Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
THE MANCHESTER DEMOCRAT. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1920

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OUR COMMONEST GREAT CONMONER.
(From the Chicago Tribune.)
The American people have had two great leaders in the
last twenty years. One Roosevelt The other
was Bryan Bryan remains Washington reports that he
again Looming portentous political posture Mr.
Bryan may loom as long as he lives.
He is expected to dominate the Jackson day dinner
sen1bage Democratic candidates for the presidency in
Washington JAM Mr. McAdoo declines to be doomed upon
or against. He will not eat under Mr.. Bryans shadow
Roosevelt was the inspiration Of the republic. Bryan
is its reality Mr. Roosevels achievements in reai
ties but his power inspiration Bryan himself is the
reality He the expression of the normal American cit
He will be leader so long he lives because he is
the expression Of the normal habit TASTE moral thought
CUSTOM habit of life He would go to Africa to
hunt lions Brazil to explore rivers than would the nor
NAL American citizen who has fresde chair
He would be lost at picture exhibit normal Citizen
He of the readers of Harold Bell Wright He would
not be interested in cheeWink except bird Of some
kind and he would not know warbler from hermit thrush
He is the tremendous expression Of normal American
fe kindly srewd active with simple of elOquence
which mighty in its effect He is not only democrat in
political principle He is democrat in knowledge taste
and CUSTOM in amabty sud benevOlence. He is leader
because he is reflection.
Soviet Russia is trying to level humanity, partly by
the slow process of raising up majority and partly by the
quick process Of cutting the minority down. Healthy good
natred young Cinnamon Lennes killers lop off the heads
RUSSIANS
position stand higher than the rest. Lenine employs
Cinnamon because they Unconditional head on or
off is matter of small consequence head on means
mouth to fill 1t is better for many to die.
We have horror of this revolution because Of the
violence with which it keeps scythe travelling along the
daned level cutting off anything which appears above the
prairie Of heads We have not examined ourselves
should find that principles closer the Russian than
we thought.
Our ideas do not touch property touch only slight
y and because not trying to establish economic
communism we fail to see that trying level the
ton Congress is a hotbed of eveing. Congress is
expression Of the American people Mr. Bryan is the
preston.
Mr.. Bryan for bringing gold and silver to level
He would have an arstocracy of currency imposed
the He for prohibition, national prohibition,
when the most tmd wet lost hours sleep the
possibility Of what is fact He was against the
trusts the most tremendous for the ]eveng
Of industry and for the levelng Of habit Ssa
Spencer said that the coming slavery would be found
in the subjugation Of the individual to the The most
serious problem the sustenance Of the nation that
distribution if an organization is perfected with
Of distribution which the Of distributors
meet in competition, government, rejecting popular sent
men makes that organization reduce to the eveor tries
The essence Of our legislation is eveing In Chicago
we cannot get subway might further increase
the difference between section of the city, which
activity is concentrated and the others in which is diff
fused We might indeed demand that every building
five stories high have its upper stories Topped Off Habit
and CUSTOMS and morals must be reduc
ed level city must submit to the regimen Of village
We are willing make everything universal except military
training.
In this day Mr.. Bryan is powerful than he ever
was He may never be president. He may not even be
candidate for president again But he remains natural
leader the naturalist leader the American people have
He is the commonest great we ever had.
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