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Show I mm of ! mtioi ATTEND BIBJMIIQUET 5; j? i i ? WASHINGTON, Jan. S . No 2 , partv dissension, no party pre- teaj ; judlce as to where tbe coming Wm convontlon should bo held, no Jkj : partiality ns to the noniineo il . ; -t- for President, marked tho f I Jackson day banquet, tonight, ' II ; attended by nearly a thousand . i leading Democrats from all -f- f -- sections of the country. -f j .' Senator O'Gonnan of New York, the toastmaster, had at his right "!' ; Speaker Champ Clark, one of Mls- ''M ,irl'c nsiilrantc for tho presidential - nomination. To the right of Mr ' V Clark was Alton 13. Parker of New $ ' York, defeated candidate for the Dc-", Dc-", I mocracy in 1904. Beside Mr. Parker -..? lJ sat Senator Kern of Indiana, former iA 1 candldato for vice president, who ap-- ap-- 4 peared as tho champion of Governor ' Thomas R. Marshall, the Hoosier as- ;: plrant for the presidency. -S ' ' To the left of tho toastmaster sat ,' Norman F. Mack, chalrmnn of the $ Democratic national committee, and Jjj - at his left was Mr. Bryan. Between rail' Mr. Bryan and Governor Woodrow t Wilson of New Jersey, "who also seeks ', tho presidential nomination, sat Sen-S Sen-S j, ator Newlands of Nevada. At Gov-a Gov-a T ernor Wilson's left was Joseph W. fJj .'.. Folk of Missouri, who received the i$f : ' endorsement of his state convention - ' ; In 1910 for presidential honors. Next $ : was Senator Pomerene of Ohio, who ;j ; appeared as the representative of K '. Governor Harmon. $J -J Mr Bryan's cntranco was signalled $. by loud cheers. n r Mr Bryan and Speaker Clark ex- 4 changed cordial greetings but it was notlceablo that the Nebraskan was U anxious to confer with Governor Wil- mm& son, whom ho joined after a short ; 1 talk with the speaker. Ml Former Governor Folk was the last P of 'the presidential possibilities to m enter the banquet hall, and although 1- ho passed Speaker Clark's chair, there Ij was no sign of recognition from ei- PM 1,ier Missourian. fB WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Speaker ,A 4 Champ Clark's speech at the Jack-Jj Jack-Jj son Day dinner here tonight was an M X appeal to all those who are opposed a to "standpatteis" and to "standpat" J i policies to "stand together, pull toll to-ll ; gethev and work-together." Tne l - only hope of the country for pro-5 pro-5 ; gressho legislation, he declaied, lies ,3 ' in the Democratic party because tho g -"standpatters" are in the majority m ' among the Republicans Referring to fl ' ' the split of the Republican party, the 3 i ! speaker said it looked as though, noth-fls noth-fls -: lng short of a miracle could bring 1 ! ' the warring factions together, but at & I the same time he warned against de-28 de-28 ; pending for succoss upon opppnents' 2 dissensions. M "Democrats desire progressive leg- ji . ilation," said Mr. Clark- "Indepen- M dents and divers Republicans want it. jf I The majority of tho American people a favor it. The only way to achieve it 'S ! is at the hands of Democrats. The (M ! Insurgent Republicans would, no doubt, enact some remedial legisla- .1 tlon if they could, but the Standpat- J ' tors are in the majority in that par- V ' ty and it looks as though they will 1 ' continue to dominate it indefinitely. , J ' It may bo for years and it may be forever. They havo control pf the Jlctpublican machine and they -will ! i run it over the Insurgents vuthless- l ' y. The Independents having no sep- , arato party organization will maico I j ' their influence felt at the' polls . , by voting for thoso candidates .j wIjo appear to most nearly ap- ! proximate their standard; but as they ; ! ' can entertain no reasonable- hope 'of :- remedial legislation from the Rcpub- i 1 Mean paity so long as It Ik dominated by the Standpatters, It Is to be hoped tnat tney will give us their aid and comfort by voting for Democratic candidates this year. As the Insurgent Insur-gent Republicans can achieve nothing except when working In conjunction with Dcmocrnts they would mont easily easi-ly and moat certainly accomplish their purpose by voting for Democrats all along the line. Wo are politically somewhat In the same condition which wleo old Ben Franklin described himself him-self and his compntrlola to be in when, after signing the Declaration of Independence, he exclaimed: "Now, we must all hang together or wo will all hang separately.' "One thing Is elenr as crystal'' continued con-tinued the speaker "In order to win wo must hold all the voters tv had In 1008 and draw to ua about 800,-000 800,-000 who Tvore against us then. Consequently Con-sequently It Is of euprcmo Importance that wo enter tho impeudlng contest thoroughly united In purpoeov in principle, prin-ciple, in policy and In hearL "We owe the present