The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-18
With Amazing Skill the Com.
moner Awoke His Drowsy
Audience by Clever, But
Firm Attacks on Wilson.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l7.--W. j..
Bryan's defiance OF President Wilson
at the Jackson day dinner came as "A
climax which no drama of the imag-
inauon could have made more per
feet II came at 2 o'clock in the
morning and after six hours OF
speeches in which. says m. S." the
Evening Post thcke were few high
Lights.
MIR. Bryan began 10 speak. with
utter skill he woke his tired audience
and coaNcl It along until he was
ready to hurl his words OF defiance
at Wilson and to denounce his pol
icies
In describing the scene the Post
correspondent says:
"rhcn, six hours later. at the very
end, came Bryan.
"Uc WIS introduced to an audience
Whlcu lWuke from It's state of more
or less bored scmi-Cuma enough to
give tue old leader a somewhat more
tlan periuuc,Ory greeting. Mr.. Bryan
felt his way with uneNlmpled
~troiuoss and subtcly
WIN a great guile and in much
solf-dypreciation he referred to him
self as dead politician and al
lowed the audience in its imaglua-
ton to contrast him with the living
politician present, and especially me
living politician in the White house.
Considering the part he was going
10 play, and that he knew he was
going to play, II was a superb exam
pie OF he emphasis Of understate-
mont
AT one point he said;
II have passed the age when I
sock 90 wn your favor for myself,
and left the audience to interpret
hat as graphically as they mlEhJ.
Al exactly a quarter OF two In The
morning he said If you Will pardon
mo for holding you hero a moment.
and receiving cries OF Go on2' which
he we'll know would come, Al five
minutes past 2 he repeated the
sponse, ana at a quarter past he
uld II again.
Finally he had the audience
walked up Alert and IN suspense he
swept into his tul, stride. raised his
voice ITO strongest pitch, threw tho
whoie' strength OF his vitality into
his manner and denounced Mr.. WI
sons refusal to compromise. The
exact words Of his defiance were
almost lost in the vehemence OF
.holr manner and in the uproar tha.
arose from the audience. some per-
son in the audience shouted. stand
by the president! and a roar OF sym
p1thy with this sentiment rolled out
across thc room and swept back and
forth for several minutes before the
chairman could set even partial
order
'Throughout all this Mr. Bryan
Elarod "a: his interrupter, and wnCn
he could make himself heard, said
MY friend II you Will guarantee that
s. 600 90 voters will stand by the
prosident / will bow 20 thcir deci-
siOn but until you DO that | prefer
10 appeal from the 500 here to the
.S.r0O.OOO In the country, and thai.
appeal am entirely ready TO take II
must
The personal passion in the
words ana their quality OF instantly
bC.llgercnt response to challenge
won him some applause, even from
many who most heartily dlsapproved
OF what he was doing With this en-
Courag0Weut he wcut on in vivid
rcincarnltlou OF the Bryan OF his
youth. He defied ana almost scorned
'he audience.
IrA ~ OF DcnunCiation,
u ann talking 10 people, he said,
who can pay SO 10 come 10 a dinner
Ike this; hut the real democratic
party is not made FOR social occa-
sions, ana when have decided what
IS right am willing 20 take the re-
sponsihlity fer whatl believe is right
and appeal TO the plain men ana wo-