New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1925, Page 3

BRYAN DIES AS + HE LIES IN BED (Continued from First Page) Dr. Wallace particularly advised him inst an address Mr. Bryan had planned for Fikeville on the follow. | ing Sunday. Knew His Condition Mr. Bryan delivered the epeech, but limited it to ten minutes telling | bis friends that he had to conserve | his strength as he feared he might pot live through the Scopes trial Dr. Wallace sald Mr, Bryan ap- peared surprised to learn he had heart trouble, but was not worried ‘Yesterday, he declined an automo- bile from the Chattanooga hotel to the railroad sfation, saying he pre- ferred to walk. When he arrived here, he went immediately to his home and from there to the Southern Methodist Episcopal church. He sat on the | front seat and before the sermon by the Reverend F. A, Peterson of Buna, Texas, he was called upon for @ prayer, A Beautiful Prayer Citizens of Dayton still were dis- eussing the prayer today, describing {t as one of the most beautifu] they had ever heard and as revealing the earnestness and sincerity of Mr. Bryan, Opening with the words “Dear Father,” the prayer was the plea of a servant that God should di- rect all his ways and protect his home and country from sin. The prayer also sought aid in the cam- paign Mr. Brvan was making for “old time religion.” After church services, Mr. Brvan returned to his home, where with Mrs. Rryan and Mr. and Mre. Rogers, he had dinner, He ate a big meal | and was in one of his most jovial mnods. Before taking a nap, ealled Chattanooga over long dis- tance telephone to ask about his #peech which was heing published. Sald RAe Felt Good Mr. Bryan told his wife that he | thad never felt bettep in his life and . was ready to take his fight for fundamentalism to the country. He told of his trip to the Holy Land within the next several months | and the writing he had planned. He then remarked that “T am &0 gleepy.” and entered his room short- 1y after 3 o'clock, Mrs. Bryan was an the poreh of the home and could eee her husband on the bed. About 4:30 Mre, Bryvan felt her husband had been asleep long enough and eent McCartney, who also was Mr. Bryvan's personal attendant, to wakes him “He always was a heavy sleeper | end was hard to waken," Mr, Me- Cartney eald. adding that after he had shaken Mr, Rryan twice he no- ticed he not breathing. Wife's Greatest Regret Mrs. Bryan told friends that while £he was glad her hushand had | pasted away peacefully and without pain, she regretfed his death at a time when he planned such a great work. She referred fo the campaizn he was to make for fundamentalism and the writing he had planned Mr. Bryan had begun a history of his life and frequently during the past several months had expressed & desire to complete it, “It geems as If every time T plan to work on the hiography.” Mr. Bryan told a newspaper reporter a fer weeks age, “something happens to interfere.” While Mr. Bryan had prepared bis address in the Scopes trial he| was pleased that he would have an opportunity to present it to the pub- Ne without interruption. Clashes in Court During the closing hours of the| trial he called {0’ the witness | stand hy the defense and the result | was a bitter clash between him and | Clarence Darrow, of Scopes counsel. The commoner said the hristian | religion has satisfied me and 1 have | never felt it necessary to look up | some comprting religion.” | At another point he asserted: “The Bible is good enough to live and die by Mr. Bryan accused Mr. Darrow of a‘tacking “revealed religion.” When ohjections to the defenze’s questions | was by So That’s What It Does I am thinking of 4 modern economic force that serves everybody. See if Tou can guess its name. By it the manufacturer increases the volume of his sales. By it he speeds up the distribution of his goods to the four corners of the earth. By it he is enabled to improve the quality of his goods, and at the same time to | decrease their cost. By it he puts his product into the channels of trade at a les- {that of Henry Clay were made by prosecuting attorneye Mr. Bryan expressed a desire to an- swer, Answers Challenge '"The reason T am answerlng Is not for the benefit of the court,” he stated, "It {s to keep these gentle- nen from saying T was afraid to meet them and let them question me, T want the Christian world to know that any athelst, agnostie, un- teliever, can question me at any time as to my bellef in God and I will answer him." Despite ths fact Mr. Darrow and Mr. Bryan figured In numerous bit- ter verbal exchanges during the trial, they also engaged in a llke number of friendly conversations. Mr. Darrow was one of the first 1o come forward with a tribute to Mr. Bryan when the news of the latter's death was received, Darrow's Tribute “T have known Mr, Thyan iinre 1806, and supported hun twice for the presidency,” Mr. Darrow said. “He was a man of strong convictions and