Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-27


 Wall Street Evil.
 Then charging the evils of the day -the idle mills, the social unrest and low wages-to the scarcity of money and the idle holders of idle capi tai in Wall St." he continued:
 The individual is but an atom he is born, he acts, he dies. but prin- ciples are eternal; and this has been contest over a principle. Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the la boring interests and the toilers ev- erywhere, we will answer those who demand a single gold standard by saying:
 You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not cruelty man. kind upon this cross of gold"
 His Nomination Stampeded.
 AO SOuFSulIOu was SldnpcuSu for Bryan, who was nominated over eight other candidates on the fifth ballot, following a speech by Geor- gia delegate in which the eloquent young orator was referred to as "a Saul come to lead the Israelites to Battle" Subsequently Bryan receiv- ed the nominations of the Peoples and the National Silver parties.
 The nominee broke all speaking records in his first campaign, trav- cling more than 1S,000 miles and making about 600 speeches in 27 states. He boiled 6,502,925 votes to McKinley's 7,1O4,779 and received in the Electoral College 176 votes to his opponents 271. Although defeat ed, MT. 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.
 Nominated Second Time.
 In 1900, when again nominated for the presidency, he made "anti-imper- ialism" the paramount issue but re- fused to omit an explicit party de- claration in favor of free coinage of silver in the party platform. This time he was defeated with a popu- lar vote of 6,35S,133 as against r. 207,923 for his opponent. He receiv- ed 155 electoral votes to McKin- ley's 292
 Returns To Nebraska.
 MT. Bryan returned to Lincoln, and started the publication of a weekly political journal called "The Con- moner." Four years later, 1904, al- though not actively a candidate for the nomination, which eventually went to Judge Alton B. Parker, he vigorously opposed Democratcy's Conservative" attitude.
 The interim between this period and the next presidential election of 1908 was occupied by MT. Bryan, now known by many of his follow CTS as "The Perless Leader" in several enterprises that kept him in the public eye. Notable among these was his trip around the world on which he started September 21, 1905. Accompanied by his wife, son and daughter, Mr. Bryan first went to Japan, and China where he was hospitably entertained and made nu- merOus addresses one of which, en- titled, "The White Mems Burden" was commended by the Japanese-Amer- ican Society. The Bryans were pre- sented to the Emperor of Japan and were everywhere accorded the hon. or of foremost Americans. Later the party went to the Philippines where MT. Bryan's views on Filipino inde. pendence were welcomed. During this visit the savage Moros of Min danao Island created the Nebraskan "datto" or chief of one of their tribes.
 Accorded Reception Home.
 Leaving the Philippines the party went to India, the Holy Land, Tur- key, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Rus sia, Italy, Norway, Sweden and other European countries, finally arriving in London July 3, 1906 Meanwhile MT. Bryan had interviewed" King Edward VII, the Emperor of Rus sia, and other potentates, and Count Leo Tolstoi and had made numerous speeches all of which were reported in the American press and which in- spired desire on the part of Demo crats at home to give him a great reception which was done upon his return to America the following Sep tember.
 Advances Disarmament.
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