The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-20
Education Advancing, Mos!
Awakening on and Popular
Government Winning
MANY HEAR BRYAN
IN AUDITORIUM
Has Audience of More Thar
Three Thousand Sidesteps
Suflragist Leaders
Deity

Declaring that the world is grow41
tetter, and has made long strides f0m
ward intellectually, morally and p011G
ieally during thu last seven yeats. a1
that 1t will advance even more ra.3ff
N the future. and urging the aC3
lion in Virginia of the initiative am1
referendum, William Jennings BrvM
delivered his lecture on The Signs
delivered his lecture on THE Signs
the Times" at the City auditorium ~
night before crowd estimated
thirty-five hundred people.
On the stage were Governor MAM1
Mayor Ainslie, most of the State aM1
city officials and several promise
citizens. The auditorium was abCE
three-fourths full and a sprinklinx e.
people occupied the galleries.
! Received With Enthusiasm.
4 On entrance Mr.. Bryan was recelvo35
with enthusiasm. rousing ch04x2
greeted him, suhsiding for a momer
to h. ndclapping and then being r43
newed more vigorously, the cheeFxM6
lasting several minutes. John. GarlAm1
Pollard introduced the speaker IN
, very few words. saying that II wOu1
/ be criminal waste of time and iun41
/. power to introduce Mr.. Bryan to t6[
audience When Mr.. Bryan advanco
! on the platform he was received eyN1
7 more cordially than upon Ills entrAift
After raising his hand fer silencs IT,
times. he ouieted his audience and pre-
lceeded with his lecture, which was I'M
terrupted frequently by applause. Ret
erences to Wilson, Harry Tucker, T0Nl
| Johnson and ether noted men Of tN&8
day. and to Chancellor Lloyd-GeorG4
Of England, were received with cnthMS&
siasn, but the audience received moF4&
cordially than any other his referenc@z
| to his famous Baltimore conventto~
| resolutions 233
After the conclusion of his addre
! Mr.. Bryan was detained for abOtlf 1x
half hour ny the crowd which surg11
around him. and which every lnd1~
| vidual Of which he was compelled t48
shake hands. n
Here he met what he had so faNS
| esca ped-the suffragists. Three leaders,
| Of the movement walked deteI mineNka
up to him and asked him to decln3%1
| himself for equal suffrage SmiiiugtX
but firmly. he declined. Il have tro11
bles enough already" he said. 'plea4
do not increase them at this timA
To insistence he made the same goOe
natured reply, except once when
| said something that was construed II
81 favorable answer, and we've got 6l
promise" calculated one of his inQula
tors delightedly. but smiling snMM
of the head cut her rejoicing short H.
three suffragists left smiling. but NM
satisfied.
Three Divisions.
| Mr.. Bryan divided his subject ~
three parts-inteliectEaI progress, ra&3M
al progress and the growth of pOpn1
| government. The advance In all thu
has been world wide, he declared. T41
4 ing the first he showed the educAttQ1
al advance of China. Japan, sln4<
L. -. 10 Tr%St sxA
| Ninety per cent of the younger g0p4
alton of Japan can read and Wr141
whereas few years ago the vast u
/ jority of the people were iliiteEat4
He told OF the strong desire
education in India. of the growt6
the public school system in RumM
of the characterization OF schools
colleges in South American c0une4
and of the decrease in illiteracY
the States of the American UM14
OF the moral progress Of the W6
he spoke interestingly, giving the MI
Of eminent men of several couut3
and recitiny well established facem5
illustrate his contention.
Coming to his third division,
one upon which he laid tho 1
stress, he told Of the great int6
among people In all walks Of li81
the science Of government and ~
|
eminent and of Its rapid proGx
throughout the world. The nk11
ment of Thomas Jefferson that U6
cally the peoI les of all natioug
divided into two parties. the Axl9
cratic and the democratic, ~
clared, is as true today as them
that it could be added that the -
of democracy is growing and thA44
aristocracy is dying Defining
NJ ha
ocrat believed in elevating the ma64
while the aristocrat believes thmt
islat.on and progress Is for th0n
top, and that IL we will be pM&
and wait awhile, little of thu
perity will seep through to tho
| low. MI
Growth of Democracy.
To prove that democracy II nN
; ing, Mr.. bryan pointed to tM&#
cent rapid movement Of oNoM1
China. which passed from A
archy to q republic almost ovWEM
TO the passage of the land tAxA0
England through the efforts 0k
Geurge, the son of q Welnh
smith; to the abolition OF tl~
over OF the house Of lords,
marked the beginning OF the
hereditary rule IN the wOrldsss
growth Of popular gcvernnm4
, Russia. and to the enactment
gressive legislation In this cdf1
Mr.. Bryan told Of how htnS
tax and direct election OK n&
proposals were received yAaN
and then po!r. ed to the fact tNN
are On the verge Of eein9
now. ty the ccnsent Of all th1
cnerced into acduiescence ~
pie. He explained the wo4
the Initiative and referendusl
IT ing In their AdnUkl0f IN u Y6&7
{ States. and strongly urxtn9 stn
be adopted In Virginia Sa1#
If you do mot bcIi9ve
pie can rule thenselveG
less confidence n the imt431
yirginians than I HAIRS
The nsw point ~ Nt4H