Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-20
WORKINGMENS ST. BANQUET
W. ]. Bryan the Principal Speaker of the
Occasion.
Mayor Jones, Father McGIynn, Mrs.
Stetson. n. o. Nelson and w. It.
Emmett ALSO Speakers.

Emmett A so Speakers.
A dispatch from New York last night
says: The second of the so-called "one-dol-
lar jefferson dinners that under the au-
spices of the wOrkingmen, was held last
| night at the Grand Central Palace. About
1.500 men and women were present. but the
dinner was not SO largely attended as the
one given by the Chicago platform demo-
Gratis in the same place last Saturday night.
A striking difference between these din
ners was the seating of the guests of honor
tonight on the platform, where they could
be plainly seen by everybody in the hall.
Back of the speakers painted on large
canvas, was the following inscription:
"a system of political economy will yet
dawn which will perform as well as prom
Use, which will rain the riches of nature
into the laps of the starving people,"
Col. William ]. Bryan entered the hall
soon after I o'clock and was received with
great applause.
There were few persons in evening dress,
and men in wel-worn suits of various
styles were numerous. The women, who
were about equal in number to the men, sat
at the tables on the main floor.
John Brisben Walker presided
Speakers and Toests.
The speakers and toasts were as follows:
Mayor s. NJ. Jones of Toledo, Municipal
Ownership of Public Franchises
Charlotte Perkins Stetson, What a Just
Economic System Would Do for Women"
Rev. Edward McGlynn, The Foes Which
Beset Movements in the Interest of the
People,
N: O.: Nelson, Practical Adjustment of
Social Problems.
William Tempe Emmett IAN Government
Derives Its Powers From the Consent of
the Governed
William Jennings Bryan, Thomas Jeffer-
SON."
prised:
Vegetable soup, haddock, roast beef. roast
turkey, cranberry sauce, pickles, ice cream,
cakes and coffee.
Honor to Dead Heroes.
In the course of the dinner Chairman
Walker arose and asked all to drink to the
memory of those heroes who on April 10,
one hundred and twenty-four years ago at
the battle of Lexington, gave up their lives
for that liberty, the danger to which is the
occasion for your gathering here tonight"
All arose and drank, while the band played
The Star-Spangled Banner
An oil painting of Jefferson was placed
before the table of the guests of honor
and Chairman Walker began the speaking.
"Peace Hath Her Victories"
Mr. Bryan said in part:
Jefferson was a man of ideas. We are
applying his ideas today to the questions
which arise. They We're not all applied in
his day. They have not all been applied
since his day.
Sometimes people think that only on the
battlefield can man show his patriotism.
L thank God that | live in land where
peace hath her victories as well as wi,.s
l glory that we live in land where every.
day presents an opportunity for man to
snow MS love OF country, and l thank God
that we live in this generation where tie
grandest principles are presented that have
ever been presented to any generation since
the history of man began.
"A distinguished citizen of the nation
spoke not long ago of the strenuous life
and applied his idea to a policy that gives
this nation an opportunity to go forth with
musket ana with cannon and carry its ideas
by force to other nations. l thank God that
peace IN this country gives an opportunity
tor all the strenuous life of the people
If we but begin to apply to our daily
conditions the principles which we all
adopt, theories which We will not contra
dlct, there Is room enough for work for sew
eral generations yet to come. Thomas JEFF
ferson believed in the people, and he was
the first great believer in the people
appreciate the fears expressed by our
toastmaster-no one will deny the evil ten
denotes of the times; no one will deny thar
there are abuses so intrenched in govern
ment that it is difficult to dislodge them.
But as Jefferson believed in the people SO
we can believe in the people,
Mayor Jones on City Ownership.
Mayor Jones said in his address:
The impression is given to our children
that as the thing called government is per-
fected, there is, therefore, no responsibility
upon the boy beyond the mere perfunctory
work of voting on election day of pro-
claiming in season and out of season that
n @ q has Mont n,oa
OF constantly keeping before the minds of
our fellow-men the assertion that We can
lick everybody. If we have the best gov
eminent on earth which l do not question,
1t does not necessarily follow that even
that may not be improved. If We can lick
everybody, even that is not of necessity
the highest ideal toward which a nation
may strive.
In every city in this or any other coun-
try that has adopted public ownership of
its public utilities the contract system and
the franchise system will both disappear
together. Every city that has adopted pub
lie ownership of public utilities has shorten
ed the hours of labor, increased the paw of
the men and improved the quality of ser
vice. If the workingmen and masses are
In economic slavery, in chains today. it is
because they so will il: it is because preced-
ing economic slavery there has been party
slavery, and in every succeeding election
the workingmen of the country have been
the dupes of the schemers who sought to
serve only their own ends.
Cheers for the '.PeOple.'
Let the platform that commands the
votes of the workingmen and reform forces
be definite and positive for those things
that we know are essential to liberty such
equal opportunities for all, the abolition
of the contract system, the substitution of
the eight-hour day and the recognition of
organized labor in all skilled departments;
and let us repudiate any platform that
does not involve every one of these prin-
ciples
When Mayor Jones closed some one called
for three cheers for the mayor. They were
given. Then some one called for three
cheers for the people.
Yes" shouted Mayor Jones, leaping to
his feet and waving his hands, cheer not |
for me; cheer for the people," This brought |
out great applause.
Japanese Tobacco Monopoly.
At the Japanese legation it Is explained |