
Mr.. Watson assume to be a more in.
tellectual, more patriotic, more
pure minded, a more devoted lover Ct
the constitution and the laws than
William j. Bryan? Who, except the
, latter's socialistic followers, believes
it? The fact is that Mr.. Watsoa's
scheme is to help Roosevelt's election
!, , in order to precipitate c1aos: hoping
to build his socialiStic theories upon
the comm N disaster and improve bis
9 own personal, political fortunes.
Bryan on the other hand, while for.
Saking none of his priEc pies,
prefers to let them make their way,
II thsy can in peace, for, as be de-
clares, the great fundamental princi-
pies, upheli by the Democracy, are
dearer to him than silver and gold,
and, we, may add, Thomas E. Wat.
sons clricature Of "JeferSonism" run
mad."
And to further prove that we are
consistent when We say we sincerely
admire the big Drained, big hearted
Bryan, ne can say, as We did on Octo,
Der 3rd:
He has his Own opinions about
reform and is true to them, but be
does not write snarl;ngly on the sub
jece or go about on the stump pro-
claiming himself the prophet Of Jef
iersonian Democracy and that Judge
| Parker is the mere tool OF Wall
street. Mr.. Bryan knows better and
be is as modest as be is gifted. He
loves the constitutional union more
than his own aggrandizement. H
is content to await the time fJr the
propagation Of his reforms and ile pre-
ters the calm that Parker would bring
to tt chaos that Roosevelt would
provoke. Very nobly an7 adnirably
has Mg. Bryan acted in tais campaign
and he has won the hearts Of tEous
ands who once spoke unkindly OF him
He is great nan and a man Of high
principles and lofty aspiration. %
And we could repeat muah more
that ne have already said to prove
that it is not illogical to have oppo Led
Bryan's position as to the currency
and, at the same time, look to him as
the probably logical leader OF Demo.
cracY tour years hence.