William Jennings Bryan
Dies Suddenly In Dayton
J
Commoner Dtscovrred Dead In Bed Three
Hours After He Hid Partaken Of Heartv
Noon Meal
Henri Disease Given as Cense el His Pen* lie. Bryan
oti Perch Writing When HaiWaJ Passes Away—Had
Been Engaged Since End el Scopss Trial hi Preparing
for Printing Speech Which He Was Net Allowed to Ds-,
Meer hi Court.
Dayt. n, Tena.. July M^-'WlUiun
Jwiinp Brynn, Ikiw times presi
_ nominee of th» DMMtflttt
_ ami known the world over for
flnqiw-wf, died here thi« aftir- !
The ••ml rmm* while tUkgre it )
manor wps r*l«ep him) attributed 1
ay physician* to apoplex;-. He ha.i
ritirnl to bi« room shortly s'ter rat- i
i«C » large dinner te take a ahort
HMPfrur.Jim McCarney. In wake
Mb ab«ut>i»» and it waa learned
tlwir-#rtfnr wan dead.
Dr. W. f Tbomaaon and Dr. A. C.,
Iroflti, who examined the body, •*
pressed the opinion Mr. Bryan had
bean dead between 90 and 46 minute*
before they arrived.
Funeral arrangement* had not baan
completed late tonight, but Mrs.
Bryan indicated interment would be
te Arlington remetery. Mr. Bryan,
•kn waa a colonel of the third He
braaka Volunteer* durin/ the Spaniah
Ameriran war. on several occaaions
had expressed a desire to be buried in
Arlington
Mr. Bryan'* death came on the eve
of another crusade that be bad plan
ned to carry before the American
people a battle against modernism.
Appeared in Good Health
Hr returned to Dayton this morning
after huvknr made addresses yester
day at Jasper and Winchester, Tenn.,
and after having completed arrange
■Mnt* for the early publication of
the spew'i he waa to have made in
closing the trial of John T. Scopes,
who recently was found guilty of vio
lating Tennessee's anti-evolution taw.
Despite the utrrnuous program, Mr.
Blryan had been following as a mem
ber of the nro«-erution staff in the
Bcope* case nr>d as leader of the fun
damentalists, he i npeared in excel
ten: health.
Shortly bef,-.- • Mr. Bryan entered
his "mm to r*>*» he told h'A wife He
bad never felt better in his life and
war ready to g.i before the country
to wage his fi.ht in behalf >f funda
mmtaliom
About 4:30 o'clock, Mr*. Bryar
aaid she feh her husband had step*
long enough so she sent the chauffeui
who also was his personal attendant,;
to wake him. McCartney shook Mr.
Bryan twice before he noticed the|
latter was not breathing. The physi
cian* and A. B. Andrews, a neighbor,
then were summoned hurriedly.
Mrs. Bryan accepted the shock
bravely and remained calm.
"I am happy that my husband died
without suffering and in peace." she
aaid
•he church.
Following the mhIwi, the m*.
moner m greeted by many member*
->f the congregation. He then ra
imrd to Ma temporary h»me bar*.
• here W »ta a large dinner, nmark
r* that Ma travel* n' ye»terday and
he early moraine had |)»«i him a
hearty appetite.
Shortly after three o'clock, Mr.
tryaa retired to hi* room to rent and
Mm. Bryan want to the hack porch
('I attend to noma rorr e»ponden<-«'.
qhe vaa anly fifteen faat away from
V* had.
"About 4:9ft I felt like Mr. Bryan
■d bean aaleep loaf enough. *<> I
•out Mr. McCartney
f Preaident Coolidge. Secretary Kel
1 ogg today formally announced for
'he government the death of William
Jennings Bryan. The announcement
follow*:
"By direction of the Preaident, the
imderwigned it charred with the aad
duty of announcing the death on July
». 1925, at Dayton, Tenn . of Wl!Kam
fenning* Bryan, a divtinguiahed citi
'•n of the United State*. formerly a 1
repreaen'ative In Congress from tha
•tate of Nebraska, a colonel in the
Spanish-American war and aecretary
if state.
