Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-04
BRAYAN'S VIEWS AS TO
MORE PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION

Raleigh .AE>1> The initiative, ref
endum and recall, extending even to
the judges. woman's suffrage and the
extended application of the income tax
for National and for State revenue, to-
gether with a presentation of the rela,
ton of the legislator to- his constitu-
uency were the o~vershadowing fea-
lures of the address of William Jen-
nings Bryan, Secretary of State in
President Wilson's Cabinet, to the
members of the North Carolina Gener-
a Assembly this afternoon.
These views of Government policy
were presented in a clear-cut manner
and without regard to whether the
North Carolina lawmakers had any
p~redelietions in these directions OF
not.
The initiative and referendum. ne
insisted. are fundamentals of Demo
cratic principles, and he vas for them
eve to the recall of judges-even
though his W. father was a judge,
land a good one, too" boosted the
speaker. In advocating woman's suf-
frage Mr.. Bryan declared that no
State which has tried it has ever turn
ed from it.
Effort for world peace and the
policy of the Administration to this
end, and tributes to the official course
OF Secretary of the Navy Daniels con-
Stituted a pleasing prelude to discus
sion of legislative matters. The theme
was really, according to previous indi-
cation, MANS Duty to Government
He had spoken on Mans Relation TO
Society,"" this morning in the auditorf-
um of the North CarolinaSocialService
Conference. and stated that he would
tonight at Durham discuss Mans Duty
to His God" thus in the three ad-
dresses covering the whole scope of
the three-fold relations of man.
Mr.. Bryan was heard by 5000 or
more people in the city auditorium and
by an audience that overlooked the
Representatives Hall galleries and
damned the corridors in his address
to the legislators. He was introduced
at the city hall by Attorney General
W. T. Beckett and in the Representa-
fiVes, Hall by Governor Craig. The
joint legislative committee, consisting
of Senators Gardner and Cooper and
Representatives Page and Roberts of
Runcombe had Mr.. Bryan in hand and
he was a guest at the Governors Man
sion during his stay in the city.
There was a brief reception in the
executive offices of Governor Craig
between the two addresses, the Gov
erno and the State. officers constitut-
Ing a receiving line with the distin-
Eu1shed guest. Then there was a
luncheon at the mansion following the
address to the legislators, with the
legislative committee and the officers
of the Conference on Social Service az
guests with Mr.. Bryan. -
Neither branch of the. Legislature
transacted any business today and boil
houses adjourned to loon Monday.
Bryan'S Address.
In presenting MI. Bryan to the Gen
eral Assembly Governor declared tina
he first presented him to a NORTH
Carolina audience 20 years ago anC
had averaged one or more such pre-.
sensations every year since and, there
fore, ought to have his hand pretty
well in by this time. He referred t.
Mr.. Bryan as a dreamer who had hi.
dreams written into statutes by tn,
people. He declared him the grea
tribune of the people and the mos
distinguished citizen Of the Nation ant
1.-The greatest preacher of Nationa
Righteousness, one regarded iustic,
more powerful than a AZ centimetel
gun and stronger than cannons AM
forts of steel.
The progress of the world towar'
universal peace was declared by tn
speaker to be indicated by the fac
that each of the rulers now engage
in war denies responsibility for bring
ing it on. He said the theory that pre-
paration for war prevents war wa
beyond his comprehension. If thi
were the case, he said, there eoul