Show Time iree Time C K for r 0 President ent Reached 1 I 1 Prominence e at Age 36 the he Associated Press Pre alL the history of ot American shere are few names which that hat brilliant lustra lustre of ot spec- spec U I r effort has become a of the memory of William ng Bryan for far almost thirty years of ot national sensa- sensa bil piled d one ane upon the other At became b came almost over night not th ih leader of ot his party but d doll ll of t millions Three times d the party standard as Q for far the highest office of ot ofa a d in another presidential 1912 he 1912 he reaped much of ot the fr placing Woodrow Wilson 3 White 3 lor House Hause and in n almast other national Democratic 0 OIl n 1 In a generation he was very ry center of every storm ame many said of his president Wilson him fi secretary of state state state-a a post t h resigned two years later filie most sensational of ot clr- clr because he felt the naw na- na w ii- ii verging toward 1 the European war World i always had been his passIoni passion i e years Just as in his d daIS he made the espousal of ot 0 his all at all absorbIng concern t turied ted his talents to an aton aton at- at I on evolution LED CED BY ENEMIES hout all aU his active years li ers clung to his standard for the man and als while his enemies reviled l ed him c calling him Ignar id in both his ecos eco's eco- eco s 5 nd his religion His Ills great Kf f 1 eloquence which first firsth h im to a place of national nence ce remained unImpaIred a years but toward the last brilliance on the plata plat- plat aSa d a the stump began to dim m-b m lough he found time for tar many excursions Into other rr politics was his forte and or of his life v work vork ork is almost t 1 0 of of- the national political gns that began when the Democratic convention of or impeded eded out of a deadlock by byIS byI'S of gold speech made IS I'S ts is for president s t campaign against Mc- Mc chal for its fiery earnest- earnest and not until the votes vote had counted i ted did he bell believe eve Jt It pos- pos th thu 1 he could be beaten In McKinley again for his eng he adopted imperialism m ms s issue and tar for a aI I mime I ne stumped the country country- In I effort to rea reach en the great If f Ms i 1 S ambition r E his bis second failure many of ot id rs s within his party turned and the nomination four years year B B. Parker was a bit bit- appointment to him In that mon n he made a spectacular the forces farces that he deV de- de V r handing over the party treet delivering a speech s regarded almost universe ue e swan sivan song of ot his career Caleer J lIe bother nother four faur years the tha pena pend pen- pen d a swung back again and he heom om as the opponent of ot SIlIo i rd Taft Tart DUNCES JUNCES CLARK mt art t he took toak In the Baltimore tron tn of 1912 was of a piece strain that ran IP nd through his whole whale caRing ca- ca Ring ing on the convention floor when his long lang time tim friend 1 ark was within reach of ot Jm animation nation he denounced the f forces for accepting the sup- sup fl and declared Wall i iwas was trying once again to fast- fast lf lons alons on an the the Democratic The he e reaction to Wilson v who vho ho running well behind was wast was t and Bryan Bran was one fr first to firt-to t to be named in iii the Wil- Wil The breach between d Clark Clarl never w was as bridged after m after fter a long talk between and the secretary that S 'S was announced to the White House on a ane ar r une ne morning Mr Bryan en- en th presidents presIdent's private office apparently believing that owing rowing his powers of ot persua- persua nto the scale he could con- con that the note should sent kent After they had talked or an hour haur Mr Wilson d ota button on his desk and a asher ausher lUsher usher sher entered to find the calm and silent and the thea a nervous and voluble ryan wants a drink of wa- wa S said rd Mr Wilson it en-it t was bi brought ought Bryans Bryan's was so unsteady that he upset f it as he raised it to his hise Pie He e demonstrated l later ter In ways atys that he had ben cut to toU U ck by his failure to avoid h was a warlike J ys country and by his part- part rom torn the man he had helped i nto a greater leadership e I. I had been able to atom at at- om dd not oppose Mr Wilsons Wilson's in 1916 but the party I 1 AT t os of af 1920 and 1924 the were chosen over his opposition He went on a vacation trip during most of ot the campaign of James iames M M. Cox but he took toak the stump for John W. W DavIs In 1924 WANTS At San Francisco in 1920 however however how how- ever most mast of ot hi his energies were di directed directed di- di toward the writing of ota ofa a platform platform plat plat- form rather than the choice of ot a candidate His fight thu this this' time was for a bone dry plank and he took the he speakers speaker's stand in Its espousal Even more spectacular was his part In the New Kew York New York convention of ot just a year ago A A member of ot the sub-committee sub which drafted the platform he was in the thick of ot the fight over aver the league of nations and the Ku Klux Klan At the end of ot otone one futile all night session session- of df t the sub committee when he he members had agreed to separate for far a few hours rest he rose in his place at atthe