Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-07-17
THE OCCASION OF Col. BRYANS|
VISIT AND NOTABLE CHAUTAUQUA LECTURES |

A. which now had millions of mem
bers and was increasing with start
ling rapidity In this connection he
took occasion to give some figures
and a comparison which was clear to
all.
He compared the amount spent an
nualIy by the Y. NJ G. Al. for the NOR
al benefit Of the people and especially
of the young men, to that spent in a
great national campaign. The amount
spent by the Y NJ G. A. organization
is now double that spent during the
last national campaign by the three
parties which had candidates up for
election and that the work of the "
M. G. A. went on every year while ma
tionaI campaigns came but once in
four years. and in consequence the
former spent eight times as much as
the latter or eight to one and that
while the campaign expenditures could
rot be expected to increase, the M
G A was greatly increasing its work
and that soon it would be at the pro-
portion of Sixteen to one" The re-
ference to sixteen to one," the Bryan
slogan of seventeen years ago brought
forth both applause and laughter from
the audience.
Then came the third division, that Of
Science of Government Col. Bryan
remarked on the astonishing progress
which has been made during the past
ten years toward popular government
He showed how the Chinese who had
been looked upon for ages as be-
nighted people, had made plunge to-
nd rod o.
public instead of monarchy. How
Russia had secured its Duma. how
Turkey had secured a constitution
ard how Persia had secured legis-
lature. The speaker showed how the
policy of conservation had become
popular and that the United States
was exerting itself to conserve its
great natural resources. How here in.
| the United State after repeated at
tempts a constitutional amendment
had been enacted and ratified and he
himself as secretary of state had sign
ed3and sealed the document making it
law that shenceforth the senators of
the United States should be elected by
the popular vote of the people instead
of by legislatures. He spoke of the
conservation of the womanhood
and manhood of the country as
being fostered and paid a glow
ing tribute to the American ma
ton as the torch bearer of civilization,
freedom, morality and progress and
emphasized the great responsibility
resting upon the citizens Of the ma
ttion. Col. Bryan ended the lecture
with saying that everywhere the "signs
of the times, pointed to progress, en-
lIghtenment and the general uplifting
OF the peoples of the world.
The Making Of aMan.
The afternoon lecture which bore
| the above title was fully as well at
tended as that in the morning and
many out of town people who had ar.
rived by train from points on the rail-
road augmented the crowd.
Col. Bryan was introduced by Rev.
nr. j. J Hall, of Atlanta, who paid
the distinguished lecturer some elabo-
rate compliments. The subject chosen
by Col Bryan was one which he said
was particularly applicable on such an
occasion and was well fitted for the
/ Chautauqua platform. He then gave
brief history of the ChautauQua, it's
Iorjgin nd progress and said that he
! -
mediums of getting close to the peo-
pie and especially the intellectual
! masses. as an educator he thought it
one of the best and said that COM
j munity was often judged by the desire
of its people for literary knowledge
| q sradiated by chautauQua assemblys.
Before delving into his subject the
! lecturer dwelt for a while on the
tho
/ title of another of his lectures. IN
this connection he took occasion to
! mention the fact that all Of the great
nations of the earth had accepted in
principle the proposition of universal
peace as proposed to them by him on
behalf of the United States and that ne
tconfdent1y believed that it would soon
be accepted In detail as well as in prin-
ciple by twenty i've or thirty nations
and that the United States would be
bound by peace treaties with these
nations SO that it would be praetieally
impossible for war to occur between
the United States and them.
In the making of q man Colonel
Bryan elaborated at some length on
the training of the body, the mind
and the heart of the boy and 1lle1 his
taruguments with illustrations both
pertinent and convincing. He told OF
the mysteries of life. love and patriot
lism and launched forth powerful talk
on the Bible and its divine origin and
pleaded for its acceptance by all as
the word CT God and the living tTusa.
His perorations were all heartily ar-
plauded by the vast audinece which
gave the speaker almost breathIess at
tention
While here Col. Bryan expressed
great pleasure at meeting the hrn-.
dreds of HendersonVilIe people who