The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-10
BRYAN Is WILDLY
CHEERED BY 5000
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from the pulpit II they used proper
amount of moral courage
'I believe the ministry is Lax in preach
ing against evils" said Col Bryan he
added that many parsons would rather
keep silent on a certain subject than to
run the risk of losing their pulpits by
speaking forth bravefy.
A discourse on money-the way II is
collected and spent-took up the greater
part of the talk
when the soul is commerctalized and
men sell it for money. the downward
step that leads to degradation and dam
nation has been taken" he said. Most
temptations come to men through a love
of money The Bible says the root OF
all evils comes from that passionate love
of gain which faStens tentacleS In the
very heart of so many
Solution of Money.
ct believe the only solution is to never
collect more money than you have right
fully earned A man has no right to
take from society that for which he has
given no equivalent"
Col Bryan. in designating just how
much money man could earn. said he
believed there was no limit. Five hun
dred million dollars was the limit To
which his words reached He felt con-
fident, he said, that Thomas Jefferson
and Abraham Lincoln each earned that
sum, although they never had collected
He further said that any great inventor
or scholar who had done the world
vast good would be entitled to the same
sum
On the other hand, he condemned BIT
teriy those who gambled in the stock
markets and arnassed great fortunes
taken from the blood of the people"
His voice rose and fell in perfect ca
dence. His audience listened almost
breathlesS At times he chose to work
on their feelings with recitals OF the
pathetic he caused laughter with wit
ticisms that fairly sparkled, and, again,
he hurled condemnatons of all sorts and
descriptions No business or class of
men were spared. The lawyer who bar
tiers his soul for gain and furnishes
legal outlet for crooks and criminals to
escape the reward for their deeds against
society was hauled over the Goals. The
journalist and the doctor, the politician
and the Merchant were not spared
Branded as Assaxsfns.
There are owners of newspapers who
stand like assassins in the dark and give
to their readers false statements OF
facts he said Some papers are owned
by the trusts, and the editorials are but
chIoroform for the readers while their
pockets are being robbed I would Ike
to see a law requiring the owner of all
newspapers to sign his name at the top
in bold type" Col Bryan added
The rich millionaire who, in andcipa-
ton of death. doles out sums for charity
came in for roast" Young men who
wait for fortunes to come their way
and who idle in fashionable leisure
should have the bane OF disgrace thrown
about them"
Gamblers Of the boards of trade and
the chambers of commerce, which, Mr..
Bryan said. was the most infamous kind
of all. received a whole-hearted opinion.
The opinion was harsh, very harsh. and
tingied with wrath 1T is not the little
alley gambling den that causes the most
heartaches,'' he said, but the big, in
fluential men who rob the widow and
the orphan that viii be punished IN the
nethernost realms OF perdition-''
As for politics, Col Bryan touched
but lightly. He said that if either of the
great parties would use honest business
methods in the elections, the country
would never suffer. He strongly Endorsed
said that while fifteen years ago pri-
vate corporations and citizens gave
openly to such funds to-day. it was
crime, and on the statutes as such.
Confidence I'm Party.
7 have confidence in the Democratic
party he said Then a ripple went
over the audience that swerled into
roar OF laughter as Mr.. Bryan said he
other times
Hundreds of persons were turned away
from the doors of the hall The entire
seating capacity of the spacious hall was
taxed
Col Bryan spoke briefly at the How
ard Theater earlier in the afternoon be-
fore the colored branch of the Y. NJ c. A.
A short musical programme was given.
followed by prayer. He told the colored
men that the object of the organization
was to give the world the best sort of
men. morally, physically, and mentally.
This, he said, the association was doing
every day.
By reason Of the fact that he made
three speeches in Washington yesterday
afternoon and one AT the University of
Virginia in the morning. the colonel
was introduced as a machine
L am IOt d Hl1cnIue- he FeIOfIeO-
although have been 'bucking' one for
some time
Clamor for Admission.
Col. Bryan spoke again last night at
First Presbyterian Church on 1.-The facts
of Christ" when he was forced. on &C
count of the size of the crowd that
clamored for admission, TO make a brief
address to an overflow audience previous
to his address of the evening.
1t took about six policemen to handle
the crowd that tried in vain to gain
admission by rear doors, and in many
instances attempted to lower windows
in order that they might hear Col
Bryan's voice
He made a strong appeal for brother
hood, bringing out in forceful manner
the tendency of Christianity toward
awakening the world to the realization
of universal peace. He also took occa-
sion to make yelled prophecy Of the
political status of the country in several
references from Dumas and Tolstoi con-
corning the future era of understanding
between mankind.
This present conception of Christ's
power he said. lis the revolutionary
force in the world to-day, and has
brought us to the highest civilization the
world has ever known. There Is more
brotherhood in the world to-day than
ever before, which has been the real
cause of the peace movement We find
going throughout the world and is the
application of His teachings-peace to all
mankind / would not worship God if !
had to shed blood as q creed Of my reli-
gion."