Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1897 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Rev. Mr. Jeffries, Apple Creek, Ohio, will occupy the Presbyterian pulpitnext Sabbath evening. You are invited. The opinion of Chauncey F. Black, President of the Association of Democratic Clubs, is worth framing. He says: “The Chicago convention, which nominated William Jennings Bryan for Presis dent, marked an era in the history of American politics as distinct as the eras of 1776 1800 or 1860. The declaration made by that now historic assemblage was aptly and justly denominated a second decs laration of independence. It was a bold, clear, fearless assertion of the natural and legal rights of the common people to the enjoyment of their own property and the pursuit of their own happiress in their own way, as against privilege and class, and subject only to the needs of government economically administered. That is the sort of platform that lives, no matter how much plutocrats may rave about it.