Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-21
REASONS why BRYAN RESIGNED

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ssss MI Bryan has published In the.
Commoner the following article from.
Secretary Daniels n paper, the Ra-
leigh. N.555 News and Observer:
God bless you were the words.
which came %simultaneo from
I President Wilson and Secretary f$jof
State Bryan as they closed their con-
ference VIII len Mr.. Bryan paid his last
official call on the 5presld dent just be-
q fore the telegrap hing of /; the note to
Germany which brought about the
resignation Of the secretary Of state.
Those words came from impulses in
the hearts Of two men who under.
stood each other, both open-mfnded
II big-brained, patriotic Anne fcans. Mr..
/ Bryan Withdrew from gtheE cabinet
with the good viii, with the conf
$sdence and with the expression /. Of
more than deep regret and with
8 54feeling Of personal sorrow' Of the
#preside enc. IL N $s55; 8 sgyss.iy
81-5. This iss the view OF the man most.
concerned In 1 the resignation OF ME-
1 Bryan, and these are the expressions!
which came from the man to whom
\ Mr.. Bryan had given his reasons Tor
Y resigning from the cabinet. These
ARE circumstances which should be
N kept In mind In considering that res
a ignation. Some critics Of MI. Bryan
y are trying to manufacture different It
reasons why he resigned and are try
ing to forecast what will be the po--
sslitical results because he returned TO
President Wilson the comlmisss fdn \. OF
Il secretary Of state, and are engaged
ins the suggestion Of Interior motives,
I I'D place OF holding Mr.: Bryan as the
honest man he is and taking him Inn
ssSat Ibis word. S Il III \. S5fS5
n What are the reasons y 3 s3
The answer to that question is 1 not l.1I
difficult. 81 "a $s4 4 VI
4 straightforward that there is not Just
VI cause for speculation. AS stated y by
himself in his letter to President
Wilson they are as follows: n.
s," edient to your sense OF duty and
VI actaated by the highest motives. you
Il have prepared for transmission to
n The German government a note in
which ] can not join without sviOlat-
d Ing what / deem to be an obligation
Il to my country and the issue involved
4 Is OF such moment that to remain
4 amember Of the cabinet would be as
unfair to you as it would be to the
II cause which is nearest to my heart,
4 namely the prevention Of war.
4 Alike DESTROYS of reaching
a peaceful solution of the problems
& arising out of the use Of submarines
against merchantmen we find our
selves differing irreconcilably as to
4, the methods which should be en-
4 ployed 1t falls to your lot to speak
officially for the nation; l consider
it to be: none the less my duty to
i endeavor as private citizen to pro
5 mote thu end which you have in
VI view by means which you do not
feel at liberty to USE" &<. {. J3s5
ss Mr.. Bryan believed the note might
cause war and that different note
!; might make war impossible. When
4 these two great men, Wilson and
Bryan, with the same objects in
view, could not agree, Mr.. Bryan, act
ing as he always does from strong
n and honest convictions, L resigned.
4 We may feel that he should have re-
! manned in the cabinet-as we do
but no matter what may be the
opinions on. that point, the country
will never be persuaded that Mr..
Bryan could be anything but an I'M
selfish patriot. f.
81. O. Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Wilson are
agreed upon the great constructive
legislation enacted by congress, and
co-operated to secure it. 1t is our
firm and fixed opinion that Mr.. Bry-
an has no object except to advance
\ such principles, and he can do much
(! to advance them. Many believe he
can serve them better as private
citizen than with the limitations
which office imposes. At any rate
: all the twaddle about Mr. Bryan's
having in view politics or = helping
:. other parties is the silliest nonsense.
He is not that kind of a man. He
/ is too great to be made greater by
office, too honest to lose the conf
dence of the American people in his
integrity by laying down office.
Mr.. Bryan is a man fully known
BY the people of this country. It Is
his due that any criticism Of his
course be made upon the facts, not
{ the assumptions and the conjectures
Of critics who draw upon their mag
nations, or the declarations OF those
who have never been able to rise
above small prejudices and recog.-
nizes the true Bryan. He has set