Demooratic house to tho splendid record of tho iouee Democrats of the Gist congress and we owe our present Improved vastly improved status in tho coun try to that record, plus the magnificent magni-ficent rclcord of the Democrats lu both house and senato at tho extraordinary extra-ordinary session of tho present congress. con-gress. It was a record glorified bv unparalellod unity of purposo and of action and by constructive (Statesmanship (States-manship of high character. Wo set tho pace for futuro congresses as to quantity and quality of legislative work done. It detracts nothing whatsoever from our record that the president nullified by his vetoes the bonoficient results which would have flowed from our enlightened and patriotic pa-triotic endeavors. "We made our record; he made his. The people the court of last reBort in politics must decide the case upon thoso records next November, Wo await their decision with confidence and hone, believing that as we stand their friends here, they will provo to be our friends at the ballotbox. "Theio is no reason why we should not make as superb a record at this regular session as we made at the extraordinary session. Tn that faith we have entered upon our arduous, important and multifarious duties to the end and In the expectation that if we present a united front during this session and go on redeeming our promises as wo did at the extraordinary extraor-dinary session, Democrats everywhere will present a united front in the campaign and on election day and thereby win a sweeping victory in the cause of good government "Rome was not built in a day and it is impossible in the very nature of things to enact into law in a few days, a few weeks or even in a few months all tho reforms for which wo declared in the Denver platform. Some Umoious persons fear we have traveled too fast; some Impatient ones assert that we are too slow Judging, however, by expressions of individuals and of the public press, It may be reasonable concluded that we not only receive but what is far better that we deserve the approba tion ot nearly an uemocrats ana independents, in-dependents, as well as the endorsement endorse-ment of jnany patriotic Republicans. "Tho results of the November elections elec-tions demonstrate conclusively that tho Republicans campaign canaid which has been overworked many times to the effect that Democratic supremacy breeds panics has been exploded ex-ploded forever for the places where national Issues and national issues alone were considered were the very nlnccs where Democrats did the best This was notnbly tho case in Massachusetts Massa-chusetts and in Joe Taggart's Congressional Con-gressional district in Kansas and in Dan V. Stephens district in Nebraska Nebras-ka "Evidently the people "believe that tho plan we agreed upon and proceeded pro-ceeded upon to reiso tho tariff sched-ue sched-ue by schedule is wise That being tho case we will go on as we have begun, revising tho tariff on Democratic Demo-cratic linos, proceeding as rapidly as it Is possible to revise it in a careful, care-ful, scientific and painstaking way. In performing this patriotic and difficult diffi-cult task and in performing other patriotic and difficult tasks we Invite tho aid ,comfort and assistance of all Democrats and of all who love justico and who desire tho prosperity of the people and of all tho people "On matters of principle there Bhould be absolutely no compromise even to secure and retain unity but-each but-each and every one should be willing to yield on non-essentials which are not matters of principle for the general gen-eral good In the efforts which we are making for better government "The Renublicans seem to bo utterly utter-ly demoralized and split to pieces. It looks as though nothing short of a miracle will reunite them. It is not, however, the part of wisdom for us to rely for success upon their dissensions, dis-sensions, for they may accidentally get together. That their quarrels, unless composed, will help us there can be no question. Our chief reliance reli-ance for success is to give to the people peo-ple such a record for honest, intelligent, intel-ligent, courageous constructive statesmanship states-manship as to convinco the country Voyond the shadow of a doubt that wo are worthy of the continued and enlarged en-larged confidence of the public. That is the stralghtest, plainest, shortest and easiest road to complete success Pursuing that line of conduct, victory will porch upon our bannors whether tho Republicans natch up their differences differ-ences or not. We hold our own fortunes for-tunes absolutely in our own hands. I ot us not lose our golden onDortunitv ' through over-confidence or upon ill-advised ill-advised reliance upon tho quarrels and factional fights among our opponents." |
