WIDELY MOURNED.

Wairarapa Age, 29 July 1925, Page 5

WIDELY MOURNED.

CITIZENS’ LAST RESPECTS. TO MR W. J. BRYAN. NEW YORK, July 27.—Hundreds of intensely religious persons at Dayton passed sorrowfully before the bier of Mr W. J. Bryan, whom the Mayor proclaimed as the foremost citizen, declaring a holiday as a mark of respect. Mrs Bryan, sitting on a wheel chair on the porch of the house, in front of which the body lay in state, watched the slow file of reverential citizens, their sadness mixed with joy, seeing in Mr Bryan’s passage a reward for the Bible crusader. In their eyes, God had claimed His own. They would not have thought it unusual had be been (swept in a chariot of fire heavenward, after his great battle with Mr Darrow. Sincere and Devout. Mr Darrow later stated: “I have known Mr Bryan since 1896, and supported him twice for the Presidency. I always respected his sincerity and devotion.” Scopes said he was the controlling force in economies and politics in the United States, where ho had been a leader more than. 25 years. Theatres, out of respect to Mr Bryan’s memory, decided to delete satirical scones about his part in the Scopes trial.-i-(A. and .N.Z.)