Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-09

| consequences will find itself able to repeat
the grim story of the ages. losing in II
decade of passion and folly the accretions
of n century of wisdom and virtue.
The government of the United States has
no right, constitutional or equitable, to
levy and collect dollar of taxation except
for its own support, and. whenever the
republican party goes to the country on
the negation of this proposition, and on
1t was saved in the last election because
the issue of the public order and of n sound
currency stood between the voters and
protection, the father of paternalism and
the godfather of populism.
With n simple revenue tariff, depressing
no class, but operating exclusively for
settled upon n gold basis, affording the
use of so much silver as the business of
the country may assimilate-the only pos
Sible bmetallic theory which can be car
ried into practical cffect-we shall have
that economic stability which of all things
else the business of the country most re-
quires and an end of quack doctors mas
querading as statesmen and quack nos
trums labelled patriotism.
HANiLIN'S ADDRESS.
Hon. Charles S. Hamlin, assistant secretary
of the treasury, responded to the toast, "Our
National Administration, and in this he re-
counted some of the matters of national i'm
portance that had been accomplished during
Mr.. Cleveland's term. AS to Jackson, whom
they had met to honor, he said no one was
ever more devoted by precept and practice to
what he believed to be the peoples cause, and
his life was marked by fearless determina-
tion to do what he conceived to be his duty.
He spoke of John G. Carlisle as 1.-THE in
tellectual peer of any living man." who. true
to his chief, our great president regardless
of personal consequences, flung himself into
the breach In the recent conflict and by his
intellectual vigor, his cogent reasoning and
his brilliant oratory, did, perhaps, more than
any other man to insure the preservation of
our national honor.
The name of Secretary 0lney was pre-
sented as the worthy successor of Clay,
Webster, Marcy and Seward.
Speaking of the national democratic party,
Mr.. Hamlin said It represents liberal. pro-
gressive ideas, as opposed to narrow con-
servatism. It's motto Is forward. not back
ward Its path is that OF progress, not
decadence.
said, had certainly achieved most notable
success, some of which he enumerated. 1--WE
have confidence that history will applaud
the withdrawal of the treaty OF annexation
with Hawaii The attitude of the admnistra
tion toward the Cuban revolt, so clearly laid
down in the presidents recent message to
congress, is so fresh in your memories that
1t need not be alluded to here"
The letters of President Cleveland, Secre-
tary Morton and Senator John NJ. Palmer
were greeted with cheers.
CLEvELAND'S LETTER.
President Cleveland wrote:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington,
January H. 1S97.-To Franklin MacVeagh
Chairman, etc, Chicago: My Dear Slr-I
regret that official duties prevent my ac-
behalf of the national democrats of the
middle states to attend their Jackson day
banquet on the Sth inst.
When passion and prejudice threaten to
obscure the meaning of true democracy
and pervert it's patriotic purposes, re-
union of those men who are democrats for
hn 10 # 1fFaln tlaA - laaV
country cannot fail to be inspiring and
useful.
on an occasion when the character and
achievements of Andrew Jackson are com
memorated, the old landmarks of demo-
cratic faith should be distinctly pointed
out. At such time 1t should be impress
sively taught that democracy Is not disor-
der; that its regard for popular rights does
not mean the care of only a portion of our
people, that It's loyalty to the constitution
and laws does not mean petulant chal-
lenge of the duty of civic obedience; that
its aggressiVeness does not mean class
hatred and sectional vituperaton, and that
its success should never mean mere par
tisan triumph at the sacrifice of principle
and patriotism. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The enthusiasm was even greater when
General Simon B. Buckner rose to speak for
the state of Kentucky.
The far west was represented by John p
Irish of California, and the assembly re-
calling his hard work for the gold standard
during the campaign of last fall. greeted
him with cheers. He spoke in response to
the toaet "Our President"
Other speakers of the evening were Virgil
I. Kline, who responded for Ohio; Washing
ton Irving Babb who was charged with
messages from the gold democracy of Iowa
I. j. Mahorey who replied to the toast of
Nebraska" j. McD. Trimble, who repre-
sented Missouri; Daniel w. Lawler, from
Minnesota. and Hugh Ryan, from Wisconsin,
All these speakers told of the condition of
the gold democracy OF the states from
whence they came. and all made cnthusias-
tic promises of the future prospects and
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