_From The New York Tribune._
A man with such a cheaply commercial conception of the post held by so
long a line of American statesmen was by nature disqualified for it.
_From The New York Globe._
Instead of promoting a peaceful settlement, Mr. Bryan practically
throws his influence in the other balance.
_From The Syracuse Post-Standard._
Billy Sunday in the wrong niche.
_From The Rochester Post-Express._
Amazement and contempt for him grow.
_From The Pittsburgh Gazette Times._
He has not filled the place with dignity, ability, or satisfaction,
nor yet with fidelity; a cheap imitation.
_From The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph._
The peace-piffle and grape-juice statesman.
_From The Philadelphia Inquirer._
A peace-at-any-price man.
_From The Wilkes-Barre Record._
An amazing, an astounding blunder.
_From The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune._
The seriousness of the situation is all that prevents Mr. Bryan's
foreign policy from being laughable.
_From The Baltimore American._
The country wants no more vapid theorizing; it wants no more Bryanism.
_From The Hartford Courant._
Those newspapers that said Mr. Bryan was in bad taste made a slight
mistake. He is a bad taste.
_From The Augusta (Me.) Kennebec Journal._
Impossible for a man of Mr. Bryan's ability and love of the limelight
to remain longer wholly obscure in this national crisis.
_From The Portsmouth (N.H.) Chronicle._
Childish policies and small politics, even if the Nobel Peace Prize is
at stake, must not be considered by an American statesman.
_From The Portland (Me.) Press._
There was nothing to do but get out and shut up.
_From The Paterson Press._
He has dealt his country a stunning blow.
_From The Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal._
It is characteristic of Mr. Bryan to shut his eyes to arguments and
facts when he reaches the ecstacy of sentimental conviction.
_From The Omaha Bee._
His action may have a weakening effect on our position.
_From The Nebraska City (Neb.) Press._
Knowing his disposition to watch out for the main chance ... that Mr.
Bryan will be a candidate for the Senate from Nebraska is almost a
foregone conclusion.
_From The Topeka Capital._
Represents only the personal idiosyncrasies of William J. Bryan.
_From The Milwaukee Sentinel._
Calculated to create prejudice and misgiving against the American note
and to mislead foreign opinion.
_From The St. Louis Globe-Democrat._
Mr. Bryan could have found no better way of causing the President
embarrassment at this crisis.
_From The Minneapolis Tribune._
President Wilson has had his own way in State Department affairs, to
the minimization of Secretary Bryan, almost at times to the point of
humiliation.
_From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer._
A pacifist temporarily bereft of reason and lost to sense of patriotic
duty; a misplaced figurehead.
_From The Portland Oregonian._
The archpriest of the peace-at-any-price party ... a poor staff to
lean upon.
_From The Albany Knickerbocker-Press._
Mr. Bryan must Chautauquahoot, as the rooster must crow.
_From The Scranton Republican._
Prompt acceptance of his resignation was the proper thing.
_From The Los Angeles Times._
The inefficiency and ineptness of the Secretary of State have been a
reproach to the country.
_From The Wilmington (Del.) News._
Far better if Mr. Bryan had retired long ago.
_From The St. Paul Pioneer Press._
His retirement was merely a matter of time.