Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-22
Orator of the Platte Flags De-
mOcratic Chairman for Sup
porting Gov. Edwards on Pro-
hibitiOn Question
MAKES SEVERAL THREATS
Winds Up with Declaration That NO
Republican VIII BE Pcrrdted to
Nominate Next President OF the
United States

Richmond. Va. Jan. I.--William Jen-
nings Bryan in an address here tonight
continued the attack against Homer D.
Cummings, chairman OF the Democratic
National committee.
BRYAN scored Governor Edwards for his
stand on the prohibition question and
flayed Cummings for what he termed
the chairman's apparent support OF the
New Jersey governor
"The Democratic party is too near ana
dear to me to allow me to let 1t be buried
with the liquor interests" declared Mr..
Bryan. II won't join with Mr.. Edwards
in trying to turn the Democratic party
over to the liquor interests.
"If the chairman has not sense enough
TO know better than to join boom for
candidate like that, he hasn't sense
enough to be on the committee"
Asserting that the liquor interests were
poin,- to make the fight against nation
wide prohibition into politics and try 10
elect a "wet" president on wet plat
form. the former secretary of state an
nounced he could bring violence to prove
his statements.
Mr.. bryan made an appeal that the
woman's suffrage amendment he ratified
at this session of the assembly.
Norfolk, Va. Jan. 2l.-William Jennings
Bryan speaking here to-day under the
auspices of the Anti Saloon League OF
America declared that he would oppose
Iany movement to bring about the selec-
| ton of Governor Edward ]. Edwards or
| New Jersey as the democratic nominee
for president in 1870.
! The former secretary OF state also as
serted that if the address made by Homer
is. Cummings. chairman OF the demo-
cratic national committee, at the dinner
held last night in Newark in honor of the
newly naugurated New Jersey cXecu-
Tive correctly expressed the chairman 5
latitude. he would oppose him for chair
man of the national committee.
Edwards has picked out my own state.
Nebraska. to launch his campaign" de
lclarcd Mr.. Bryan. But IL Nebraska in
structs for Edward, IN never be Il dele
gate to the national convention"
Referring to the address made by Chair
man Cummings, Mr.. Bryan said: ''1f that
is Cummings attitude. hen never be
chairman of the democratic committee
lagain If can help it."
| Referring again to Governor Edwards
whom he said conducted his campaign
lin New Jersey on "a wet" ticket, MI
Bryan reiterated:
| "If Nebraska instructs for Edwards
and / am a delegate, I'll resign. III
never vote to nominate man like that
Following an eloquent appeal for sup
port of the Anti-Saloon League he
digressed to say:
"Twenty-four years ago | commenced
running for president" and laughter fol
lowed
Nineteen hundred years ago. he
added, "the Wise Men came from the
East. And New York editors think they
are still coming. No reform ever started
in New York. and they can have no faitf
in reform of any kind"
Referring to the possibility of republi
can victory this year, Mr. Bryan said:
God did not put the impossible in the
hands of any human being. especially {
republican and no republican is gonl
to be permitted to nominate the mex
President of the United States"