The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-22

in government sat square deaf
which Mr. Roosevelt rather illosically
erected as standard for artists of
the ''ShOTt-carG. Bryan S average
man. as he expounded him, misses
poverty because he IS representative
Of the genus Of the country, and is
capable of wealth ana learning and
ability because he is made of stuff
worth cultivating. The average man
works for himself, and does not work
others Nor does he rest on others
It is among the mass OF the people
say Mr. Bryan in effect that the
square deal finds instructive exer-
else And. in America, it is because
he is square that the man is average
In other words the term average as
used implies g theory and Il principle,
rather than state; shadows unan-
unity of purpose and motive rather
than implies level either OF accom-
plishrnent or possession. And, to use
another RooseveItism TO characterize
a Bryan idea, the average man is the
decent man.
In treatment, the nearer"he average
man gets 10 the top. there 5 the more
nearly approximated the national
ideal: and the nearer he is to the
top. the more completely he impresses
hiIns>lf in rulership, and by rulership
he ris>S.
BACK - JellCIStIi, III IcSIl1l IL Lilo
right of tAe people to rule and in the
good that oSn permanently follow
only upon the exercise of popular die
tation. is the burden of the average
man. 1t is old doctrine, sanely put
forcibly illustrated, characterlstcally
expounded. Holding not hlnt OF
communism, its theories are the very
pressed essence of Democracy.
Orator and People.
But, whatever his subject, Mr.. Bry-
an was not delivering lecture. Not
even was he making speech. The
spirit of en- rapport was too eVldent-Ihe
exhiliration OF the moment, the genial
intOXicatiOn of the presence OF the
crowd, the holiday motif emphasizing
both scene and occasion, made for
talk, instead of oratory. Mr. Bryan
talkedl For two hours he continued,
spontaneously, flasing from argument
to the impulsive wit Of the moment,
remembering homely stories and tell
ing them with a zest, enjoying him
self wholesomely and frankly in the
Dresence of the lavish friendship that
surrounded him, pausing to go to a
climax and continuing for the very
iov Of yielding to crowdlng ideas
and unexploited themes
And the crowd reveled in the man
and what he said. Applause that came
at frequent intervals was not yet so
FREQUENT as to suggest being set in
characte. The thousands listened
and waited. From time to time they
rnur1nured approval lest they lose the
current sentence in proclaining it.
Again and on the instant, caught in
the fascination of following a thread
to its conclusion and prepared for the
surprise of its expression. the cheers
came in salvos. Again the laughter
rose to roar, with the speaker and
in g
Of q tunluIt like one who has done
trick for children. And then, back
again to sober, direct dicuon, to again
fire to eloQuence, to once more lose
the sense of place ana time in the
o1,icls flower of sudden oratory.
When, at the end, in a flame Of ex-
coriation of the swollen fortunes of
the day that demoralized men, that
debauched homes, that corrupted pol
itics. the speaker declared that the
remedy was MOTTO get back something
of the millions for which the people-