Ten Edison Records by William Jennings Bryan

The 1908 Presidential Election and Bryan's Campaign Playlist

By Doug Boilesen

To promote his positions in the1908 Presidential election William Jennings Bryan led the way by recording ten of his speeches on Edison records. William Howard Taft, the Republican nominee, would later respond with twelve Edison records.

 

"When Bryan Speaks Everybody Listens," The Talking Machine World, June 15, 1908

 

 

Playlist - LISTEN to Bryan's Ten 1908 Recordings courtesy of UCSB Digital Cylinder Archive and i78s.org

"Swollen Fortunes" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9914

"The Labor Question" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9915

"The Railroad Question" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9916

"The Trust Question" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9917

"The Tariff Question" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9918

"Popular Election of Senators" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9919

"Imperialism" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9920

"Guaranty of Bank Deposits" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9921

"An Ideal Republic" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record: 9922

"Immortality" by William Jennings Bryan, Edison Record 9923

 

 

Announcement of the ten Edison Records made by William Jennings Bryan

The Edison Phonograph Monthly, June 1908

 

Edison Phonograph Monthly, August 1908

The Edison Phonograph Monthly, July 1908

 

 

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