The Commoner.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL. 7. No. 27.
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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
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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
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YOU CAN NEVER REACH HIM THAT WAY, MR. PRESIDENT
Substance of an Address Delivered by Mr. Bryan at
Various "College Commencements
preparedness.
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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.
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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
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