The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-02-02

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indescribable humor of the colored
orator.
Bryan is full charged with the cleo
tricity of personal magnetism and it
is almost impossible for even the most
skeptical to listen to his speeches and
not be convinced that he is right so
long as they are under the control of
his persuasive personality. Bryan's
career as a candidate is the most
striking manifestation of the wonder
full influence of the divine gift of ora
tory over the minds and actions of
men. He was nominated for the
presidency by thirty minute speech.
He had the old time leaders of his
own party arrayed against him. He
was confronted by solid republican
organization under the leadership of
the best loved candidate that the re-
publican party ever placed in nomina-
ten. Against this all powerful COM
bination Bryan had nothing to oppose
but his personal magnetism and his
gift of speech. Despite the seeming
insurmountable obstacles he scared
the republican party as it has not
been frightened before or since for
years and polled larger democratic
vote than has ever been polled for
the presidency by a democratic candi-
date.
Bryan wrong was and is dangerous,
Bryan right would be invincible.
Probably no man in the United
States is capable of enduring so much
exertion as public speaker as Bryan.
This is due to naturally strong
physique, a determined will and alb
solutely temperate habits. He never
INDUCES in intoxicants or narcotics
in any form and all his life habits are
as simple as those of country
farmer.
Bryan's political methods are abso-
lutely clean and he would not stoOp
to do dishonorable, act if thereby he
could win the highest Office within
the gift of the people.
l have been in politics for. twenty
years and, of course, during that time
have run up against almost every
form of corruption in politics and met
corruptionists by the score. Have
collided with every form of CRATER
from the bilbius barroom loafer who
tries to secure your influence by pur-
chasing for you cheap booze to the
oily representative of corruption who
skillfully intimates to you glistening
possibilities of immense wealth if you
will only help him carry out his
nefarious schemes. l have spent my
life time among politicians and the
only two men that l consider abso-
lutely clean politicians are William
Jennings Bryan and Judge Page
Morris.
do not wish to be understood as
,, saving that all the ethers / have met
are corrupt but mean the two have
mentioned are the only ones that
make the Golden Rule the standard
of thier political life and action.
Bryan's integrity is of purpose and
honesty of intention in both business
and political life is absolutely un-
questioned. l personally know that
at the close of the campaign of 1896,
he might have secured million by
lending his name, and his name
only to an enterprise, that ninety
nine men out of hundred would con-
slider perfectly legitimate, but he alb.
solutely refused.
The more men of Bryan's probity
of character, honesty of intention and
earnestness of purpose in the land
the better for the country, but the few.
er men we have possessing his va.
carries of politics the better for the
nation.