New Britain herald., 1925-07-27

thorns. You shall not cruelty man kind upn this cross of gold"
 The convention was stampeded for Bryan, who was nominated over eight other candidates on the fifth ballot, following a speech by a Georgia delegate in which the elo- quent young orator was referred 10 as "a Saul come to lead the Israelites 10 battle" Subsequently Bryan re- ceived the nominations of the peo- ples and the national silver parties.
 Broke Speaking Records .
 The nominee broke all speaking records In his first campaign, travel ling more than 1s,000 miles and making about 500 speeches In 27 states, He polled e,502,92S votes to McKinley's 7.104,779 and received in the electoral college 176 votes to his opponents 271. Although defeated. Mir. Bryan remained the leader of his party and, after the Spanish American war In 1898, in which he commanded the 3rd Nebraska Vol unteer Infantry as It's colonel, he opposed the permanent retention of the Philippine Islands by the United States.
 In 1900, when again nominated for the presidency. he made anti imperialism" the paramount issue but refused to omit an explicit party declaration In favor of free coinage of silver in the party platform. This l time he was defeated with 3 popular vote of 6,35S,13S as against 7,2o7923 for his opponent He received 155 electoral votes to McKinley's 292 Mir. Bryan returned to Lincoln, and started the publication of a weekly journal called The Com moner Four years later, 1904, all though not actively a candidate for the nomination, which eventually went 10 Judge Alton B, Parker. he vigorously opposed democracy's Conservative attitude,
 The Peerless Leader
 The interim between this period and the next presidential election of 1905 vas occupied by Mir, Bryan, now known by many of his followers as "the peerless leader" in several enterprises that kept him in the public eve, Notable among these was his trip around the world on which he started September 21. 1905, Accompa by his wife, son and daughter, Mir. Bryan first went to Japan, and China where he was hospitably entertained and made | numerous addresses one of which, | entitled, The White Mans Burden was commented by the Japanese American society. The Bryans were presented to the emperor of Japan and were everywhere accorded the honor of foremost Americans. Later the party went to the Philippines where MT. Bryan's views on Filipino independence were welcomed. Dur ing this visit the savage Moros of Mindanao Island created the Ne braskan "datto" or chief Of one of their tribes.
 Leaving the Philippines the party went 10 India. the Holy Land Tur- key, Austria Hungary. Germany. Russia, Italy Norway, Sweden and other European countries, finally ar irving in London on July 5. 1908 Meanwhile Mir. Bryan had inter vieWed' King Edward VII. the en reror of Russia, and other potenates and Count Leo Tolstoi and had made l numerous speeches all of which were reported in the American press and which inspired a desire on the part 1 of democrats at home to give him 3 great reception which was done upon his return to America thesfoloTing September,
 For Disarmament
 About this time Mir. Bryan came out for world disarmament an ideal which Is said 10 have prompted his drafting in 1918, when he became secretary of state, of the particular form of peace treaty between the United States and foreign nations. "hy which all disputes were to be submitted to an impartial investigat- ing commission for a year before hostilities could begin" This has been regarded as Mir. Bryan's great est achievement for 30 foreign ma .tlons, including the central powers. land representing three -fourths of the population of the earth, became sig natories to the document. About g year later the world war broke out in all it's fury,
 In 1908 Mir. Bryan was again nam led as the democratic standard bear CT The campaign was wsged on the principle issue of opposition to trusts and for a third time the democratic nominee suffered defeat. polling 6,4o9,1o4 votes to Tafts r. 67S Q0S and