The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-30

lican party because they are resolved to
administer Il rebuke to the policy of
Imperialism and miitarism which
threaten the permanency of free institu-
tons The people all know that the
trusts and money syndicates, which de
sire Il strong army to help them increase
their wealth. are at the bottom of the
imperial policy of the administration.
Unless all signs fail not only will the
Democratic party gain tens of thousands
of votes from the foreign born popula-
ton, who know by experience what mill
tariSm means, but it will make gains
from many native born Americans who
believe that Washington Farewell Adj
dress contains the true national policy
The Antitrust banquet given by The
Jefferson Club was the biggest thing Of
the kind ever attempted i'm the West. 1t
was held i'll the Coliseum and there wero
seats at the tables for 1,420 Of the
''unterrifed" Democrats who will swal-
low UP the Republicans in 1900 if they
can vote as they eat. 1t was 81 Il
head dinner Everything was in perfect
order and the dinner was served us well
and as promptly as at Il small party
While the dinner was not so elegant as
the so dinner, it was good enough.
Here was the menu:
Green Sea Turtle Soup.
Radishes. Olives. Pickles. Sailed
Almonds. Sliced Tomatoes.
Striped Deep Sea Bass, Au Court Boui!-
lon.
Potatoes, Persillade.
Sweetbreads and Chicken Patties, with
Mushrooms.
Tenderloin of Beef Lardcd, Sauce Gas
tronome.
New Potatoes. New String Beans
Lettuce Salad.
Neapolitan Ice Cream. Strawberries.
Macaroons. Assorted Cakes.
Coffee. Cigars.
Claret and Sauterne Punch.
but the speaking was much better
than the dinner. Ten thousand people
heard it and applauded every word. The
Associated Press published the gist of
Mr.. Bryan's speech. Next Sundays
News and Observer will publish extracts
from it and from the speeches of the
other eloquent men who made the occa-
sion "a feast of reason"
"Rryan has lost none of his popu-
larity. In st. Louis he is the popular
idol. Ten thousand people in the Coli
scum dlitt uNc lIOuSdilu Ill IUe over
flow meeting cheered him to the echo.
lie looks some older than in 1896 but
has lost none of his bouyancy He
grows daily upon the country and is
everywhere-(e Xcept in the inner circles
of the trusts)-regarded as the Repub-
hes first citizen. His critics in 1896
said he was a man of one idea. They
forgot when they said it that about 1891
he made, the best speech on the tariff
made in that Congress and that it was
circulated by the million as a campaign
document in 1892. Latterly he has
shown breadth of craftsmanship in lead
ing the fight against Imperialism and
He is a leader who leads.
His was the first voice raised in protest
against the administrations overriding
the doctrine that "All governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
Of the governed" and he has in his
speeches and his letters been the leader
in this contest which must be settled
right or the Republic will be changed
from the one established by Washing
ton and Jefferson.
There is no suggestion of nominating
anybody for President but Mr.. Bryan.
All the great men in the party give
him primacy and the people look to him
with a faith and confidence which his
ability and sincerity inspire. They look
forward to his election in
1900 and to the return by the govern
ment to the simple and honest ways OF
the days of Jefferson when public men
ON small salaries had not learned to
retire from public life worth millions
IF dollars. While the trusts-from the
gold and bank down to the peanut
trust-hate Bryan, the people love him
for the enemies he has made" The
trusts will in 1900 use the same meth
DDS to defeat him that they used i'll
1896, but he has won to his support
900 600 men who are against mlOl-
tarism and as many more who now see
The danger of the trusts. Besides, the
frauds that were perpetrated In chicago
will not be permitted again. If Carter
Harrison had been mayor of Chicago IN
1896, that 10000 horde of repeaters who
we're imported there by Hanna would
lot have been permitted to vote. Har-
'ison will he the Democratic candidate
or Governor of Illinois in 1900, and he
will see to it that the repeating and
,tuffng which disgraced Chicago in
1896 will not be repeated.
Il was greatly impressed with the
confidence which the Democrats feel as
% the result i'll 1900. Every man of the
: 100000 who voted for Bryan in 1896
S mot only anxious to vote for him
again. but believes that the turn i'll the
idle has come and that victory is al
.eady in sight. and will be won by wise
md prudent management. No man who
Jaw its potency i'll 1896 doubts that
money talks in elections. But whenever
, gang of corruptionsts try the same
rick twice it rarely succeeds"