On the way to the promised land. Illustration shows President Wilson and William Jennings Bryan standing on a rock formation with a statue of a man labeled Practical Politics, with the US Capitol in the background; Wilson, as Moses, strikes the rocks with his staff labeled Campaign Pledges causing waters labeled Currency Reform and Tariff Reform to flow and nourish hordes of businessmen and laborers. Date 1914 January 14. On the way to the promised land. Illustration shows President Wilson and William Jennings Bryan standing on a rock formation with a statue of a man labeled Practical Politics, with the US Capitol in the background; Wilson, as Moses, strikes the rocks with his staff labeled Campaign Pledges causing waters labeled Currency Reform and Tariff Reform to flow and nourish hordes of businessmen and laborers. Date 1914 January 14.