The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-28

the teachers association IN lnlToQuc-
ing Mr.. Bryan said: Il simply wish
to announce that Mr.. Bryan is pres,
he hesitated an instant and added.
.f-dent." and he corrected himself
present He had to shout the
Il word present to be heard for the
instant he said president in the even
hating way, everyone IN the audience
seemed to be applauding as vigorously
as possible and not few OF them
were cheering. This outburst caused
a smile of many dimensions to wreath
Mr.. Bryan's face ana n La e. ms mn
4 tire lecture which was of more than
! two hours duration.
! During the course OF his lecture Mr.
! BRYAN paid a fine tribute to President
4 Roosevelt Speaking of Mr. Roose-
! velt's mediation which resulted IN
bringing to a close the war between
/ Russia and Japan he said
THAT act of our president has done
more for our country in the eyes OF
the world as giving US prestige than
all the battleships we possess. Al
/ the peacemaker and every one of US
! should be glad of that act of great
ness of goodness and benevolence-
Mr. Bryan's lecture was enllvened
l Nv him with droll accounts Of some of
his experiences in the courts OF en-
perors kings and queens, and his Wit
took rather pungent turn Mnen ne
was telling of his interview with Mich
clas, the much molested czar OF
A1th5uga a democrat Of democrats,
Mr.. Bryan admitted that ne had Cd
served the customs OF the foreign
countries and their courts when neces-
sary even to the extent OF donnlng
sWallOwtail suit at O'CLOCK n tne
morning when it was necessary so that
he could meet rulers of various coun-
tries He did not find it necessary to
wear knee breeches. and said that he
could not had it been necessary Tor ne
had left them at home
He told Of some of the rather unsat-
isfactory interviews he had with some
orient and said that he could look pax
to his Interview with the car of ttis-
STA with a great deal of pleasure.
The czar Of Russia was most ap-
nroacha BILE said Mr.. Bryan And II
there is anyone in this world, who
knows an anarchist, and there was |
rather personal tone in Mr. Bryans |
voice when he said this, sit Is the ear
Of Russia And when they let me In the
room with him alone" he added, II
felt that my reputation was establish
Mr.. Bryan said that he was glad Of
the fact that the only king he saw
crowned, while on his journey. was the
king Of Norway. who had been chosen
nv the people of that country. As a |
comment he added that all people have
a right to have the kind Of government
they want. He attended. s'court, II TINS
rather democratic Kingdom and found /
the king and queen sitting on pedestals /
Or platforms with a rope in front Of
them He said he watched how those
ahead of him behaved and that he fol-
lowed their antics. although he could |
not swear whether he bowed to the roy
al pair or not. although his wife said
he did
II never felt more like fool in my
life'' he said land If that is what /
they call court thank God there Is
70 such thing in this country. Here we
select our servants from amongst rs.
and while they are where we place
them we communicate with them as we
communicate with anyone else and
when we get tired of. them we take
them down. aoA-c1. =
In the beginning of his talk Mr.. Bryan
said: ''It speaks we'll for this great state
that this is the forty-fourth annual
er so early in its history formed this
organiza ton and that it has been so
successfully maintained.
He said that he and his wife md
some of their children had undertaken
this trip around the world as a matter
of education and that the journey had
been far more instructive than they had
anticipated.
But our conclusions are that our own
country furnishes the best of every
thing. To see the majestic part Of ma
ture, one need not travel away from
America. No country presents a col
lection of the great things of nature as
this country does. There is nothing 10
compare with the. YellOWstore the
After one had visited Constantinople
and appreciated its position on the
Bosphorous: Mr. Bryan said that he
would not be surprised that about the
whole world had fought for it. II was
the natural capital, he said. of an enor-
nous country and he added:
"AI the nations are willing that the
sultan should keep it because they
cannot decide amongst themselves
which one of them should have it
Mr. Bryan painted some magnificent
word pictures of of the sights seen
on his trip and especially of the Sea OF
Ganlee and its surrounding hills from
where was delivered according to tradt-
ton the sermon from the mount He
said that of the $4,000 tourists who Sis-
tied Egypt each year only 1000 of them
visited Jerusalem and a thousand OF
this latter number went TO the historic
Galilee. He told of ancient ruins in
Java and in Syria. some of them most
marvellous for their construction, par
tlcularly one in Syria little ways
away from Damascus at place called
Balbee. where an ancient temple, more
than 1900 years old. had stones at It's
base which measured 30 feet long by
10 feet square; others "a feet long by II
feet square, and one u feet long by 10
feet square which had not been removed
from the quarry where 1t had been
cut. It was the marvel of engine ers
of the present day. he said. how these
enormous stones had been placed in
position those thousand years ago. This
particular temple was dedicated to the
worship of Jupiter and the sun. lie
told of temples in Japan which we're
l 200 years cid: the temple of Heaven
in China. and a ruined temple in Irdia
which was 2400 years old: and also Ct
the famous mcsaics in St. Peters al
Rome. which actually looked like PAINT
ings from a brush
Toward the close of his lecture Mr.
Bryan declared that the position of the
women OF the old world was nothing as
compared with the position they occupy
in this country and he said that in no
respect had civilization helped these
countries more than in regard to the cleo
walton Of their women. He told of the