The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-01
Voice Of the People
Appluuse for Mr. nrrnn.


TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Since your paper purports, |
believe, to be an organ OF the Demo-
cratic party. albeit apparently greatly
enamored of MIR. Taft and his ad-
ministration and. in like ratio. hostile
to MIR. w j. Bryan. may l ask--in
aH-round fairness TO Mr.. Bryan, to the
Democrats who admire him. and 10
yourself-that YOU publish the fol-
lowing extracts, as taken first from
the speech or Representative w. "A.
Cuilop of Indiana, June II. 1911, page
26li. Congressional Record. thus:
Mr. Chairman: 1t has been with q
great deal of pleasure during this de-
bate that we have listened to the great
solIcitudo expressed by the member
ship of the Republican party in thi.
House for that great commoner in the
Democratic party. William j. Bryan.
Let me say to our Republican friends
mat whenever and wherever the Demo
cratic party gathers around the coun.
Gil table for conference. his scat will
be, in the future, as ii has been IL
the past. at the head Of the table.
(Applause on the Democratic side) He
has not only converted to his policies
10000 Democrats who follow him as
their idol. but from the tone of this
debate, it seems that he has converted
the leaders of the Republican party as
VII NAPP!iuse on tHe Democratic
sideD"
And the following from the speech of
Hon. Robert B. Macon. Arkansas. de-
livered June 16. at page 2i72. Congress
sional Record of June "a. 1911:
I'VE all know that he is not an
angel, but we know that he has been
one of the greatest apostles that ever
went forth to proclaim justice ana
right between man and man. Gap
DluuSe on the sid.
Chairman. | ask in all sincerity, who
has done more in this age of the
worlds progress for the betterment OF
the condition OF our splendid country
than Mr.. Bryan? Mr. Roosevelts
popularity is but reflection from the
popularity of MIR, Bryan. for all OF
his progressive Ideas We're first pos
sessed and proclaimed by Bryan. Cap
piause on the Democratic side)
The legislation that has been en-
acted at this session of Congress. of
which so many members have boosted
and which has received the unstinted
applause of the American people. was
nrst advocated by Bryan. applause
from the Democratic side) For SIN
teen years he has gone forth preach
ing the doctrine Of righteousness and
justice between man and man and
proclaiming against special privileges
of any kind, until the minds of the
people have become so crystallized up
on the subjects he has been advocating
that they have sent US here as their
representatives TO put into law the
declarations of that great and good
man. (Applause on the Democra tic
side)"
Now. respectfully calling your atten-
tion especially TO the applause by
which these uttcrances were greeted
and punctuated by the so large body
of representative Democrats, would
ram commend TO your careful and
cheerful consideration the whole Of
the speech from which the foregoing
excerpts are taken, as a curative for
the incessant nightmare under which
You seem to labor regarding Mr. Bryan
Really. your state of mind concerning
him seems pitiful; that is, from a
Democratic viewpoint. since his nomI.
nation by the Democratic party would
be quite as Impossible as would be his
nomination by the Republican party.
Respectfully.
j. THOMPSON BROWN.
Arlington, Va, June 20. 1911