The Washington herald., 1914-02-24
VICTORIES
Theme OF BRYAN
Secretary Addresses Retail
Merchants at Annual
Dinner.
URGES GREATER CAPITAL
Commissioner Harding Thinks Every
thing will Pan Out All Right
for District"
URGES GREATER CAPITAL

victories as wei as war, declared sec
retary OF State Bryan last night at the
third annual dinner OF the Retail Mer-
chants Association at the Shoreham.
Mr.. Bryan entered the banquet hall at
10 o'clock and was given a rousing well
come as he was escorted to the guest
table by Isaac Cans, vice president Of
the association.
II believe We are getting past that
age when man thinks that the only way
to exhibit courage Is on the battlefield"
said Mr.. Bryan. He confessed to be at
a loss how to address retail merchants;
that the question most vital to them
vas price" but for person who had
bought In Washington, that subject had
its drawback.
"You ought not to worry because you
have no vote" he said. because ] know
7,ooc.0 900 people who demonstrated that
they did not know how to use the bal
lot People can be happy under bad
government just as well as they can be
under a good one. know from
my own experience that ! was happy un-
der a Republican government. and there
are people today who are miserable.
Appeals for Capital.
"washington Is the Mecca for the citi-
zens OF the United States as well as
foreigners. and you should make this the
model city, not only for the United states.
but for the world. The whole world Is
copying from this country. You have
chance right here in the National Capital
to display your love OF country. Make
the city Of Washington the pride and
boast Of your nation
Mr. Bryan left shortly after making his
address
Engoneer Commissioner Harding said
he was surprised to see how the people
of Washington were so anxious to get
rid OF the snow" considering the fact
that this was the first snow that he had
seen years years. "One Of the things
that Washington wants is more lights,
said Col Harding, "and through the
benehcence Of Congress We are able to
promise you more lights Of the same
kind we have been installing.
"I think IL would be better for WASH
ington. however. IL we had more light IN
another subject. I don't believe in worry
ing about anything that hasn't happened.
/ am an optimist and believe that every
thing Is going to pan out all right for the
District
Approves the George Bill.
II fail to see anything in the George
bill whatsoever that is not right. l have
given the hill very careful study and see
nothing of an immediate change. An
army man generally lives on the taxes
of other people and as l am not a tax
payer. / think I can take a fair and i'm
partial view
Frank Jewell Raymond. Of East Orange,
y. J., and Robert J. TraceweIl. former
Comptroller Of the Treasury. were the
other speakers.
A booklet repIete with all the popular
songs and parodies was furnished each
participant. and Dam. Dam. Dam the Old
Potomac" sprsrg into immediate popular
ity. when It's Apple Toddy Time in
Washington" also proved a fsvorite.
Those present includes NJ. Adler. r. p.
Andrews. +. p. AvaIear. DIR. C. 4. Baker.
I. Behrend. Joseph Berberich. Robert
Berberich. Emil Berliner, J. NJ. Bird. T.
ID. Blackstone, 3. NJ. Bridget. Hon.
William J. Bryan. Hon. J. c. Buchanan.
ID. J. Callahan. c. J. Columbus. J. II.
Neale. E II. Droop, William NJ. Dove
J. II. Duehring. John Dolph
G. Erlebacher. NJ. Eisemann, T. H.
Etz. o. r. Evans, William John Eynon,
w. Eisemann.
A. L. Fax. T. F. Finnan. Richard
Foulkes, Henry Franc. jr.. Jerome Franc.
Sidney Franc. W. B. Freese, Charles
Fuchs.
Isaac Cans. Hon. II. y. Garner. E. C.
Graham, l. Grosner. +. c. Grunman.
Thomas Grant. W. F. GUIDE.
Morris Hahn, Col. c. 4. Harding, p. J.
Haltigan, Names Hamburger. r. n. Har-
per. George Z. Hebbard. Herald, J.
Phillip Hermann, E. G. Hines. ]. w.
Hunt
Joseph jacob. Ralph ". Lee. N. 4.
Leese. II. II. Levy. Daniel Levy. Louis
Levy. J. W. Lucas. A. b. Linsenmsyer.
Louis Lowe. c. L. Lenz.
p. T. Moran. W. W. Mansfield, William
Marche. Leroy Mark, George Markward.
F. W. Mckenzie, A. McSween.
G. Nordlinger. II. J. odenthall, II. T.
offterdinger. T. T. Ofrterdinger, James
F. Oyster.
S. 1. Phillips. d. S. Porter. Post, Rob-
ert Pluym, A. Prince.
William Ramsay. F. J. Raymond. Max
Rich. w. B. Rock, f. C. Rogers, r. Z.
Rogers. d. NJ. Rosenberg, Jesse Rosen-
field. Hon. c. H. Rudolph, N. Frank
Rupert.
David Sanger. L. B. Schloss. Charles
Schwartz, Samuel T. Schwartz. Bailey
Shumate. A. Sigmund. Z. II. Silver, E.
II. Snyder. Star. NJ. Stein. Joseph Stras-
burger, s. W. Straus, Mai. Richard Syl-
vester.
Frank E Miller. Times, r. ]. Trace
well, South Trimble. George Topham. c.
C. Van Allen, L. r. Valentine
W. II. Warner. A. T. Walker, Sidney
West, F. P. Wilcox. Alex Wolf, S. w.
woodward, G. Worthington.
William II. Yerkes, jr., Edward w.