The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, July 01, 1921, Page 13, Image 14
t -t The Commoner 13 JULY, 1921" '"Jf nFTAR Mr. Bryan's Change of Residence THE SOUTHS WELCOME TO MR. BRYAN William J. Bryan has changed his residence from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Miami, Florida. Ho has long had a home at Miami, where he and Mrs. Bryan have spent their winters and have many friends in the .Land of Flowers as they have made them wherever they go, wherever they are known. "Mr. Bryan's home life is ideal," say all his friends and neighbors at Lin coln, and his private life and public life have been Ideal. They are stainless. They are with out a mar or blemish. No man in all this coun try Is more widely known, more generally be loved. Wherever he goes, in whatever cause he is engaged) he always receives an ovation. "He spoke to a full house," or "he spoke to an overflowing house," are headlines in news papers after his visit. Ho is not only eloquent, he is virile, forceful, logical, convincing, which combined with a pleasing personality and recog nized honesty and sincerity, uprightness and brilliancy, make him Irresistible upon the stump, forum or hustings. The south has regained its own. This de cendant of old Virginia, the mother of southern statesmen, who has upheld the highest stand ard of that great commonwealth, Is returning to the south, the land of his forefathers. He will be welcomed to Florida as an asset above price. He will be welcomed as a citi zen vof the south worthy of all praise, worthy of all honors. Gifted by tongue and pen, he will add to the prestige "of the south in national councils. A factor in our party -councils for the past twenty years a factor second to no one he will continue to be a dominant figure in the political 'and social life of our people, north and south. None doubts the people of the south will give Mr. Bryan the right hand of good fellowship, a hearty and cordial welcome to their midst. He comes among old friends, true and tried. Thrice has he been lidnGred by his party for the presi dency and thrice has the. south given him its solid electoral vote. And whenever he has come to visit them, whatever hie mission, he has al ways been given that welcome the people of the south only give to those deemed worthy, whom they love, honor and respect. He is eminently an American, a patriot lov ing and beloved, possessing splendid judgment of men and measures, and whose fidelity to duty, and a practical knowledge make him an invaluable citizen, not only to tkestate in which he resides but to all the people. Mr. Bryan is a grateful man. He loves his friends as they love him. He loves the kindness and courtesies his friends so lavishly extend to him.' In his vocabulary duty and service to his people are the great headlights of his life. As he sees his duty to others, to the public he performs it boldly, fearlessly, conscientiously, and with courtesy and. kindness, but with an ever increas ing fervor to succeed in whatever cause. Loyalty to friends Is a rare trait of character, and pos sessed "by Mr. Bryan in a remarkable degree, but with Mr. Bryan loyalty to conscience rises about even loyalty to friends. He is a man in whose bosom lurks no shadow of wrong doing, even for personal gain. He knows nothing but truth, but honesty, and squares his actions with his words. That he will continue to take an active part in polities' in the future, . In his adopted state, and section as in Nebraska, is intimated by Mr. Bryan in his public statement regarding his change of residence, and The Journal believes that Florida will welcome his activities in that state in helping them to right wrongs and secure the best men for ofllce and an economical ad ministration of Its affairs. In this respect he has rendered material aid to Nebraska and which the ,people of Nebraska duly appreciated, as shown by their votes whenever he has appeared before tliem for their suffrage. That this is true Mr. Bryan sets forth briefly but apprecia tively in his valedictory to Nebraska. "Begin ning in 1888," says Mr. Bryan, "the Democrats of Nebraska have expressed their confidence in me time and time again. Twice they nominated me or congress, once for the senate, three times they have supported me for president, and many times for delegate to the national conventions. Only once have J been defeated for any posiUon to which I aspired, and that was in 191 G, when the prohibition question was beginning to bo a national issue. In 1920, when prohibition was an established policy in both Nebraska and the nation my party not only selected mo as a delegate to San Francisco, but elected eleven delegates out- of sixteen in sympathy with' tho policies which I advocated. This was tho last expression of my party, and I shall treasure the compliment while I live." He assures his frionds in Nebraska who have been so loyal to him, that he will not lose inter est in the welfare of the state and its attitude on political questions, but on tho contrary ex pects to remain in touch with public sentiment there, and expects frequently to visit the state. "By moving my citizenship to Florida, I shall increase my capacity for usefulness," says Mr. Bryan, "because, living there, I can take paTt in tho politics of the state and share also in determining the state's position on national questions." This, he adds, "will require no change In my attitude on public questions, 'be cause the south has been a loyal supporter of every reform in which I have been interested." But the main reason, no doubt, that lod Mr. Bryan ' to change his citizenship from Lincoln to Miami is because of the failing health of Mrs. Bryan, who has been a sufferer for quite two years, if not longer, and she has visited many Tiealth reBorts in different parts of the country, and received more benefits from the climate in in Florida than any where she had visited. "Mrs, Bryan's health is such that it is necessary for us to live in the south," says Mr. Bryan, "and, having tested Miami's climate for eight years, we have chosen that city for our permanent home. For some time I have been, politically speaking, in a state of suspended animation, living in Florida but voting in Nebraska. Being as much interested as ever in the problems of government and desiring to make my remain ing years as valuable to my country ao possible,, I have decided to transfer my citizenship .to Florida and thus make my actual residence my legal residence also." Yes; welcome, thrice welcome, Mr. Bryan, to our sunny