Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-24
Why Bryan Should be Elected
By George F. Rinehart in the Midwestern MAGAZINE.

purity, his wholesome cleanliness, his
high mindedness, his immaculate
ideals. These ought to recommend
him to every man, woman and child
that believes in the upward trend. the
higher view, the struggle for the souls
disenthrallment
AS thinker, Mr. Bryan stands in
the forefront of the worlds statesmen
He is the only living man who has
the ear of every other man. The leg
islators of the world love to sit at mis-
feet. He talks to them by invitation,
and they listen, because of what he
has TO say. He handles no subject
which he does not illuminate. He
says what is timely and appropriate
grounded always in those principles
| that are eternal That is why he
never makes mistakes.
AS an orator. lie stands without a
peer. His style is that of simplicity.
While the composition of his speeches
is prosaic, it is effective. He is in no
danger of being misunderstood. This
style is direct and fOrcible. He leads
+, UP to his climaxes through a series
of fluctuations that hold the interest
and burst at last into the full force
of forensic finality. On the road to
his conclusion he is an agreeable en-
| tertainer. but when he reaches his eli
max you feel the power of the super
man. He is the ne plus ultra in the
realm OF speech.
Mr.. Bryan is as modest as he is
great He announces himself "a moon
shining by reflected light" in COM
parison with Jefferson, from whom he
has derived his inspiration. yet he is
a greater man than Jefferson He has
been in no aggregation of mon for IL
years in which he was not acknowl-
edged the greatest. When in the
presence of kings and emperors and
czars, he was the colossus and they
the pigmies. Though the hand OF
nearly every delegate in the demo
cratic national convention in 1904 was
against him, he went out of that con.
vention as he entered it, far and away
the greatest democrat of them all.
. Nature did much for him. He has
a magnificent presence. He looks dis
tinguished. In crowd he could not
be other than the cynosure of all eyes
Nature has set its mark upon him sc
, that the whole world may read-"this
is the man." He has assisted nature
materially in his development. He
) has been a hard student. He has
learned his lessons we'll In the
) choice of a life partner he was par
| ticularly fortunate. His wife is &
, queen in the larger sense of that word
, ne White house has never contained
ner superior if it has held her equal
. She is withal the most learned an(
t cultured matron we have ever known
!. We have observed her i'm her home a.
a sacrificing daughter. a sympatheti,
l and helpful wife and proud and ac
complished mother.
e Mr.. Bryan is today the creates
1 moral force in this republic He is
+ just man and he believes that justic,
i VIII do more toward civilizing tn,
e human race than powder ard ball
:. He has more confidence in righteous
ness than he has in armies and navies
e and yet he believes in war as a las
S resort when human rights are a
e stake and peaceful methods fail. H
:. is not only a teacher by precept, Blu
|, he is teacher by example. He ask
l. no Ian to be better than he can Blu
e ne expects every man to render I
n society the best returns of which h
Is capable, and he, himself. sets a
s example it would be well to follow.
IS Demanded by Every State.
o The election of Mr.. Bryan is d,
e manded by every state in this uniol
h Wherever men are endowed with syn
E., PATTY: wherever the weak are o.
e pressed; wherever men toll witho,
Il Just rcompense; wherever business