The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-04
TUESDAY, MAY 4. 1897.

''To forgive and forget was to have
been the watchword at the meeting of
Democrats in Newark, on Wednesday.
The gathering was assembled to celebrate
the I54th anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson, and, incidentally, to
bury the Ratchet that has hung over the
Democratic party for some time The JEFF
fersonian club of Newark, worked hard
to execute long-cherished plans for har-
monizing the Earring factions. 1t was un-
derstood that no references were to be
made, in the after dinner speeches, to free
silver, William J. Bryan, or any other
subject which might be distasteful to some
of the guests. Everything went merry as
a marriage bell. The white-winged dove
of peace scared above the heads of those
present, and was spied by Allan McDer-
mott, who took shot at it in these words:
1--WE can win if we are united, and
believe we are united. l believe that
there will be no more division of our par
ty. / will not attempt to discuss the f.
nancial question low, but 1 will repeat
that believe our party is all united and
that there will be no division. But if there
should be division, believe it must be
on the standard of honesty that it must
come. / believe that no party that gives
countenance to the frothings of the Till
mans or Altgelds can hope for success or
unity. / believe that under the present
conditions we can say to those who tell us
that the Democracy is dead, we can reply
that the Democratic party, the party of
Thomas Jefferson, the party of the peo-
pie, is not dead, and can not die; the
Democratic party is immortal"
Then there was CONSERVATION. All
might have gone we'll had adjournment
speedily followed, but it was not so done,
and the POSTMASTER introduced Clarence
L. Atkinson, of this county. He was in
his usual fighting trim. McDermott had
knocked the chip from his shoulder and
Clarence at once returned fire. He depre-
Gated the fact that any speaker should
challenge the honesty of the men who
followed the teachings of Jefferson and
bowed to the majority in the Democratic
party in 1896.
gentlemen who preceded me, and l was
pained,' continued Clarence, "pained
more than l can say, to observe that no
reference was made by any one to our
great leader, the champion of the grand
old Democracy. Not one gentleman who
has spoken here tonight has dared even
to breathe the name of our leader, Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
81 want it understood that have stud
led this matter up carefully, and say to
you that believe that the Tillmans and
the Altgelds of the last campaign were
more patriotic than the Morgans and the
others. They never took the Democratic
party to the hockshops of London to get
money. No, they stood by the conven-
ton and by the nominations made by the
convention.
"The Republican party is the party of
the classes, and predict. if we stand idly
by and allow it, there will yet be only two
parties in this country, the classes and
the masses. l have never yet felt that
was bigger man than convention of
my party, and if the time ever does come
when there are only these two classes then
Thomas Jefferson and 1 will be found in
the party of the Masses"
Great excitement followed this speech,
and there was general feeling of relief
over the fact that it was the last When
order was restored the dove of peace had
flown.