The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-23


important as friends have imagined
! It is in politics as it is in the army
the generals get the glory while the
enlisted men die in the trenches. And
I have been in position where I could
get the benefit of the praise, while
those who have labored as earnestly
as I have and with greater sacrifice,
and who have often been required to
exhibit more moral age-these
have not been known; these have not
had their share of the praise, and l
have been unloading and trying to
give them their share. One man can
not do much in this country; it takes
a great many"
Mr.. Bryan told of a visit by him last
winter year ago to a city in South
America, on the western slope of the
Andes. "It is about 1000 feet above
the sea-" he said, "and the rain fall
amounts to but two inches a year. The
air is so dry that Harvard University
has put an observatory there from
which to look at the stars. They have
a great camera for photographing the
stars, and one night they turned this
camera upon star, and when they
examined the plate they found it was
not a star, but it was four thousand
stars.
'*And so, if you could take a. photo
graph of what they used to call Bry-
anism, in derision, and now what they
they call Organism, and do not make
fun of so much, you will find that it
does not represent what did, or what
any one person did; it would repre-
sent the work of about six millions and
half of people in this country. And
all of US have reason to rejoice. There
is glory enough in the achievements of
our party today to divide, and enough
for all. For, while the Republican
party has been in Office, the Demo-
cratic party has been in power for
the last fifteen years. While they
have drawn the salaries, the Demo-
Gratis have moulded opinion, and led
the way. And I glory in a party that
has been willing to go down to de-
feat rather than surrender its princi-
Piles, and I rejoice in the vindication
that has brought to that party the gra-
tifcation of seeing the righteous caus-
es for which it stands force themselves
upon a reluctant majority and make
them accept them as the viii of the
people.
81 have spoken thus on these politi-
cal questions because I appreciate
very much the loyalty that these
Southern States have shoWn-loyalty
to these ideals, loyalty to these rc-
forms. And, while I appreciate the
personal support they have given me,
I appreciate even more the support
tl.at they have given to the things in
which I have been interested, for
these things are far more important
than any individual can be-
s'The Prince of Peace"
Mr.. Bryan then entered upon his
theme, "The Prince of Peace" one of
the most scholarly, logical, forceful
and eloquent presentations ever made.
of the greatest subject in the world. It
would be impossible to give an ade-
quite synopsis of the magnificent ad~
dress.
It~might be well in this connection
to give the following paragraph from
Mr.. Bryan's lecture, which brought
forth spontaneous applause from his
Newberry audience, and which is pc
culiarly applicable to present-day con-
ditions:
Gall the world is in search of peace;
every heart that ever beat has sought
for peace, and many have been the
methods employed to secure it. Some
have thought to purchase it with rich
es and have 7abored to secure wealth,
hoping to find peace when they were
able to go where they pleased and buy
what they liked. Of those who have
endeavored to purchase peace with
money, the large majority have failed
to secure the money. But what has
been the experience of those who
have been eminently successful in
finance? They all tell the same story,
viz, that they spent the first half Of
their lives trying to get money from
others and the. last half trying to keep
others from getting their money, and
that they found peace in neither half
Some have even reached the point