Show BRYAN APPEALS TO PEOPLE asks public to hear him before passing sentence on resignation washington william jennings bryan la in an appeal addressed to the american people thursday night asks them thein to hear bear him before they pass sentence upon his laying down tile tho portfolio of secretary of state in the midst ot of international stress confident that the public will credit him with honorable intentions mr brynn bryan frankly says that good intentions are not eri enough ough and that it if the public verdict Is against him he asks no mercy asserting that men in pub lie life must bo be willing to bear any deserved punishment from ostracism to execution interpreting tho the american note to toa gormany or OL submarine warfare which he be refused 0 t sign as conforming to the old system of diplomatic standards precedents tor for which are written in characters of blood upon almost every cuge ot of human history 1 and characterizing himself as a cham chain plon pion of the he new system persuasion instead ot of torce orce as an a a humble follower of tho afie prince of peace tho the former secretary of state pleads for tho the united states to lead the world out of the black night of war into tho the light ot of that day when swords shall hall te be beaten into clovy plowshares shares |