The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-27

partyS candidate, who was defeated
uy Warren G. Harding, and that he
did not want to debate with the cam
didate of his own party.
After his defeat on the convention
floor relative to the proposed dry
plank Mr.. Bryan said: My heart
is in the grave with our cause. |
must pause until it comes back to
me-"
soon after the election Of Presi-
dent Harding, Mr.. Bryan suggested
that President Wilson resign because
the people had" voted against the
League OF Nations, one of the domin-
ant issues Of the campaign, and in
favor Of an association Of nations rs
proposed by MIR. Harding. The form
cr secretary OF state proposed that
President wilson Immediately turn
Marshall with the understanding
that the latter appoint Mr.. Harding
As secretary Of state at the begin
resign 80 that Mr. Harding immed-
lately could become president and
put into effect his association Of
nations.
iMflut nee Curtailed
Having Income permanent ltEal
rrsid-nt Of Miami. Fla, Mr.. Bryan
wa elected from that state !: dele
gate to the Democratic national con
venlion at New York in 1924. He
TOOK q prominent part in the proceed
inps. but his influence was greatly
rurtailed as compared with that
which he rxerted at previous ma
tional conventions Of the party. His
advocacy of the nomination of Will
liam c. MrAdoo had no effect in
breaking the deadlock which contin-
ned for nearly two weeks between
Mr.. McAdoo and Governor Alfred H..
Smith of New York. the contest
eventually being ended when the
delegates switched TO John ". Davis,
vino was nominated.
MIR. Bryan was Il member of the
resolutions committee and at one of
the sessions when the X. X. n. issue
was being discussed he dropped to
his knees and urged the other mem
bers Of the committee to join with
him in prayer that they might be
guided in the right light. The form
er secretary took part in the cam
paign, but was not as active as he
had been in some previous ones. His
brother, Charles w. Bryan, then gov
ernor of Nebraska. was the Democra-
tic nominee for vice-president.
Easing up on his political activi-
ties with the 1920 national campaign,
Mr.. Bryan took Il greater interest in
the affairs Of the Presbyterian
church and devoted more of his time
to lecturing. In 1928 he was defeat
ed for moderator of the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church
after an exciting contest. He was
elected vice moderator at the general
assembly of 1924.
Opposes Darwin Theory
An avowed opponent of the Darwin
theory of evolution, Mr.. Bryan made
many addresses on the subj ect.
Speaking in 1923 before the legisla-
ture Of West Virginia, which was
consi dering bill to prohibit the
teaching of the Darwin theory in
the schools Of that state, Mr.. Bryan
said:
School teachers paid by taxation
should not be permitted to teach
under the guise of science or phil
oSophy anything that undermpnes
faith in God, impairs belief in the
Bible or discredits the Son Of God
and the savior OF the world. EVOlu-
tionists rob the Savior of the glory
Of the virgin birth, the majesty OF
His deity and the triumph Of His
resurrection. They weaken faith in
the Bible by discarding the miracles
and the supernatural and by elimin-
ating from the Bible all that con
flicts with their theories. They rem
der the Book 4 scrap of paper
Later in an address in New York
Mr.. Bryan denounced the Darwin
theory as the greatest enemy of re.
ligion and declared that in the
schools it was undermining Chris.
tiaritv. IL don't object to scientific
TRUTH he said, "for no truth dis
turbs religion. What we object to
, is for any scientist to put forth his
guess and demand that. "" s"het;tnt"
it for the word of God. Evolution is
an enemy Of the Bible and furnishes
II respectable excuse for men ia
deny the Bible" Among his writ.
ngs on the subject were "The Men
ace of Darwinism," and "The Bible
and It's EncmicS.'