Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-06-18
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Mr.. Bryan seems to be forcing him
self into the lime light of notoriety,
In fact when we stop to think of it,
that has been MI. Bryan's chief oc-
cupation for the past decade or two.
IL was William Jennings Bryan who
rose on the political horizon a good
many years ago as the great Ameri-
can Benefactor who had discovered
the panacea for all the political, indus
trial and social ills that troubled the
American body polite in "Free Sill
ver".
Mr.. Bryan doomed large in those
days-and loud; he has been looming
large and loud most of the time ever
since. He has kept himself in the
public eye, when not running for
president, by the e of Chautau-
quas and "The Commoner," though
IT must be confessed that Mr.. Bryan
Is the most m commoner that
has ever been staged in the theatre
Of American Politics. But these me-
thods grow old and worn wit hmuch
use and Mr.. Bryan is not static in his
methods; he is one Of the mos up-to-
the-minute advertisers-of himself
that this glorious Republic has ever
produced and he doesn't depend upon
publicity agents to do the business
either. The tide turned at the Balti-
more Democratic Convention where
Mr. Bryan gave a truly marvellous
exhibition of magnificent g~eneralship
and later received the logical rewards
for his splendid service, the portfolio
Of Secretary of State in President
wilson's cabinet. There were not
wanting people who said openly that
Mr.. Bryan's occupation was changed;
instead of running for president he
would, they said, henceforth run the
president. Mr.. Wilson was a scholas-
tic, a theorist, not at all acquainted
with the practical affairs of political
or concrete conditions that must be
handled in a practical manner. In
deed it was considered very happy
state of affairs that so great or INTEL
lect as that of Mr.. Wilson might be
harnessed to the practical affairs of
state by so keen and altogether ex-
pert man of affairs as Mr.. Bryan. Mr..
Bryan would be the real man of the
White House, Mr.. Wilson would be
h official SHOW piece or crown bear
err. But Mr.. Wilson has been a disap-
pointment, from the Bryanistic point
of view; he, Woodrow Wilson the duly
elected president of these United
States has been the President in fact
and that fact has been as clear as
sunlight TO the American public and
the world at large as well. Mr.. Bry-
an has been crowded out of the spot
light and neither chautauquas or grape
juice have been powerful enough to
prevent this dire calamity-to Mr..
Bryan.
But Mr.. Bryan is resourceful, of
course he doesn't disagree with Mr..
Wilson but at the same time he
doesn't agree with him; the presi-
dents purpose is identical with MI.
Bryan's only Mr.. Bryan would ex-
press it in a different way; therefore
Mr.. Bryan feels compelled to resign
his portfolio as Secretary of the
State just at a time when the presi-
dent should have the loyal and heart
lest support of every American citi-
zen and especially of every member
of the cabinet; when the American
people should present to the world a
hnited front as determined to pre-
serve their neutrality and at the same
time maintain their national honor
Mr. Bryan chooses this time to pub
lish the fact that he does not agree
with the president and to insinuate
that there Is a division in the opinion
and sentiment of the American peo-
pie.
Why7 Well. to very many Ameri-
can citizens it appears that about the
only reason lies in Mr.. Bryan's desire
to stand in a spot light all his own,
he would be the center, the great it.
Mr.. Wilson has the loyal support of
every thoughtful citizen in his notes
TO the Imperial Government at Ber-
lin, regardless of political affiliations.
He has won the confidence and esteem
of those who have hitherto opposed
him, he has shown a mind capable of
analyzing a complicated situation and
Of sound Judgment; also an executive
ability that places him in the ranks
Of the greatest statesmen in the
worlds history. AS for Mr.. Bryan?
Well, we are just wondering what his
next funny "stunt" will be.