New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-16
No Wonder Bryan Wept.

No Wonder Bryan Wept.
There was one man in the st. Louis
convention who caught the real point OF
Ex-Governor Glynn's pcrfervid rhetoric
William J. Bryan, sitting in the press sec
ton. burst into tears OF Joy when he heard
Mr.. Glynn extol the Wilson Administration
for having kept the country out Of war.
To keep the country out Of war, what
ever the cost. was Mr.. Bryan's unalterabie
purpose when he was Secretary of state.
He knew that that was also, fundamental
". Mr.. Wilson's purpose He left the
Cabinet. as ne truthfully said at the time.
not because he and the President differed
in principle but because they differed as
TO methods. Mr.. Bryan was willing to
adnrit-and did admit it frankly to Ambas-
sador Dumba-that Mr.. Wilson's notes de-
handing satisfaction for the Lustanla
Massacre were written only with view
to placating home opinion. Mr.. wilson
himself was never courageous enough 70
admit this. He intended to keep the coun-
try out Of war with Germany. but he
wanted. for personal and party reasons,
TO make a pretencc Of risking war IN the
notes which he wrote demanding dis
avowal of the Lusitania outrage
It must have been meat and drink TO
Mr.. BRYAN to hear the temporary chairman
of a convention from which he had been
excluded by the action Of the Democrats
of his own state conclude each paragraph
of eulogy of the Presidents foreign
policy with the sentence: But no kept
rs out Of war" Nh Wilson didn't get a
disavowal Of the Lusitania Massacre; he
didn't obtain the salute 10 the flag which
he demanded Of President Huerta; he
hasn't protected the rights Of Americans
on the high seas or in Mexico; he hasn't
brought back Villa "alive or dead from
the wilds of Chihuahua. But he has kept
US out Of war
Hear Chairman Glynn tell about II; III
1.-THE Administration foreign policy docs
satisfy the mothers of the land at whose
hearth and frcsidc no jngoistic war has
placod an empty chair. II does satisfy
the daughters Of this land from whom
buster and brag has sent no loving brother
TO the dissolution Of the grave
No wonder Mr. Bryan wept enthusiast
tcally. Mr.. Glynn was culogizing him
more than he was culogizing President
Wilson. IF he had had his way American
sailors and marines would never have
landed at Vera Cruz and American SOL
diers would never have invaded Northern
Mexico. The correspondence over the
Iusitania case would never have been
pointed enough to futter the nerves oil
anxious mothers. daughters and sisters
Worrying because they construed its omit
no word or act" fourishcs as meaning
something His "there-can-nevcr-be-an
ultiratum- between-frcnds" policy would
have satisfied the country. assuming that
it was clamorous for peace at any price
much more completely than Mr.. Wilson's
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS policy has ever
satisfied it.
What do such ictions as national honor,
responsibility, sclf-rcspect. the duty Of
guaranteeing to all American citizens that
protection will follow the flag amount TO.
when weighed in the scale with empty chairs
at American hcarths and fresides? Mr..
Bryan is for the hearthside chair in such
cases much more Fundamentally than Mr..
Wilson is. If there is any glory attaching
to the Administration peace-at-any-prlce
record. the cx-Secretary's IS the greater
glory. No wonder he wcp; at culogy
n which. meant for the President. was meant
y even more logically for him.
He kept the country out of war. Mr..
Wilson's desire to keep us ont Of war has
always been subordinated to his desire to
keep himself in Office MIR. Bryan WAS so
intent on keeping us out Of war that he
sacrificed the Secretaryship Of State on
the altar Of undiluted paci6sm. It is easy,
therefore 70 understand his gratitude.
yelling up in tears. and to share his in,ui-
ton that his own great remuneration, not
Mr.. Wilson's shily-shallying. was the real
inspiration Of our gifted ex-Governor'S
oloqucnce.