The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-17
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chief command at Donelson, had
Johnston not been stricken at Shi-
Eoh, had Jackson not been wounded
at Chancellorsville, had Longstree
not been tardy at GETTYSBURG. had
Buckner not been tardy at Chica-
maugua. had Forrest been giving a
rowing commissioner as early as the
spring Of 1S62-these we're unfortu-
itous casualties that clinched 1t a
lost cause. and change of any one
might have changed the ultimate re-
suit.
And we may say that many things
conspired to compress the nomination
OF Woodrow Wilson at Baltimore
one of the present and the activities
OF William Jennings Bryan. From
the Inception of the campaign 1t was
Wilson against the field, but that is
history. AS in all the enconomics of !
human life, there were two opposing
forces at Baltimore-the liberals and
the conservatives. those who would !
adventure and those who would be
stationary. those who would test nov
city and those who would have none
OF It.
The one serious charge that was
brought against Wilson was that he
Rad changed opinions on public
question. Since parliamentary gov
ernmant was made paramount by the
Angio-Saxon it has produce no great
er names than the two Pitts, father
ana son. and both Of them changed.
Burke himself did not view the |
Wrench Revolution with the same q
eyes be saw the American Revolution
and Burke changed his party along p
with his convictions. Fox, the great q
est parliamentary debater the world
ever saw, changed. So did Gladstone, o
and so did Disraeli the latter the one h
statesman of his time who might p
have been a match for Bismark had ~
they clashed. d.
In our own country nearly every :, =,
body changed-certainly Clay and -
jackson. Calhoun and Webster, =,
changed. 1t is only to the mind of -
the vulgar that honest changes of po- =,
iftfcal opinian is criminal.
At Baltimore the reactionaries had y,
two main purposes in view-one to ~ ..
defeat Wilson for the nomination and III
the other to rebuke William ]. Bryan " ~
and dispose him as a leader of the -
Marty w
tion-New York, Illinois, Indiana, wv
most of Ohio, most of Michigan,
most of New England, most of Ken '"'
lucky. Jim Smith, William R. Hurst an
and some others. The thing would 'n
have succeeded If democratic public '"'
opinion had not rushed to the spot nv
md throtted it.
The defeat of Mr.. Bryan for tenn 'N'
'orary chairman awoke this public oo'
opinion and started it on the road to 'n'
Baltimore, where 1t arrived before the on
irst ballot for the nomination was '"'
AIKEN and where II remained till Mar %
hall was named for vice-president nay
nd the platform adopted. II
I had not heard Bryan since he 'iol
eft congress except on one occasion Mn
yhan - ,oo,,,s he
o,n =, oo,.a ,r. adj
hriliing, theatrical, dramatic, fer WI
i'd. He made no argument. He de- an
laimed and made whiriwind when .nu
YER he got the floor. It was tune W,
Il and resounding voice. command MT
lg and captivating. am sure. Matt 'e'
,rro,,ta, NO., a., can
"a ha.ra h.. :. $500 oa,o vii
AXE comparison of the two. Burke
,ckran. rather. was in Bryan's class, ven
f.r .,.. o,,,,,,,..s - -. cha
ythmic vocabulary and an equally
nefui voice; but there was a some
ing that made Bryan a far more b
fIuential man than the brilliant Roo
shman, both in congress and on the Pre-
imp. doubt not ii was the quality will
earressness. so absolutely neces- Prol
ry to the advocate of any cause. this
lether with sword or pen, or son,
igue. Rool
AZ Baltimore Bryan was a different of
ltor from the congressman of TWEEN at t
years earlier The voice had lost &c
Ich Of its richness: it was not so cleo
sical. but it. was grand voice yet one
1 the earnestness was there and the
re- abundantly. But that was not anyt
nor the half of it. Here was Mass
alter. and there never was a clear may
statement than he made of this tice
. Everybody understood the abou
stion before he had been on his espol
J dive minutes. It was this: Shall publ
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