Show DEMOCRACY ii aw at a dinner given in new york city to croker the J M levy won the of the evening by the foft owin talk if the democratic dab ghyll be sue in at harmony we purpose between now and the of the next national carry on within the club of education we hope by this means to convince all democrats that the only platform upon which the democratic pany can hope to go before the people with any degree ot success is a platform form which declares and reaffirms the teachings of thomas jenerson and those teachings only we hope b this means to convince all democrats that some pf the planks of the chicago platform are aa far away from the teachings of erbon as be poles are far from each other we shall hope to remove from the minds of all democrats the idea alist the democratic tc party can ever bo a personal party by that I 1 roean that it can be no more the party of bryan or tillman or altgeld than it can be the party of cleveland or hlll or murphy or anybody else and likewise we hope be able to convince democrats that the any one of these men or of any man not dominate party councils and abe party platform in connection with this campaign ot education we hope to be able to convince the democrats of the state of the fact established over and over again that ae boes the city of new york goes the state we hope to convince the democrats of the nation of a fact equally well established that as the state or new york poes so goes the nation having been in this we hope to be able to draft a platform at the next national convention that while it must meet the needs of the nation must meet the and conditions of mew democrats gold democrat silver democrats and alt other democrats jefferson believed in the integrity of the supreme court of the united slates he did not believe in the tree and unlimited coinage of silver be baue just after be became president finding abac ane free and unlimited coinage of silver had driven all the gold out of the country be suspended the act which permitted the arco coinage ot silver and the of the country revived while I 1 do not propose to become involved in a free sil vcr con iro verey permit me to repeat what I 1 said in the that if the democratic club can influence ake wording wor dinc of the next platform it will contain nothing that is contrary to the of the great founder of our party how long are silver republicans expected to remain with a party filled with political who are gold buffs at heart bat are willing to do anything to gain and win abo silver vote bow long are silver to kivo their allegiance to a party that ie for silver today and may he or gold tomorrow how long art silver expected to pull the out of the ire for J M levi and democrate Bemo crate ot etrice EX MATOR ot new york city is placed by the side ot mayor van wyck ta show that the mayor of greater new york is a wonderfully brillian statesman and for ulterior vf to demonstrate the fitness ot the tammany chieftain for the presidential chair this quiet political work is being carried on by both republican and democratic newspapers of greater new yock for they all tend toward the gold hue bide here is what the new york eun says the new or is the antipodes of the old A judge end a dry goods merchant are ordinarily very dif lerent men but in mentality and temperament mr van and mr strong are also wide apart the old mayor thought turbidly and expressed himself incoherently piercing out his discourse with snatches of slang familiar apostrophes and sometimes an oath 1 I want to hold on to that band a little longer the remark he addressed to retiring mayor gilroy was the keynote to his dealings and association with others while be was mayor in speech be leaned hard on the english lanc Dage for help aad i act he ans vacillating uncertain and apologetic mayor was a perpetual admission of arrested development at tho same time he was an optimist as amiably as a sunday superintendent at a picnic and a confirmed jolli eran atrocious word but expressive hacked with gont he conid still smile and joke and carry on this tendency to put the best tree on things and to be flippant was both natural and affected lie was by nature genial and iaia dealings with all kinds and conditions of men had made him a jollier built on a different plan is mayor van wyck and custom and precedent have made him different man lie thinks clearly and he expresses with precision he Is self contained and dignified though on the bench he exacted respect from others and now he it as mayor he will not allow familiarity end ht will form few intimacies cies there will be no gossiping in ane new mayors office and jokes will be scarce he is absolutely without pretension and tho way to do business with him will be to state it without preliminary flourish or complimentary phrases he will stick to his ideas unless convinced that he is wrong and it will take some time to convince him there will not be u much temperamental pe sunshine in the new mayors office as in that of the old and visitors will fand the new mayor more nervous and more impatient of and the old mayor did not feel his responsibility half as much as the new mayor already does the new mayor will not as much lie is an optimist only casually moreover be has a far more difficult problem to face an incalculably heavier burden to carry lie will not bark as the old mayor did when he was put out the new mayor will bite at |