The Democratic advocate., 1908-10-30
why BRYAN SHOULD Win
GEORGE I. RiHEHART GIVES IAHY
GOOD REASONS
he Is the Greatest Moral Feree in
the Republic
From the Midwestern Magazine.

From the Midwestern Magazine.
Rghtsousnessexalteth, a, nation > bu,
SIN ID a reproach to any people,
Ps. 14:34.
Ar Bryanis an optimist. He believes
the world is getting better all the time
and 1T is impossible to be around him
great deal without sharing his hope.
1ul view of things. 1 confess that
nave caught the infection and believe
nrmly in the final triumph of right.
BUSINESS over every form of wrong
Ihat accounts for my unfaltering faith
in Bryan.
The situation must be exceptionally
difficult If Mr. Bryan cannot extract q
grain of comfort from it. To illus
trate this habit of his 1 recall that one
time was lamenting the fact that Tom
Watson, whose ability 1 so much ad-
mired, permitted his desire for revenge
to warp his intellect and induced him
to lambast Bryan in each and every
issue of his magazine. This was while
Watson was in New York lending the
weight of his great name to Col Mann
of unsavory memory in the publica-
ton of tom Watson's Magazine. -
Mr. Bryan did not share my concern
Not shadow crossed his smiling Wis
age. He was borrowing no trouble.
He had no regrets. His reply was en-
inently characteristic Of the man. He
said simply that Watson was do
ing a good work. asked him how he
figured that monthly abuse of himself
could be accounted good work." He
replied that Watson was there in New
York where in 1896 Organism was
called Populism and Tam Watson was
rapidly convincing the average New
Yorker that Bryan was not Populist.
Having known Mr.. Bryan intimately
for twelve years, and shared his conf
dence all that time, naturally feel a
closer interest in his welfare than
those less intimately associated with
him. That is why some people cannot
understand my devotion to the man as
we'll as to his cause. I once said to
him: "Mr. Bryan, do you realize
what it will mean were you to assume
the role of the man on horseback and
say, Come on, boys ?''', His reply
was prompt and decisive THAT is
ust what Democracy must try to avoid.
must make this government
SO good, so just, so equitable that there
will be no room for the man on horse
back"
Personally, the great Commoner is
the cleanest man / have ever known.
I have heard him on many occasions
both as a speaker and as listener,
have heard stories told in his presence
that were more or less "off color"
The remainder of the crowd may have
laughed, but Mr.. Bryan never. He
never told a story that could not Fave
been told In a parlor in the presence Of
ladies'
Not long ago, Mr.. Bryan attended a
reception for men only. He told a
of witty stories and had the
crowd convulsed. A stranger appeared
in the crowd and entered into the con-
versation and the general give and
take of the occasion. BY and by there
fell from his lips coarse remark. In
ME. Bryan's firm jaw y closed
like q steel trap and his expressive
eyes snapped fire, The stranger was
hustled out and several apologies
were offered Mr.. Bryan for the occur
ence. Never mind me-" said Mr..
Bryan, "the remark did me no harm;
my, concern. was for the boy waiting to
Of speech for boy to hear"
However, there is not space In this
magazine to tell anecdotes Of this mar
velous man. I must get down to brief
and concise reasons why he should be
elected. have begun with his opti-
mism, his hopefulness, his belief In
the ultimate triumph Of; the right. l
have suggested his personal purity his
wholesome cleanliness, his highmind-
edness, 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 a 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 leg1sla-
tors of the world love to sit at his feet.
He talks to them by invitation, and
they listen because of what he has to
say. He handles no subject which ne
does not illuminate. He says what is
timely and appropriate, grounded al
ways in those principles that are eter-
nal. That is why he never makes mis-
takes.
AS an orator, he stands without a
peer. His style is that of simplicity.
While the composition of his speeche
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 series OF
rndulations that hold the interest and
hurst at last into the full force OF for
el sic finality. On the road to this con
clusion he is an agreeable entertainer,
but when he reaches his climax you
feel the power of the super man. He is
IT, ne plus ultra in the realm ofspeecn
Mr.. Bryan is as modest as ne is
great. He announces himself a
moon shining by reflected light" IN
comparison with Jefferson, from whom
he has derived his inspiration, yet
he is a greater man than Jefferson: He
has been in no aggregation OF men
for twelve years in which he was not
acknowledged 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-
yention 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
distinguished. In crowd he could
not be other than the cynosure OF all
eyes. Nature has set her mark upon
him so that the whole world may
read-1This is the man." He has as
sisted nature. materially in his de-
velopment. He has been hard stu
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