The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-16

Towne, one of the speakers. was un-
able to be present, but had sent the
following telegram:
The snow blockade unfortunately keeps
~ me from your board The party in power
daily adds proof OF subserviency to force
threatening the perpetuity OF the republic.
The tyranny of the money power and the
despotism of the trusts are to be supplement-
ed and perpetuated by military absolutism.
made plausible by a colonial establishment.
The Democratic party and its allies remain
true % :he high principles of 1896, to the
sublime greatness of the Declaration OF hide
penaenoe and 10 the steaGfast faith of their
fathers. al of which will be gloriously vindi'
Gated by the American people in 1900
T. r. Kane, Of st. Paul, secretary of
the Democratic state central commit
tee responded to the toast The Young
Democracy" He spoke of the call to
duty which was being responded to
by the young Democracy of the United
States. There had been growing for
e.. years a feeling that the purity of our
institutions was passing. The feeling
had grown that in America the hour
had arrived when individual rights
had ceased, and the first place in the
government was held by corporations
trusts and syndicates. The avenues to
progression had been closed to the ma
tority of the people.
The course of the ship of state direct
ed by the wisdom of the early fathers
had been changed. Independence and
liberty in the nation of commerce had
become a thing Of the past. The young
lN1 +n
the ship of state from territorial greed
and aVarice and turn 1t TO high moral
right The nation had copied the
money system of England and was now
about to adopt the English idea Of
colonial government and the divine
right of kings could be discerned UNI
der the name of manifest destiny.
Experience was a bitter teacher. but
the lesson 1t taught was remembered
forever. The hour had arrived and the
people realized that the Democratic
party was the one which stood for the
principle that all men were created
equal and were entitled to equal rights.
The other toasts were:
The City of Minneapolis" James
Gray.
The League Of Democratic Clubs"-Fred
Schilpln
The Mission Of Young Men in Politics.
Senator c. o. Baldwin
The People and Politics"-Senator 8. A.
Stockwell.
The Democratic Party"-Hon. T. D.
O'Brien.
"Poitics-Ideal and PracticaP'-Hon. John
Lind.
Address-Hon William jennings Bryan.
4 1t was after l o'clock before Col.
Bryan's name was reached on the pro-
gramme. Most of his address was de-
voted to an argument against imperial
ism.
Among the prominent people present
at the banquet were:
Julius J. Heinrich, John j. McHale. DR.. w.
D. Cary. Joseph L. Kiichli, Michael Breslauer,
Z. W. Murphy. J. A. O'Shaughnessy, of Still
water: Byron j. Mosier, of Saltwater Martin
McHale P. H. McGarry, Saltwater; George
Bell Fac Stafford, James c. Haynes, P P.
Swenson, H. NJ. Wheelock, Fergus Fails;
John H. Nickel, H. D. Stocker Jr., P. B.
Winston S. NJ Owen, J. w. Lawrence, F.
Brooks, S. A. Stockwell, Lars NJ. Rand, Frank
J. Gaist. Matthew Walsh, w. H. Daniel.
Frank D. Larrabee, Rev. A. Dellgren, A. w.
Paris, Harry A. Lund, P. P. Mcmillan, Peter
Sutherland c. G. Cheney, D. B. Johnson. J.
3. Hanson E. S. Corser Edward ]. Conroy.
- Frank c. Moren. Frank Scanlan, F. H. Len
hart, P. P. Swenson, C. j. lockwood. T.
Guldbrandson, Henry ]. Gjertsen, A B.
Chcste, J. H. Martin, S. C. Robb. A. ]. Thorn
ton, r. D. Eastman, Minneapolis; L. A.
Rosing. T. D. O'Brien, Thomas R. Kane, J. ].
OConnor, G. F. Oman, st. Paul; B. S. Cook,
NJ. B. Pratt, E. J. Virtue, ]. 7. Durham, w.
J. Virtue, ]. Oppinger, E. Myer, B. F. Darby,
r. H. Johnson, ]. H. Deitz, w. Zambone,
L. f. Hummell, C. Anderson, A. H. Doty,
William Causewitz, Owatonna; Frank A. Day,
Fairmont; D. McKinnon. Anoka; Alexander
McKinnon Crookston; R. F. milestone. Ar
gyle; J. A. Du Bots, Thomas w. Brown, Sank
Center e. Dalzell, Cloquet N. P Clark, ST.
Cloud; W. F. Donohue, P A. Hilbert, Mel
rose; E. H. Eddy, S. L. Spangler, Duluth; C.
A. Fosness Monticello; John W. Eddy T.
Murphy. Morris; C. Avery, H. H. Bonnie
vile, J. c. Fallon, Hutchinson; D. ]. Daily,
Cedar Lake; P. J. Moran, Faribault; John
Pennington, Randall H. c. Stivers, Brainerd;
J. R. Bennett, st. Cloud; C. w. Stanton, APP
pleton; NJ. R. Everett, Waterville P. Fitz-
patrick. Winona; P. McGovern, Waseca;
Thomas Murphy Ralph Rees.