The Commoner. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR VOL. 7. No. 27. If i. Lincoln, Nebraska, July 19, 1907. Whole Number 339.' 7 v m ft CONTENTS FAITH ADDRESS BY MR. BRYAN V. . THE JINGOES AT WORK WEAKENING THE REPUBLIC WHAT ABOUT MISSOURI? v TIME FOR ACTION PALPABLE HITS f TWO NAVIES PRESS ON ROCKEFELLER AS, A WITNESS ALL ALONG THE LINE WASHINGTON LETTER PARAGRAPHIC PUNCHES ' COMMENT ON CURRENT TOPICS HOME DEPARTMENT p. WHETHER COMMON OR NOT NEWS OF THE WEEK " y J rv ; iff"" A ? mm m SI k. CAPITAL STOCK DO, 00 0t 000. -6 0 ANNUAL PMPEMS A TnE JINGOES AT WORK The Jingoes in the Wnited States and Japan are doing- their best to stir up a war sentiment. When-,a loud-mouthed Japanese booster issues a challenge it is taken up by some swa'ggering American and threats are tossed back and forth across the ocean. What occasion is there for war or war talk? If any Japanese has suffered violfino.fi nur r.niirts Jirfi nnfin tn him! no .for eigner will Abjlenider8-r may suffer. Japan has no complaint against us and we have no complaint against her. Why this massing of our fleet on the Pa cific? Is it just to show Japan what we could do? If so, it is a bombastic display unworthy of us; if it has no connection with the Japanese question it is unpatriotic for sensational papers to represent it as an evidence of either hostility or fear. In both countries the advocates of a large navy will seize upon the incident as an excuse for demanding more War ships, but to just and peace-loving citizens the situation ought to be a warning against the military spirit which a large navy develops. It is popular just now to urge shooting galleries, rifle ranges and big battleships as peace promoters, but it is as absurd to expect these things to bring peace as -it would be to expect personal en v counters to be decreased by the teaching of prize fighting in the public schools. Man is not yet sufficiently advanced to have power without yielding to the temptation to use it. It has been wisely remarked that only the burglar needs burglar tools. If our nation intends to respect the rights of other nations it does not need "the biggest navy in the world." Our resources are well known; if we 4re ever unjustly attacked we can prove our power of resistance, but the chances of at tack are very remote and nothing is more apt to provoke an attack than the parading of our JV "... j- Tl ''mT. " . :'S -& .& 'mi "taa trrv. r-- a V if " " " - " J Jag- Afcftr. ? -. cT . '"" ", i . r 32S-"-.Tci- 61? - -s. . .-ri ; i- sui A(s . a i i w.vilk- (v '.; : v .--' :-: -Saa C!kllV. f 1Ll- X AI f 7 . - -- iipCo--' J ff s j y , .V,, Hfl!p ' v-r' ",w-vyfataagw'"" u "rr "-'iw?iwyiFw iIWl V n .ZI .l ---- .to f - , ( teAtF.. '1S3S- .Z- It MVK-iTw', r .-- . S.S i ' .-Ww,- fciefeftMrrmvr,,.--:j -- . . jr - ifeg oC-?V fc--- W"3 t ir?' rZJ ?7 X& YOU CAN NEVER REACH HIM THAT WAY, MR. PRESIDENT Substance of an Address Delivered by Mr. Bryan at Various "College Commencements preparedness. s oooo GOOD FOR THE KING Even when he was Prince of Wales, King Edward endeared himself to Irishmen. His popularity with these and his reputation as a sagacious ruler will" not suffer by reason of the pardon he granted to Colonel Arthur Lynch, the Irishman who was convicted of high treason in 1902 for having fought fqr the Boors in tho South African war. OOOO CAN IT BE? The St. Louis Criobe-Democra.t prints a car toon showing Harriman smiling as he reads this bulletin: "The administration Is busy with army and navy plans." Canit be possible that herein lies theli explanation 'for the apparently "organ ized war talk" of today? The following is the substance of the ad dress delivered by Mr. Bryan during the last three months at the graduating exercises of the Nebraska State Normal at Peru, at the graduat ing exercises of Cotner university, near Lin coln, and at Harvard, Dartmouth, Bowdoln, the Washington and Jefferson college, the William and Mary college. Columbia university, and the state universities of Texas, Minnesota and Virginia. Faith exferts a controlling influence over our lives. If it is argued that works are more important than faith, I reply that faith comes first, work afterwards. Until one believes, he does not act, and in accordance with his faith, so will be his deeds. Abraham, called of God, went forth in faith to establish a race and a religion. As a result of his faith a race has been produced not sur passed in its achievements by any other race in history, and as a result of his faith nearly four hundred millions of human beings are adherents of a monotheistic religion. It was faith that led Columbus to, discover America, and faith again that conducted the early settlers to James town, the Dutch to New York and the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock. Faith has led the pioneer across deserts and through trackless forests, and faitli has brought others in his footsteps to lay in our land the foundations of a civilization the highest that the world has known. I might draw an Illustration from the life of each one of you. You have faith in educa tion, and that faith is behind your study; you have faith In this institution, and that faith brought you here; your parents and friends have had faith In you and have helped you to your present position. Without faith we are told it is impossible to please God, and I may add that, without faitli it is impossible to meet the ex pectations of those who are most interested in you. Let me present this subject under four heads: First You must have faith in yourselves. Not that, you should carry confidence in your selves to the point of displaying egotism, and yet, egotism is not the worst possible fault. My father was wont to say that if a man had the big head, you could whittle It down, but that If he had the little head, there was no hope for him. If you have tho big head,- others will help you reduce It, but if you have the little head, they can not help you. You must believe" that you can do things or you will not undertake them. Those who lack faith attempt nothing and therefore can not possibly succeed; those with great faith attempt the seemingly impos sible and by attempting prove what man can do. But you can not have faith In yourselves unless you are conscious that you are prepared for your work. If one is feeble in body, he can not have the confidence In his physical strength that the athlete has, and as physical strength is necessary, one is justified in devote MfttlKkft&mWtax! 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