_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. PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPERS. _From The New York Press._ A sorry misfit in our Government--mortifyingly, dangerously so. _From The Boston Journal._ He appoints himself, though now a private citizen, the director of the nation. _From The Washington Times._ The only person who has been talking war and giving out the impression that he thought this note meant war. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS. _From The New York Evening Post._ How far he will carry his treachery by actual machinations against Mr. Wilson remains to be seen. _From The New York Sun._ Sulked and ran away when honor and patriotism should have kept him at his post. _From The New York Herald._ His convictions are all wrong; his retirement should be heartily welcomed by the country. _From The Philadelphia Public Ledger._ How much longer, as Cicero asked Catiline, does he intend to abuse our patience? _From The Pittsburgh Dispatch._