The term "silver-tongued orator" might actually have been coined during the 1896 election about William Jennings Bryan. We're not sure about that because we weren't around then. The populist came to the Democratic National Convention that year with little thought in his mind of becoming the actual nominee, (and, if you believe that, we've land in Florida to sell you.) After all, he was simply a delegate and former politician from Nebraska. But he had travelled the country making speeches about the gold vs. silver coinage issue, and was asked to speak at the DNC.  Well, he performed one of the best political speeches in American history, the "Cross of Gold" speech, right there in the limelight, and that lead to the railroading of him to be their choice to run against republican William McKinley.  This 6.5" x 4.25" cabinet card image shows the youthful "Savior of the People" as printed by "A. S. Campbell" of "Elizabeth, New Jersey" after he had wowed his audience. This is in nice condition but please enlarge our images to judge condition for yourself so you can be happy with it. Remember, this stuff's called ephemera, folks, since it was made to be used and then discarded. So we're just lucky to have things like this in any condition to add to our collections. We are members of APIC and sell only authentic presidential (and other collectible) material so buy with confidence. We'll be happy to combine S & H costs on multiple purchases.  Shipping on this will be $4.50 first class with tracking.