The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-15


flags with crayon pictures OF Mr..
Bryan, Mr. Sewall and jefferson, but
none of Jackson. For nearly two
hours before the procession to the
banquet hall was formed Mr.. Bryan
held a reception in the parlors of the
hotel. lie had previously spent sew
cral hours with his publishers, and re-
NAMED seated in an easy chair while
line Of admiring democrats fled past
him and shook his hand.
1t was originally intended to have
the banquet on Friday, which is the
actual Jackson day, but Mr.. Bryan
had received a previous invita- ion to
banquet in oman on that night.
The speechmaking began after mid.
night, purposcly.
Carter H. Harrison, president Of the
Bryan league, acted rs toastmaster.
lie introduced Mr.. Bryan, who spoke
as follows:
As we are assembled upon this occa-
I sion 70 10 honor TO the memory OF Andrew
jackson may properly discuss the relations
I which should exist between the democrats whe
I iudorsed the Chicago Platform ana the So
( called democrats who aided IN the election OF
a republican president Ine democrats whe
! controlled the Chicago convention camel thcil
right To the party organization and the party
name by whatever rule their claims may DC
measured a democracy is government IL
which the people rule. In other words. II Is
government such as Lincoln described a
government OF the people. by the people anu
for the people and democrat IN the broad.
est sense il one who believes In this form OF
| government
Iftbose who bolted the Chicago nominees
I ralf sham..lxe> letter demo
Gratis than those who supported such nomi
necs then the boiling democrats VINO boitet
the Doltin. ticket and voted for the republican
mona lnees have a right To call themselves Get
ter democrats than The boilers VINO supported
the boiling ticket The right 10 party organ
izatiou belongs TO the ma lorits. and the right
10 the arty name must also belong To the ma
lOrity.
This campaign has shown the impossDiiity
OF keeping DimetIliSts and gold standard al
vocates ia the same poitioal organizations
ana N viii he a more dlfiicu task In tue fa-
ture than il has been this year. To use
common Illustration. hen II always DISTURBED
| IL She has in her brood a few ducks which IN
siSt upon padding in the water whi4e the
chickens are content To scratch upon tue land
The democratic party Will Ia Ike manner oe
| IA NJ ease N IL mas "a few web -foOted members
who insist upon crossing the ocean for theil
ideas while the great majority OF the party are
willing to lind their POLITICAL food upon Amer
lean soil Not only is tais separation be-
tween the gold standard democrats and
free silver democrats necessity
but IL ought to be desirable x
both sides. II the gold standard democrats
are as bad, politically, a. we think they are
we ought not TO care to arliiate NTH them
, and II those who supported the Chicago plat
form are half as bld a. the gold Jugs say thel
are, they are apt u .JAtaminate ali who asso
ciate with them In my opinion, there should
, be no compromise on the issues involve.
> in the late campaign. and no ternl'
short OF absolute surrender Of
+. Tered those who have deserted Us. IL an,
! democrat becomes convinced that the goi-
/, standard il necessary or becomes defender
4 OF trusts. he can leave the party ana JON th'
boltlHg democrats or the republicans. IL an
boiling democrat sees the error OF his way, an
: is willing to ludorse the Oh cago platform an
!, labor with those who seek To carry II into ei
feet. we will welcome such dcmocract paci
. into the fold
We are engaged now in just such contes
as that through which Andrew Jackson passed
n anu we do well on this occasion TO take on
n couragement from h is devotion to the cause {
/ the peop.c. He gained his greatest silver vic
tory Ia ~. light against the national bank. w
" have the same liz ht on hand to-day. The ma
: tionai bank II seeking to force a retirement q
d lhe grecnDack, and then monopoliLe the issu
Of paper money. The republicans. during III
q campaign lust closed. avoided this subject
= aud refused to declare themselves either Tor
= against the retirement OF the greenbacks Bu
v when they come to apply their ideas to lcgis
n lation they must disclose their views.
, Chicago Is the great metropolis OF the mid
= die west and you who live IN Chicago Will ex
y ert large influence upon the politics OF tn
states tributary TO this city. rejoice that th
4. democracy OF Chicago Is supporting the prime
. ples OF jefferson and Jackson. and l r,
ioice that the democrats Of this eli