Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16

Washington Park, n. j., Sept. 16.
My nom nation for n third time
after two defeats and with no pres
ident To help me with his patronage
has been due to one thing alone.
and that is the growth OF the ideas
Tor which l stand and \the convic-
tion among the people that 1 am
on their side"
In these words willam J. Bryan
here yesterday addressing an enthu-
s'astic throng sounded the keynote
OF his first SIP ech TO the voters OF
New Jersey in the present compaign
Mr.. Bryan assured his audience that
whether he was elected president or
not he would feel abundantly re-
paid for all that he had been able
to do If he could retain the conf
dence and affection OF the Amer can
people.
SECTIONS UNITE ON PLATFORM
Mr.. Bryan declared that the pc
riod had been reached in the histo-
ry OF the Democratic party. when
the east and the west, the north
and south can unite upon a plat
form"
Mr.. Bryan compared the differ
ehce between the conditions I'm 1896
and the present time. when I
spoke in the east in 1896" he sa I'd
II recognized that there was intense
opposition. / recognized that there
were people who feared that my
election would be injurious to the
country and they communicated
that fear to those who worked for
them. Today there is no such fear.
In 1896 there were people so alarm
ed at what they thought was a
menace in my candidacy that when
the election was over, honest and
religious men knelt down ami
thanked God that the country had
been saved" He declared that no
such feeling could be found today.
There are" he sad, mo people
my election The only people who
would feel that they had been save
in case OF his defeat. were "tno
kind that don't thank God for the
safety" That difference in the tenn
per of the people, he maintained,
was apparent everywhere.
I'm 1896, the clerks in the stores
were in many, If not in most cases,
given to understand that II won
there might be no business doing
In the country for rour years. To
Gay the clerks in the stores are not
being advised by their employers
as they were twelve years ago. The
clerks in the stores are learning
that under Republican rule the l.v-
ing expenses have increased more
rapidly than their salaries.
BUSINESS MEN HAVE LEARNED
There were," he said, business
men who in 1896 thought their bus
mess was jeopardized or would be.
by a Democratic victory, but these
business men have learned in the
last twelve years enough about the
trusts TO know that their business
has been jeopardized under Reprb-
lican rule, and that nothing bu. a
Democratic victory can save thoir
business. There were many small
manufacturers who viewed wi;h
alarm a Democratic victory in 1896.
but the smaller manufacturer knows
today that his business is insecure
as long as great trusts are permit
ted to stalk abroad and drive Into
bankruptcy men who refuse TO sell
out to them.
I'm 1896 laboring men were
Threatened with a panic in case Of
my election. and they have learned
that the Democratic party has no
monopoly on panics. They have
learned that the Republican party
can bring on a panic as well as the
Democratic party.
80. my friends, no matter
among what people you go; no mat
ter in what section you are; no mat
ter TO whom you address your re-
marks. you find today the people
have a better understanding OF what
the Republican party stands for
and what its poffcies mean than
they had few years ago.
MEET DEMAND OF
THE PRESENT
II want to call your attention TO
some OF the evidences that the Dem
ocratic party meets the demands OF
the present and has the sympathy
and support of a large majority of
the people. My friends, when I am
talking out west, tell the Repub-
licans that IL ] can bring them up
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