"In all thene capacities hia aerricea
were characterised hy a faithfulness
to duty and a devotion to public in
'Test. Hi« private life waa one for
hi> emulation of all American citi
zens. Thrice the nominee of a rreat
rv.litical party, hia death will be es
pecially mourned by a large peraonal
following who held him in affection
ate eatoem.
"A* a teatimony of this re*pert, it
» ordered by the Preaident that the
nat'onal flag be displayed at half
Uaff on the national building* aj
Washington on the date of the fun
(-.i-ned) "FRANK B. KELLOGG"!
Reran Taught Great Bible
CI at* at Miami
Miami, Fla., July 2*.—William Jen
ning« Bryan wan an elder in the First |
freahjrterlaa church of thin city and
-«acher of it* open air Bible claas, i
which wa* conducted in Royal Palm
"nrk every Sunday morning. This
1a*« ha* the distinction of heing the'
'unrest gathering of it* kind in the
•vorld and i* frequently attended hy
thouaanda of persona.
Hryan wa* active and influential in
he hualne**, social and religfoui life
of Miami. He frequently fillad the
pulpit of the First Preahyterian
church and occasionally preached in
the other chyrches her*.
Thursday afternoon teaa hi the Bry
an home w«r« probably the most
lanrely attended social functions con
ducted in or near Miami. His home at
Oocoanut Grove was the laacca of
'houaanda. Recently these teaa have
been discontinued because of the ill
'•-Oth of Mrs. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan is crefltted with having
prospered greatly in hi* ventures
Set in the r«hl eatat* field and Is
estimated to have made from 1260,
000 to 11.000.000 in the sale of real
•state. His home, VUla Rerena.
South of Miami, was recently sold by
him at • considerable profit, and he
bought a less expensive oae at Cocoa
nnt Grove, a suburb of Miami, near
'he home of his daaghter. Mrs. Reg
inald Owen.
"You know he wu a colonel in the!
Bpari*h American war and since it
wa* hi* wi*h to rest ,in Arlinjrton. we
probnblv will place -h'm there." »he
contimi-d "But no d-flnite deciaion
will he reached until w» hear from
William Jennings Brynn. Jr."
Rhortlv Sefore William Jcnninir*
Brynn died t*"div he r"tnnrked th*»
lie had never felt hett«"r in hii life
and wan ready to ro b°fore the coun
try to ware hi* hattle «train«t w>d
«mi«m
The (treat commoner had returned
to Dayton thia morning after com
pleting arrangement* for the publi
cation of an address he had prepared
to deliver in cloainr the trial of John
T. fcope*, who recently wai convicted
of violating Tenneaaaa'a antievolution
tew. ~
Publication of thia *peech at an
oarlv date waa to mark the oneniac
of the cruaade in behalf of funda
mentalizm Mr Bryan planned to carry
kef ore the entire company.
Deapite the fact Mr Bryan had
opoken yesterday In Jasper and Wln
•keater. Tenn.. and had traveled over
BKI mile* be xoneared in the heat of
health and nnfatlcoed. He attended
■W ikw at the aostherr Methodic
Rplacotml church and led the con«re
fratlon In a weaver which citlvens of
Dayton tonirht deatilbrd aa one of
the moat beautiful ever daMiwad la
& • ,
.
William J-nnmga Bryan ripnU
the enntaat of Immm grawtwg tram
th Scape* trial aa tha "graateat fight
of • ear*ar not wllhmst fights," ha
said shortly altar the trial. Mr. Bry
m t
tu«a aa ha canatnMHl tham after tha
first court teat of tha Tamtaaaaa sta
tuta prohibiting tha teaching of evo
iit-lon theories.
From tha opening of tha trial ha
was daaparataiy hi aamaat, inaiating
throughout that a hattla waa being
vHgad again lit revealed religion and
• hristianitjr Laat Wadnaaday ha
bowed tha Aaaociatad Press a sheaf
»f t'bmma from individual* and
organisations In Many aactiona of tha
L'nited States, applauding hia poei
'lon in tha Beope* raaa Than it waa
*iat ha daciarad ha expected to apaah
"aoon and often," for Chrietiantty.
