The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-09
MEN WHO HELD THE PASS
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS HoNOR"0LD
HICKORY,S" MEMORY.


from President Cleveland, Gen. Palmer
and others by Cabinet Off
cers-Speech by Hon. Charles 5. Hamlin.
Chicago, Jan. S.--Choosing the ami
versary of "Old Hickory" the mem
bers of the national democracy from
the ten middle and western states who
fought for principle and the gold stan
dard under the banner of Palmer and
Buckner assembled 800 strong tonight
in the banquet hall of the Auditorium
to celebrate alike the birthday of An
drew Jackson, as well the victory over
Bryan and free silver and torenew pledg-
es sofadherence to the Indianapolis plat
form. The occasion was made notable
by the presence of the partys nominee
for vice president, General Buckner,
Hon. C. S. Hamlin of Massachusetts,, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, and
Hon. Henry Watterson of Louisville.
The banquetters were also honored by
having read to them letters from the
president of the United States, from
Secretary Morton and the standard
bearer of the party in the recent cam
paign, General John M Palmer, and
telegrams from Secretaries Wilson and
Francis, and others.
The letter of Mr.. Cleveland was as
follows:
ITO Franklin MacVeagh, chairman
My Dear Sir-I regret that official duties
prevent my acceptance of the invitation l
have received on behalf of the national
democrats OF the middle states to attend
their Jackson day banquet on the Sth In
slant When passion and prejudice threat
en- to obscure the meaning of true democ-
racy and pervert its patriotic purposes, Il
reunion of those who are democrats for the
sake of principle and the good of their
country cannot fall to be inspiring and use
and achievements of Andrew Jackson are
commemorated. the old landmarks of dem
ocratic faith should be distinctly pointed
out
taught that democracy Is net disorder ;
that its regard for popular rights does not
mean the care of only portion Of our peo-
| pie; that its loyalty to the constitution and
of the duty of civic obedience; that its ag-
gressiveness does not mean class hatred and
SECTIONAL vituperation, and that its success
should never mean mere partisan triumph
i0u sGkoVEiR Seib WEI CLEVELAND
| Senator Palmer intended to be pres
ent in person, but his illness in Spring
field made his presence impossible. In
stead the general sent the following:
washington, January /.
Franklin MacVeagh, Chairman, ctc.:-
1T seems to me eminently proper that
the national democracy of the middle states
as enumerated by you should In some way
emphasize their adherence to the principles
of the Indianapolis platform and loyalty to
true democracy. ] am gratified to find it is
not the purpose of the banquet to antago-
nize our former democratic friends, but
| merely to emphasize our position for 1t
must be that the democrats of the several
states who under mistaken sense of duty
accepted and supported the Chicago plat
| form and candidacy of Mr.. Bryan will at
no distant day discover that neither the
| platform nor the candidate expressed or
represented the democratic principles and
will unite with us in the support of the rec
| ognition of the indianapolis platform as {,
| true, precise and accurate definition of the
| principles of the great historic democratic
| party, and that the convention and its plat
| forp was proper and patriotic protest
against the conspiracy organized at Chicago
and perfected at St Louis to commit the
democratic party not only to populism with
| all its undefned meanings, but to the sery-
| ice of a mere silver property interest which
]
which ever existed in the United States.
mo doubt the democracy of the ten mid
| die states contributed by their influence
and by their votes to the overthrow of the
Chicago platform with its menace to con-
sttutional government and It's public and
private credit, but they did not waive or
abandon their hostility to the doctrines of
| or abandon their devotion to free commerce
between the nations of the earth, charged
only with revenue duties, nor their disbe-
| lief in taxation as Il means of providing
wages for labor. Nor did the indianapolis
! platform give credit to the fallacious belief
that the commercial nations of the world
could be brought by any conference to agree
upon a common coinage of two metals as
widely divergent In commercial value as
gold and silver. The national democracy
stood by the existing standard of values
| and prices while the republican platform
| adopted at st. Louis INDUCED In genernli-
ties and It's language excited hopes that can
never be realized.
"The national democracy will maintain
| the policy of free commerce with all ma
! tions limited only by necessity for reye-
nue. and for sound money for the ADJUST
ment and payment of all public and private
obligations. 1t would afford me great plea
| sure to be present Mt the banquet as pro-
posed, but public and private engagements
| prevent.
| The following kilograms from mem
bers of the cabinet at Washington were
read:
ITO the democratic party is still COM
mitted the defence of the principles of
| free government. We must fight not
only the battle for sound finance, but
a never ending struggle for a just and
| equal system of taxation. (SigneO
'W. l.. WILSON"
official duties will not permit me to
accept the invitation to attend the
| Jackson day banquet. I trust the oc-
casion may prove prolific of much good
! to the interests of true democracy AS
/ advocated and exemplified by that no.
BILE patriot whose victories we celebrate
| tonight. (SigneO
III. r. FRANCIS
| Telegrams were also read from Ben
| T. Gable of Rock Island, ILL.,, ex-demo-
cratic committeeman, and c. V Hol-
man of Maine, who was chairman of
/ the literary bureau of the party during
the last campaign.
| A reception to General Buckner and
| others preceded the feast and speech
| making. When Toastmaster MacVeagh
mentioned President Cleveland in
words Of praise every man arose,
| cheered. waved napkins and applaud
/ ed. There was a milder demonstra-
ton when Senator Palmer's letter was
read.
! Hon. Henry Watterson was given a
/ fIattering reception when he arose to
| speak to the sentiment "The Future of