Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-12

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
In several editorials the Evening
Star and many other newspapers
retary Bryan.
We keenly regret these intemperat'
attacks on q man who had the con
viction and moral courage to re-
| linquish high office for principle anc
| the promptings of conscience.
He dared to face the relentless at
| tacks of the batteries of our united
pro- British press.
He Is painted dreamer, a vision.
ary, an incompetent, a well-meanine
fool, with an impossible peace propo.
ganda. By implication he is made tc
| appear as a semi-traitor to his oWr
country.
1t is an everyday occurrence to see
| this man cartooned in the most in
sulting, yes, degrading manner. II
is iterated and reiterated that he
lacks backbone and manly courage
and that peace with dishonor Is his
conception of national requirement.
If these statements we're true II
naturally follows that Mr.. Bryan
could be considered worthless man
and a detriment to his country.
AS such 1t would be q national gain
yes, a fortunate incident to see him
out of high office by the simple
voluntary act of his own choosing.
The press should elate and joyous
| ly celebrate his going.
But, do they view 1t in this light
No, they contradict themselves! They
confute themselves and thereby I'M
willingly confess the real worth of
this man, who refused to be a rub
| L.. -kA L.. Aq.sv
ernment in a great national crisisi
They bitterly criticize his leaving,
yet no one has ever had regrets at
| the loss of an incompetent. What
say your The positive deduction
taken out of the mouths of his enc
mies--is that Mr.. Bryan is and al
ways was a national figure. a big
man in every sense of the word, 8
man to be reckoned with, a man who
looms bigger as a plain citizen an6
who does not require the tinsel anc
regalia of Office to play a leading
part In the affairs of our nation
His enemies by their mouthings
and rawlings show just how indis-
pensable this man was in his former
office. This is his vindication!
What crime has this man COM
mitted that he should be subject to
All the Same.
The consoling thought comes to me
that all of Americas great men
Washington, Lincoln, Cleveland and
other worthy patriots-have faced
the same shameless, unjust treatment
at the hands of this, our press. You
have witnessed how Mckinley died at
the hands of an assassin, goaded to
| his foul deed by certain member OF
the yellow press.
| You and / more recently have wit
messed the murderous attack on
| Theodore Roosevelt, which was a
direct outcome of the limitless abuse
| by this same press.
Its record of infamy is a long one
| When Bryan states publicly 1.-THE
press shall not assassinats me,
there is more than a f1gurativt
meaning in these words. There is tc
us who know history deep, siniste
meaning in his bitter accusation ant
| just resentment
4, 1t is not to Americas credit ant
glory to howl down and villify those
who hear the still, small voice o.
conscience and openly dare to stanC
for the blessings of peace and thu
true welfare of all humanity a
they see it. They have the courag
to come out for truth, justice ant
peace, and are, with Mr.. Bryan, pre-
pared to accept full consequences o
their act. We cannot believe 1t pos
sible here in our land that such scene
be enacted as Italy has seen when,t t.
her shame, ex-Premier Glollitti wa
greeted with the cry, Death to Giol
litti!' for daring to counsel Italy t
remain neutral and true to he
plighted word of honor.
At the hands of the America
people Mr.. Bryan with his peac
propaganda has found other treat
ment, and we'll may America be prou
of it's stand.
In Madison Square Garden fe'
days ago 1900 citizens roared thei
approval of his principles and uphel
his action.
One hundred thousand of our peopl
: packed the streets of New York froi
Twenty street to Twenty
third street. Nineteen speakers &C
dressed this most gigantic assembl
| that has been called the creates
meeting In American history.
The people are with Bryan in h
moral stand for peace with homo
This is not a political question, M
.. . are we backing the man in any polit
cal sense.
e If the American people were a un
y behind President Wilson's policy
!, firmness or the spirit of ''all or notl
ing by way of positive demand {