Mr. Bryan had prepared what waa
'.o hava beea tha rloaing argument
■afort tha jury at Dayton. It waa no
wret that tha preparation of thia
tddreas had been a matter of waa ha.
Soma of hia friend* thought that ha
experted to make it ona of tha great
est effort* of hia raraar, auggeating
•bat it would be parhapa hia laat ex
pended oratorical effort. Whan argu
ments were waivad and tha raaa want
to tha jury without final speerhmak
ing. Mr. Bryan aaid that ha would
nevertheless deliver his pi epared ad-;
Ireaa later and tha firat sucteedlng
lays in Dayton after tha trial war*
•pent in revi*inr» his manuacrtpt.
There waa no indication of illneaa '
n "the great renmoner" during the j
si. On Ma arrival at Dayton a I
'»» daya in advance of the opening of,
he rase his apparent phyairal fttnea*
••aa generally remarked. He »pok
nnly once in court, but delivered ad-j
1re«se* in Rhea county. Hia public
appearances included a speech at a'
' anquet in hia honor by the Dayton .
"nogreaaive club, an informal addrua*
o hia fellow prosecution lawyer* and
beir guest* at Morgan Poring*, twoj
•elirioua addrraaes in Dartoa and
>ae at Ptheville. Saturday he apohe
it Wincheater. earryrnr out a prom-1
isa made to Attorney General A. T. j
"lewart, durtnir the trial that at its j
close he would deliver an address to
'he attorney rcnerafs fellow towns
matt.
A* the "leader of the fundamental-,
'sts." M'. Bryan wan made to feel
venr much at home in Dayton and
Rhea county. Hia entrance and de-!
rarture fr-m the courtroom were
marked hy a succession of hand
shakes. Rhea county politically ha>:
been found frequently in the Repub
lican column and many of opposite'
politiral faith were among the moat
■rdent admirer* of the former Demo
•r»»«e candidate for President and
*h;net officer.
"Will you let a life-long Republi
n shake your hand. Mr. Bryan ?"'
as a question heard more than
nee in the courtroom.
Among hia last discissions with1
OajrUm folk concerned the suggestion
hat a college devoted to fundamen-,
"alist doctrine he established there, j
Approached with the information
•hat sentiment in Dayton fayored
"Bryan" for its nam» should the col
he established, his comment was:
'Well see. There's time enough to
"scum the name later."
Winaton-Salom Journal Sold
to Now Joraoy Man
W'naton-Salem July 24.—The sale
■in( tho public welfare hidtolN
hag* today.
"The probi.fr. of the landteee,
homeleaa people of the atate la ana
whir* moat ba reckoned with mm
d-.y," ha mM. "Oar ciriHrnatlan la aa
rounded In the home loving. home
owning inatinct that tha ramady will
nmm through creating a more aatia
f■■'*** country rivUtaation. for a large
proportion of our laniMeaa, homrlaaa
population Hva In tha apan eoantry."
Or. Branaon compared canditlona
In North Carolina with thoaa In Dan
mark, whara ha lately a pant many
month. "Them are," ha aaid. "no
problem* of home ownarahlp nor ara
thara problem* of illiteracy. Tliey
hava inatillad within thair vary be
inga a thrift wrhirh compel* them to
own their home*. Thta feeling for
fhe eaaential power of thrift la large
ly larking among our American peo
p » trxiay. They aaa tha Immediate
ne-d* and forget that they ahould ba
willing to forego them in riew of
more permanent thing*. Tha aver
age American aaea what ha wwtta ami
geta It, whether It ba bread, bonnet*
or paregoric ft hi from thia wide
spread lark of- thrift that our own
problem of farm and home ownership
ariaaa.
WMU Problem
"The problem of e*c*a«'ve ten
ancy, which to the problem of the
'.ndless -ind homeless countryman,
is not a negro problem. It fai pri
marily a white problem; for through
out the Snath th* whit? tenant! and |
eropfy^T outnumbered the negroes, j
Th "efourths of all the farm it* in th* |
stute are tenant*. They more from
pillar to pott, from Dan to Beersheha j
■ nit back again. They make a mt
l'*a, roving, Irresponsible element of i
tizenship They seem to primat a
hopeless problem. Bat H la one which
vou ran not forget. If yoa have any
real religion in yoa, yoa ran not give
up the problem. The children of]
»h"se tenants present such a picture I
of neglect that if you are realty in- •
'eronted the slightest in making thia
little place called earth a safer place
for children to be horn into you l-»u«t j
help tA solve it."