southland. A brave anl chivalrlc people, who know and appreciate a man at his true worth, regardless of Teligious or political differences, or ideals of government some few of us may entertain, all join in this welcome to the great commoner, the first citizen of the' -world. Montgomery, Alabama, Journal. NEBRASKA AND BRYAN William Jennings Bryan has changed his residence place to Miami, Florida. Considera tions of Mrs. Bryan's health had much to do with the move. Florida is more genial to Mr. Bryan than Nebraska has been generous. Tho old home town, Lincoln, would never have been known in the prints were it not for the popularity of Bryan, and yet his neighbors seem to have been singularly unappreciative. They were probably too near the great Com moner to see hiB glory however much they felt the civic benefits. After all it is the old story of the indifference to a prophet in his own coun try. The Nebraskans strangely withheld the common courtesy of the favorite son vote. Those who are in the confidence of Mr. Bryan however will know that he did not quit his western home without some little pang. It was there he spent in a dingy law office a year or two when his funds scarcely amounted to more than a meal ticket. It was from there with very few dollars in his pocket he went as a youth to be homaged as a candidate for the highest office in the world. . Lincoln brings back scenes of the greatest greetings and glorifica tions that have ever been bestowed on any American. It was nature's unspoiled moods in Nebraska that inspired his first overpower ing eloquence and In which he did not for get to be grateful of th& gift: -"Way out yonder, close to nature's heart; where the vojees of the children mingles with the voices of 'the birds." Blooniington, Illinois, Bulletin. AS TO BRYAN T William J. Bryan has announced that owin to fhe condition of health of Mrs.- Bryan,, making their continued resldenceship in the south neces sary, he will hereafter be known as a resident Of Miami, Florida. This announcement may be received in cer tain quarters in Nebraska with considerable satisfaction. In others,. there will come jgeriuine -regrets, intermingled with sorrow. It will not be hard -to differentiate as be- twoen the characteristics of the two conflicting view points. It will not be 'hard to recognize the charactor df men holding them. Mr. Bryan and his following in Nobraska, have been com- posed of that body of men who rocoinfzc tho worth of uprightness In political as well as social life. They have belloved Jn political decency and political Integrity. They have recognized the moral side of political action. This is tho history of their political doing. It is just such a history, too, as every man who has followed this groat leader, may well feel proud of. There has come at no time into our hearts a single pang of regret that wo have followed h'm. It la npw tho proudest privilege of our life to say that wo have bared our breast in many a conflict defend ing him defend'ns him against tho onslaughts of a gang of political bushwackers in his own party unworthy to lace his shoes. Brvan may bo removed from tho sphere of political action in Nobraska. His followers are still here and so long as they shall breathe the free air of Heaven, they will carry on the flight aealnst tho unholy gang who connived against him. 'To th's end wo here and now rededicate our 8elvesk We shall ten.ch those of our blood to crush beneath their heel tho head of the sor pont the perpent that has beguiled with its forked tongue and seductive eye, that portion of the Democratic party who have spurned the man who battled to make hfs party respectable and honorable In the eyes of all men. The general has pone. Not so tho fighting cohorts. They are st'll here. The mark still remains cs; certain door posts and so long aa that mark remains, tho slaughter will go on. Blue Hill, Neb., fceador-. BRYAN COMES SOUTH Nebraska yields to Florida. William Jen- nings Bryan announces that he will make his home hereafter in Miami. For thirty years Mr. Bryan had been a res'dent of the western state. He broke into fame as a young and eloquent congressman from Nebraska, has been heralded to tho world as "The Nobraskan" and has emerged from the vicissitudes of politics as the most widely known institution of that com monwealth. In spite of anv adverse opinion of Mr. Bryan, in and out of Nebraska, it la hard-' ly conceivable that the state wh'ch was for && many years his heme cart give him up without" some feeling of reexet and senRe of loss. Whether Florida will herald tho acquisition with acclaim remains to be demonstrated. Mr. Bryan has had his crltle3. Tho Journal has been among them at times. But when all c-lti- , cisms have been voiced if must be conceded that he has remained tho most prominent public figure out of office in ths country, and for a period of years rreater than that of any man of our time. Dallas, Texas, Journal. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION The need of the hour Is not for factories or materials, not more railroads or steamships, not more armies or more navies, but rather more education based on the plain teachings of Jesus. Tho prosperity of our country depends on the motives and purposes of the people. These motives and purposes are directed in the right direction only through religion. We are willing to give our property and even our lives when our country calls In time of war. - Yet the call of Christian educat'on is to day of even greater importance than was ever the call of the army or the navy. 1 say this because we shall , probably never live to see America attacked from without, but we may at any time see pur best institutions atacked from within. THE SAFETY OF OUR NATION, INCLUD ING ALL GROUPS, DEPENDS ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. FURTHERMORE, AT NO TIME IN OUR HISTORY HAS IT BEEN MORE GREATLY NEEDED. I repeat, the need of the hour is not more factories or materials, not more railroads or steamships, not more armies or navies but rather more Christian education. This is not the time to Teduce investments in schools and col leges at home, or in the Y. M. C, A. .and simi lar work in China, ' Japan, Russia or South America. This is the time of all times to in crease such subscriptions. ROGER W. BAB-SON. The thing , that wasn't done when the time came Is never quite compensated ' by the thing done later to make vup for it. The Continent ! -. i t 7 t H k i ( ,1 j . K l a K" i u a '177 . ytiL JwuL&f&tf ij&t4i&t&. ;.. -- M.-Alc4lte. . 4 H..., fciit