Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-19
Mr.. Bryan's Eloquent Address
at Radford Fair

William Jennings Bryan ad
dressed an audience of upwards o.
IL, 900 people at the Radford Fai
last Saturday. He made a speech
on the same general lines followed
In recent addresses, simplifying
and celebrating his Madison Squar'
Garden utterances in favor o.
government ownership, and dwell
iEg with more force than in tina
speech upon the need OF tariff
reform in justice to the consumer
Trusts and socialism were discussed
with characteristic force.
This speech was received will
great enthusiasm, indicating the
affection in which Mr.. Bryan IL
held by the masses of Virginjanl
and their desire to give him u
hearty welcome to Virginia soil.
Former Governor Tyler and
Governor Swanson offlciated in
presenting Mr.. Bryan to the au-
dience, the first presenting the
second, and Governor Swanson
presented Mr.. Bryan.
Ex-Governor Tyler, who has
always been most answering in
his loyalty to Mr.. Bryan, spoke in
terms of positive affection in
abiding to him. Governor Swan
sons speech was chaste piece of
eloquence, delivered with all his
accustomed fire and force. The
Governor was frequently interrupt
ed by applause az he completed a
stately period.
Mr.. Bryan, literally surrounded
by thousands of his countrymen,
for the crowd was jsmmed on all
sides of the stand erected in front
of the grandstand at the Fair
Grounds, was in superb form. He
did not enunciate any startling
but confined himself to
lines followed in other speeches
since his return to America.
He set out by paying a tribute
to Virginia and expressing the
pleasure it gave him to be once
more on the soil of Virginia, the
State In which his father was born.
He thanked Ex-Governor Tyler and
Governor Swanson for the eulogistic
terms in which they had spoken of
him, and said he would be on a
strain trying to live upto the high |
character they had given him.
"You must judge men, how
'ver," he said, "not by the elo-
Iuence of their speech, but by the
virtue of theii DEEDS"
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan paid an
eloquent tribute to Democracy. ALI
yer the world human nature was
he same. Men thought largely
long the same line. He had OBJ
erved that questions were taken
Up more earnestly, discussed more
ully and were more likely to be
ecided rightly, when they were
lade moral issues.
Mr.. Bryan said Democracy is a
octrine that appeals to the heart
nd that is why the Democratic
arty lives, whether it wins or
'ses. The idea of Democracy is
and in this COUNTRY he
nds, his return, q large develop
lent of the Democratic idea. The
arty is full of hope for the COM
lg campaign, he said, because
ne people better understand the
leas of Democracy and as they
etter understand them they are
rowing more friendly to them.
He said that after ten years of
over the Republican party has
alien so low that there is but one
epublican in the party today, &C
riding to leading Republican
apers, who would stand chance
election, il the election were
DIV, Republicans will tell you, he ?
Iserted, that the President is that
an. Do the others lack ability
o, they are just as able as they
er were. Are not they we'll
too we'll known. Why
it, then ? 1t is because Roose- Il
ut is the only popular Republic n
IN today in national politics. 1t IL
because he has ADOPTED 50 many a
anks of the Democratic party. "
He referred to the President a
ttling the coal strike, and said G.
} was glad he did it. But where Il
d he get the idea Of arbitration q? 81
Q got it from the Democratic
atform, "and," he said, "my a
lends, | am a little proud of the b
ct that l wrote that plank N.Y. v
IT," 81
81 am willing to go down ON my e.
ices and ask my Heavenly Father, b,
Ave us this day our daily bread, p
Il l am not willing to make
lllons of my countrymen get d
wn on their knees and cay to some P
lst magnate: Give us this day
r daily bread, and have him re- FIR
2: Il will, if you vote the ticket B
Tant you to vote.
I'm the impending campaign we Ut
all challenge the Republican C
rty to state its position, and we W
II state ours boldly-that you sc
mot regulate private monopoly, te
at you need not waste time trying
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