The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-20
SECOND ONE DOLLAR DINNER
4 TREMENDOUS OVATION GIVEN TO
 COLONEL BRYAN.
Says No One VIII Deny the Evil Ten dencies of the Times and the Abuses So Entrenched in the Government That 1t is Difficult to Dlslodge Them Government is Perverted.
Government is Perverted.

That 1t Is Difhcuit to DlslOdge Them
 Government is Perverted.
 New York, April 19-The second of
 the "One dollar" dinners, that under the
 tonight at the Grand Central Palace.
 The dinner was not as largely attended
 as the one given by the Chicago plat
 form democrats in the same place on the
 preceding Saturday night, about 1,500
 men and women being present Back of
 the speakers, painted on large canvas,
 was the following:
 "A system of political economy
 "Wi.l yet dawn which will perform
 As well as promise; which will rain
 "The riches of nature into the laps Of
 'The starving poor"
 Colonel William J. Bryan entered the
 hall soon after o'clock. He was re-
 ceived with great applause. The speak
 CTS were seated as follows: Presiding
 officer, John Brisben Walker; MT. Bryan
 to his right, with N o. Nelson of St.
 Louis; Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn,
 Charles Frederick Adams and John c.
 Crosby at MT. Bryan's right At the
 charman's left was Mayor Samuel M.
 Jones of Toledo, Oliver H. P. Belmont
 and William Temple Emmet. the great
 granson of Robert Emmet The closest scrutiny was observed at the door and
 only the holders of the regulation ticket were allowed to pass the portals. The
 toasts and speakers were as follows:
 Municipal Ownership of Public Fran chises,' Mayor s. M. Jones; What Just Economic System Would Do For Women,' Charlotte Perkins Stetson; ''The Foes Which Beset Movements in the Interests of the People" Rev Ed ward McGlynn; Practical Adjustment of Social Problems, N. o. Nelson; "All Government Derives Its Powers From the Consent of the Governed" William Temple Emmett: Thomas Jefferson" William Jennings Bryan.
 The menu comprised vegetable soup, haddock, egg sauce, roast beef, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, pickles, ice cream, cake and coffee.
 When MT. Bryan arose to speak he was greeted with tremendous applause, and he had to raise his hand many times before his admirers would gave way, and they did so only when tired out. The women were particularly en- thusiastic in their greetings. MT Bry- an said in part: "A distinguished cit iZen of the nation spoke not long ago of strenuous life and applied his idea to policy that gives this nation an op- portunity to go forth with musket and cannon and carry it's ideas by force to other nations. I thank God that peace in this country gives an op- portunity for all the strenous life of the people Qong cheers and applause). If we but begin to apply to our daily con- dltions the principles which we all &C., cept the theories which we will not contradict, there is room enough for work for several generations yet to come Thomas Jefferson believed in the people and he was the first great be- liever in the people. I appreciate the fears expressed by our toastmaster--no one will deny the evil tendencies of the times; no one will deny that there are | abuses so intrenched in government | that it is difficult to dislodge them But | my friends, as Jefferson believed in the | people so we can believe in the people | (Applause.) Some one has said that the | American people may sleep until the | last half of the twelfth hour, but when | they do wake up they can do more in the last half hour than can be done in the whole day in any other nation. Jefferson had confidence that an en- frightened public sentiment was suffi- cient to correct every wrong. He be- ]icved in freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. The moment you attempt to put restrictions upon free speech that moment you confine the wisdom of the world to those who pre- scribe the limits upon speech.
 He believes in a free press and no one had reason then to complain of the malignancy of the press that he be- 1ieved to be free, but he believed in it as his followers believe in it to-day, be- lieved in it because it is better that a paper should publish lie than it shall not be permitted to publish the truth. He believed in the right of trial by jury, and that men should not be tried before judges biased by their surround 1ngs or their education, or their inter- ests. He believed in the education of the people. I am glad that Jefferson believed in universal education. am glad that he believed that the security VI IHC SeotS WdS ueSt dHu greatest when | there was not single living soul who could not appreciate the benefits of free government. (Applause) Jefferson was right. Every child born in this country should have the privilege of an education because this nation will be as great as the average of it's people. Jefferson included among his great est achievements the writings of the ( Declaration of Independence. It was :, the greatest document ever penned by human hands" The audience listened ntently as the speaker read Abraham eulogy of the Declaration of When the speaker said hat both Lincoln and Jefferson were 'epudiated when the Declaration of In- dependence was departed from he was greeted with great applause. MT. Bry- tn then said Jefferson carved from l he mountains of eternal truth the four ( great pillars upon which all free gov ( must rest-that all men are . treated; that they are endowed with l l rights; that governments are | instituted among men to secure and I preserve these rights, and that govern t nents derive their powers from the con S ent of the governed" f