New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-22
He Says Both Parties Must
Soon Urge National
Prohibition.
PLEADS FOR PEACE
AND STRICTER SUNDAY
Heresy Quarrel Seems Likely To
Be Settled Satisfactorily at
To.day's Session.
By The Rev. C.. ". WEIGH.
ny Telegraph 70 Tho Tribune

E'N'"'N'' IVY ~ Jp NAY u. ne
Presbyterian General Assembly rested
from its legislative labors on the Sab
bath Day and heard sermons and
speeches galore. The superlative at
traction OF the DAY was the speech Of
william Jennings Bryan. under the
auspices Of the Presbyterian Temper
ance Board. which has headquarters at
Pittsburgh. The music hall Of the
steel Pier, which seats 2.400, was
crowded with 1920 people, and many
hundreds were turned away.
Mr.. Bryan declared himself more en-
phatically than he ever had before in
public for drastic suppression Of liouor
selling throughout the nation. lie said:
II used to think that laws could be
adjusted for the suitable regulation Of
tho liquor business. But have reached
the point where | am ready TO say that
| favor any proposition for prohibition
that can be put forward. no matter
whether the unit is large or small"
Mr.. Bryan went on to predict that
the Democratic and Republican parties
must soon adopt prohibition pIsnks in
their national platforms. On this point
he spoke emphatically:
Parties Must Soon Act Together.
Parties can't ignore this issue much
longer. II our party acts first and
drives out those pecuniarily interested
IN the liquor traffic they'll go into the
/ Republican party and they'll get our
| bad men, and heaven knows they have
enough now But il the Republicans
get to ii first we shall get all their bad
men, and. confdentislly, we haven't
Z room for any more. The time is near
/ when 1T will be to the advantage OF
! both great parties to act together or
/ at least to act at the same time
/ get rid of a selfish and mercenary
group who are incapable Of any real
/ loyalty TO any party
Mr. Bryan predicted that Nebraska
would adopt prohibition in November
/ by $4,000. lie digressed from his sub
] iect to speak for woman suffrage, and
/ devoted his peroration TO plea for
/ peace, emphasizing especially the idea
D tnht America as UtulIdl Nouiu diu ~
restoring peace to Europe.
eve are next Of kim" he declared,
80 every nation involved in this war,
/ and they all have right to expect that
/ we shall remain "A friend TO all and IN
/ Gods good time be prepared to play
/ the part of a friend to each. More
! glorious than any other page OF our
/ history will be the page recording how
/ America wins the blessing pronounced
on the peacemaker."
Wanamaker Wants Stricter Sunday.
Mr.. BRYAN spoke again in company
with John WanamaKer In behalf OF
stricter Sabbath Observance at meet
ing which Atlantic City letter carriers
attended in a body. Mr.. Wanamaker
was introduced as the Postmaster
General who twenty-five years ago
made the first rules for cutting down
Sunday work in postOitices.
/ J. A. Macdonald. Of Toronto, spoke
in the evening for the Presbyterian
I College Poard OF New York He made
a plea for character-bullding as
chief object of college education. IN
college classrooms and corridors are
being fixed the standards OF private
citizenship and the measure OF the
nation's honor for the new world that
sball emerge out of the blackness and
,velter of war. Americas achieve
ments in the world Of tomorrow VII!
no tho EXPRESSION and embodiment oil
IDEAS set free in American college,
to-day"
Wanted Her Boy in Jail.
Al Meeting in the interest OF
Christian social service the Rev. Nor
man Thomas. who works In a foreign
neiehborhood on the upper East SIDE
Of New York, gave a graphic hius'ra-
ton of the trials which busy torelgh
mothers suffer in that crowded district
Leening track Of their numerous chll,
dren. Don't you think, please, sald
on Italian mother to Mr.. Thomas one
dav last summer. that you cotsd get
INV ten-year-old boy, Petey, a place IN
n nice. safe Jail till school begins 10
the fall? These days | never Hho"
where he is" ,..
When assembly machinery resumes
oneration Monday morning the DlllS
and overtures committee Will take W
again the several propositions lot US
ciplining the New York Presoytery 10.
ZEE beresv The talk tonight IS that
report will probably be worked OUT
satisfactory TO both parties ana tne
Whole Whole conflict thus laid at rest How Sy
such reconciliation is to De eHecCeu
cannot eanm be learned from the close
rno,,thed members of the committee
% b%t they seem confident it s can be
Jone II il certain that the demahG
20 @bave this everlasting fuss Durlea l
~ 80 80" il growing very strong