The Studebaker Family
(From The Kansas City Star.)
The last members of the noteworthy
and somewhat typical American fan
ily died in South Bend, tnd.. recently.
She was Mias Maria Studebaker, one
of a family of Ave brothers and fire
sisters.
The brothers were the Nationally I
known builders of wagons, carriages,!
buggies, implements and manufactur
ers of harness saddles and other ve- j
hide and horse equipment The la- ]
ter survivors of these five brothers |
were among the first men of capitalI
to engage in the manufacture of mo- j
tor cars. The last of them, J. M.
Ptudebaker, retired In 191C. The)
Stude baker corporation of today i*
rated as a $100,000,000 concern.
The pioneer impulse was strong in
tfc» Studebaker blood. The first I
American Studehaker came from
Switzerland, although of German
stock. They settled in Pennsylvania.
The father of a family of 10 was a
blacksmith, and several of the sons
learned the same trade.
The whols family moved first to
Ohio, then to a farm near what Is now
South Bend, Ind. Here J. M. Stude
haker built his first wagon, and on
this wagon he and a party of kindred
spirits want to California in the
memorable year of '4*.
When they reached Hangtown. CaL,
the party disbanded. J. M. had M'
cants. He found a Job aa a black
smith. Later he made a contract to
build wheelbarrows far the mines. I
When he had saved 94.000 he want
back to South Bend, wh*i* he and his
brothers founded t^ Studehaker busi
ness, which was to penetrate every
part of the cdhntry and many foreign
land*.
Perhaps a good many marriage*
really are made in heaven, hat a Wt
of ihetn wv* made la Studebakar
btiggies, which to swains and laaaaa
the time was about aa rear hMvwi
on earth a* they ever *mini
FEW EQUAL TO BRYAN
IN POLITICAL ENDEAVOR
that brilliant looter of afoetacwlar
effort wWrh baa become a part of the
memory of WIIUmi Jen*ifaiga Bryan.
Hie Hf» lor ahanat M jmn waa •'
ad ana upon the other At M ha be
came alm.t overnight nat only the
War of hfa party hut the idol of
mil:ton*. Tkrw Him ha awM tha
party atandard aa It* choir* far tha,
highaot efflff of tha land; In '
pT«»t*»atlal year—I IMS—-he r*apid
much «# tha cra4t for (Jartng Wood
row Wilaon In tha White Haaaa. and
in alnvoat every other national Daw
orratir convention la a generation ha
waa in the vary ranter of every *torm
that raw.
Aa a recognition, many aaM. of h«»
lone laadarahip, Preaident Wilaon
made Ma aaeratary of atata—a poet
fr»m which ha real read two year*
•ater under tha moat acnaational of
cirrumatanrea haranaa ha fnh tha na
tion waa verging toward participa
tion in tha Citropeaa war. World
peace alway* had baan hie paaaion in
hia earlier year*, jaat aa in hia later
lay* ha made tha aapooaal of religion
hia all-abeorbing umaai» and turned
hia talanta to aa attack on evolution.
Throughout all hia art ire year* hia
'ollowara clung to hia atandard in un
•wertint devotion for tha man and
Hia idaala. while hia enemiea reviled
and hated him, calting him ignorant
ind misguided in both hia economic*
ind ha roHgion. Hia great power of
•■loqoence, which flrat broofht him
to a pinca of national prominence. re
mained unimpaired for many yaar*:
hat toward the laat hia oid-tiaa bril
'i*nca oa tha platform and ctiunp be.
'an to dim perceptibly.
Although he found time for many
ntur«*on»e exrursiona into other
'•eld* poHtica ana hia forte, and the
'»ory of hia life work ia chaoat a hia
tory of the national political cam
o-tigna that began whan tha Chicago
Democratir convention of ItM, *tam
o»ded oat of a deadlock by hia "croaa
nf gold" *pee.'h. made him it* candi
date for Pre*ident.
than sign a not* to <
•it by Mr. Wllann I
marine outrages.
