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William Taft ran against William Jennings Bryan, who was a member of the Democratic Party.William Bryan
William Jennings Bryan, 3-time Democratic candidate for president, Secretary of State, and also one of the most brilliant speakers of our time. The speech itself was crying out against the gold standard, which had a negative effect upon the common people of his day. He was the prosecutor at the Scopes Monkey Trial, arguing against evolution in schools.
He was running against Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was the real-life prosecuting attorney for the Scopes Trial. In the play Inherit the Wind, William Jennings Bryan is portrayed as Matthew Harrison Brady, the attorney against Cates.
William Jennings Bryan said this. He ran against William McKinley in 1900 for the presidency.
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
In both of the U.S. Presidential elections that William McKinley won (1896 & 1900), his Democratic Party opponent was William Jennings Bryan.
Evolution and Christianity
religious conservatives led by William Jennings Bryan.
William McKinley ran on a 'gold standard' platform, which may be what you're looking for. William Jennings Bryan ran against him, favoring a 'bi-metallic' standard--both silver and gold. His 'Cross Of Gold' speech is a classic of saying a bunch of words without giving a single valid argument for what the speech advocates. TexasCharley