Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-20
BRYAN SEEKS ONLY TO REPAY DEBT ID
 AMERICAN PEOPLE
Says His Ambition is Not tO Enjoy Public
 Office
OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE CONCERNING FUTURE
Nebraskan Declares He Has Seen Right Triumph and Believes it Win Triumph
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NC" ofK. March William Jennings Bryan declared here to- night that his ambition was not tc enJoy the honors of public office but to discharge, as fully as pos. sible his debt of gratitude to the American people.
 1t was the Nebraskan's first pro- nouncement on the democratic presj dential nomination since the announ. cement of his brother-in- Jaw in Lincoln, March 9, that the "common- err would not vote for United States Senator G. M. Hitchcock, if he was elected delegate to the national convention.
 Mr. Bryan made known his stand in speech at dinner at the Ald- inc club, arranged in celebration of his siNtieth birthday anniversary by friends and admirers of all parties, The address was the first on a speak ing tour that will embrace many states.
 After submitting "some conclu- slons drawn from 30 years of ex- perlences in the arena of politics" Mi. Bryan said:
 Even in my youth had no doubt of the final triumph of every righteous cause and my faith is even greater now since have seen reform accomplished and great principles that were first scoffed at, written into the unrepealable law of the land.
 No one has been happier that I in the character and constancy of his friends or more generously rewarded for labor in the political vineyard. My ambition is not to enjoy the hon. ors of office, but to discharge as full ly as l can the debt of gratitude l owe to the American people.
 Three Remedies. "l am aware that my place in his. tory will not depend upon what oth. CTS do for me, but upon what I 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 American people in complete control of their govern ment and to promote peace among all the nations, to the end that the con sciences of our country and the world may more surely and more speedily overthrow injustice and establish among men the nearest 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 damned, he listed instructions which have been swept away in his life time and those which he declared must go.
 In the latter class he placed the profiteer, private monopoly, ob- stacles to the wage earner's progress, and the farmers adavnce and the rules of the United States senate, which he declared should be changed so as to allow majority to close debate and compel vote.
 He suggested three remedies that surpass all others in effectiveness:
 Freedom of speech" Supplying of citizens with incorruptible chan nels of information" "a government bulletin, not newspaper" and faith in the intelligence and capacity of the people. He refused to admit the possibility of revolution in the United States"
 If the peoples will be obstructed the force that accumulates behind the barrier is the guaranty that it will be removed" he said. eff tenn porary damage is done in the transi- tion from the abnormal condition, caused by the obstruction to the nor nal condition of progress, the blame is not upon those who remove the fetters placer upon the peoples will, but upon those who are foolish pie to have what they want in government.
 "We can better understand the political situation which we have to meet today if we bear in mind three propositions:
 "First-That greed and selfishness are always attempting to obstruct human progress.
 "Second-That the sooner an ob- struction to the public will is re- moved, the better for all concerned.
 "Third-Right always. triumps in the end.
 Just now the world is recovering from the most destructive war known to history. God grant that the les sons learned in the awful conflict may never be forgotten.
 "We have learned at least one les son, namely, that it is a mistake to require a two-thirds vote to ratify a treaty. A majority of congress can declare war; it ought to be as eays to end war as to begin it.
 "The league of nations with our nation a member, is the highest tri- bunal that has been conceived by the mind and heart of man, and our na- tion's influence in the league should go far toward making war impossible by cultivating the spirit of brother hood.
 "Our nations representatives in the league should be elected in dis tricts by popular vote."
 Woman's Influence
 Among Instructions which MT. Bryan said he had seen swept away were efforts of predatory wealth to prevent direct election of United States senators by the people; ef-
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