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drop of blood shed by the lash, to
shed another by the sword."
Christ Inspired Jefferson as mar
tyrs inspire all who estimate service
and sacrifice at their proper valua
tion. Similarly Christ has inspired
Bryan, but Bryan accepts him as the
Redeemer of the world sent of God.
Lincoln saw the divine Christ in the
face of his dead child, and looking
intently upon it through tear dimmed
eyes, opened his mindto the truth of
ages.
But whether we agree or disagree
with Bryan or with Jefferson in their
religious convictions, we are agreed,
all of us who see service in the
Christ life, that whoever seeks to
shape his course by the doctrines
promulgated on the Mount, makes
for the betterment of the world. He
may err in his interpretation, he may
construct faultily, but his promise Is
correct, his heart is right, his am
bition praiseworthy. At least he
seeks to be one who serves, and there
is no higher duty than service.
Enthusiasm is a boon of youth
and a child of conviction. In the
worship of heroes there is worship
of ideals, and it is peculiarly true
that from the moment of his nomina
tion in the Chicago convention of
1896, Mr. Bryan has led an enthu
siastic mass which distinguishes him
from any other man of modern times.
And the secret of this is that he
sounded a vibrant note on the chord
which reaches from Sinai into most
of the homes in our land. Yet we
know that heroes are short lived, and
we know that he is not one of them.
Seeking the reason for this we find
it in his consistent advocacy of the
great fundamental truths. "I have
kept the faith.'" He has not been
as the weathercock, changing its
course with, each passing breeze.
There on the rock he1' stands, fronted
always the one way, deaf to the al
lurements of evil that beset him, his
face to the light: -
Twelve years ago he was the butt
of ridicule, slander and ribald jest.
Xhey called him "demagogue," "stir
rer of class strife," "anarchist," and
"repudiatlonist," and went beyond
the limits of decency In the applica
tion of epithets. But the jeers and
leers and taunts disturbed him not,
nor swerved him from the course
mapped out. There was one path to
be traveled and he knew that only
as men depart from the path do they
walk Into the traps of their enemies.
And so he walked the one path, his
eyes raised to catch the glory of the
stars.
There has come a change In the
twelve years. They are weak and
poor who are without courage in the
right, and seldom get beyond the
starting point. They are the strong
who persevere, making of each
stumbling block or stone a step in
the march of progress, finding in
suffering and slander and misunder
standing the sour sponge that purges
the lips, the grief that chastens and
makes worthier. Time brings its re
ward and truth prevails. It was but
the natural course qf events that a
world owing its ignorance to errors
more than to maliciousness should
come in time to estimate accurately
the character of William Jennings
Bryan to say that if he could not
be president, he could not be kept
out of his estate, the man among the
85,000,000 of his fellows most loved,
and most respected.
If he shall be elected he will be no
higher up than now he Is, for while
the presidency of the United States
would dignify him it could not give
him any personal attribute. Du
buque (la.) Telegraph-Herald.
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THE FEAR THAT BEAT BRYAN
A contributor to the Des Moines
Register and Leader presents the cir
cumstances of his having lost $6 on
the result of the election as his cre
'd'entials entitling him to express an
opinion on how it happened. His
opinion is worth a good deal more
than the $G it cost him for a chance
to formulate It.
This contributor disposes of the al
legation that Mr. Bryan is person
ally chargeable with the defeat, be
cause of distrust of him, in this wise:
"No doubt thousands voted for Mr.
Taft because of the fear of Bryan
ism. But they are few in compari
son this vote was overshadowed by
the votes of thousands hundreds of
thousands of the best voters in the
country voters who cast their votes
for Bryan because of his splendid
personality his moral worth and his
stand for principle. Mr. Bryan gained
ten votes from the latter class for
every vote he lost from the former."
And then he proceeds to place his
finger on the cause of Mr. Bryan's
defeat. That defeat was due, not to
the fear of Bryan, but to fear of the
enemies of Bryan. It is stated this
way by the contributor:
"It was not Bryan or Bryanism
that the decisive vote feared. It was
the fear of the enemies of Bryanism
the fear of the trusts the fear of
the corrupt combinations of capital
of the thousand and one different in
terests that are enjoying the favors
of a high protective tariff and the
special privilege legislation as man
ufactured by the corporation-favoring
elements of the republican party.
The fear of the power of these inter
ests would have defeated any man
the opposition could have brought
out."
Analyzing a bit further, , the writer
divides the vote that elected Mr. Taft
into three elements. There was the
selfish vote It represented the pow
S oTthe cheap Politician and he
SlebutToVself-interest. Next there
was the "narrow-minded vote, a
terni ich the writer applies to the
standpatters, tho partisans who voto
F1 Vckct Btra1Kht and prefer their
tariff high, comprising perhaps tho
bulk of tho rank and fllo of the ro-
I'uimcan party. Finally there was
tho timid vote," and of this claas
tho contributor writes as follows:
"They are all clean, conscientious
mon men who want to vote right
men who are clear-headed enough to
see things in their right light, but
who for fear of the power of tho
high protective tariff interests feel
that they dare not oppose them tho
laboring man, the merchant, the man
who has his home half paid for, tho
man whose exceptional ability allows
him to be fairly nroanoroiiH. roirnrii.
less of the monopolistic oppression,
the farmer, upon whoso products the
greed of illegally organized capital
has not as yet fastened its hold,
would all have liked to vote for
principles if they dared they as yet
haven't tho courage Will they get
it before it Is too late?"
This Is dangerously near tho point.
If it be true that Bryan was de
feated because timid peoplo feared
the vengeance of the trusts, what
does it mean?
If it bo true that there wero thou
sands who cheered him, loved him,
hung upon his words, believed In
him and who went with heavy
hearts to tho ballot box to cast their
votes against him because they were
afraid "the system" would punish
tho country if Taft woro not elected
what then?
Is Uie nronnoety nnilnr thi dvnnih.
csls, altogether bright and cheerful
ior uio success or froo institutions,
and for real liborty on American soil
for our children and our children's
children?
It is worth thinking about, oven If
tho election is over. Omaha World-Herald.
Your Nerves
Aro tho life, tho vitality, tho encrty
of your body.
It Is the nerves that causa tho hoart
to pulsate, tho lungs to inhale tho oxy
gon, tho bruin to direct the motion of
evory organ of tho body, tho stomaah
to dlgCBt food, tho llvor to sccreto tho
bile, tho kidneys to niter the blood, and
tho boweln to carry off tho wasto.
Whon tho nerves of tho stomach bo-
como weakened or exhaunted, Indlgos
tion, CotJHtlputlon and Inflammation re
HU.: hocauHo tho ntomuch Ih Inactive.
This Ih truo of all tho organs of tho
body, and provoH that to euro disease
you must strengthen tho nerves.
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