Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1908 — BRYAN. A CHANGED MAN? [ARTICLE]

BRYAN. A CHANGED MAN?

7 Some men and papers are deceiving themselves and trying to reconcile themselves to Bryan by saying that he Is not the Bryan pf old —that he Is a changed man. What evidence do they have of this change? Men who change their views on public questions usually make It known by words or acts. Nothing Mr. Bryan has said or done would show any change of heart or mind. On the contrary his own words In accepting the presidential nomination proye that he Is steadfast to the principles which he has advocated for twelve years. Here are his words: “Having twice before been a candidate for the presidency, In campaigns which ended in defeat, a third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in the principles and policies for which I, with a multitude of others, have contended. As these principles and policies have given me whatever strength I possess, the action of the convention not only renews my faith In them, but strengthens my attachment to them.” Does that look much like a changed man?