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destty which seeks responsibilities of the days and measures up to the possibilities of tomorrow. behold a republic resting securing from the mountain of the eternal too many. pertaining to the world the self-evident proposition that all men are created equal that they are endowed with inalianable rights, that governments are instituted among men to secure these rights and that gots derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. >> williams jennings brian is one of nebraska's most famous and prominent politicians. and he's probably most famous for the fact that he was nominated three times by a major party, the democratic party, but he lost in election all three times. >> they moved to lincoln in 1887.

brian was a lawyer in central illinois. had a law practice in central illinois and he went in to kansas to collect some debts in connection with his law practice. he said i'm going to stop in lincoln to visit an old law school friend of mine from the law school in chicago. predecessor of northwestern law school. and he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska were just booming. some of the fastest growing areas of the country at the time. he saw a weak democratic party so he saw some opportunities there. he started construction of this house in 1901 because he and mary would drive way out into the country on a buggy and they fell in love with the hill that the house was built on so they bought ten acres and built the house on this hill. construction was started in 1901. they moved in, in 1902 and construction was finished in

1903. 11,000 square depeet. mrs. brian's budget was $10,000. it was estimated she may have spent as much as 17,000. it's a beautiful house. the main level of the home was used primarily for entertaining and political events and receptions. they would host a number of even world leaders would come here. but all kinds of political leaders. i guess the most prominent bolingbrook woodrow wilson came out here to get brian's support. to get the 1912 convention which he did get brian's support. but there were a lot of people international and national leaders that would stop by and see him at his home. right now we're in the lower level where it's really the main activity of the family took place because we're in the office area right now. and this was where bryage and mary had their office and did

their work. and she was a very active partner in his career. very accomplished lady val dick torn of her college class. got her law degree here at the university of nebraska. studied german so she could read the european newspapers to see what they were saying about brian. so she was a very active participant in his political career. and this desk is a replica of the desk that was in his study. you can see the two chairs brian sat in one chair mary sat in the other and reflect it had team they were in his political career. there were a couple telephones over there that i would point out at the time there were two independent telephone companies in lincoln. if you just subscribed to one you couldn't talk to anybody who just intersb scribed to the

orse. so they subscribed to both. here's an example of a political news letter that they published for close to 20 years. which is similar to the standard or the nation or the national review. had a huge circulation in the country. probably adjusted for population changes probably greater than any of the magazines i mentioned. and he got a chance to tell his political views in that circulation. he's also famous for being one of the greatest orators in the count iry at the time. the most famous by far is the speech he gave in 1896 democratic convention. famous across the gold speech which really turned that nomination over to him. >> we cannot but much line the battle fought if they say it is

good but that we cannot have it as the nation's helpers we reply then instead of having a gold standard because england has we will restore environmentalism and anyone england have environmentalism because the united states hah has. if they dare to come out in the field and defend it as a good thing we will fight them to the utter most having behind the massing produce of the nation and the world supporteded by the commercial interest the laboring interest and the toilers everywhere we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them you shall not press down upon the labor this crown of thorns. you shall not supply mankind up on a cross of gold. >> brian had this huge voice that you could hear all over the hall. because in those days of course

there weren't any microphones and loud speakers, and hofse in a huge hall. and most speakers couldn't be heard by a lot of people. but brian had this booming voice so they could hear him. and he gave this rousing speech the final line being thou shalt not cruise if i mankind on a cross of gold. because, again it was the main issue in that election was the monetary policy and whether we would stay on the gold standard or add silver to the money supply. and after he made that speech, people got so excited they carried him out on their shoulders and low and behold he was nominated as the presidential nominee at the age of 36. the impact that brian had on public policy on this country i think very few people realize the impact he had both on the democratic party and on just policy in general.

because when he came on the scene, the democrat quick yartpi was the more conservative party and brian was very much a liberal in his politics. very conservative in religion but liberal in its politics. he turned the party on its head and it has never gone back. he was the predecessor to franklin roosevelt and his new deal and president johnson's great society. and the "wall street journal" did a feature article comparing obama to brian with a redistribution of wealth to government. >> throughout the weekend, american history tmp v is featuring lincoln, nebraska. our city's tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our tour at c sfan.org/city tour. you're watching american history

you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up next on american history tv, veteran journalists bob schieffer, peter arnett, and david hume kennerly speaking at the museum for the opening of the exhibit "reporting vietnam." all three travel to vietnam during the war and reported on their experiences. during this discussion, they explore the role of the press during the 1960's, as well as the idea of government censorship. this program is about an hour and 20 minutes. ♪ [video clip] >> in 1965, the war was becoming the big story and i was determined that i was going to get there and cover it. so i became the first reporter from a texas newspaper to go to vietnam. >> when the action did begin, i was a veteran. i had in their for years and i was ready to roll. as a war correspondent. >> i was there because i wanted to be involved with the biggest american story of my generation. >> because i learned essentially how to control my fear.