New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Saloon Dead as
Slavery in u. S.,
Declares. Bryan
Predicts Day in Own Life.
time When the Civilized
World Will Be Without
Place for Sale of Liquor
Against Light Beer Plan
Declares No Effort Will Be
Made to Nullify Law
i'll Political Platforms

William j. Bryan told members of
the Marquette Club at the Waldorf-As.
torla Hotel yesterday afternoon, in an
address on prohibition, that "the saloon
is as dead in the United States as
slavery" The Marquette Club is an
organization of persons in the Roman
Catholic faith.
mot only will we hold the ground
we have gained said Mr.. Bryan, "but
|, who celebrated my sixtieth birthday
a few days ago, expect to live to see
the day when there will not be an open
saioon under the flag of any civilized
nation I'M the world 1t has been nv
biggest fight and / am proud to have
had part in bringing about the defeat
OF mans greatest enemy.
Sees Cure for World Sickness.
"The world is sick and we have found
the remedy in prohibition. I believe
we are going to shake the world with
the testimony we shall give. NV friend
Dr. Saleeby told me that he was 'V re.
turning to his home abroad to tell his
people that drunken Europe cannot
compete with sober America"
In referring to those who advocate
the retention Of light wines and beers.
Mr.. Bryan said:
Men graduate from beer kinder
garten into an alcoholic university.
Inc greatest corruptine influence in
the life Of the nation has been the
brewers organization. Well not allow
them to come back. The brewers and
olstlllers nave been partners in crime
and it would be infuman to separate
them IN death. Wen Just let them die
together and be buried in the same
grave.
We have got to see to it that no
man is elected who is pledged to VIC
late his oath Of Office. No attempt will
be made to put notification plank in
either party PLATFORM The parties will
be pledged to the prohibition amend
ment as a settled policy, and the issue
will not be rcopened.
"A law is only as strong as it's en-
forcement This law will be enforced.
Don't be fooled by these lawyers. AS
long as the booze fund holds out there
will be lawyers to dip into it,
"These lawyers remind me of the two
noticed sign on the bridge which
offered reward of IS to any one
rescuing drowning man. They ar.
ranged that one Of them would Jump
into the water and that the other would
rescue him. Then they would divide
the reward SO one Of them leaped
into the stream and foundered around,
and finally: just before he sank for the
third time, he asked his companion on
shore why he didn't begin the rescue.
The companion yelled out:
owe just discovered another sign
that offers a $40 reward for every body
recovered from the water. These law
yers all feel that they can make mora
mone9 out Of John Barleycorn dead
than alive"
VIII Fight To Be Delegate
Mr.. Bryan said that he was starting
back to Nebraska to-day to fight for
the right to represent that state in the
Democratic National Convention as
delegate He said that the only reason
he had this fight on his hands was the
enmty OF the liquor forces, due to his
stand on prohibition.
In the morning he talked at Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, West
104th Street. He told the congregation
there that what the world needs to-
day "is a wholchcarted, wholcsouled
and wholeminded belief in God" He
also told them that The Darwnian
theory was all wrong and unsupported
by any evidence in the universe.
vt has made people distrustful,' he
said. land has robbed life of the con-
seriousness of Gods presence"