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the idle mill. the social unrest
and low wage to the scarcity Of
money and tn. idle holders Of idle
cnpiLm in Wall street, he continued:
n he individual is but AN atom;
h. was born, he acts, he dies; bu.
principles are eternal; and TINS mas
been u contest over a'prlnciple. HAY
ing behind US the producing masses
Of tbs nation and the world, sup
ported By the commercial interests,
tn. laboring interests and the toll
crs everywhere, we viii answer those
who demand q single gold standard
by saying:
"You shall not press down upon
the brow Of labor this crown Of
tk0rnS. You shall not cruelty man
Kind upon this cross of gold
Stampeded For Bryan
The convention was stampeded for
Bryan, who was nominated over eight
other candidates on the. fifth ballot,
following a speech by Il Georgia dele
gate in which the eloquent young
orator was referred to as "a Saul
come to lead the lsraeltes to battle.
Subsequently Bryan received the
nominations Of the Peoples and the
Nationa! Silver parties.
The nominee broke all spe:<ing
records in his first campaign, travel
ling more than $4,000 miles and max
ing about GOO speeches in y states
He polled G.5O2,925 votes TO Mckin-
ley's 7,lO4,-79 and received in the
u, /.
opponents 27l. Although defeated
Mr.. Bryan remained the leader OF his
party and, after the Spanish Anlcri
can war IN 1898. in which he com
mandcd the Bird Nebraska Volunteer
Infantry. as its Colonel, II" opposcG
the permanent retention OF the Phil
ippinc Islands by the United States
In 1900, when again nominated 70,
the presidency. he made "ant -imper
ialism' the paramount issue but re-
fused to omit an explicit party dec.
laration in favor of free coinage OF
silver in the party platform. This
| timc he was defeated with popular
vote of G,H5S,l33 AS against 1,201 ~,
for his opponent. He received ~
electoral votes to Mckinley's 292.
Mr.. Bryan returned to Lincoln, ant
; StiIl't inc VI ~ WYNN
political journal called The Com
moncr. Four years later, 1904, al
though not actively Il candidate fol
| went to Judge Alton u. Parker, he
vigorously opposed Democracy econ
,ervativc' attitude.
Takes World Tour
Th" interim between this peri
Ia i.I) nln..t 4,
1908 was occupied by Mr.. Bryan, nov
known by many of his followers a:
| THE Peerless Leader in Severa
enterprises that kept him in the pub
lie eye. Notable among these wa:
his trip around the world on which
h. started September q, 1905. AZ
companied by his wife. son and :
daughter. Mr. Bryan first went Il
Japan and China, where he. wa:
Hospitality entertained and made
numerous addresses one of which
I entitled. "Thr White Mans Burden.
was commended by the Japanese
American Society. The Organs Were
! presented to the Emperor Of JapaI
and were everywhere accorded tn,
honor Of foremost Americans. Late
the party went to the Philippines
w ll'l' .'' ~ iii ''S"' VIZ - P''''
independence we're welcomed. Dur
inp this visit the savage Moros %
Mindanao Island created the Nebras
kan "datto" or chief of one o
their tribes.
Leaving the Philippines the part.
went to India, the Holy Land, Tur
key, Austria Hungary. Germany, Rus
STA, Italy, Norway, Sweden and othe
European countries, finally arrivin,
in London on July 3, 1906. Mean
while Mr. Bryan had interviewed
King Edward VII, the Emperor o
Russia, and other potenates, AM
Count Leo Tolstoi and had mad
numerous speeches all Of which wer
reported in the American press an
. which inspired desire on the par
. Of Democrats at home to give hin
great reception which was dom
, upon his return to America the fol
! lowing September.
Pleads For Disarmament
! About this time Mr.. Bryan cam
!, out for world disarmament, an idea
which is said to have prompted hi
, drafting in 1913, when he becam
. Secretary of State. Of the particula
form Of peace treaty between tn
tnlleu 'ptatcS anu udlloIi
f., "by which all disputes were to b
. submitted NO an impartial inyest lgat
ing commission for year befor
hostlities could begin This ha
: been regarded as Mr.. Bryan's great
$ nations. and representing three
: earth, became slgnatories to the doc
hnnf lat thu Wnrl
\ War broke out in all it's fury.
n In 1908 Mr.. Bryan was again name
V as the Democratic standard bearer
e The campaign was waged on tn
r principal issue of opposition t
: trusts and for third time tn
n Democratic nominee suffered defea
: polling 6,409,l04 votes to- Taft
/. 767S,9OS and receiving 1862 elector;
{ votes to his opponents 32l.
81 Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan's r.
r verses in politics, it is said, he Wa
e "a good loser" Of Presbyteria
, forbears, optimistic and of q relig
Gus nature. his setbacks failed
make him lose faith in mis- futur
, He refused to become discourage
> For the next four years, or until tt
;, campaign of 1912 which resulted
. the election Of President Wilson, N
= Bryan continued to edit his newsp
= per and to attend the councils Of h
. party.
- Had Three Children
hi In his first campaign his home
X Lincoln was Mecca for promine
wi Democrats, where Mrs. Bryan.
,c gscholarly woman, formerly Mi
Mary f. Baird Of Perry. H., who h
wi greatly aided her husband in h