The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-10-20

rich Charles TIL
was known as the boy orator of
the Platte From that he became
to be the peerless leader, the great
commoner, and today he is known
and recognized throughout the
civilized world as the greatest ad-
vocate of the cause of the common
people of his day and generation.
He has indeed been the peerless
leader. 1t has been his privilege
to address some of the largest audi
snces of any man of his time and
with one or two exceptions of all
times. He has spoken in the ag-
gregate to more people than any
other man of his time if indeed
not of all times. His eloquence
consists not so much in flowery
rhetoric, we'll rounded periods, and
fine word pictures, although he is
| the master of all, but rather in
speaking the truth of the peoples
cause in such language as he who
runs may hear and understand, and
in such way as to bring conviction
to many and to win the admiration
and respect of all who hear him.
Above all of his great abilities
his profound knowledge and match
less eloquence, the greatest tribute
that can be paid to him is to refer
to his clean, pure, honorable, up
right life, his sincerity of purpose,
his moral courage and his rugged
| honesty. l now have the pleasure
and the honor of introducing to you
the Honorable William Jennings
Bryan, the greatest advocate of the
peoples cause of his day and gener-
alton.
Ladies and gentlemen:
1t is certainly very encouraging
thing that l can have meeting like
this in this campaign. We expect
large meetings in presidential cam
paigns, for then great interest is
aroused. / am more than pleased
at the large attendance and enthus-
iasm manifested by this audience
and feel as much interest in poll
tics now, when am not a candidate
for any office as l was two years
ago, or at any former time when l
was a candidate. l am glad to pres
ent the issue of the national cam
paign to you.
You will notice that recently Mr.
Roosevelt has been criticising some
of the decisions of the Supreme Court
/ | was not sorry that he did; for I
have been criticised for criticising
the decisions some times, and | was
very glad to have a criticism that
was not directed to me, to sort of
divide the criticism. I won't get
only about half as much criticism
now as / used to, since Mr.. Roose-
welt gets the other half
He spoke of the fact that these
courts are subject to bias, and it is
thing that ought to be understood
1t is important go get man for the
bench and on the bench whose sym
pathy shall be with the whole people,
rather than with a faction of the peo-
pie; and it is important, when you
have man running for judge, who is
in sympathy and who adds to that
a knowledge of the law and heart
sincere in his<tesire that justice shall
be administered without favor and
that the poor man shall have his just
dues in court; when such man is
candidate, it is important that he
shall be elected, not only because of
what he may do upon the bench in
establishing justice, but because in
the selection of higher office, for
higher judgeships, the experience is
an important basis. And if this gen
tleman, who honors us by presiding
today, if Mr.. McGinnis is elected,
his administration in that office will
put him in a position where he will
be among the available for higher
office. And it is important to have
men who can be appointed to U. S.
courts who have records that show
they are in sympathy with the mass
es. can tell you of bank guar
anty law in Nebraska that was held
up by U. s.. judges; and it makes
great deal of difference whether
the sympathy of the judges are with
the railroad corporations or the peo-
ple;and it makes difference whether
the sympathies of the judges
are with the people who deposit
money in the banks or the bankers
who make the profit out of the de-
posits and are not willing to give
security to the men who enabled
them to make the profit.
1t makes great deal of difference
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are with the people-or with that
portion of the people that enjoys
special privileges; and what l say
in regard to the Importance of elect
ing judges whose sympathies are
with the people is also applicable
to other Offices. 1t is especially ap-
plicable to man who occupies the
position of governor! and it gives
me pleasure to come into this cam
paign at this time and express the
hope that the democratic candidate
for governor, whom have the privi-
lege of knowing, whose career /
have watched and in whose integrity
n have confidence, and of whose
sympathies am assured, it gives
me great pleasure to come in and
express the hope that he may be
raised to the point of being the
chief executive of the state. When
say this in behalf of our candi-
date, Mr.. Porter, I am emphasizing
the personal element which is add
led to the consideration that is given