Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-09
Ply FIVE CENTS.
JACKSONIAN
CELEBRATION
Elaborate Banquet Participated In by Two
Hundred Guests.
POPoCRACY DOOMED AMONG ITS FRIENDS
William j. bryan In the Hero
of the Occasion, and lie Arouscs
His Pnrtisnns by His
EIoauencc.

Last night the members OF the Jacksonian
club of Omaha met for the sixth time to
celebrate the anniversary of the great father
OF the democracy, whose name they bear.
The banquet was given In the main dining
room at tho Paxton hotel and fully 200 Me-
braska democrats congregated around tho
artistically arranged tables and united in
furnishing an amount of audible enthusiasm
that was truly democratic and inspiring.
William j. Bryan was the guest OF the
evening and the occasion was somewhat in
tho naturo Of a tribute to his leadership
Every allusion to his personality was greeted
with emphatic approval and his brief speech
was literally interlarded with hearty ap-
plause.
1t was noticeable that many of the faces that
We're once prominent around the banquet
board of the Jacksorian club were absent;
but their personality was stll In evidence.
and the subject of constant and acrid COM
ment. Every speaker assumed in turn to
hurl his anathcmas at the absent ones, and
the more violent their denunciatlons tho
more uproarious was the applause that
emphasized the sentiment.
Mr. Bryan and the other prominent demo-
Gratis from out OF town arrived during the
afternoon and were conducted 10 the head
quarters OF the club on Fifteenth street,
where tho preliminary conviviality held
sway Here an orchestra discoursed music,
and huge punch bowl and bountiful
supply of good cigars conduced to good fell
lowship.
The banquet hour was fixed at o'clock,
and half an hour earlier the rotunda of tho
Paxton was congested with eXpectant demo-
Gratis. At 9:15 the march to the banquet room
was begun. DR.. A. II. Nipple, the toast
master Of the evening. led the way with Mr..
f.lI.. ~
C. f. Cochran OF Missouri Behind them the
members OF the club and guests fell in, and
when they were distributed around the Ia
bles scarcely a seat was left vacant.
The dining room bore no decorations, eX-
cept the portraits OF Bryan, jackson, JEFF
ferson, Adlai Stevenson and other party lead
ers, which were hung behind the head of
the table. The tables were very prettily
decorated with potted zalocs. ferns and
palms, ard the pleasing strains Of Rohr's
orchestra were waited in from the ordinary.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
Mr.. Bryan was conducted to the seat of
honor at the right of the toastmaster, and
Mr.. Cochran sat at the left. Among others
who sat with them were Senator l.. O. Feltz
of Ogallala, James Monahan of Lincoln, w.
II. Thompson of Grand Island, w. ID. Oldham
of Kearney. II. l.. Metcalfe and Ed p. Smith
of Omaha. Around the tables were also no
ticed ]. L. Teeters, Paul H. Holm, G. w.
Berge, 7. S. Allen, w. w. Wilson, +. A.
Rogers, f. Bignell, l.. c. Chaplin A. X.
Goudy, William Il. Schwind, Benton Maret,
c. w. Branch, A. V. Johnson, w. IL. Eng
land, NJ. d. Welch, r. NJ Welch, T. +. Lasch,
and II. b. Tompson of Llncoln j. NJ. Pat
terson, Plattsmouth; Guy A. Laing, North
Platte; w. II. Dearing. Plattsmouth; Phil
II. Kohl, Wayne; John Mahor, Chadron;
Frank A. Morgan, Plattsmouth; E. w.
Daley. Crawford; T. J. Kastle North Bend;
J. ]. Thomas, Seward; w. II. Green, Creigh-
ton; X. ID. Scott Battle Creek; L. A.
Rogers Lincoln; b. #. Good, Wahoo; James
G. Dahman, Chadron; Thomas Rawlings,
j. b. Romans. Dennison. Ia; l..
b. Fenner, Hemingfcrd; j. NJ. Welch. Frank
Chttenden, C. C. Mcpherson, l.. b. Johnson.
