Show I BRYAN THEIR GUEST NEBRASKA TRAVELING MENS BRYAN CLUB GIVES FEAST Democratic Leader Addresses tho Club Upon National Topics Says Chicago Platform be Reaffirmed Lincoln Neb Jan Ghe fourth annual an-nual banquet of the Nebraska Traveling Travel-ing Mens Bryan club was held tonight at the Lincoln hotel following the meetings ojC theSlatecentraLcommlt Democrats and tees of tho Democrit Populists Free Silver Republicans Nearly 200 traveling men and their guests were seated at the tables Col Bryans address ad-dress was the feature He complimented the club on the Increasing Importance of its banquets and praised the members mem-bers for their political zeal TouchIng Touch-Ing on national topics he said In part We are now near enough to the national na-tional convention to feel assured that there will be no considerable oppositlbn to the reaflirmation of the Chicago platform The late elections destroyed tho last hope of those who sought to modify or subtract from the creed enunciated In Chicago in 1S96 The Republican Re-publican party has been driven under the lash of the financiers to the open 1 espousal of the gold standard and spurred on by the national bank corporations cor-porations it has avowed its purpose to drive the greenbacks out of circulation and substitute a bank note issued and controlled by the national banks The Democratic party still contends for the restoration of blmetallsm at the ratio of 1C to 1 tho only ratio advocated by those who believe in the double standard stand-ard I also contends for the gicenback as against the bank note The members of this club Jhe were opposed op-posed to the money trust In 1S9II and they are not surprised that the vicious trust principle has been extended to industrial in-dustrial combinations which have in three years thrown out of employment large numbers of commercial travelers lhe Democratic party will deal with tho trust question not in generalities but In specific terms and will Invite the support of all those who are oposed to the domination of private monopolies Mr Bryan discussed the trust question ques-tion at some length and then taking up the subject of Imperialism tuldIg Commercial travelers who sought the extension of trade by peaceful and legitimate le-gitimate means will not lend their support sup-port to the imperialistic methods employed em-ployed in the furtherance of conquest < Tit commercial traveler has been eminently emi-nently successful as a persuader He will not substitute violence for reason TIlt questions now before the people PiO plo are now but manifestations of a vicious principle which pervades all Republican Re-publican policies namely that the dol lar is allImportant and that struggling humanity deserves no strufllng The following toasts were responded to Tho Nebraska Traveling Mens Bryan Club Ed P Smith Omaha Nebraska Gov Poynter Trusts Frederick Shepard Lincoln Government Govern-ment by Injunction T J Boyle Lincoln Lin-coln The Currency Bill Gov Thomas of Colorado Unveiling a Parable I lon Cato Sells la |