Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-02

The Bryan Club Meeting.
A RoUSING DEMOCRATIC SPEECH
BY HON. o. H. AVERY, OF
TROY, MO.
New Officers Elected and Resolutions
Adopted-Synopsis Of Mr.. Avery's
Address-A Large Crowd
Present to Hear It.

:
The meeting was called to order
promptly at eight O'Clock by President
Potts, and the minutes of the las
meeting read and adopted
The committee, composed of 8. B
Cook, 8. 8. Craig, d. A. Murphy, F. r
Jesse, R. D. Rodgers, Orlando Hit and
E. e. Jones, who were appointed te
nominate officers for the ensuing year
made the following report, which was
unanimously adopted:
President, P. II. Cullen.
Vice. President, John Abbay.
Secretary, E. H. Garter.
Assistant Secretary, Rhodes Clay.
Treasurer, T. e. Roden.
In retiring from years. service In
the chair, Mr.. Potts said:
''In retiring from the honorable
position to which you elected me 9
year ago, wish to thank you for the
ourtesy which you have extended
to me on every occasion. have ap-
preciated it and tried to serve you in
a manner worthy of your commenda-
ton.
"It now gives me great pleasure tc
introduce to you your president elect
man too well known to reed any ex-
pressions of recommendation might
give you."
Mr.. Cullen responded:
"I thank you most heartily for the
honor conferred upon me In electine
me your chairman.
"This is no occasion for q speech
Our time is limited, but I wish to ssy
that in undertaking the duties to
which you have seen fit to assign me
1 shall try to do my part as Demo.
crat among Democrats In a Demo.
cratic organization"
Secretary Carter was then called to
the chair, and under the head of new
business, H. P. Warden offered the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, The great leader of the
Democratic party, VIM. ]. Bryan, In
his wisdom, has given utterance te
the following purely Democratic sen.
timents, to- wit:
SIN campaign it is necessary thai
someone should bear the standard ,ani
in campaign we must, whether we de
sire or not, connect the cause with the
person. When the campaign is ovel
that connection ceases. While the
campaign was in progress I was the
standard bearer and the cause coulG
only be successful nationally through
my election. When the election ID
over my connection with the cause In
the representative capacity ceases
and express 1t as my earnest con-
viction, aye, give it as my earnest
desire that my name cease to be con-
nected with the clubs that are organ
lied for the continuation of this work
I was taken up at the time of the con-
vention, when others had been talked
about. When the next time comes.
conditions may produce someone else
and we are entitled, when that time
comes, to choose, without being ham
pered by campaign Of four years
connected with any human being ir
this country
And, WHEREAS, We are not ashamed
to publish to the world the name oi
the great party, whose principles it il
our object to promulgate; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, By the Mexico Bryan Free
Silver Club, that committee Of three
be appointed to recommend q name
for this organization, and that the
said committee be hereby instructed
to incorporate In the said name the
word democratic"
8. B. Uook arose to speak against
the resolution. He said: "With al
due respect to my friend Warden ant
his good intentions, am opposed tt
this resolution from beginning to end
II we were to change the name of thi
club it would be heraIded all over the
country that we have pulled down th'
standard for which we fought In '96
Such an act would be cowardice a
this time when the gold men and Re
publicans are fighting us with all thei
strength"
Mr.. Warden then moved the adop
ton of the resolution In order to &c
| to speak on it, and said: "We have
Democratic club and should not b.
ashamed to let the world know it. M
man would rather have the name o
Bryan connected with it than /, bu
| want to know whether 1t Is Demo
| cratic, Populist or Republican. Lex
pect to vote for Bryan In 1900, but le
as determine where we are at, wheth
or we are Episcopalians, Campbellites
Baptists or what"
MIR. Cook: "Mr. Chairman, all
have to cay in regsrd to that is, tina
We are ali sinners. But, sir, this Is
crisis in the Democratic party. Their
are a whole lot OF men interested i
helping Filley and his aids. We mus
take our stand bravely at the from
and not move. Ifthis resolution wer
adopted there would appear In to
morrow mornings Globe-Democrdt
dispatch from here saying we ar
ashamed OF Bryan and ashamed to Q
members OF q club bearing his Damt
Therefore, I move you, sir, that thl
resolution be tabled" Mr.. Cook
motion was seconded by dozens frol
all over the house.
/ Capt. J. O. Buckner then offered th
following resolution:
i Resolued, BY the Bryan Club OF Mex
leo, No., that we, - Democrats, VII
earnestly desire party success, wh
/ despise party trickery and who recog
nice the necessity for party ndeiit,
consasmn the practice on the part 9
newspapers claiming to be Demo
cratic, Of opening their columns