Evening star., 1925-07-27

stand by the defense and the result
was a bitter clash between him and
Clarence Darrow, the noted Chicago
attorney and one of Scopes counsel.
The Commoner said the Christian
religion has satisfied me and I have
never felt 1t necessary to look up
some competing religion"
At another point he asserted:
The Bible is good enough to live
by and die by"
Mr.. Bryan accused Mr.. Darrow of
attacking revealed religion" When
objections to the defense's questions
were made by prosecution attorneys.
Mr.. Bryan expressed a desire to
answer.
Explained Position.
The reason I am answering is not
for the benefit of the court" he stated.
1T is to keep these gentlemen from
saying l was afraid to meet them and
let them question me. 1 want the
Christian world to know that any
atheist, agnostic, unbeliever can
question me at any time as to my be-
lief in God and 1 will answer him.
Despite the fact Mr.. Darrow and Mr..
Bryan figured in numerous bitter ver-
bal exchanges during the trial, they
also engaged in a like number of
was one of the first to come forward
with a tribute to Mr.. Bryan, when
the news of the latter's death was
received.
George w. Rappelyea, who brought
charges against Scopes in order that
the anti-evolution law might be
brought to test, was one of the first
of Daytons citizens to call at the
Bryan home after the Commoner' s
death
He revealed that he had been invited
to call at the Commoner's home last
night for a talk. During the day, Mr..
Bryan told Mr.. Rogers that he appre-
ciated the tribute Mr.. Rappelyea had
paid him during the closing moments
of the trial.
The children of the dead leader have
been summoned to join the party in
Washington. The son, William Jen-
nings Bryan, jr., left Los Angeles to.
day. Mrs. Ruth Owen left Mount
Vernon, Ohio, for Dayton today, but
will divert her course to reach Wash
inSton before the body Of her father.
Mrs. Richard Hargreaves, the other
daughter, Is with her brother, travel.
ing East.
Bring your white clothes; don't
bring any black ones" Mrs. Bryan
| advised her children, with whom she
talked over long g.distance telephone
before they left their homes for the
East.
The decision to bury the former
Democratic chieftain among the coun.
try's military great in Arlington was
the result of the expressed wish of
Mr.. Bryan, his widow told friends.
Mr.. Bryan was colonel Of volunteers
in the Spanish-American War.
A huge spreading maple tree shades
the spot where the files Of friends will
look for the last time upon the face OF
their beloved champion. In this
grassy eminence, raised 4 feet above
the level Of the street, Mr.. Bryan was
wont to sit and rest during the inter
walls Of the fight over the Tennessee
anti-evolution law.
Met Crowds During Trial.
Here he chatted with his friends and
grasped the hands of hundreds who
came from the Cumberland slopes or
from distant cities to witness the
noted legal controversy in the Rhea
County Court.
Like the still face on the pillow, the
home where the statesman had taken
wordless leave OF his friends pre-
sented an aspect of peaceful rest.
There was no throng at the door; no
crowds at the curb. One or two late
associates of Mr.. Bryan sat on the
porch, conversing of the eloquence of
the tongue that death had silenced
and the courage of the man who
never feared to fight for his convic-
tions.
There lies the grandest hero of
the times" softly exclaimed Ben Nc
kenzie, the elderly lawyer who is the
favorite of the mountain folk. His
companions nodded in full agreement.
One or two women of the neighbor-
hood came in at intervals to offer min
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