| − | At the 1924 Democrat Klanbake Convention, Bryan spoke for two hours in opposition to a plank condemning the [[Ku Klux Klan]] by name.<ref>https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/240629convention-dem-ra.html<ref/> He did this because he thought that they would soon fold. Although he disliked the Klan, he never publicly attacked it.<ref>Coletta (1969, Vol. 3), pp. 162, 177, 184<ref/> | + | At the 1924 Democrat Klanbake Convention, Bryan spoke for two hours in opposition to a plank condemning the [[Ku Klux Klan]] by name.<ref>https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/240629convention-dem-ra.html</ref> He did this because he thought that they would soon fold. Although he disliked the Klan, he never publicly attacked it. |