atthe atthe the committee table and asked his colleagues to remain for or a moment while he led In prayer Then with bowed head he asked Providence for tor guidance in the dark hours of ot dIssension dissension dissension dis dIs- dis- dis sension a nd bitterness La Later er he took the floor flaar before the convention on one occasion to defend William G G. G McAdoo and on another to oppose a plank condemn ing the Ku leu Klux Klan by name But ButI I for the first time he had found a t Democratic convention he could not quiet Applause mingled with hisses and came both from the floor laor and the gallery His delivery lacked the firo of at other years and his presence presence presence pres pres- ence the command that was its w wont want ont Only once or twice was there therea a a flash of ot the old time brilliance as when he took up the challenge of at ata a a spectator who applauded ded his r remark mark that this might be the last convention he would attend Dont Dant applaud he said I or may change my mind BORN IN ILLINOIS The former secretary of ot state was born in Salem Ill March 9 9 1860 His father was Silas Lillard Bryan a native of ot Culpepper county Va a lawyer and Judge The son after graduating from Illinois college In 1881 and Union College of ot Law Chicago in 1883 entered the l law w of offIce office of- of fice flee of ot Lyman Trumbull former United States senator S Subsequently he removed to Jacksonville Jacksonville Jackson Jackson- ville Ill where he practiced law until 1887 when he settled In Ia LIncoln Lincoln Lin LIn- coln coin Neb Nob During the presidential campaign of 1888 young Bryans Bryan's speeches in behalf of the Democratic ticket at attracted attracted attracted at- at attention and In 1890 he accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac a nomination for far congress In the First Nebraska district a Republican stronghold because no one else would have haveIt It he said since it was believed no Democrat could win He was was was' elected and served from fram 1891 until 1895 He was made a member of at the important im Im- un- un ways and means committee in his first term Two speeches in this period gave Mr Bryan nation wide prominence one ane against the policy of ot protection protection tion delivered on March 16 1892 and the other against the r repeal peal of ot the silver purchase clause of ot th the Sherman act on August 16 1893 In the latter he advocated the free and unlimited coinage of silver slIver Ir Irrespective irrespective ir- ir respective of ot international agreement agreement agree agree- ment meat at a ratio of ot 16 to 1 a policy with which his name was afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards most prominently associated until he entered the cabinet of President Wilson The first nomination of ot Mr Bryan Bryan Bryan Bry Bry- an for far the presidency at the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic national convention In Chicago Chi cago on an July 10 1896 has since e been characterized as one ane of ot the miracles of American politics WINS PLAUDITS The The cross of ot gold speech by Bryan which has been quoted oftener perhaps than any other of his words and which made him a arIval arival arival rival of at William for tor the presidency came presidency came at the close of at a debate on an the floor floo of at the convention convention conven conven- tion tIan in advocacy of a free tree silver plank Men nationally prominent nt in the party had preceded him and opposed the plank unless it should provide for by International international agreement The situation was tense when the Nebraskan then only anly 36 years old one old one ne year more mare than the constitutional re requirement requirement requirement re- re for far a president presIdent arose arose to speak Everybody was tired everybody everybody everybody ev ev- ev- ev seemed ready for tar compro compro- mise Not Nat so with the the- delegate from fram Nebraska There was fire in his eye when he began to speak I r would be presumptuous indeed to present myself against the distinguished distinguished dis dis- dis gentlemen to whom you i have listened he said It if this w were re rea a mere measuring of at abilities put but ut this is not a contest between persons per per- in all sons sans The humblest citizen all the land when clad in the armor armar of ofa ofa ofa than a righteous cause is stronger all the hosts of error I come to speak to you in defense of a cause holy haly as the cause of t liberty liberty- a as t the cause of at humanity Then charging the evils of the day the day the Idle mills the soc social al unrest unrest unrest un un- un- un rest and low law wages wages wages-to to the scarcity carcitY of ot money maney and the idle holders ld r of t idle capital in Wall street ne nc cuu- cuu CROWN OF THORNS The IndivIdual Is but an atom atam he Is born he acts he dies but princIples ire are aro eternal and this has prInciple contest over a been a Having behind us the producIng of bf this nation natian arid azid the world commercial Interests Interests In- In by the supported and Interests the laboring will answer answer an- an the toners toilers everywhere we those thase who demand a single standard by saying gold nat ot press down dawn upon shall You crown crawn ot of brow ot of labor the