Milford chronicle., 1925-07-31
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
DIES SUDDENLY OF HEART
TROUBLE AT FRIENDS HOME
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try lust as he wanted it without in
terruptions from opposing counse
and without having to make extern
poraneous replies in preceding
speeches. He appeared concerned
over the coming battle between Fun
damentalism and Modernism, ant
seemed eager for the fray.
The body of the Commoner laid il
state at Dayton on Monday, and OF
Wednesday it was taken to Wash
ington, where it rested at the Capi.
tol. Thousands of persons passed
the bier in the Rotunda of the Capt.
tol and paid their last respects tC
the man who for years controlled
the destinies of the Democratic par
ty.
Mr.. Bryan had frequently express
ed a desire to be buried at Arling-
ton Cemetery, overlooking the city
of Washington. His wishes Will be
complied with, and today the BODY
will be taken to that cemetery and
consigned to the earth. The SER
vices will be simple.
Leader for Sixteen Years
Virtually dominant in the Democratic
Party for nearly sixteen years, William
7 BRYAN was three times nominated
and defeated for the Presidency. Then,
like Elijah of old, he cast his mantle
upon the Elisha of Princeton ana eA-
erted a potent influence IN prlnglns
about woodrow Wilson's first nomlna.
tion for the office to Wmch ne hiIiseAi
had vainly aspired. ill.,.
Known in his youth as 'the silver
tongued boy orator OF the FlaIte'
was Mr.. Bryan's eloquence in his ia
NOUS cross of gold speech at In IIe
Democratic National Convention IN Cil-
cago in 1896 that made him the cholce
of his party. He polled more ILiaii
6. 800. 900 votes in his first campaign.
His career has been likened TO thaI
of Henry Clay, who also was thIe9
times nominated for the Presl9ency any anu
as many times defeated. Gay, IoO,
became a Secretary of State. trlends
of Bryan insisted that, ike Gay hs
was too conscientious, consistent anu
scrupulous for a politician ana thaC tIl9
famous Whig's declaration WouI1
rather be right than De FTeslueIIlC FT.Ilo wei
described the man from Nebraska.
The former Secretary of state was
horn in Salem, Ill, March 19, 1861. his
father was Silas Lillard Bryan, naClVe
Of Culpeper county, Virginia, laWyer
and Judge. The son, after gradq1agtiiLs
CoiIege of Law, Chicago, IN 1888, enter
ed the law office Of Lyman TrumpuH'
former United States Senator. Supss-
1uently he removed to Jacksonville III, |
where he practiced law until 1881 Wneii
he settled in Lincoln Nep.
Speeches Attract Attention
During the Presidential campaign Of |
1888. young Bryan's speeches IN pehaI
Df the Democratic ticket attracted az
tention, and in 1890 he accepI933S; 3S;+ iiSIla ~
nation for Congress in the FlrsL Ne-
nrasl<a district, a Republican strons-
1oid. "because, no one else would nave
f." he said, since it was belleVsu l9
Democrat could win. He was elecIgu
md served from 1891 until 1880. NJ
vas made q member -oL tne mp IN his his
Vays and Means Committee III HIS
= Two speeches in this period gave Mr..
3rvan Nationwide prominence 0Le
gainst the policy of protection oeuH-
red on March 16; 1882, anu ,,o,, CitS ,eIIy-
base clause of the Sherman act on
.ugTst I6, 1898. In the latter ne ao-
ocsfed 1.-The free and unlimited com
re of silver, irrespective OF nlteT1a,,
Ional agreement, at ratio OF 10 70 =
noIicy with which his name was az
,I-.Uards most prominently ASSOCIATED
ntii he entered the Cabinet OF Fresl-
ent Wilson.
Defeated for Senate
rhe frst nomination of Mr.. Bryan
,r fbe Presidency at the Democratic
-a+ional Convention in Chicago on JUuy
d. 1896, has since been characteI!iHSu
3 one of the miracles Oh AILlsElcttli ~
olitics. The nominee, after seIValls+ d5ts+a az
ongress. had run for the United STATES
enste and been defeated by Senator
0hn M. Thurston, Of Nebraska. ADal-
1niner the law, Mr.. Bryan became eu
or Of the Omaha World-Heraio anu i
1ampioned the cause OF bimeLallIsLn aS !
gorOusly with the pen as ne sI na" fH,. i
,e forum, He had been beaten Ior
'ird term in Congress on the issue %
,o,1nd money! and when the time
me for the national convention lnlS i
lestion was rending both pig POllIlGsl \
rites. There were Free silver 5 heP ~ ]
,ans as well as Democrats, but Cne
,minee of the former, Henry M. rem t
!. of Colorado, threw his support " y
ivan when the Nebrasl1an won the 4
,mination at Chicago. a
Makes "CrOss of Gold" Speech t
The "cross of gold'' speech by Bryan 4
nich has been quoted ottener' per Il
.ps, than any other OF ms Moros' anu n
iich made him rival OF William NC
nley for the Presidency-eame at the a
)se of a debate on the floor OF the Il
invention in advocacy OF a tree SILVER N
INK. Men nationally prominent IN the A
rtv had preceded him, and opposed n
) blank unless it should provide for d
netalism by international agreement w
10 situation was tense when the Ne d,
askan, then only SO years old-one m
ar more than the Constitutional re- "a,
irement for a President-arose to Sc
sak.
Everybody was tired; everybody cr
,med ready for compromise. Not so "a
delegate from Nebraska. There was L1
II 40 hnp1n
I would be presumptuous, indeed, to 81
sent myself against the distinguish
gentleman to whom you have listen m
y he said, 'if this were a mere mea- ed
ing of abilities; but this is not a a
test between persons. The humblest W,
zen in all the land, when clad in the re
1or of a righteous cause, is stronger eV
n all the hosts of error. l come to
ak to you in defense of a cause as
Y as the cause of liberty-the cause
Ca
Stampedes Convention og. IL.
hen charging the evils of the day be
idle mills, the social unrest and de
wages-to the scarcity of money thi
the idle holders Of idle capital IN inl
II Street." he continued: mi
The individual is but an atom; he is rut
4, he acts, he dies; but principles ing
eternal; and this has been a con- of
over a principle, having behind us pei
producing masses OF LnlS udLlOH Wi
the world, supported by the com a
cial interests, the laboring inter, ant
and the toilers everywhere, we will tun
ver those who demand a single gold VIII
dard by saying: not
You shall not press down upon the lett
v of labor this crown of thorns. Mr.
shall not cruelty mankind upon "pe
cross Of gold" Sec
Breaks Speaking Records mel, net
le convention was stampeded for
IN, who was nominated over eight
r candidates on the fifth ballot, fol- T
ng a speech by a Georgia delegate wol
hich the eloquent. young orator was his
red to as "a Saul come to lead the spe
.lites to battle" Subsequently a g
n received the nominations of the fore
les and the National Silver Par the
accl
e nominee broke all speaking rec Her
in his first campaign, travelling er.
than $4,000 miles and making ting