It waa attar a la
he Pr.sM.at mnd t)
the rsalgnatfcm wan
mnwd to the WMte I
June mornlnf Mr.
fmMait'i private
* pparently ktlkthf that by <
hi« powers ef pmvwinn onto tka
•rale ha maW nurrlwi Ma efcief that
the note nhouM not ha sent. After
they had tslhori alone far mi hut.
Mr. Wilson prssssd a button an Ma
iaafc and •
ind tka i
•ha
"Mr. Bryan want* a drink of
tar." Mid Mr. Wilson.
Whan K waa brought, Bryan's I
*(i an unsteady that ha a past a part
of it aa ha raiaad it ta Ma Hps. Ma
demonstrated later hi amy araya
hat ha had bean rat ta tha quick by
Ma failure to avert what ha bettered
waa a warlike gesture by Ma i
•ml by Ma partrag from the
'•ad helped Nft up into ' •
leadership than he himself had been
able to attain.
He did not oppose Mr. Wilson's re
n rumination In ItlC, hot the party
indidatee of 1»20 and 19U wot*
•Kossa over his itppoeltion. He went
on a vacation trip during moat of the
campaign of James M. Cos, but ha
frwik t Visa mt ttm n fr»r ink« W TWvia Im
19U.
At San Franc Mro in 1*20. bmrmr,
nv.«t of hi* energies war* dimtod
toward the writing of a platform
rather than the choir* of a candidate.
Hi* fight this time was for a bone
'try plank, and be took the speaker*'
«fand in ita eapoaaal. In old-time
form, hi* fare ihiaing and hia eye*
alight, he *ent hia rounded period*
rolling and rollicking throurh the
creat convention hall, and when the
neoch wan ended the delegate* rave
Kim an ovation that la*ted for as
hoar. Hi* intimate* aaid that until
the vote wa* taken, he firmly believ
ed that once more he had atampeded
% national convention; tut it waa on
ly a tribute of a party far an old and
tried friend, for the plank he advocat
M waa loat overwhelm ingly.
Even more ipartarular waa hia part
in the New York convention of jvat
i year ago. A member of the rob
committee which drafted the plat
form, he waa m the thick of the fight
•>v*r the league of nation* and the
Ku Klux klan. At the end of on* fu
•il* alt-night eeaalon of the *ub-roaa
mittee, when the member* had agreed
to aeparate for a few hour* re*t. he
ro*e in hi* place at the committee
'■Me and naked hi* colleague* to ra
main for a moment while he led la
rrayar. Then with bowed head he
•*ked Providence for guidance in the
-«rk hour of « oppoa* a plank condemning th*
Ko Klux Man by name. Bat for th*
"••«t time, h* had found a Democratic
onvmtion ha could nat fri*t Ap
nlaua*. mingled with biaaM and baoa.
■ante both from the floor and the gal
lery. Hia delivery larked the fir* of
'♦her yuan, and hi* pr*aie« th*
*am**d that waa Ita *m Only
•nee or twice wa* ther* a flaah of th*
-Id-thn. brilliance, a* when h* toak
•n the challenge of a apactator who
ipnlauded hi* MHit that tM* might ,
V th* hwl *li indua ha mU at
tend.
"Don't applaud." ha Mid. <1 may
bang* ay mind."
Herata who always adhr in *t
l-nea probably aever had mf mm
=
Bryan went to that convention an
. (ttof of the Omaha World Herald,
and a former member of the house.
Sit entirely unknown to any consid
'able portion of the rank and fit* of
his party. Nevertheless, he took with
him an unfaltering faith in his des
tiny, and as the leadinc candidates
—now fonrotten—began to muster
'heir strength for the fight, he turned
to some of his intimate friend* in the
oreaa stand and remarked that he,
himself would be the nominee of the
-onvention. None of them believed
Mm, and very few believed that he
speaking seriously.
It was bat a few hours later that
he art the convention wild with his
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