Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Qaar ka mid ah mamnuucistayaasha iyo taageerayaasha kale ee Bryan waxay isku dayeen inay ku qanciyaan musharraxa madaxweynaha saddexda jeer inuu galo doorashada madaxweynaha ee 1920 iyo codbixinta "Literary Digest" ee la qaaday bartamihii 1920-kii ayaa Bryan ku qiimeysay inuu yahay musharraxa afaraad ee ugu caansan xisbiga Dimuqraadiga. Bryan, si kastaba ha noqotee, wuu diiday inuu raadsado xafiis dadweyne, isagoo qoraya "haddii aan ka caawin karo adduunkan inuu ka saaro khamriga ka dibna uu ka saaro dagaalka... ma jiro xafiis, Madaxweyne, oo bixin kara sharafta aniga ii noqon doonta". Wuxuu ka qeyb galay
1920 Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga oo wakiil ka ahaa Nebraska, laakiin waxaa ka niyad jabay magacaabista Guddoomiyaha James M. Cox, oo aan taageerin ansixinta Wax ka beddelka siddeed iyo tobnaad. Bryan wuxuu diiday magacaabista madaxweynaha ee Xisbiga Mamnuucista wuxuuna diiday inuu u ololeeyo Cox, taasoo ka dhigaysa ololihii 1920 tartankii ugu horreeyay ee madaxweynenimo in ka badan soddon sano oo uusan si firfircoon u ololeyn.