Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-03-10
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fam JENNINGS BRYAN. =
q. r. Ward, WInona, Miss. =


position, and may possibly be elected.
He is the greatest man before the
American people and doubtless, the
most famous private citizen in thel
civilized world. When he crossed the
Atlantic without civil or military title,
without credentials of representation
from government or political party, |
not only the accredited representa-
tives of this government in foreign
countries, but kings, parliments and
autocrats fastened to do him honor.
Even the subjugated Fillipinos, sui
lenly wearing the colonial yoke, and,
chatting under the conviction that
among the powers of earth, they are
recognized only as chattels Of traffic
'Jetween a decaying empire and an i'm
perial republic, rallied around him as
faith that all people have an inherent
the acknowledged defender of the
right to "life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness" under their own laws
made and executed in pursuance Of
their respective capacities for self
government
No unofficial or undeputized trav-
eler was ever accorded such recep-
ton. 1t was spontaneous applause
evoked by the dignifed majesty of
simple and unadorned greatness. It
was the verdict of jury empaneled
from the venire of nations from which
there is no appeal.
Mr.. Bryan has spoken to more peop-
lie from the platform and through the
press than any other man in American
history, and yet his most vigilant an
tagonists have failed to successfully
lodge against him single indictment
of immortality, selfishness, duplicity
or inconsistency.
! He ID moved and guided by the in
| SEPARATION that governments should be
as honest as the best of their citizens
1 and that official and private life should
be measured by the same standard
4 and controlled by the same laws of
equity and virture. This conception
is regarded by the Captains of Indus
try" practical politicians and the dis
ciples of predatory wealth as a ITO
plan draem.
AS an untried and unframed
leader, in 1896, he grappled with the
allied powers of fraud, theft, intimi
dation and the corrupt potency of I'm.
limited campaign funds, and yet he
polled more votes than have ever been
cast for any Democratic candidate in
search of presidential honors, having
received more than million in excess
of Judge Parker's vote in 1904.
All efforts to organize an opposi
ton to him in the ranks of Democracy
dissolve in his presence like snow
fakes that have drifted within the ra
dius Of tropical sun. Republicans
recognize in his stainless record and
mysterious influence, the elements Of
their most Formidable adversary. Jeal
GUS Democrats In obedience to the
. laws Of self-preservation ar sheath
ing their swords, oiling their phrases
and yelling their chargin. Democrats
with Republican tendencies will pur
sue him to the floor of the convention
knife him in the house of his friends
and then vote the Republican ticket
But the die is cast, the popular edic
has gone forth and whatever may b,
the phase of personal objection, 1t Il
folly, If not treason, to the cause o
constitutional government for any mar
to sulk In his tent, or attempt to dan
the tide with the bullrushes OF env!
or the sands of disappointment.
Mr.. Bryan does. not possess all tn,
elements of greatness, but he marshal,
and controls more opportunities o
success than any living Democrat.
He is as pure in patriotism and loft,
in purpose as Nathaniel Macon, blu
he commands neither the logic MOI
comprehension of Calhoun, or Jeffer
son Davis. He is as honest, but no
as strong as Andrew Jackson. Hi
assaults are obscured by the combat
i've splendor of Ben HILL yet he Il
more accurate, more consistent ant
more infexible than either Webster OF
Clay. He is not SO august as William
Pinkney, who Benton said only APP
peared on grand occasions when the
"Salaminian Galley was to be launch
ed
He has not the legal profoundly
nor massive mentality Of J. 2. George
but he has clear and distinctly defined
view on all public policies and greai
public questions. He knows exactl,
what he wants to do. has the courage
to attempt it and never wants to dc