The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-10-05
.BRYAN'S TRIBUTE TO
CHARLES D. McIVER.
Mr.. Bryan Spoke at Greensboro, N.
O., of the Life of the Distinguish
ed Educator Whose Death
Occurred on tho Special
Train.

take part ~ your campaign. ! came
here hcr?uSr ! frlt that | owed to
your pcrplr DEBT Of 9ratit,'uc 50
large thatI was under obligation to
respond to any demand that YOU might
make upon me. am clad 10 look into
your faces tonight. appreciate The
courtesy extended t" mo by your Gov
rrnnr. your United States Senators.
your Senator's. your Congressman,
your publis officials. our member of
the National Committee, your rccep-
y tion committee. and the people who
have in The various towns come out to-
day to listen. | appreciate the kind
words that have been spnkcn by your
chairman. although cannot admit
that hrSrrvc all the rood things
that he h@s said. The only Sntisfac-
iinn tl,',t | find IN the kindly Scnti-
mcnt [. It takes what ! have tried
10 do as an accomplished fact. and
measures me not by results. but by
what | have iutrndrd--l say the sat
iSfariinu that | find that its kindly
sentiment will hr with m" in the fu-
turr and not require more than | am
able To do. would despair if thought
II necessary I" live up I" the very high
ideal that 60, Il friends have formed
for me. can simply do my best. and
then throw myself upon your tender
mrrrirs.
But, my f. irrdS. something has oc-
currr'l since my arrival in this state
that makes it impossible for me to
gratity the expectations that brought
YOU 10 this hail, many OF YOU from
distant homes: and yet my excuse is
one that must appeal to every one of
YOU. There WIS 'nr in this r"mmun-
ity al whose invitation visited your
city twelve years AGO. This WAS ono
rr ihr first states uf the South with
which became acquainted and it wns
through an invitation from DR.. thas.
Mrlvcr llla, | came here. have never
genre (" North Carolina with nnt 500
IN: him. lie has. always greeted me-
with Il smile. and when found that
l,r had travelled all the way from
North Carolina t" add his greeting to
the greetings extended by other
friends. and when arrived this morn
ing he WAS one Of the first to meet me
and we enjoyed communion together
emtil on our return. without a mom-
"nt 5 notice he was summoned to the
w"rld beyond. and the latter part Of
ia, all tInt
waE mortal Of this friend.
d. not expect me to make polit-
zeal speech tonight. My mind will not
work along political lines. 1t requires
all my blood to supply my heart.
There is none lct, to make my brain
active. All that | can say to YOU to-
MIGHT is to draw some lessons from a
life that impressed me aS i; must have
impressed y"n. and if any here wish
to hear me on political subjects, will
.,"nmr again and talk to YOU when I
rnr mect your expectations. could
no, Il" ii tonight if you demanded it
Of me.
They is S"mclhin" solemn in stand
in" in the presence of death. do not
know that | have ever been brought
nearer /" This mystery than | have
been brought today. To see nnc in the
full enjoyment Of life. lo see one en-
irrinw with enthusiasm into all Of the
exercises Of the day. and then in n
moment find that the vital spark had
disappeared, and that he was cold in
death. is an experience that is rare for
me, and il is rare for most Of us. But
| am sure this subject has come 50
near to each one OF You IN the death
Of father or mother. wife or daughter
brother or sister or friend, that there
is not one here who will go away and
crit else me for surrrcndering to my
feelings, my personal feelings Of
friendship rather than presenting to
you political address.
have travelled some, and | have
come back to America with greater
pride in my geometry than ever had
bcforc.' There is no country on earth
like ours. thought it before | left
home; I know it now. Go where you
will, in every hemisphere, on any con-
tlnent, among any people, and You will
not find a people like the people of
the United States. They have all of
the qualities that make a nation great
. and they have them to degree that
you do not find in any other land, and
The thing that impressed me most was