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title: 'Victorious Democracy: title page of a 1900 Bryan campaign biography'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/victorious-democracy-bryan-campaign-book-1900/
description: Title page of 'Victorious Democracy', a 562-page 1900 campaign biography of Bryan by the editor of the Omaha World-Herald, with a life of Stevenson and…
section: Collection
---

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# Victorious Democracy: title page of a 1900 Bryan campaign biography

Title page of 'Victorious Democracy', a 562-page 1900 campaign biography of Bryan by the editor of the Omaha World-Herald, with a life of Stevenson and 'The Democratic Issues of 1900' by A. J. Munson, published in Chicago by The Dominion Company. The Library of Congress copyright stamp on the next leaf is dated August 1900. The title describes Bryan as 'the fearless and brilliant leader of the people' and refers to 'the toiling masses of America'.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Victorious Democracy
EMBRACING
LIFE AND PATRIOTIC SERVICES
OF
HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN
THE FEARLESS AND BRILLIANT LEADER OF THE PEOPLE AND CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
A SKETCH FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER TO THE HIGH POSITION HE HOLDS IN THE AFFECTIONS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN--AN AFFECTION WON BY HIS DEVOTION AND LOYALTY TO THE WELFARE OF THE TOILING MASSES OF AMERICA
By RICHARD L. METCALF
THE WELL KNOWN AUTHOR AND EDITOR OF THE OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
AND CONCLUDING WITH THE
LIFE OF HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON
CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
AND THE
DEMOCRATIC ISSUES OF 1900
By A. J. MUNSON
AUTHOR AND EDITOR
SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED WITH HALF-TONE PORTRAITS AND VIEWS
THE DOMINION COMPANY,
PUBLISHER FINE BOOKS,
CHICAGO, U.S.A.
```

The first letters of the line beginning 'A sketch from the beginning' are damaged at the left edge of the scan; 'SKETCH' is restored by inference from the surrounding wording. The author's name is printed 'Metcalf' on the title page; Internet Archive's catalogue gives 'Metcalfe'.

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