always espoused lis causs with ability and courage. | diffored with him on many questions, hut always respected his sincerity and devotion. I am very sorry for his family and for his friends who loved him. '’ George w. Rappleyea, who brought charges against Scopes in order that the anti-evolution law might be brought to a test, was one of the first of Dayton's citizens to call at the Bryan home after the commoner's death He revealed that he had boen .n- vited to call at the Common>r's home last night for a talk. During the day Mr. Bryan told Mr. Rogers that he appreciated the tribute Mr. Rappleyea had pald him during the closing moments of the trial Life Threatened During the Scopes trial it *as not generally known that Mr. Bryan's life had been threatened, In Chat- tanooga last night Captain Marlon Perkine, who was in charge of a squad of Chattanooga police hera during the trial, stated that -nanv threats had been made againat Mr Bryan's life, Most of the thra came from northern cities, he said and the authers wers thought to have been fanatics Wants Simple Funeral Mre. Rryan is insistent that -le funeral and burial of her hushand shall be without exceesive displa “Te are gimple people and we want. all arrangements simply made.” she told a group of Daytan citizens wha has asked permission to pay special honors. She declinei with expressions of appreciation fhe offer of local residents to form a military guard of henor from I ton ex-service men to the hady to the place of interment. “Bring your white clothes; 1t bring any black enes”” Mrs. Bryan advised her children, with whom she talked over long distance telephone hefora they left their homes for the cast Dominated Party 18 Years Virtually dominant in the demo- cratie party for nearly sixteen years. William J. Bryan was three times nominated and defeated for the presidency. Then, like Elijah of _"Id. he cast his mantle upon the Elisha of Princeton and exerted a potent influence in bringing about Wood- row Wilson's first nomination for the office to which he, himself, had vainly aspired. Known In his youth as “the sil- ver-tongued boy orator of the Platte,” it was Mr. Bray's eloquence in his famous “cross of gold” speech at the democratic national conven- tion in Chicago in 1836 that made him the cholce of his parfy. IIYP polled more than 6,500,000 votes in his first question. His career has heen likened to | who also was three times nominateq for the | presidency and as many times de- Clay, too. became a secre Friends of Bryan in- like Clay. he was too conscientious, consistent and serup- ulous for a politician and that the famous Whig's declaration T would rather be right than be president’ well describeq the man from Ne- braska. feated. tary of state. sisted that, Born in 1860 The former secretary of states was born in Salem. TlL.. March 19, 1860. His father was Silas Lillard Bryan. a native of Culpapper county Virginia, a lawyer and judge. The accompany | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1925, son, after graduating from Illinols college In 1881 and Unlon College of Law, Chicago, In 1883 entered the law office of Lyman Trumbull, former United States senator, Sub- sequently he removed to Jackson- ville, 111, where he practiced law until 1887 when he settled in Lin- coln, Neb. | During the presidential campaign | of 1888 young Bryan's speeches in | behalf of the democratic ticket at- tracted attention and in 1890 he ac- cepted a nomination for congress in In the first Nebraska district, a re- publican stronghold, “beacuse, no one else would have it," he sald, since It was belleved no democrat | could win. He was elected and | served from 1801 until 1595, He was | made a member of the important Ways and Means committee in his first term Two speeches in this period gave Mr. Bryan nation-wide prominence, one against the poliey of protection, delivered on March 16, 1892, and the other against the repeal of the sil-| ver purchase clause of the Sherman act on August 16, 1803, In the lat- | ter he advocated “the free and un limited coinage of silver, {rrespec- | tive of international agreement, at a | ratio of 16 to 1,” a policy with which | his name was afterwards most prom Inently assocfated until he entered | the cabinet of Preeident Wilson | Nominated in 1898 ! The first nomination of Mr. Bryan for the presidency at the democratic national convention in Chicago on {July 10, 1296, has since been char- {acterized as one of the “miracles” of American politics. The nominee, | after serving in congress, had run for the United States senate and been defeated by Senator John M. Thurs- ton of Nebraska. Abandoning the law, Mr. Rryan became editor of the Omaha World-Herald and cham- ploned the cause of bimetallism as | vigerously with the pen as he had | upen the forum, He had been beaten for a third term in congress on the fssue of “sound money” and when the time came for the national con- vention this question