Abstract
Speaking during the platform debate at the 1896 Democratic convention, Nebraska's famous orator William Jennings Bryan delivered his impassioned speech, “A Cross of Gold.” This speech employed the radical's rhetorical technique of polarization. The currency question became a flag issue that symbolized the gulfs between the rich and the poor and between the East and the West. Although many authorities believe, perhaps correctly, that this speech gained him the nomination for President of the United States, Bryan did not adapt to the greater diversity of interests and viewpoints of the national audience.
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