The times., 1897-07-06

OF charity extended, or shall be shown
how to make that bread for itself. Cap
piause.j And as l think of that grand
procession OF nations toward universal
happiness, following the banner Of our
Stars and Stripes, 1 can only think OF
the words Of the poet More, In which
that Thought has been so beautifully de
scribed' Mr.. Daniel quoted the we'll
known passage ending with the lines
.Shine, shine forever, glorious flame,
Diylnest gift or God 10 man;
From Greece thy earliest spiendOr came,
10 Greece IL now returns again.
Take, freedom, take thy final round,
Until no snrlneS ON earth be found
On which thy gIories do not burn"
tApplause.)
Zone word more about this day and
am done. am not a mugwump. never
thought there was enough OF me to dis
tribute with absolute impartality through
three OF four political parties and the rest
OF mankind. daughter and applause.) Ii
i can belong to one party and be true TO
It's great principles l will feel that have
Gone my little part in the LoId'S Vine
yard. Permit me TO say again with rev.
eience that this is Democratic day
(applause), a Thoroughbred, full-blooded
Democratic day, without discount; AMI let
me remind you, no matter whether you are
Fopulist, Republican or what not, that
you ought 10 have the kindliest feelings
for those brave old Democrats who nave
kept the opposition attending to business
for the last hundred years and shall see
that they are not idle for the next three
years. tApplause.) This old Democratic
party Is the most remarkable organization
h..c
no corporate title except Democratic.
1T has no ruler or legislature, or govern
menG or common council. 1t requires no
fee for membership perhaps | have
struck there one of the elements OF its
popularity Qaughter) but it has followed
the Christian Church in the regard .htt
it says to every man: Drink of the waters
of life freely. (Applausel And yet this
party, bonn d together only by invisible, in
tangible ties OF human thought and affec-
ton, is today the strongest, the most vital,
the most aggressive, and tour enemies
sometimes say the most imputlent poiiti-
cal organization they ever knew. 1t IS
certainly the most troublesome and in
convenient tApplause)
1--WE are going to have great celebra-
tion of the one hundredth anniversary Of
the Democratic party in the year 1900.
(ApplauSc) 1t was in the year 1900 that
We elected Democratic President for the
first time. tApplause)
They say that all signs fail in dry weather
daughter, but all signs do not fail on
hot days like these (applausel, and un
less all signs 60 fail we are going to cell
citrate our centennial hy the biggest Demo-
cratic election that you ever saw in this
country (applause). think i Gould aros-
trophize that party in the same spirit in
which Byron apostrophized the ocean, when
standing before its immensity, he said:
''Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure
brow;
sucn as Creations dawn beheId thee thou
art nOw.'
"AndI uaysayinthe languageof another
poet: Time cannot wither her, nor custom
stale her infinite variety (AppIause.l
The Democratic party is not dead,
| though more epitaphs have been written
upon 1T, more shrouds have bean woven for
| 1t, and more coffins built for it than for
| anything that ever lived since the seed OF
| Adam first commenced to populate the
earth. (Applause.l / have spent half Of
my nfetire listening 10 is funeral orations,
|
| the course my old colored nanny told me
| about out of Mother Hubbards tales. Old
! Mother Hubbard went down to tow n TO ge,
her poor dog coffin; but when she came
| back the poor dog was laffin'.' Laughter
and applause.
The Democratic party is now ninety
seven years old. The Spaniar'ls went
! across this continent years ago to find tht
elxi: OF life, the gift of eternal youth, bu;
! they did not find it; but Ito let you into tho
secret we Democrats did tapplause); and
| I'll tell you where we got IL: From the
Declaration of Independence of Thomas
! Jefferson (applausel; from the farewell
address OF Washington tapplause); from tht
example OF script fathers at P hiladel
| phia tapDlausel: and the fountain Of eternal
youth, this spring OF the elixir of life, is
going TO be 50 broad and deep in the yeal
| 1900 that there will not only be water
! enough To drink, but plenty yfor the unwashet
Democracy to battle in. tAppiause) Every
| time, therefore, the Democratic party die
| you may look out next time for a Demo
| cratic victory.
Let me remind my friend from Penn
| sylvania that brief year has not marked
it's passage on the calendar since every
body almost in this country said: OH you
old. dead, defunct Democratic party j
dead good, this time uaughter) Well
| perhaps it's cheek was little pale an,
its resolution was sickled DER with IT,,
pale cast OF thought. Iaughter) Blu
when a Democrat gets pale and goes {,
thinking, look out We went to Chicag
with some of the Democrats wanting Z
VOTE FOL TaHl Iri,f fr;,
of the procession, and When l got ther
acknowledge l felt like Touchstone iii
when he found himself lost in the fores
of Arden. When l was at home I wa
in a better place Laughter.) But mar
the touchstone Of true Democracy. Rep
resentatives OF the great American coIr
monwealths went to Chicago like men, u
their forcfathers went to Philadelphia, {
proclaim the truth, come what may. The
planted themselves on the rock of tn
American Constitution, which saws tha
Congress shall have power to coin none
tapplause) and make gold and silve
(applause) the money of the America
people So, when the fathers of Jr
Revolution of long ago wanted men [
lead them, they looked around and songl
not for them among those who had mao
great names and fortunes and Wore I'll
dignities and honors of the world
fashion.
''on q quiet plantation a fauaer'
son, Thomas Jefferson, plucked the qui
of an eagle with which he wrote the grea
charter OF American liberty. A widow
son, who had toiled on farm and learne
I. piety at his mothers side, and the lessons
truth and honor in little cabin home, or