was rending |both big political parties. There were free silver republicans as well as democrats, but the nominee of |the former, Henry M. Teller of Col- orado, threw when the Nebraskan won the nom- ination at Chicago The Cross of Gold The ‘cross of gold” epeech by Bryan, which has been quoted oftener, perhaps, than anv ather of ks words. and which made him rival of William McKinley for the presidency—came at the close of a Aebate an the flaor of the cantention in advocacy of a free silver plank Men nationally prominent in the party had preceded him, and op- posed the plank unless it &hould provide for bimetallism by iInterna- tional agrrement. The situation was tense when the Nebraskan, then only more than e constitntional requirement for a president—arose to speak, | Everybody was tired: everybody lcaemed ready for campromise Not the delegate from Nehraska. here was fire In his eyes when he {hezan ta speak: “T would be presumptuous, indeed to present myself against the dis tinguighed gentleman fo whom vou { have lstened."” he said. “if this were 2 mere measuring of abilifies; hut this fa nat a eontest hotween persons The humblest ecitizen in all the land when clad In the armor of a righte is stronger than all the hosts of error. T came ta speak tn vor in Aefense of a canse as holy as the cause of lfhorty—the canse of humantiy.” Attacks Wall Street Then charging the evils of the day the fdle mills, the social nnrest and low wages—-to the secarcity of monay and the “idle holders of idle canital fn Yall strect.” he continned: “The Individnal is but an atom: he s horn. he acts he bt rrineiples are aternal: and this has heen a contest nver a prineiple. Hav- ng hehind us the producing mass of this nation and the warld. narted by the commerelal Inferests. the laharing interests and the toailers averywhere answer those whn demand a single gold standard hy saving: “You shall not prese down upon | the hraw of lahar this 136 vears nld—one year an | | { | | ons canse. | | dles: | sup- | we will crown of his support to Bryan | |ed as the thorna, You shall not crucity man- kind upn this cross of gold.” The convention was stampeded for Bryan, who was nominated over elght other candidates on the fifth ballot, following a speech by a Geérgla delegate in which the elo- quent young orator was referred to as “a Saul come to lead the Israelltes | to battle” Subsequently Bryan re- | celved the nominations of the peo- ple's and the national silver partles, | Broke Speaking Records 4 The nominee broke all speaking records In his first campaign, travel- ling more than 18,000 miles and making about 600 speeches In 27 states. He polled 6,502,925 votes to MeKinley's 7,104,779 and recefved in the electoral college 176 votes to his opponent’s 271, Although defeated Mr. Bryan remained the leader of | his party and, after the Spanish- Amerfcan war in 1898 in which he commanded the 3rd Nebraska Vol- unteer Infantry as its colonel, he| apposed the permanent refention of the Philippine Islands by the United | States | n 1900, when again nominated for the presidency, he made ‘“anti- imperialism” the paramount lssue but refused to omit an explicit party declaration In favor of free coinage of silver in the partv platform. This time he was defeated with a popular | vote of A353,138 as against 7,207,912 for his apponent. He electoral votes to MeKinley's 292 Mr. Bryan returned fto Iincoln and started the publication of a| weekly journal called The Com-| moner. Four years later, 1904, al-| {though not actively a candidate | received | tor | [the nomination, which eventually) | went to Judge Alton B. Parker | vigorously opposed demo. “conservative" attitude The Peerless Teader The interim between this period and the next presidential election of | 1908 by Mr. Bryan now known by many of his followers as “the peerless leader. in {enterpriges that kept him | public eve. Notable among was his trip around the world which 1905 Accompanied by his wife and a danghter. Mr to Japan hespitably was occupied ceveral in the these | on | e sthried Sotenver ot son | Brvan first went and China =here he was tained and made | numerous addresses ane of which entitled, "The White Man's Rurden' was commended by the Japanese American society, The Bryans were presented to tha emperor f Japan and were evervwhere the | ent honor of foremost Ame Later the party went tn the Philippines where Mr. Bryan's <iews on Filipina independence were Dur- | {ing this visit the savage Moros of | Mindanao Tsland ecreated the Ne braskan a “datto” or chief of ane their tribes. Leaving the Thilinpines the party {went to India. the Holy Land Tur Austria-Hungary, Germany, | Ttaly, Norway, Sweden and | ather Enrapean eountrics riving in Londen on July | Meanwhile Mr. Rryan had |viewed" King Edward VII the em- peror af Russia, and other potenates | nd Count Leo Tolstol and had made | | numerous speeches all of which were | | reported in the American press