The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-23
BRYAN A GUEST OF HONOR.
ATTENDS A CELEBRATION Of vgR-
ctxEA DEMOCRATS.
Chicago Platform and He In
vok~~ the specter of Threatened
Importation as Great Evil.


tin and Stewart IN the center OF the
stage te the rear Of the hail WAS an i'm
Tense floral design presented 10 DIR. Bryan
oy his admirers.
Patriotic speeches were made and songs
sung while the band played popular airs.
Mr.. Bryan was given aT3 enthusiastic re-
eepisen and every reference To him by
the speakers was received WITH tEesnen-
6ous applause.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia was the first
speaker. responding 10 the toast George
Washington. we celebrate his birthday
anniversary for his worth as warrior.
statesman ansi patriot"
''Democracys Mission was responded
10 By Representative Bailey of Texas, In
the course II his speech Mr.. Bailey re-
ferra1 to the organization OF the Demo-
cratic party and referred 10 tho faith
fai MANNER IN which II had performed its
mission. The men whose virtues we cele-
brate tonight did not teach their chill
drsa to exchange principles for success
he said. They taught us that in this
world a principle is worth Infinitely more
than 8 triumph, and II the principles are
followed cut cur triumph Will follow our
fidelity TO them
~ crave success" said Mr.. Bailey, ''as
sacredly as any man, but l know there
are things worse than defeat. We have
survived that before and we can survive
that again, bur We could not outlive a
cowardiy surrender OF our principles. We
welcome the cooperation OF all men who
VIII Join us in rescuing our beloved coun-
try from the peralous situation into which
Ii has been led. but Will brook no aece2-
ton Of any man. We Will tell them now
that We viii go into the next canvas with
no apologies for the last one made. As
certain as the years 80 by and the great
national convention assemblies We will rig
up the platform made In 1896 aud in his
pointing to Mr.. Bryan} unsuilied name
Will give the banner as stainless as his
life tgreat applause) and the great COM
manders VIII give the orders for forwart!
march. and IL viii De a march To victory
Let us heie and now renew our pledge and
keep oar faith. ana when we have fought
the battle IN its behalf and won the vic
tory We shalt receive as our reward the
confidence OF grateful people, and We
VIII reward that confidence by reeitalizlng
tnesa great and essential principles OF
human freedom which ii is the mission Of
our party to perisetIate and defend
Hon. Elliott Danforth, Of New York re-
spondsd 10 the toast The State Of New
YORK. lie declared that the Democrats
or tne Empire state were anxious TO give
1nelr votes 10 the next Democratic nom
inee for president and I'm that contest the
standard bearer OF the party was pres
ent.
Hon. ID. A. DeArmond OF Missouri re-
sponded TO the toast The democratic
party; it cannot die while the republic
When he had concluded the president
introduced the Hon. William j. Bryan,
who responded to the toast Americas
Mission" He said in part:
When the advocates of imperialism
and IL Impossible TO reconcile colonial
policy with the principles of our govern
when they are unable to defend IL uson
the ground oE religious duty or pecufiary
pront they fan back IN helpless despair
upon the assertion that il is destiny. s0p-
Htz- he ftatI "a
say; suppose IL does break al the com.
rnancmerts. suppose IL does entail upon
the nation an incaiculable expenditure OF
blood and money! IL lie destiny and we
must submit
The people have not voted for imper-
iaiiSm: no national convention has de-
riaTed Ter ii. no congress has passed up
on it. To whom. then has the future been
revealed? Whence this voice III author
ity? We can all prophesy, bat cur pro
nhesies are merely gueSsea colored hy
our hopes and our surroundings Mans
opinion Of what is to be is half wish and
half environment. Ayariee paints destiny
eqtips II with q swoFd
He is the best prophet who. recogniz-
ing the onn!potence Of truth, colnpTe-
hen3s most clearly the great forces which
ore working ou{ the progress. not ~ ono
marty rot of ohe nation. but OF the hu-
TnaH race
History IS replete with predictions
which once wore the hue OF destiny. put
which failed IF fulfillment because those
VIM uttered them saw too small an arc
- the circle 81 events. When pharanh
parSeed the fleeing israelitcs 10 the edge
80 th@ Red Sra he was confident that
ia7iT bondage would no renewed and that
they woVld again make bricks without
straw. but destiny was not revealed until
Moses and has followers reached the fnr-
ther shore dry sh0d ana the waves rolled
ever tbs horses and eharioss of the Egvp-
Uans When Be3shaZzar On the last
might of his reign led HE thousand lords
into the Baby lonten banquet hala and sat
down 10 table glittering with vessels Of
silver and gold b relt sure of his king
oofa for many Years - come hut destiny
HsS not revealed until the hand wrota
upon INA wall thoSe awe-i4slslring- words
Meme. meGe. fSkel uphaTsin' When Al
GeTrnh ham swept northwari with his CON
guer1aG hosts hts Imagination saw the
crescent triumphant throughout the
world bUt destiny waS not revealed until
Charles Nartel RAISED the sword above
fHe Battlefield ~ Tours end saved FsHrore
from the sword ~ Northumberland,
WAeu Napoleon emerged victorious from
Mar~ue0. froVn Tim and fron AusterIitz
he Thought himself the child of DESTINY
bass 5eSfiny was not revealed untu Blu
rhsf = forces 5otns6 the army - Wciiing-
feu ard the van4Uishea Crorsican hogan
his melancholy uarCa - ~ Helena
v esu tr~ rrtiecs1S of George III routed
fhr New Epgisndey> az Lexington ard
Bunker I'M 'hTrr rose before the Fsr4ttsh
sovereign St9Us n roIpnies taxed with
eut appropriation and drained Of their
Hea}th fY foreign made laws h1st slsx-
tiuv wss rat revealed natal the'surreyfSsnr
= tTc~uvaiiis completed the work hex,!u
= Independence heli and usAers4l luto 80
is5snoe "a government deriving It's ius,
lsagr"rN from tse consent - the governed
''fFe heve reached sn0'ser crisis TIE
ancient doctrine ~ imperialism btufTae,t
from ofr jauj more thar - century, asa
has Te7 r0s ee4i ms Atlantic ara CHALLENGED
Isrnorr ~ 20 mortal c9yrtsat upoTi Amer
team sott Whether the Spanish wAv snail
tse known in history war os f1arfy
aT ss w. - conquest. whether ia
Tr.utss i5s = @f-sge ssre,Enrnf s}.tG -
s-~eH Et0erwt ~ abandoned whether tr.s
Ea,f"A sGlt res1satn = Homogeneous ~
rpattc 9r become . h~ternSer.sas;a e-~g.trf-
-S3sse g ..eststns Est9st os answered ~
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