The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-10
Mr.. BRYAN THEME
PRICE Of A SOUL
VETERINARIANS LECTURE rEATtRE
OF STATE CONVENTION OF
4. NJ. G. A.
CT o SEES ITS WORK
G. II. RICHARDSON, oF RICHMOND,
MADE MEMBER -oF STATE Ex-
FCUTIyE CoMMITTEE--To
PROCURE SECRETARY.

CHARLOTTESVILLE AjrE To-
The Pea g Of Soul WAS the theme
Sunday OF Nj. William j. Bryan's lee
ture, which vas the feature of thu
thirty seconI State convention OF the
Virginia Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation.
MI Bryan arrived from Washington
III lis O'cl9@A Sunday morning Ssd
became The guest 81 President Alder
man. who introduced him to the audi
enee Of ran. which filed the hall
from git 10 s. ilery. fJr. Alderman
said that for t8sc last fifteen years the
country has TEEN passing through the
eieAreSt morai crisis in all It's his
tory, ard that during that crisis no
man has persisted In a more consist
ent moral course than William Jen-
n.ngs Bryan.
In hts address which consumed
nearly two hours. Mr.. Bryan covered
a great many moral issues involved
in American life, especially in polIti-
caI and business endeavors. How
much money. he inquired, can man
stghtfaliy 'lecl in society? And he
suggested that probably a visit TO the
penitentiary would throw light and
emphasis upon the word rightfully.
His own answer to the question waE
that a man should not collect more
than he honesti.f earns. Beyond that
he is stealing. How much money can
he honestly cam? Not more than his
service is worth to society. He held
that a man Ctr inherit money with
cut ofrense when the money was hon
estIy earned by him who transmitted
1t. Every right-minded man expects
TO pay back to society what he has
received from II, and this includes
what he inherits.
Disgrace In Money Not Earned.
The STAMP OF Disgrace must be
placed upon the idler who uses what
he does not earn as sternly as upon
the man woh steals. How much can
TO man who steals. How much can
lifetime. surprising his working years
To be q little more than q years Ii
100000 200 much Mr. Bryan
thought not, because it would require
only little more than $4,000 a year
Of income to make this total In 3S
years. He even believed that $4,000
600 in 80 year. was possible, as only
a little more than $4,000 was neces-
sary in a yea. He surprised his aud
fence more and more by gradually
raising the amount that man might
honestly earn. until 1t amounted to 81
much as $500, 600. 0eo In "a lifetime,
He said that man had the right
TO collect as much as his services were
worth to society. Those of Thomas
Jefferson were * large that II he had
collected this III eat sum he would not
have been overpaid. and the same. he
said, was true OF Abraham Lincoln. He
had thus been non partisan. since he
had named a Democrat and a Repup'
licAn. but he did not feel called upon
to look for a Republican to match
every Democrat he could name. Net
Their jefferson nor Lincoln had desired
to collect anything Ike what they had
earned.
Saturday Nights Session.
Saturday night IN prefacing his ad
dress on Christian Citizenship be
fore the State convention of Virginia
Y. NJ. G.. A.. delivered before an en-
thus!astic audience in the Presbyte
rian church. Congressman Richmont
p. Eobson said that the Y NJ. c. A
had fairly earned It's fame in th'
great work II had accomplished TO
the upift OF mankind. lie expressed
vratircatlon at the progress OF tn
association work In Virginia and othe
Southern States. The solution of tn
gre.a. dangers Of tsss -.gsgaastEi&. age
upon which we are now barely enter
ing. must, he said. he through tn
typo Of training which has Away
come from the South. when the soutl
waa AT its best, in the work done a
the University Of Virginia and othe
similar institutions, and by the y
Nj c. AS Of the South.
President Alderman, of the jnivef
sity If Virginia, in presenting MI
fiobson. said that he was a yeunl
American publicist and scholar. win
ny the patriotism of his deeds AM
the steadfastness of his life had VOL
for himself a firm regard.
business Session.
Al the business session of the con
vent'on held Saturday night in III
Presbyterian church the following
were elected mem bers OF the Stat
committee In place OF those who's
terms have expired; c. Il. Caldwell
OF Stanton: DIR. Charles w. Kent o
the University OF Virginia. g. Il
Richardson Of Richmond: +. l.
Croker, OF Portsmouth; Or. r. r
Mathews, Of Richmond: Simon Sew
ard. Of Petersburg. j. Taylor Ely
son, OF Richmond; ]. Calvin Moss. o