Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-12
Continues Efforts Looking to
Ratification of Peace by
Mutual Concessions and
Compromises. y
FEELS NO EnMlTY TO
NEBRASKA POLITICIANS
"If ! Have an Enemy in Me-
braska, the Enmity Is All on
His Side" He Says-Comes
to Omaha Tonight.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 1l.-Willian
J. Bryan at his home here tonight
continued his efforts looking to a
ratification of the treaty OF peace by
mutual concessions and compro-
misses. Mr.. Bryan tonight sent a
number Of kilograms to senators at
Washington urging them to unite in
an endeavor to bring about ratihca-
ton not later than the 10th of the
mouth. 1t was peculiarly fitting, he
declared, that ratification be accom-
plished by that time, as the 10th was
the date fixed for the first meeting
OF the league of nations at Paris.
This reason, he said, appealed to
him strongly, and he believed it
would have >the same influence on
members of the senate. He did not
disclose to what individual senator's
the kilograms were sent, but said
there were several.
Mr.. Bryan reached Lincoln earlier
in the day for 36-hour stay at the
home of his brother, former Mayor
Charles w. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan tonight was the prin-
cipal speaker at "a temperance ju-
bilee meeting at the First Christian
church. Tomorrow he will make
three addresses, at the University OF
Nebraska convocation in the morn
ing, at a MONDAY luncheon at the
Commercial club and in the after
noon to the Nebraska constitutional
convention. He leaves for the east
in the evening, making a political
address at Omaha tomorrow night.
May Go as Reporter.
Mr.. Bryan said this evening he
had not had time to seriously con-
slider the question whether he will
be a candidate for delegate-at-largc
to the democratic national conven-
ton at San Francisco and it was
still little early to discuss the mat
ter. He would, however, he said, be
at the convention, either in the ca
pacity of delegate or a newspaper
representative, and he was a trifle
Indifferent as to which capacity he
appeared
Mr.. Bryan does not intend to
make an extended speaking tour
at this time. He plans to be back
in Washington on Friday next,
where he is to make a speech, and
another at the same place on the
10Th Of this month. From there it
is his intention to return to Flor
ida, to be with Mrs. Bryan during
a greater part of the winter. While
he will be more or less active in
political sense from now on, he
has no definite itinerary mapped out
looking to tour of the country.
Nebraska Political Affairs.
Discussing political affairs in Ne
braska, Mr.. Bryan said the liquor
question happily had about ceased
to be an issue.
."For 16 years." he continued,
"from 1894 to 1910, we never had a
dissenting vote in democratic con-
ventions in this state. Then the
liquor question disturbed the party
harmony for 10 years, as it has dis
turbed party harmony wherever it
has been an issue, but the fight is
over and the question is settled.
II expect to see a reunited de-
mocracy put Nebraska in the front
rank and leadership in all the prog
ress of the nation"
Mr.. Bryan was asked if he
thought old enmities aroused by
the liquor question in Nebraska
would disappear.
There is no reason why they
should not" he replied. "They arose
over an issue and they should die
with the issue. SO far as I am
concerned, if I have an enemy in
Nebraska, the enmity is all on his
side. I expect to deal with every
one on the basis of what he now
stands for, regardless of differences
we may have had over the liquor