Evening star., 1925-07-27

ress sustains no loss in the death of
Mr. Bryan"
Dudley Field Malone of defense
counsel at Scopes trial-Our friend
ship of 20 years remained unimpaired
throughout the recent trial at Day
ton. We radically differed over the
issues raised there, but Mr.. Bryan,
like all great fighters, was gener-
Gus foe and after our debate he was
the first to come to me with his af-
fectionate congratulations.
Arthur Garfield Hays of defense
counsel at Scopes trial-The defense
attorneys left Dayton happy in the
thought that they had won a moral
victory. but the taste is bitter when
followed by such a tragic ending. While
we all disagreed with Mr.. Bryan and
considered his views a menace, yet
we admired his fighting gameness
and his courage. Had he wished to
remain off the stand at Dayton, he
would have had the support of the
court, but he was so sure of his posi-
ton, he thought nothing could demol-
ish 1t. l believe that Mr.. Bryan's
greatest Disappointment was in being
shut off from making the speech of
his life"
of William Jennings Bryan, Secretary
of Navy Curtis D. Wilbur quoted
verses and 8 of the fourth chapter
of Paul's second epistle to Timothy,
which he said were the last words his
| mother said before she died. His
quotation begins with, II have fought
a good fight; I have finished the
course" and ended with, 'for l am
now ready to be offered and the time
| Of NV dnnaTtUre is at hand.
Senator Samuel NJ. Ralston, Demo
crat, Indiana-While I did not always
share his views In full, 1 recognized
that he was sincere in his contention
| for them. From my viewpoint ne was
one OF the very few great men of
| this country. I think history will aC-
cord him that place.
Prime Minister Shidehara of Japan,
at Tokio-The death of Mr. Bryan is
| a great loss, not only to his own coun-
| try, but to the whole world. His cour-
age in supporting the cause Of inter
national peace and friendship has
| been inspiring, and we in Japan, while
continuing to benefit from his ex-
ample, feel a deep sense of loss of the
active sympathy he always displayed
toward Japan.
Senator James E. Watson. Repub-
lican, Indiana-He was a man of
magnetic presence, of unsurpassed
| physical appearance on the platform.
| l always regarded him as a dangerous
| opponent because of the attractive
ness of the mere manner of his speech
and not because of the wisdom of his
utterances. He was a man everybody
| liked to hear, but in his later years a
comparatively few followed.
! Secretry Kellogg-"In many re-
spects Mr.. Bryan was a very remark
| able man. He had strong convictions,
| high ideals and was a great orator.
For 80 years he was a command
ing and influential figure IN the pub
! lie life of the Nation and exercised a
great influence on the public mind.
| He died, as he had lived, fighting for
what he believed TO be the right.
James NJ. Cox, former Governor Of
! Ohio, and Democratic presidential can
didate in 1920, said:
Mr. Bryan will take rank as
great American, but history will
mark against him, as others, some
errors He would have been President
| in 1900 except for his Madison Square
speech; he should not have left the
Wilson cabinet, and he lost much in
fame by opposing the Jeffersonian
principle of keeping state and religion
apart. AS a preacher. he would have
excelled Henry Ward Beecher. The
most beautiful thing in his character
was his devotion to his invalid wife,
and the whole country will give un-
affected sympathy to her, who lost
not only the lover of her school days,
but of her mature years as well"