not crucify mankind man man- shall liall YOU Yau mi thorns d. d kInd The upon convention this whO cross was was ot of gal gold stampeded nominated for Bryan other candidates on the over eIght speech by bya followIng a fIfth ballot ballat delegate In which the GeorgIa a young orator was referred eloquent to lead the come came Saul to as a Subsequently battle Israelites to nominations ot of the Bryan receIved the National Silver Silver Sil- Sil and the peoples people's ver parties nominated for tor forthe again 1900 when In he made Im antl the presIdency issue but an explicit party omIt refused to ot of tree free favor declaration in In party pl platform lathe age with a. a This ThiSe time he w WS defeated against vote or of as popular opponent He received re- re for tor his votes to McKinleY's Mc- Mc electoral Kinley's I Lincoln to returned et Mr Bryan Bryan i ri h di and started the publication of at a weekly political journal called The Commoner Four years later 1904 although no not nat actively a candidate for tor the nomination which eventually eventually eventually ally went to Judge Alton B B. Park Parker Par Par- k ker r he he vigorously opposed Democracy's Democracy's Democracy's racy's ca conservative attitude The Intel Interim interim- im between this period perIod and the next presidential election of 1908 was occupied pled by Mr Bryan now known by many of ot his followers follow follow- ers as The Peerless Leader In I several enterprises that kept him In the public eye Notable among these was his trip around the world worldon on an which he started September 21 1905 BACKS HIS ARMAMENT About this time Mr Bryan came out aut for world disarmament an ideal which Is said to have prompted his drafting in 1913 when ho he became secretary of ot state of 0 the particular lar form farm of af peace treaty between the United States and foreign nations nations na na- na- na by which all disputes were to be submitted to an impartial In Investigating Investigating investigating In- In commission for a year before hostilities could begin In 1908 Mr Bryan was again named as the Democratic st standard bearer The campaign was waged on the principal issue of at opposition to trusts and for a third time the Democratic nominee suffered defeat polling 6 votes vates to Tafts Taft's and receiving electoral votes to his opponents opponent's Notwithstanding Mr Bry Bryans Bryan's ns n's re reverses reverses reverses re- re verses in politics it is said he was wasa wasa wasa a good goad loser Of Presbyterian forbears optimistic and of ot a re religIous religious religious re- re nature his setbacks failed to make him lose faith in his fu future tu- tu ture He refused to become lecome discouraged dis dis- dis For Far the next four faur years or until the campaign of ot 1912 which resulted in the election of ot President President President dent Wilson Mr B Bryan yan continued to edit his newspaper and to to at attend attend attend at- at tend the councils of ot his party In his first campaign his homIn home hom In Lincoln was a Mecca for tor promInent prominent prominent nent Democrats where Mrs Bryan a scholarly woman formerly Miss Mary E E. Baird of ot Perry Ill Ill who had greatly aided her husband In his political career was a a. channIng charming charm charm- ing lag hostess The Bryans had three children one son and and- two daugh daugh- A few months before the time for forthe forthe forthe the 1912 Democratic national convention convention convention con con- Mr Bryan publicly announced announced an an- he wo would ld not be a candidate declaring he was ready to enter upon a campaign in behalf of ot a atrue atrue atrue true Democrat with even more mare vigor than that with which I have fought at any time on my own awn be behalf be- be half FOUGHT TAMMANY Woodrow Wilson at this time was governor of at New Jersey Tersey and had attracted the attention of ot the Nebraskan Nebraskan Nebraskan Ne Ne- it was said by reason of ot othIs his progressive legislation The fight tIght on the floor of ot the Baltimore convention led by Bryan against the Tammany men in the New York delegation is a matter of ot history Mr Bryan Dryan and Mr Wilson held many Ideals in common comman When Mr Wilson was elected president he appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed Mr Bryan sec secretary tary of ot state The two years Mr Bryan occupied a place atthe head of ot Mr Wilsons Wilson's cabinet were years of perplexity and stress The Mexican the Japanese anti en land controversy controversy con con- in California and the correspondence correspondence correspondence cor cor- with Germany and Hungary Austria-Hungary antecedent to Americas America's entrance Into th the war were problems that gave the Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska statesman many sleepless nights Mr Mr Bryans Bryan's resignation from tram the cabinet which occurred on an June Tune 9 1915 InS came tame as a a. thunderclap out of ot ofa ofa ota a a clear sky It was known there had been disagreements between the president and his chief cabinet officer but that the breach had gone beyond healing was not nat realized by bythe bythe bythe the public mind Germanys Germany's and her ruthless U-boat U policy were dally daily drawing the t United States Into the vortex of ot war Mr Bryan Dryan |