Gaft, Sam wrote: > William Jennings Bryan speech to the Democratic Convention in 1898: > The preface, in part, from History MAtters (web site): > > . . . The thirty-six-year-old former Congressman from Nebraska aspired to be > the Democratic nominee for president, and he had been skillfully, but > quietly, building support for himself among the delegates. His dramatic > speaking style and rhetoric roused the crowd to a frenzy. The response, wrote > one reporter, "came like one great burst of artillery." Men and women > screamed and waved their hats and canes. "Some," wrote another reporter, > "like demented things, divested themselves of their coats and flung them high > in the air." . . . >
Are you saying that Obama will put US currency on the silver standard, or that in 27 years' time we should expect him to be leading the charge against the teaching of evolution in the classroom? :-) (Why would there have been a democratic convention in 1898? There wouldn't be a presidential election for two more years. And why would Bryan have needed to skillfully building support there? He had already been the Dems' candidate in 1896, and he would be again in 1900 Might this source have meant 1896?) Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
