The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10
BRYAN THE mlLATANr LEADER

( BRYAN THE MlLATANT LEADER
The greatest statesman OF America
has the third time been called by the
people to lead the forces Of right
against the enuenched army Of special
privilege and organized greed. His
nomination for the third time was ac
complished without the assistance Of
IA campaign bureau. tne purchase Of
single line Of space. or the cham.
/ pioning Of any great organized body
OF men
It came because the man is greater
rhan the foes OF political liberty and
his integrity superior to party organi.
zation--better than an army in oppo
sitlon to the wrong.
Throughout twelve years he has
been the uncrowned king Of Ameri.
cans-the champion OF right and i'm
/ placabe enemy of whatever might
endanger the liberties of the citizen
or the prosperity OF q state.
/ lie has mounted the highest pima
Gle of fame ever attained by a private
citizen of any land. Looking down
from that pinnacle his views are the
same as when he looked upwards and
pleaded the cause OF humanity.
The Republic has advanced toward
4 his ideas, the opposition press TO the
contrary Notwithstanding. But tne
country has grown rapidly The re
forms which Mr.. Bryan advocated
! twelve years ago and was declared a
radical are many of them acts of con-
gress, approved by the president Mr.,
I BRYAN has grown from one who stud
led from national standpoint to take
the view from the world at large,
and TO that extest has made an inn
/ provement.
The nominee of the Denver conven
ton has won the greatest victory ever
given to mortal man. He has con
/ trolled national convention without
la dollar OF patronage to offer. with no
way to punish and with the great
newspaper trust OF Wall street Tight
/ ing him from day to day, extending
from 1896 until this hour.
He has been the most abused man
of high acknowledged ability this
/ generation has known, perhaps the
worst abused of all history.
He has had no powerful interests to
make his position known witnour ex.
bpenso 10 him. and has waged his bat
lies Tor the eommonality with his own
/ brave mind and the loyal men who
have also seen the wisdom OF his
teaching, and who up the rugged steps
fought with and for him, believing
that TO be llis aid Is as high honor as
can belall the individual man
The people who nominated Bryan
are strangers to the expediency wall
and believe that with him in the bat
rle II would be better to go 10 honor
able defeat than TO go TO victory be
hind the greedy opponents 10 his wise
democratic and philosophic policies
II government
He Is one whose residence Is the
world and who can plead the cause
Of humanity to the nations of the
world with the eloGuence OF wisdom
aud the oratory Of right
William Jennings Bryan stands
withlut peer In American history
Je is sounder than Jefferson on eco
nomic principles and braver than
Douglas for the perpetuation of the
popular will He stands as the eX
ponent OF right, and all the malice
wealth and stern differentiation to
suppress him by the agents OF organic
ed special privilege have but made
his light shine the brighter and he
assumes the command of the democ
racy the best loved, the most trusted
and the ablest democrat Of all time
In the almost superhuman battle OF
Che past twelve years Mr. Bryan has
sown the seed of wisdom and each
coward VINO whined and laid by the
wayside shelters when the shells OF
The opposition seemed strong enough
10 destroy finds the leader ascending
TO his own unscathed By false attack
or assertion Of the enemies.
Having won nomination from q
party that responded to his appeals
TO stand for the right against all op
position and able 20 control the poli-
cy Of that party without being forced
20 come closer than 500 niiles. " q
nof 20 be wondered that he and his
followers expect vietor7 and The great
est ever given q caniilaie o the Cx
allied position - pras'leu.
II Is Bryan eyerywhere-th accep.
ted apostle OF righteousness. the man
VINO Is ever for the people aud whose
/ integrity Is itself a dlamonl Ia ne
front Of Systematically that will not
dim So long as man shall exist
Bryan the philosopher. the teach.
en-. the statesman. the purist and the
oracle. has started for the White
House With millions Of voters follow.
ing after TO witness his triumph.