The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-28
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AhiNtb, III, Oct. Eo-Gpccldl
When all that can be said has been
said in the present campaign, when
all the issues which may honestly
cause division of opinion among
thinking mon, are set aside. and when
the contest is stripped of all CON
iicting contentious the one para
iuount fact stands out In bold relief
that no candidate ever entered the
race for the presidency better fitted
10 disehirgeiihe functions OF that. high
office than William Jennings Bryan
In the first place Mr.. Bryan is an
lonest man. He is sincere. Not even
his most bitter political oponcnts
have ever had the temerity to ques-
ton his honesty or TO doubt his sin
ccrity His life has been clean, his
character Is above reproach. He has
lYed in tie open; his every act both
in public and private life is subject
10 the closest scrutiny. For twelve
years he has occupied the spotligh, of
publicity without blinking He rings
tue TO the highest ideals Of human
life. There is no stain Ipon his es-
cutcheon. no skeletons I'm his closet.
llc typiiies In the highest degree the
lofty conception of American man.
lcod. No Citizen in private life, by
Ifecept and example. by words and
deeds, has done more for the moral
end material uplifl of all the people
than has Mr. Bryan
There is no greater student OF po-
l'tical and economic conditions In the
United States today than Mr. Bryan.
II is his knowledge of history coupled
with his keen Judgment of men and
measures which enables him TO
grasp and understand present day
conditions. His ideals, grounded in
human sympathy. have been broad.
cncd and strengthened by travel and
stady. His Investigations into social
and political conditions have not been
confined t1 his-own country, but have
embraced almost every civilized land.
Mr.. Bryan is an optimist and pro-
g-essiyes He looks upon the bright
side of things and believes that the
world is growing better. He sees
ways and megns by which that bet
torment might be advanced and with
al CT his marvellous ability and great
force of character he strives for their
accomplishment He has not labored
solely within the narrow confines of
pirtisansEip. Never has he hesitated
to commend the acts of a Republican
administration wherein he believed
them to be for the benefit OF the whole
roople. His commcndation of the
good has been as strong as his de-
nunciation of the bad. He has, with
in the past 12 yeors, lived to see some
Of tho important fundamental prin-
ciples for which he stood become the
accepted doctrines of party and ad.
ministration which, but short time
before, had rejected them and con-
demned him for advancing them.
MR.. BRYAN's CAREER HAS
DEMONSTRATED THAT WITHOUT
HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE A MAN
NAY GAIN THE VERY BEST Ex-
PERlEsNCE FOR THE PERFORM
ANcE OF PUBLIC DUTY. PARTlc-
CLARLY WHEN, TO THAT Ex-
PERIENcE WE ADD HONESTY
AND SINCERITY OF PURPOSE
THESE PRESENT THE QUALIFi-
CATIONS AND SPECIAL FITNESS
OF MR.. BRYAN FOR THE PREsI-
DENcY. NO MAN WITH HIS
HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE AS
Is MR.. 5RYAN'S WITH HIS HAND
UPON THE PUBLIC PULSE, AND
WITH HIS sYMPATHIES FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE VEL.
FARE CT THE WHOLE PEOPLE,
CAN FAIL 70 ACHIEVE SIGNAL
SUCCESS AS PRESIDENT. THE
TIME HAS PASSED WHEN MR.,
BRYAN WAS WRoNGFuLLY CON.
6IDERED A MERE THEORlST. HE
is LOOKED UoN NOW AS AN IN
TENSECY PRACTICAL MAN; AS A
MAN OF EXPERIENCE. HIS AD-
MINlSTRATiON WILL BE ONE or
PROGRESS ALONG SAFE LINES.