Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'agbanyeghị nghọtahie ha nwere n'ihe banyere iwu mba ọzọ, Bryan kwadoro mkpọsa Wilson mere maka nhọpụta ọzọ n'afọ 1916. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị dị ka onye nnọchiteanya na-anọchite anya ya,
Na 1916 Democratic National Convention kwụsịtụrụ iwu nke aka ya iji nye Bryan ohere ikwu okwu na mgbakọ ahụ; Bryan kwuru okwu a nabatara nke ọma nke gbachitere ihe ndekọ ụlọ nke Wilson. Bryan jere ozi dị ka onye nnọchi anya mkpọsa maka Wilson na mkpọsa 1916, na-ekwu ọtụtụ okwu, ọkachasị ndị na-ege ntị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Osimiri Mississippi. N'ikpeazụ, Wilson ji obere mmeri merie onye na-azọ ọchịchị Republican, Charles Evans Hughes. Mgbe United States banyere n'Agha Ụwa Mbụ n'April 1917, Bryan degaara Wilson akwụkwọ, "N'ikwere na ọ bụ ọrụ dịịrị nwa amaala iburu òkè ya n'ibu agha na òkè ya n'ihe ize ndụ, site na nke a, ana m enyefe ọrụ m n'aka Gọọmentị. Biko were m dị ka onye agha nkịtị mgbe ọ bụla a chọrọ m ma kenye m ọrụ ọ bụla m pụrụ ịrụ". Wilson jụrụ ịhọpụta Bryan n'ọkwa gọọmentị etiti, mana Bryan kwenyere na arịrịọ Wilson iji nye nkwado ọha na eze maka mbọ agha site na okwu ya na isiokwu ya. Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, n'agbanyeghị na o nwere obi abụọ ụfọdụ, Bryan kwadoro mgbalị Wilson na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma iji mee ka United States sonye n'Òtù Mba Ndị Dị n'Otu.