Faith in the people and confidence in popular government means to Mr.Bryan an utter lack of faith in those personal instruments whereby such rule can be endowed with foresight, moderation, and direction.

Confidence in the average man, that is, means to him distrust in the exceptional man, or in any sort of organization which bestows on the exceptional man an opportunity equal to his ability and equipment.

He stands for the sacrifice of the individual to the popular average; and the perpetuation of such a sacrifice would mean ultimate democratic degeneration.
IV WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME AS A REFORMER Mr.William Travers Jerome has not so assured a rank in the hierarchy of reformers as he had a few years ago, but his work and his point of view remain typical and significant.

Unlike Mr.Bryan, he is in temperament and sympathies far from being an old-fashioned Democrat.

He is, as his official expositor, the late Mr.Alfred Hodder, says, "a typical American of the new time." No old-fashioned Democrat would have smoked cigarettes, tossed dice in public for drinks, and "handed out" slang to his constituents; and his unconventionally in these respects is merely an occasional expression of a novel, individual, and refreshing point of view.