Judge Il. II. Duffie, Y. +. Bergner,
Mark w. Paine, Clark o'Hanlon, o. j.
Adam Pllger. Lee Herdman,
w. S. Miller, NJ, d. Tiffany, Jeff w. Bed
ford Sol Hopper L. r. Reed. f. ]. McArile,
William Moore, f. j. Moriarty. Henry Blum,
7. J. Nolan. James Clarey. f. Clifford w.
II. Voss, John Sullivan, l.. J. Plattl, J. ].
Imhoff, Paul Hohn j. j. Sullivan, C. II.
Erickson, p. c. Heafy, J. c. Whinnery, w.
I, Robinson, r, b. Montgomery, A. A.
LamereauX, Walter Morse, c. l.. Smith. ].
k McGovern. II. A. Given Dr. B. B. Davis.
Sam S. Whiting, Peter Il. Elsasser, j. r.
Brandt, S. a. Donella. c. ]. Conan " w.
srn Straub' onran John r. Ri,.nO Dennis John Cam
w; H, Dox, George W. Ledigh, J. II.
Schmidt Adam j. Sloup, A. C. Riddell,
A. M. Gallagher Dr. A. w. Riley, ]. L.
Martin, ]. J. Dunn, C. b. Sievers, j. B.
Root, A. A. Nixon, w. II, Herdman, Ed
son Rich, John f. Coad, jr., Martin Lang
don, Al Powell, r. j. Aicheson DR.. j. II.
Peabody, Edmund Burke, c. b. Scott, Emil
A. Walter. w. X. Jackson, G. A. Sunder-
land. John DreXel, Tom Flynn, Dan B.
Honn, George w. Holmes, John A. Creigh-
ton, James Creighton, Joseph Hayden, w.
.. Bullard, Ed Streator and William Hay
pf nftnab aba aud II
Bulla. +. a. Broadwell, Captain d. s. Park
hurst and DR.. 7. II. EnsOr of South Omaha.
Nearly two hours were consumed In the
appreciation Of a menu that was as palatable
IS could be desired, and ii was after IL
,clock when the cigars were lighted over
he remains of the once elaborate menu.
DR.. i. II. Nipple, in his capacity as toast
Master called the guests to order and well
'omed them in the name of the Jacksonian
hub. He said that all were equally well
read by the sweat of his
ROW, was just as good as the man who
armed II by tho sweat OF some other mans
ROW. His reference to the guest of tho
venng was received with general applause,
md when he called him the hero OF the re-
ent struggle, and man whose name would
20 down in history with that OF Andrew
Jackson, the applause was renewed and in
enslfed.
BRYAN SPEAKS.
Mr.. Bryan was then introduced to reply
o the toast Democracy" and as he rose
o his feet the banqueters rose with him
nd cheered and waved their handkerchiefs
With marked enthusiasm. II was some sec
nds before he could get chance to speak,
nd then he reused new handclappings by
eclaring the democratic party now stood
or something that was near TO the hearta
( the people. II was not difficult now to
ell the difference between democrat and
republican. He referred delcatcly to the
ecent upheaval In the Jaoksonian organ
.aton by expressing his satisfaction that
Or every eeat that had been vacated by a
emocrat another had been filled by one who
ad been republican or a populist.
He declared that they had been beaten in
he last campaign because some people had
ot known how to vote, and othera had not
ared TO vote their convictions for fear
heir mortgages would be fOroclused or their
Employment would end. This could not oc-
ur again. The people had four years In
'hlch to learn that It was important TO look
fter the people to whom we werc to sell.
nd not those from whom we borrowed
honey.
1--WE have fought good fight" said Mr..
ryan; and he explained how, when the
emocratlc party came out and declared for
Dmethlng that meant something Il had been
Jund necessary TO depose many of the old
saders and replace them with men who
'ere new In the political arena. but In no
ase had a blunder been made, and they
'ere prouder In their defeat than the repub-
cans wero In their Victory.
And. after all while they had not been
An tho union ihay had haan I'm