Show WATTERSONISLOOSE Kentuckian Unburdens Himself Him-self of Bitter Speech j HE TALKS AT A BANQUET Speaks at tho Biennial Spread of tho Virginia Democratic Association in Wnshinpton Urges Upon Democrats Demo-crats General Union of Force in J Opposition to Denounces De-nounces President Koosevelt Calls Him the Man 011 Horseback and Is Bitter l His Denunciation j Washington March 2J About one hundred and fifty guests were pieaent tonight at the biennial banguot ot the Virginia Democratic association held in the banquetroomof the jMetropoll tan hotel Thc Included Democrats I I of national prominence and most of the political leaders and Democratic members mem-bers of Congress from the Old DominIon Domin-ion Henry AVatlerson the principal I speaker urged upon the Democratsthe general union of forces In opposition to I imperialism In all forms In the course of his speech he said I We are Democrats We love our country Our hearts beat true to In f stltutlono We would rescue the G6v emInent from the hands of those who are converting it into a Government of the trusts for the trusts and by the trusts and restore It to the hands of those who will have some regard for the rights of lhe people The Republican Republi-can party is a syndicated party Arbitrary Ar-bitrary power is Its motive the almighty al-mighty dollar its trademark I Itbe not checked In the gait it is I going in It will In the end surely Mexlcanize tho Republic DENOUNCES PRESIDENT Once again In the White House we have the man on horseback Affecting the simplicity of the cowboy he conceals con-ceals beneath the selfconfidence and queer manners of the bronchobuster tho sentiments and ambitions If not the talents of n Diaz To him a little lit-tle thing like treating an Admiral of the navy wearing the laurel leaves of imperishable renown ns If he were n baby in arms now to be dandled and now to be spanked Is merely I an un dress affair begun and ended during off moments between breakfast and luncheon To him the reprimanding of the LieutenantGeneral of the army grown gray In the fighting ot the battles of his country becomes an amusing horseplay meant to relax his muscles and illustrate his high mightiness whilst warning lesser officers of the army to obey orders and say nothing As these things pertain somewhat of the character of feats to divert and blind to hoodwink public oplnlona bill of army reorganization Is prepared and urged upon Congress which If it becomes a law will make the power of the President absolute and which It Is not too much to say ought to ba entitled An act to make the Presi dent of the United States a Military Dictator Shies ltnlY Because tho reprimanded Llcuten antGencral answering tho summons of a committee of Congress was his duty expresses an opinion adverse to this bill It la proposed to retire him from the service Taken In connection with some other matters connecton less sinister suggestion these arc menaces of most ominous Import TURNS TO CAPITAL But turn from the White House to the Capitol and look ut the Republicans RepublcI In Congress The trail of the trade mark Is over them alL Old High trc Tat Ir dances the cancan in tho House while old ship Subsidy docs the regular cakewalk In I tho Senate Everything for syndicates nothing for the people And not content with their arbitrary power In the White House and their mercenary power In Congress the lead ers of this party of Federalism and false pretension would rip open Pan an doras box to filch thence the black plratlcal l flag of negro domination the equally disreputable and bloody shirt of sectional agitation and in order to make sure of the House they are proposing pro-posing to bring forward another Force bill to smite the South to blight tho b1Sht North and to convert a land teeming with love and peace into a land reek ing with hate and strife Such Is the banquet to which the exit of McKInley the statesman and the advent of Roosevelt the rough rider has Invited us IS SOMETHING OF A JINGO I nTm something of a jingo myself I believe in the expanding1 greatness and glory of my country I never see the Hag floating above the domes of yonder Capitol that my heart does not throb with the proud glad thought that my eyes do not fill with happy exultant Ideas that I am an American citizen God bless the 1u and God bless the boys that fight beneath It I would carry I I Inviolate I would keep it the most spotless And within this view I want to know what Is going on away out yonder across the multi tudinous the mysterious waves of tho Pacific R a 1 want other witnesses than selfseeking politicians and sclf nxploillng soldiers to come here and tell me I refuse to hold my tongue I re fuae to be content And if I am told bri whippersnapper In shoulder < straps that unless I do I am a traitor to my country my reply to him shall be a slap in the face APPEALS FOR HARMONY Friends brothers Democrats let us be done with dissension 1 Let us turnout turn-out backs on the post our eyes to the future calling the old fight off and the old score square lie who stands with me against these things is my comrade no matter what he thinks or over thought about silver or gold He who would deny me n place by his side to fight them must cither be very perverse per-verse or very blind Lot us cross no bridges till we come to them But already al-ready wo can see far enough ahead to take our reckoning There will be one lese aDomocrat In 1D01 loe the line I toe the line saying to arbitrary power I and absolutism Thou shalt go no I further we arc In the expansion business but our expansion is for the religion of the Constitution no less than for the religion of Christ and him crucified our expansion means peace not war the honor not the deg radation of the flag and just n surely as Jefferson wrote Declaration of In dependence and Jackson fought tho bat tie bf Now Orleans to resist despot ism shall we make a new Fourth of July and celebrate another Sth of Januaiy In frtilstlng tho scheme o 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