Milford chronicle., 1925-07-31

In a public statement he said the $12,-
/ 900 salary he received as a Cabinet
officer was insufficient to meet the ordi-
| nary household demands upon his purse
| and he felt obliged to supplement his
income in other ways. One of his most
popular lectures was "The Prince of
Peace"
When he entered the Cabinet, Mr..
Bryan astOnished Washington by an
nouncing that grape juice would be
whenever the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Bryan entertained the members
of the diplomatic corps. Indeed, Mr.
Bryan in his long advocacy of tee
totalism was credited by many with
having done more than any other Am
erican outside of the Prohibition Party,
to force the adoption of the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution making
the United States a dry" Nation. From
March, 1918, he was president OF the
National Dry Federation.
Party Leadership Broken
Mr.. Bryans leadership of the Demo-
cratic Party definitely was broken at
the national convention at San Fran
cisco in 1920, when he was defeated in
his efforts to have dry plank included
in the platform. Throughout the cam
paign he remained silent and afterWard
said it was the first time in forty years
that he had made no speeches for
Democratic Presidential candidate. The
reason for his action, he said' was that
he did not agree with James M. Cox
the party's candidate, who was defeat
ed by Warren G. Harding, and that he
did not want to debate with the candl-
date 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"
Moved to Florida
Soon after the election of President
Harding, Mr.. Bryan suggested that
President Wilson resign because The
people had voted against the League
of Nations, one of the dominant issues |
of the campaign, and in favor OF an
of nations as proposed by
Mr. Harding. The former Secretary OF
State proposed that President Wilson
turn over the office to wee
President Marshall with the under
standing that the latter appoint Mr..
as Secretary of State at the
of the new Congress and
then resign so that Mr.. Harding inn
medately could become President and
put into effect his association OF ma
tions. i
Having become a permanent legal
resident of Miami, Fla, Mr.. Bryan was
elected from that State a delegate to
the Democratic National Convention at
New 1Ofk IN 1JA4' ne lOOA d PtOtn
nent part in the proceedings, but his
influence was greatly curtailed as COM
pared with that which he eXerted at
previous national conventions of the
party. His advocacy of the nomina-
ion of William G. McAdoo had no et-
continued for nearly two weeks be-
Ween Mr.. NcAdoo and Governor Al
red e. Smith, of New York, the con-
est eventually being ended when the
delegates switched to John w. Davis,
Who was nominated.
Asks Prayer at Convention
Mr. Bryan was a member of the
esolutions committee and at one of the
essions when the K. K. K. issue was
nd urged the other members of the
ommittee to join with him in prayer
hat they might be guided in the right {
ght The former Secretary took part =
n the campaign, but was not as ac-
i've as he had been in some previous
mes. His brother, Charles w. Bryan, 9
hen Governor of Nebraska, was the
nominee for Vice President.
Easing UP on his political activities Z
nth the 1920 national campaign, Mr..
,ryan took a greater interest in the
fairs of the Presbyterian Church, and
evoted more of his time to lecturing.
\ 1928 he was defeated for moderator
the general assembly of the Presby- S
erian Church after an exciting contest. 7
lie was elected vice moderator at the c
eneral assembly of 1924. S
Champions Anti-DarWiniSm
An avowed opponent of the Darwin = :
neOry of evolution, Mr.. Bryan made +
lany addresses on the subject. Speak
lg in 1928 before the Legislature of r
Test Virginia, which was considering
bill to prohibit the teaching of the 4
arwin theory in the schools of that \
tate, Mr.. Bryan said: n
school teachers paid by taxation h
lould not be permitted to teach under
le guise of science or philosophy any q
ling that undermines faith in God,
npairs belief in the Bible or discreditS h
le Son Of God and the Savior of the '
Orld. Evolutionists rob the Savior
the glory of the virgin birth, the ma G,
sty of His deity and the triumph of N
is resurrection. @'
Sees Weakening of Bible P
They weaken faith in the Bible by II
scarding the miracles and the super -,
Ltural and by eliminating from the III
BILE all that conflicts with their theo- A.
IS. They render the Book a scrap of "a "a
per-" IT
Later in an address in New York l..
r. Bryan denounced the Darwin theo- %
as the greatest enemy of religion =
d declared that in the schools it was
dermining Christianity. Il don't OBJ 4
u 10 SCleulAnC AEulAS he Sdiui 4OE uO
lth disturbs religion. What we object
is for any scientists to put forth his
ess and demand that we substitute
for the word of God. Evolution is
enemy of the Bible and furnishes a 1
;pectable excuse for men to deny the N
1le." Among his writings on the sub l|H
t were 1.-THE Menace of Darwinism,"
"The Bible and Its Enemies" M
Volunteers in Scopes Case
When the first charge against John lll
Scopes, high school teacher of Day l|lH
!, Tenn, of teaching evolution con- HIH
ry to the statutes of the State, Hhl
WED signs of precipitating a legal llll
tie of national and international in IlIll
est, William Jennings Bryan was lIlIf
Ong the first outsiders to volunteer Illlf
assisting the prosecution. His Of IIbl
was accepted with eagerness by the IIH
orney General of Tennessee. IIl
hortly after the announcement that lIlIll
Bryan would participate was pub
ed, Clarence Darrow, noted Chica- lllllI
attorney and defender of Leopold HUH
Loeb, in the notorius Franks muir llllll
offered to assist in the defense, lllIIl
lcipally-as he made no attempt to ,IllIll
e-of matching his wits with the lIlIil
standard-bearer of fun llH
lentalism. lHln
he whole extent of the now famous lH
was marked by tilts between Bry- HHl
and DarroW, with the former show INI
increasing bitterness as the ses-
IS continued. The final conviction
scopes was proclaimed by Bryan as
)mplete VindicatiOn of the right of W
Tennessee Legislature to prohibit
teaching of a theory he claimed is
lirect defiance of the word of God
in the Book of Genesis.
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