The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-12-20
VIM. Jennings. Bryan
Says Present Method
Not Fair to Masses. s s.
ENTERTAINED WITH LUNCHEON
At 81, JOHN HOTEL AND AN
AUTOMOBILE TkrP.

Advocating legislation whereby the
people wsuld. have the power Of vet.
ing as to whether the country, should
go to war, the Hon.. William Jen,
nings Bryan delivered 2 leetuEs to q
large audience at the Victoria Thea,
tre in Charleston, last Thursday
night, under the auspices Of the Cha,
lesion County Sunday School Asso.
ciation. The theater was almost
filed and the speaker was well re-
ceived. ~ sssSs !, ..
!: Mr. John A. McCormack,s I ipresi-
Sdent Of the association presided.
lMr. Bryan was introduced by Mr..
John D. Eappelmann, Mayor Bro Tenn
and also president of the tata I'M
terdenominational Sunday ssschool
4 Association. Those having seats44pn
the stage were:s, the speaker Mr..
John A. McCor7naek Mr. John I'D.
Cappelmann,, Nj. .E. H. Eay1&fd,
Mr.. ]. 81. Scott and Mr. W. d. Nix
son. !. .s 81
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ss ~; assures s'' On -
IS Fundamentals" wss ths stbjsct sf
the lecture delivered b Mis Bryan
gAt the start he explained Il that frshe
would divide the sub Vet into SStthFSa
parts, the question qf tho ralataa-
ship Of man to govnrur1en, the qsess
don OF mans reladcA1htp to- soeiety
and the religious question orsnan's
relationship to God. ais.f aSSs.. ! . +
.sLa ~ n1raoh ,,p Iaaot le sa,s ~; s4ash... h,,t W.
there are certain relsti hipsM over
which one has mo choice R6r, he
pointed out, one must bs citizen,
one must think OF ibis dudes to hia
fellows and the rea4tion1Mpiof ores
ssef to God cannot be, aYbffd He
took mp the three RAase. y'sIss'
order 50 as to- discass fhe Msse in-s 8;
instanCe he talked ofsthe controlling
principle OF eacn question: -,
MF. Bryan ,expiained Inat Wnne ne
mad devoted ms ii4e yeltne !eAst ~. iLa-
portant OF tne tnree quesSanos out
lined, TINS was causeo ny envlIon-
ments as he started; ont 20 be law
yer, as ms fatner mac Deen DeIore
him. de moved TO NEBRASKA aIter
2 few years pracGce q ilngs Pus
he declared that tfns was noI ON &C
Of politics Tor IN NEBRASKA tne
State, his county, district, ward ana
precinct were all 'overWhelmingly
Republican. ~ ~ Y :.
~ got into politics by .accldent,
and stayed there by DESIRE" ne SAID.
~ On, Government B..t. :
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Our form OF government Is tne
.co,,ca;ved c | D. ba continued UIn the-
orr and principle it Is the best that
the mind Of man has devised" This
statement WAS qualified, by Mr.. Bry-
an that he did not necessarily mean
that it was .. administered without
fanlt. - -.
he declared that in his opinion prob
ably nine-teHth of the. people be-
ieve that society Is built from the
bottom while an aristocrat is one that
believes that it is suspended from
tuS JOps -
~ "A democrat says legislate forall
the people but an aristocrat says leg
islate for the well-to-do, and the
people will not :. receive prosperity
when it leaks through, to them"
Mr.. Bryan declared that he had
come to the belief that no one man
nor one party could possibly ruin q
government and asked that: i this
were not true would not the United
States have been ruined with the
Republicans ain, power for sixteen
years. The audience laughed right
heartily.
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He advocated q government by the
people declaring that the people
made mistakes but they made les:
than did kings or few rulers AND
thAt when they did make mistakes
they always bore them with more
patience because they Knew >tna'