and | | which inspired a desfre on the part | | of democrats at hame to give him a zreat reception which was done npon weleamed of Russia, finally ar- | 1008 1‘ inter- [ 1is return to America iheffollawin September For Disarmament About this fime Mr. Bryan came out for world disarmament. an ideal | which fs said to have prompted his | drafting in 1013, became secretary of state, of the particular | form of peace treaty the | I'nited States and foreign nations, | “by which all disputes were to be | submitted to an impartial investigat- | ing commission for a year before | hostilities could begin." This has | been regarded as Mr. Bryvan's great- | est achievement for 30 foreign na- fions, including the central powers and representing three-fourths of tha | population of the earth, became sig- | natories to the About a vear later the world war broke out in all its fury | Tn 1408 Mr, Bryan was again nam- | democratic standard bear- | The campaign was waged on the | principle issue of npposition to ‘tru and for a third time the | democratic nominee suffered defeat, | polling 6,405,104 votes to Taft's 7.- | 678,908 and receiving 162 electoral | votes to his opponent's 32 321 Notwithstanding Mr. Bryan's re- verses in pol when he between document, er ! {the election of Pre sened expense. By it he makes innumerable savings, only a part of which he keeps for himself, By this same force the dealer rofits also. The stock he carries moves in | and out of his store faster with its aid than without. Because of it he can reduce | profits on individual zales, and at the same time Increase Profits on Total Sales | | | Through it he is enabléd to guarantee the quality of the goods he sells, gaining reputation thereby. Under the heneficent operation of this same force the consumer— your family, your uncles, aunts and cousins, Through its influence the goods you like can be hought in more places—in city, and all your friends—likewise profit. town and country. The prices you pay are lower. The quality you get is higher. Surely you know the name of this wonderful modern economic force. | It is advertising! Let no man tell you that advertising is the servant of the few. | It is the servant of all. If you haven't acquired the advertisement reading habit, by all means cultivate it. The Herald is New Britain's Recognized Advertising Medium | him lose faith in his future {campaign of 1912 which resuited in | Bryan | Afded By Wife [the presidency it is said, he was “a good loser.” Of Presbyierian for optimistic and of a religious | nature, his sethacks failed to make He re. | For the hears, |fnsed to become discouraged the next four vears, or until sident Wilson, Mr. continued to edit his news- paper and to attend the councils of his party n his first campaign, his homa in | Tincoln was a mecea for prominent | where MMre. a scholarly woman Alise Mary E. Baird of Perry, I, who had greatly aided her hushand in his politicnl caresr, was a charming hos tese. The Rrvans had three children one son and two daughters Always in demand as a leetyrer. | especially at Chautauqua. Mr Rryan's income was augmented bv his democrats, Bryan formerly and | magazinas and his authorship of The Tatt The First Battles (1597) Other Flags” (1904) World and Tte Ware” (1907) Heart to Heart Appeals,’ (1917.) In addition to hie Nebraska home. AT N Al nastaibranay writings for newspapers eral baoks. includ nder The 014 Hteut vor established residences N, C., and Miam, Fla Penied Candidacy months hefore the time far in Ashville A fen the 1912 demacratic natinnal Pubiie nounced he would not be a vention. Mr. Rryvan an fate, declaring he was “ready to en. | fer upon a campaign in behalf of a trie democrat with even more than that with which T h at any time on my Woodrow Wils ernar of New own hehalf at this n time was and had at tracted the attention of the Ne hy legisiation n. it was said reasan of hie Progressive th floar of the Raltimore led by Rryan against Tammany New & a matter of Despite the fact that Champ Clark speaker of the house of representa. on vention men in the Tork n y ork | Aelegation historr | I (Continved on Page M) | of salad.” ghe sald, picking up the zot |a | began to consider the l Not a Nurse | "I am not employed as a nurse, and besldes T am so constructed that T cannot help to strap a hu- man being to a bed. ‘ossibly It has to be done, but 1 will not do It again.” 