Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-27
WILLIAM J.BRYAN DIES SUDDENLY
 DAYTON, TENN,
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ed by the Administration, was set up in it's stead.
 At the height of the Anti-alien land controversy in California, MT. Bryan journeyed to the Paciflc coast where he held several conferences with the Governor and delivered speeches for the State legislature. Re- lations with Japan during this peri cd were reported as somewhat strain ed The upshot of the matter was that a new measure, known as fhe Webb bill, was drafted and passed. It modified the restrictions against the Japanese but evoked a protest from Tokio.
 Bryan Resigns Post.
 MT. Bryan's resignation from the cabinet, which ocurred on June 3, 1915. came as a thunderclap out of 2 clear sky It was known there had been disagreements between the President and his chief cabinet of ficer but that the breach had gone beyond healing was not realized by the public mind. Germany's aggres- sions and her ruthless U-boat policy were daily drawing the United States into the vortex of war. MT. Bryan seemed pledged to peace The time came when President Wilson's notes to Germany had to take final tone and, with the sinking of another Am erican ship and an ultimatum from the United States, MT. Bryan, who had previously declared There is nothing final between friends" sent his letter of resignation to the Presi- dent MT. Wilson, deploring his ac- tion as a personal loss" in reply, accepted his Secretary's withdrawal from the Cabinet stating that they both sought the same end but by different methods.
 Receives Hostile Criticism
 The zeal of Mr. Bryan to bring about world peace, led him in the excess of his enthusiasm, it was said, to public speech and acts that brought upon him a great deal of hostile criticism. Before the United States entered the war the Nebras- kan had pledged himself to accom- pany an expedition financed by Henry Ford, the Michigan manufacturer, to Europe for the purpose of getting the boys out of the trenches" MT did not go Subsequently he was accused Of unintentionally aiding the propaganda of the Central Powers by his speeches and writings. Early in the war he declared it was "fo mented" by profit seekers. In al address in San Francisco he sait that flor the United States to gC to war with Germany would be like challenging a madhouse."
 Sometime before this he was re ported as being opposed to permit ting the United States to make an. loans to the belligerents. When tn United States picked up the gage 0 battle thrown down by Germany however, Mr. Bryan promptly de clared "she must be defeated at al costs" and offered his services t President Wilson as a private so dier
 Couldn't Live On Salary.
 While Secretary of State, MT. Bry an was often absent from Washing ton as lecturer and this subjecte him ito no little amount of raillery i the press. In a public statement h said the S12,000 salary he receive as a cabinet officer was insufficier to meet the ordinary household d. mands upon his purse and he fe obliged to supplement his income other ways. One of his most popl lar lectures was "The Prince ( Peace"
 When he entered the cabinet, M Bryan astonished Washington by al nouncing that grape juice would substituted for alcoholic beverage whenever the Secretary of State an Mrs. Bryan entertained the membel of the diplomatic corps. Indeed, M Bryan in his long advocacy of te totalism was credited by many vii having done more than any oth American outside of the Prohibitie party, to force the adoption of u Eighteenth Amendment to the Co stitution making the United States .'dry" nation. From March 1918 was president of the National Dl Federation.
 Queers Self In Frisco.
 MT. Bryan's leadership of the De-