Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-20
". J. BRYAN IS
NOT ATTRACTED
BY ALLUREMENTS
Of PUBLIC LIFE
Says His Ambition Is to Dis
charge As Fully As Posi-
Bile His Debt of Gratitude
to American People.
GIVES EXPERIENCES
IN POLITICAL ARENA
Draws Lessons From His
Participation in Politics
Covering a Period of 80
Years in Thick of Fight,


New York, March l9.--William
j. Bryan declared here tonight that
his ambition was not to enjoy the
honors of public office, but to dis
/ charge as fully as possible his debt
| of gratitude to the American peo-
pie.
This was the Nebraskans first
pronouncement on the democratic
| presidential nomination since the
announcement of his brother in
Lincoln on March 8, that il the
"commoner" were elected a dele
gate to the national convention he
would not vote for United States
| Senator G.. M. Hitchcock of Ne
| braska.
Mr.. Bryan made known his stand
| in a speech at dinner at the AL
dine club arranged in celebration
of his Goth birthday anniver-
sary by friends and admirers Of all
| parties. This address was the first
on a speaking tour that will em-
brace many states.
After submitting "some conclu-
sions drawn from thirty years Of
experience in the arena of politics, .
Mr.. Bryan said:
Even in my youth l had no
doubt of the final triumph of every
! righteous cause, and my faith is
even greater now since | have seen
reform after reform accomplished
and great principles, that were at
first scoffed at, written into the
unrepsalable law of the land.
'No one has been happier tnan
III in the character and constancy
of this friends or more generous
ly rewarded for labor in the politi-
cal vineyard. My ambition is not
to enjoy the honors of office, but
to discharge as fully as can the
debt of gratitude / owe TO the
American people.
Il am aware that my place in
history will not depend upon what
others do for me, but upon what l
am able to do for my country. If
kind providence adds years to my
life they will be spent in an earnest
effort to aid, in putting the Ameri-
can people in complete control OF
their government, and to promote
peace among all the nations, to the
end that the conscience of our
country and the world may more
surely and more speedily overthrow
Injustice and establish among men
the nearest possible approach to
the divine measure of rewards"
Beware of the dam" was the
subject of the Nebraskan's address.
Comparing civilization to a mighty
river which will not be denied, he
listed obstructions which have been
swept away in his lifetime and
those which he declared must go.
In the latter class he placed the
profiteer, private monopoly, obsta-
cles to wage earner's progress and
the farmers advance, and the rules
Of the United states senate, which
he declared should be changed to
allow a majority to close debate
and compel a vote.
He suggested three remedies that
surpass all others in effectiveness;
Freedom of speech, supplying of
citizens with incorruptible channels
of information "A government
bulletin, not a newspaper" and
faith in the intelligence and capaci-
ty of the people. He refused to 'ad-
NIT the possibility of revolution IN
the United States
I'VE can better understand, the
political situation which we have TO
meet today if we bear in mind three
propositions" he said.
First, that greed and selfish
ness are always attempting to OBJ
struct human progress.
Second, that the sooner an OBJ
struction to the public will is re-
moved, the better for all con-
cerned."
Third, right always triumphs in
the end"
Among distractions which Mr..
Bryan said he had seen swept away
were efforts of predatory wealth
to prevent direct election of Unit
ed States senators by the people
efforts of the rich to prevent au-
thorization of an income tax; ef-
forts of few money magnates of
Wall street to kill the currency law
which removed the center of finan-
cial power from New York to
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