Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1920 — WM. J. BRYAN SAYS FILIPINO WON THE HONORS [ARTICLE]

WM. J. BRYAN SAYS FILIPINO WON THE HONORS

(In a •Ifned, copy rich ted article writ, ten from the Democratic convention hall at San Francisco for the International News Service, William J. Bryan paid the following remarkable tribute to Jose P. Melendo, the young Filipino who is in charge of the Philippine Independence Publicity campaign in the United States:)

By WILLIAM J. BRYAN.

The greatest personal victory yet won In this Democratic convention was scored by a young Filipino by the name of Jose P. Melencio. He has charge of the Philippine Publicity Bureau at Washington. He Is only twenty-six years' old and received his education In the public schools of the Philippines—under American teachers, as he proudly boasted —and at' Georgetown, D. 0. He is a remarkably promising young man. Speaking with grace, using the best language and without a trace of embarrassment, he presented the claim of the Filipinos to independence. The audience. was astonished at the strength of his argument, the skill with which he marshaled his facts and the high tone of his speech. lie captivated everyone and committeemen and visitors paid hlih the cbmpllment of rising and cheering when he concluded hts plea. When one of the committee asked him some questions he returned to the platform and answered them with as much logic and precision as if he had taken weeks to prepare his answer. It was a remarkable triumph. As one who began twenty-two years ago to fight for the promise of independence I was proud of this illustration of what the Filipino Is capable.