Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-05-31


his teachings by denyinghin power to,
put them in'practica1: rstpopulaE form.
IL was1not till piheAbeckt simitatera in
both parties: doubted for gain Of fame;
81 power; thaspriaciplee he proclaimed
for their intrins5ea value ~ the govern:
lfent Of the republic that his prophetic
Inspiration Was recognized. :i<, e" -: :,
; ;'2:: "ad AZ: atf* t*>t: q: &: 49,:
;uBryan was the' First Progressive, He
began >'as' a voic6 crying in; theYwilder.
ness Of Indifference and contempt, of
return; to the Iuntrammeledi rule: of the
people, withc5aA Its chances: Of, blind
impulsesa1d generous error he ends as
the neglected., leader. iof; a chorus, that
has swelled:< with, the. cry of office
hungry hounds as well as the higher
note of awakened citizenship. ~; -,
3, What Bryan, said, twelve. years; ago
the higher citizenship Of the country is
saying now; with the volume of il
restihle numbers and the compulsive
force of the united win and purpose Of
the whole nation: Some follow one of
his c9pyists and imitators and SOME
another but all, consciously or not
draw Inspiration from the: same un:
failing source. i. - l. - a.: J.:
The nation that denied him the presi-
dency three times is building the >prin-
ciples he stood for more than any per:
sonal ambition. into its laws and con.
stitution. The state that threw electoral
votes against him have been reshaping
their own governments in accordance
with his ideals. He has been the most
potent influence in late American
public life. 49,.
What political success in the same
period is comparable to thisf What sue:
cessful politician is not, his =. debtor?
Contemplate the careers Of glutted but
unsatisfed ambition built out of. the
fragments Of his philosophy Of political
morals like modern shops and stables
out of An ancient temple!, -: ':''' = ::
Reflect on the extinction of<':those
who resisted his: teaching, and the swift
,exaltatio1na Of those ';Who were! Keen
enough to see iii it a ladder for: climb:
ing to power and manifold Joys power
can give to tlfem twho seek IT IT @@ffsls their
own sake. - .'<'' ~'. . = ~. - i'.'<:>; :
Senator Crane is the last to fall be-
fore the weapon Of his spirit, as the
Aldriches, Hales: and the like went be-
fore and the Lodges and Penroses are
to come after. They who have risen on
the degrees of his political philosophy
INCREASE; in number with every. new ill.
Elimination of the road to popularity;
He is a:moral Warwick, Mhos has
made presidents andr,governors, senas.
tors and judges, legislators: in. states
and nation, as great inventor makes
masters Of finance and industry by sup:
plying the spiritual basis Of success,
often without ability to reap personal
profit from it. - IS.
I f. 49, 80: go
A national leader of more political
cunning and advertising skill rose on
the steps Of Bryan 8 ideas to a~peri1ous
eminence from which unwilling re:
tire, he contemplates new conquests of
popularity beyond the bounds oftAmeri-
can history and tradition. g.: - =:
State leaders of what they. call pro-,
gress, though he was content to, call it
adherence to the permanent American
ideal, have wrecked political. dynasties
and wrought political revolutions with
the irresistible magic Of his. concep
tions of public morals, though in their
own selfish names,
Wherever q machine was to BE smash
ed,. boss to be .overrhrown, corruption
to be expelled or any obstacle to be
cleared from. the path of rule Of the
people by themselves, the work has
been done under his inspiration, who:
ever reaped the reward of distinction
or promotion.
From Wisconsin to Oregon, from Pitts
burg to San: Francisco: men: have gain
ed place and applause by doing battle
for his ideals in state and city govern
ment. i =, :::,:
IAN the new reinements. Of initiative,
referendum: and recall: of Judges and
decisions, direct nominations and pref
erence primaries: are, only practical
applications Of. his basic doctrine that
all law and government and justice are
Of for and sey th e people: e. :. 49,.
Inc ueHOcTaClc party sHOulu KNOW
its own business best, and probably it
has the true instinct for the road to
the, loaves and fishes it has hungered
for so long. '' 70 : {. *:.> !:
But they who can read history in the
making may anticipate the contempt
Of its registers for the individual demo-
Gratis who think themselves big and
strong enough to brush this heroic
figure aside and REACH the presidency
by either copying or decrying it.
How could he be candidate for Of
fee in the sense Of those who are snarl-
ing and splitting and scratching and
gouging and filing the protesting air
with mephitic Speech in a degrading
scramble for the presidency
He is the one man in American his
tory who, never having been president,
can afford to despise the office. In a
truer sense than the inventor Of the
phrase, he has chad everything" ':
r., 1870 -:
Alexandria Citizen: The real s*man
without a country" is the man who
doesn Il smile when: the home:nateam