Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1908 — BRYAN’S STRENGTH WITH THE PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

BRYAN’S STRENGTH WITH THE PEOPLE.

Walter Wellman, the noted correspondent of the Chicago RecordHerald, a republican j>aper, writing from Denver July 3, said: Bryan in complete possession of the field, master of the situation. The convention is his, to do wbat he likes with, and hardly a possibility of breaking down his rule. The national, the broad, the historic, the hopeful significance of it is this: Plutocracy has been overwhelmed by the tenaciousness with which the people have stood by the man who in their belief represents principles. Men have beaten dollars. The idolatry of the Democratic hosts for one man has proved a greater power than organized and aggressive wealth, with all its Resources and There is a lot to think jibout in this. Mr. Bryan was backed by no machine. He had no organization; There were no officeholders to do his bidding. No powerful "interests” were helping him, but on the contrary they were all opposing him. Most of the so-called “big newspapers” owned and used by selfseeking corporations, were fighting him. But he was nevertheless “in complete possession of the field, master of the situation” at Denver. And why? Because the people believed in him and have stood by him. That’s it. He is the people’s candidate and not the candidate of the predatory interests represented by Rockefeller, Morgan, Harriman, Standard Oil, Steel Trust, the other trusts, the stock gamblers and thimbleriggers. On the issue of the people against plutocracy Mr. Bryan should win by a majority so big that the question as to whom the government belongs to will be settled for all time.