1 rejoiced in the Elizabeth who siadd, “T will not.” It seemed to stgnify resurrection of the spirit which had been crushed in jail, I'he nurse was reasonable. She understood my point of view and Jid not make my leaving difficult. I felt grateful to her for not mak- Ing a scene or having words about it. for 1 had not had one good night's sleep since my arrival in MRS. HUCK HELPS TO STRAP A VIOLENT LUNATIC IN BED Winnitred Mason Huck, former | wers expeeting congreasnoman and the first woman | the to preside over the house of repre-|a trained sentatives, got herself sentenceq to oy prison Gulltless of any crime, she sought answers to the questions— Are our,prisons human Can a girl, crushed by her fellc men, regain her place in society This is the twenty-sixth story, written for the Herald me ta of Her miser ha ring yeridor voice | skilled and unpic 1w of owed me as to the head nu 1 . ! constitution or the traming mnst al act rdeals Meckness Leay LA omohow had That m the stamped into place, Mrs. A and Miss B had a way of wandering around at night, Wandering at Night Although I knew the violent ones locked o thelr rooms on the ccond floor, T would waken two and three times In the night, think- ng them as | heard someone Lrush quietly against my door. It is too late to catch a car Into city tonight the nurse ex- ained. "The first one in the morn- starts at b o'clock.” So at quarter to five, with my bag my hand, 1 went as quietly as down the nolslest staire:l I went to the back door, feeling like a line of thunder claps. I opensd it. It sounded like ap automobile crash. I shut it behind me and did net care how it sounded, for I stepped into the street, and into the sweet- est, most invigorating alr 1 ever ia- haled in my life. And with that “Elizaheth Sprague.” TOMORROW: What 1s wrong with our jails,” ! night tiny | By WINNIFRED MASON HUCK nay Former Representative to Congres from Tllinois ‘What's the matter Place?™ T asked gently ritable old woman “Matter! With all the yelling and carrying of Miss B und them giving us nothing to rat! Just lool T don't like that kind coming on Slow Footstep : with of the thi I on trav, lettuce leaves and shaking the of the ealaq into her tray “And dearte, get a glass of water and fix this tray different and me the stool for my feet and | these blankets in around -— rest me vor ible Mrs. A and ghut until | ever the trod n tuck ah. OF T had dreamed she had such a big yell in her system “Tou hurt me! You hurt but ghe could not tell me jnst what hurt or where, 1 finally calmed her down. She confided in me that the doctor and the nurses were so bad to her that the maids just could not stand to e her treated as she was, so they ays left soon affer arriving. All the Dishes Tn the morning. I swept ang dust- | f 4 all the patients' rooms on the end and third floors also. 1T did all the dishes of those who ate in the honse 1 cleaned where he the afte tor strap “mental of her skirts not room and g repared Miss fell into a weeping fit ind burst into a storm ‘And out and daintil - “You never say any- me" — gtill more | Macri Trial Probe Is Behind Closed Doors | New Haven, July 27 (#—Progress {In the investigation of the conduct {of the Olympla Macri ‘rial for the |alleged murder of John Bagnaro ds being made behind closed doors by the epecial commities of the New Haven County Bar association. Phile lip Pond, president of the assvcia- tion said last night that.he was not night Tsat up until the head | cortain when the committee would returned from her evening | make its report, All witnesses called for hearing have been pledged .to secrecy, {t has been learned, When the committee which in. making good. T canicludes six members of ithe assoc'a- sweep and dust the tion and Mr. Pond was named, ths P with the cooking | situation leading up to its creation to the agreement that 1| was widely discussed trom several agent who sent me |angles, Frank N. Platt, Milford, fuve- | Fronzy of T here [ man of the jury which disagrecd by ex-| A< 1 left the raor “I do not mind smoothing down |a vote of 11 to 1 acquittal and At- as T|la fr ruffled and garrulous old ladies. torney Joseph Koletsky, who de Every maid Put T cannof prepare these patients fended Miss Macri, have bsen ege she left,” for bed in the capacity of a nurse. inmmad. B the Wedne bheen s to ha day Youn have breath, I shed vou shake an ny clothes so mare | thing to tar, ing to tears L 1hink of uld pact As 1 tucked began (o tell m of her pupils = her into hed In put [ it the | 1 something niee had e one gald of her one the | time Conld Not she could not Finish the finish for sob- Aoctor's raoms noor old gave on T had to help the ¢ cne of the floor |« 1 cases” down bed She was raging as if possessed with an authentic evil spirit After supper. it became my duty to put some of the patients to bed ) am leaving tonight," T sald to 1 began to wonder at this fe 1 in the wo B | T had gone fo the - work In the Kitchen, to cook and do cleaning about the house. The little slip 1 had carried from th employment agency had said housework." There was no lrace of convict's humility about treatmente, and in | Poor old soul." T sald to myself second upo Alone with and old her memories, and and forlorn. to her | ually Th ta h sanitarmm to iccording i had with the the me Impositions that were beinz put upon me. They na2y of i T T Chesterfield's popularity is securely founded on the bed rock of quality SUCH:-POPULARITY - MUST - Licastr & Myas Tomacsy BE - DESERVED