Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-08-06

under the National Defense league
program. would build macadam roads
every - miles apart, north, south,
east and west, throughout the United
States" he said.
OF the wars outcome, Mr.. Bryan
said humiliation of any one nation
was not possible-the fighters would
tire of bloodshed long before that
stage. The continued physical domi-
nation of any one nation is also i'm
possible, and history, he said, is full
Of accounts of the fall of nations that
aspireG to dominancy.
"The world needs no despot on land
or sea-" Bryan Numbered. THE
world is not waiting for 4 tyrant, but
the world is longing for a spirit of
brotherhood and cooperation to make
the nations stand together and work
out their destinies.'
Importance as Leading Neutral.
AS greatest of all objections to
war, the speaker said: 1--WE cannot
enter the war without surrendering
our position as the leading neutral
nation or the world. We're the diplo-
matte clearing house of the world and
the closest akin to all the belligerent
nations. The opportunity that is
coming to us is such as has never
come to any other nation, and what
tragedy it would be if, when the call
comes, our nation has forfeited its
right to act because it had entered
into a war with nation that does not
desire war with u.s."
Monday Busy Day.
Monday was a very busy day for
the former secretary of state. In the
morning, in Tacoma, the Democrats
of that city and Pierce county gave
an informal reception in honor of
himself and Mrs. Bryan; at noon he
returned to Seattle where about 200
King county Democrats gave lunch
con in his honor. Then he addressed
a meeting in the Hippodrome at 3
O'Clock under the auspices of the
King county Democratic committee,
spoke at the Commercial club at Z
O'Clock, and Monday night gave his
scheduled lecture, fundamentals"
before a big audience in the First
Presbyterian church.
That the president could obtain a
volunteer army Of 100000 in a
single day if trouble came, was his
only significant statement on war dur
ing the evening address, while his
speech at the Hippodrome in the
afternoon was much similar to his
Tacoma address the night before. In
it, however, he reviewed what he con-
sidered the important accomplish
ments of the national administration.
He expressed contempt for jingoism
in any form. outlined the causes and
results of the war, and reiterated his
peace program.
At the outset of his address Mr..
Bryan said: II am calculating on
about 20 years more of political ac-
tivity."
Mr.. Bryan congratulated the state
of Washington for enacting laws per-
hitting woman's suffrage and pro-
viding for prohibition. He forecast
an early acceptance of the doctrine
of woman's rights in every state in
the Union.
"If the women of Europe had been
consulted" he explained, Europe
would not now be slaughter house,
where men are killing one another"
Among the legislative results of
the present Democratic administra
ton Mr.. Bryan considered triumphs,
the tariff, income tax and trust laws.
Wall Streets Power Broken.
mo longer is the senate the bull
wark of predatory wealth." he as
serted, with reference to the cur
rency reform. II have lived to see
JHe pOWCT Vi WdlA oLIccC
When Secretary McAdoo heard that
Wall street was fighting the currency
bill, he did not go to see Wall street
as other secretaries have done-he
went straight tc see the president. he
went to the White House, which isl
nearer. If the Republicans had all
the intelligence they claimed, why
didn't they write such a currency
law"
The only reference he made to the
next campaign was that this "simply
is a question of whether we should
stand by progress already made, or
put our affairs in the hands Of those
who have spread Belshazzar feast
for special interests" He congratu'
lated the president for having the
courage to tear down that Republican