The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-10
MRS. WILLIAM ]. BRYAN.

AM ]. BRYAN.
tativeS ever acted favOrably upon the
subject. He championed tariff reform
| when the west was the hot-bed of pro-
lection.
| His Record
/ He favored an income tax before
| the income tax law was written. He
attacked the trusts when Republican
| leaders were denying that any trusts
| existed. He advocated railroad reg
bates and discrimination began.
He has always been the friend of
labor. and was among the first to urge
cancellation between labor and cap
| ltal He began to oppose government
| by injunction more than decade ago.
He announced his opposition to imper-
| ialism before any other man of prom
| inence had expressed himself on the
| subject and without waiting to see
whether 1t would be popular.
| When a Wall street panic burst upon
us few months ago, he promptly pro-
! posed as remedy, the guarantee of
bank deposits, and so popular has this
| plan become that it is today a national
issue and supported by the masses of
the people. He has long advocated
legislation which will secure publicity
as to campaign contributions.
He believes in peace-in universal
Christian peace. He believes the des-
tiny of nations should be determined
not by wars but by applying the prin-
| ciples of justice and humanity.
Though these principles have met
with unconpromising opposition from
the special interests, he has remained
| true to the cause of the people. With
clear vision and with unfaltering trust
| seeing and Knowing the truth, he has
never lost faith in it's final victory.
Through years of unparalleled polit-
ical warfare, his loyalty to his ideals
and of his fellowmen has been abun-
| dainty shown. His refusal to surren-
der hfs convictions. though subjected
| to abuse, denunciation and vindictive
opposition such as few public men In
| all history have: been compelled to
Withstand, is ample proof of his superb
courage.
| His Career.
! His career proves that successful
leadership is determined by the success
| or failure of great principles rather
than by election to high office.
We have met to plan the campaign
and to commission the commander un-
| der whom the masses will enlist We
| are not here in response to the voice
Of expediency; neither political bosses
4
| We are here at the summons of the
| rank and file of that political organ
| ization which is the special defender of
the rights of the common people.
We are here representing all that is
| best in the traditions Of our party; we
feel again that spirit that anfmat-
ed the Democracy in the days ofJeffer-
| son and Jackson.
The voters have spoken, and we as
semble to give expression of their will
| The voice for the third time calls Ne
! braska's favorite son to be the stand
| ard bearer of his party in this gigantic
| contest.
| Since time began no grander tribute
was ever paid to any man. by a free
| people. He is recognized today as the
| most representative citizen of the ma
| tion, the peer of any living man.
| Friends and foes have learned thai
! he was shaped in that heroic mold ir
| which the worlds great patriots, states
! men and leaders have been cast.
/ First nominated when ten years
younger than, any other presidential
/ candidate ever chosen by a prominent
i party; living in a state 500 miles far
/ ther west than that in which any presi-
1 dent has ever lived. he has grown II
the, affections of the people as the year.
have passed.
No Secrets From Friends.
| Speaking and writing freely on al
| SUBJECTS, MS nedrI mas ndQ no Secr6ls
i and his friends have increased in mum
| bers and in confidence.
| Without an organization to urge hi!
claims; without campaign fund Il
| circulate literature. in his behalf; with
out patronage to bribe a single voter
without a predatory corporation t
coerce it's employees into his support
l without a subsidized newspaper to in
| fiuence the public mind; he has won &
i signal victory at the primaries and ha.
become the free choice of the militan
democracy of the nation
| Forming in one unbroken phalanx
| extending from Massachusetts to Cali
fornia, and from Michigan to the ever
! glades, the yeomanry of the party hav,
| volunteered their services to make hin
the party candidate; and they will no
lay down their arms until they hay
1 made him the nations chief execu
tive.
Nebraska's Democracy which saw II
him, when a young man, the signs o
promise, places in nomination as tn
standard bearer of our party the mai
who in the thrilling days of '96 and 1870
bore the battle-scarred banner of De
mocracy with fame as unsullied AM
fidelity as spotless as the crusaders o
old Nebraska presents his name be
4 cause Nebraska claims his dwellini
place, and proudly enrolIs him amonl
Il her citizens: but his home is in tn
hearts of the people. a
/ obey the command of my state ant
the mandate of the Democracy of tn