Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16
CHEER PARTY CHIEFS.
Enthusiasm Mounts High at the Com
vention of Democratic Clubs.

Enthusiasm Mounts High at the Com
vention of Democratic Clubs.
Hearty to the greatest degree was the
reception accorded William j. Bryan,
Bourkes Cochran and the other speakers
of the day at the convention of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic Clubs
at Indianapolis The big Ton.linson hall
auditorium contained large audiences at
all the sessions, but in the afternoon,
when Mr.. Bryan was to speak. the at
tendance was noticeably larger. When
the presidential candidate appeared on
the platform he faced "a sea OF people.
Every seat was occupied, the aisles were
crowded and the hall was thronged as
it probably never was before, Probably
6,000 TO 1000 persons were present and
only the limits of accommodation held the
attendance to that number.
The apaience was as enthusiastic as it
was large, and cheers at frequent inter
walls compelled the speakers to pause UNI
til the hall became quiet enough to per-
nit them to proceed. The managers of
the association express themselves as
much pleased with the success of the In
dianapolis meeting, and express the opin-
ion that the cause of Democracy will be
advanced as one result OF the convention
Mr.. Bryan's address MAS an extended
one. In opening he expressed his appre-
citation of the work being done by the
association and President Hearst, saying
that he believed in the policy of forming
such clubs and that the party needed
them. The work of Democracy, being
of the people, must be done by the people,
he said. Then he turned to the great is
sues of the campaign. On the subject of
the administration policy in the Philip
pines he said that he could not better de
scribe its complete surrender TO the doe
trineS that underlie monarchies and EN-
pires and despotisms than to mention the
fact that when king dies a Republican
President can send message of condo
lence, but that when two republics ex-
pire no Republican sheds a tear.
Gov MeMillin of Tennessee made a
brief address ON the work that faced the
clubs aud was followed by Lewis G. Ste
venSon of Bloomington, ILL.,, son of Adlai
+. Stevenson, whose speech treated of
the issue of imperialism Augustus
Thomas of New York also spoke briefly
The convention unanimously adopted
the report of the committee on resolu-
tons The resolutions commend the
Kansas City platform; declare Il Demo-
cratic club should be organized in everr
precinct in The nation; appeals to every
Democrat in the country to pledge him
self to win one vote for the party; de-
clare that the evidence that great corpo-
rations are endeavoring to control .le
votes of their employees is too plain to be
denied condemn the present administra-
ton for its fragrant violation TO enforce
the federal antitrust statute; denomce
the administration for permitting two
republics in South Africa TO be destroyed
without one word of sympathy;" con
denim failure to vigorously prosecute the
men connected with the Cuban postal
frauds; urge that all American institu-
tons are in danger; proclaim sympathy
with the coal miners of Pennsylvania in
their stand against the anthracite coal
trust and hope they may secure such
speedy settlement rs will afford them bet
ter wages; assert the election of McKin-
ley would mean the perpetuaticn Of war
taxes, entangling alliances with the mon
arches of Europe and colonial exploita-
tions in remote parts of the world, COM
peLlnS an lHcfedSe Oh the HailQnal ueDl
and enforced military service, and declare
the election of Bryan viii mean the Gle
vation of the country.
George b. Mcclellan Of New York
made an address denouncing imperialism,
and brief addresses were made by Mrs.
Eva Mcdonald Vallish of Washington,
j.. c.; Mrs. Maribah II. Walker Of Chr
cago, president of the National Wa:neE'S
Bryan League, and NJ. J.. Lockwood Of
Pennsylvania, president Of the National
Antitrust League, who discussed the
trust issue. Trusts, he declared, were
fast gathering the wealth of the nation
into the hands of few men.
James r. Sovereign, ex-grand master
workman Of the Knights of Labor spoke
briefly of the relations of labor TO poll
tics. Bishop j. Milton Turner minister
to Liberia under Grants administration,
urged the negro youth to turn to the
Democratic party as its best friend
Bourke Cochran was the speaker at the
closing session Of the convention in the
evening. He was apparently laboring nm
der difficulties from hoarseness, but de-
spite the fact he endeavored to make
himself heard. He devoted his speech to
the question of Imperialism