The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-27
SPEECH BY BRYAN
IN HOPEFUL VIEW
MESSAGE 0 rCHEEE TAKEN TO
JEFFERSON CLUB
Con,moner Declares He Finds Three
Mediums Democrats May Use
to Gain Success

Columbus, Ohio, May 2.-William
Jennings Bryan brought message of
hope and cheer to members Of the
jefferson club at their picnic here to-
day.
IF any man can preach the gospel
cf hope it is the man who has been
resurrected so many times that death
seems commonplace" Bryan said, in
reference to his appearance.
Leading directly to his subject,
"Eemocracy's Opportunity" Bryan
mentioned five mediums, through
which, he said, the Democratic party
might rise TO success, a national bull
letin for dissemination of unbiased
political news and party opinion, pro
hibition, reduction of taxes, proper
aligning of monopolies, and dlsarma-
ment.
! "The most crying need Of the coun-
try today is the maintenance Of un-
polluted channels of Information SO
! that the public may know what IS
going on at Washington" he said.
/ Mr.. Bryan suggested tentative
plan for his proposed national bulletin
and added:
"We don't want a Congressional
Record; we don't want a paper such
as George Creel published during the
war, though both are good. We want
daily paper to be issued by the gov
ernment whose news columns Shall be
non-partisan but whose editorials
shall be bipartisan"
On prohibition, Mr.. Bryan SAID
"The Democratic party can not avo!d
the part it has had in bringing pro
hibition to this country, | am PROUD
of it's part. But l am not proud OF
the part it has playe! in Ohio"
Discussing n1onopol.es, Mr.. Bryan
said that where there was an excuse
of the existence CT one it should be
taken over by the government. plu-
tocracy, he said. was the breeding
place of revolution.
Matter of Taxation
Mr.. Bryan's chief hopes for the tu'
ture of the Democratic party lie IN
the matter of taxation, he sad. AND
it is there, he added, that he expected
to see a new leader of the party arse
eff the Democrats take firm
stand for the rights of the common
man, the man who pays for the wars
and fights them too, then they car
not help but go back into power Wltf
a bigger landslide than they went out
with"
Turning to the subject of peace
Mr.. Bryan said he felt the problem
would rot be as troublesome as tax
alton. asserting that the people over
the country were solid against heavy
armaments.
"We have just come out OF one
war in which we were prepared anc
we don't want to be prepared for an
other one. he said. Here again the
/ Democrats have started off with vic
tories. In the first place we have
killed universal military training
which was sponsored by the RepuoIl'
cans. Again, under the Leadership OF
Claude Kitchin we have reduced the
standing army from proposed 49,
! 600 to 10000 and that against two
thirds majority of Republicans in the
house.
"There are three thoughts about
disarmament" he continued. 1.-The
first class which is very small, does
not believe in disarmament for this
country even if every other nation IN
the world disarms. Thank God this
class is not large.
"There is a second class and Il IS
large one and composed of those
who believe we should disarm If the
other leading nations disarm.
! 81 believe and there are few 9TH
ers who believe with me, that we
I should stand for disarmament by
agreement if possible and by example
if necessary. By this l do not mean
that we should scut.le every ship we
have right now. What | mean IS that
we should start with a 10 per cent
reduction and call attention of the
world 10 the fact that we were dong
so in the interest of society. Then
if the government of the world VIII
not follow our lead, the peoples OF
brou thpIr OOV-