July 1976 Issue [Article] Why should the majority rule? Download PDF Adjust Share by Walter Lippmann, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Democracy Majorities United States William Jennings Bryan More from Walter Lippmann Fifty-One Percent During the Dayton trial there was much discussion about what had happened to William Jennings Bryan. How had a progressive democrat become so illiberal? How did it happen that the… Why should the majority rule? Plus ça change . . . Adjust Share