The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-14
RAT|FICATIO
Kansas City Platform and
Candidates Endorsed by
First Ward Demo-
Gratis.
CHARLES O'BRIEN'S sp EECH
Principles and Achievements
Of the Party Told
Last Night.
CHARLES O'BRIEN'S SP EECH

rIdHhilH hidAl. fTeSluenl JOnn Boyle pre-
sided. business meeting was held be-
fore the ratification. Fifteen members
We're elected and seven propositions were
received for membership.
A committee was appointed for the pur-
pose of securing funds to raise banner
with the pictures of Bryan and Stevenson,
at Montgomery and Warren streets. The
committee will go among the prominent
Democrats throughout the county and
raise as much money as they can. The
committee consists of ex-Alderman n
Michael Day, Michael Kilcauley, George
Ryan and Michael Malone.
The following resolution was unani-
mously endorsed
Whereas, We firmly believe that the
puDlc IS at stake, and that it is the
policy of the present administration
10 throttle. liberty and 60 pul to. the
sword all those VINO care cry for Tree
dom; and
Whereas, The people now in power
have. already by their nefalious
methods of melting out the law and
administering justice, sectionized
the country into two distinct parties,
the classes and the masses; therefore
be it
Resolved, That we the members of
the First Ward Democratic Club of
Jersey City, in convention assembled,
do hereby emphatically denounce that
policy and pledge ouSelves with I'M
swerying loyalty and steadfaSt devo-
ton to the propagation and advance
ment of the principles advocated and
adopted in the Kansas City platform;
and be it further
Resolved, That as these principles
embody the prime essentials of the
founders of our Republic, Washington
and Jefferson, and blossomed into ma
turity by jackson, we again pledge
ourselves to do all in our power to ac-
principles by the election of the peer
less, unconquered and uncomfortable
leaders of Democracy, William ].
Bryan and Adlai q. Stevenson.
The president then introduced ex-Alder-
man Day, who told the younger element
what work was necessary to make the
club prosperous.
Mr.. Charles f. X O'Brien, campaign
orator, was present When introduced
he was GREETED with an outburst of APP
pfause. He safid:.
II am deeply sensible of the favor and
honor accorded me this evening in being
permitted to address an assemblage which
represents the rock-bed of Democracy.
And fitting it is that as this section of
the county has always assumed the lea
dership in maintaining and advancing the
courage fits convictions in its political
faith, so it is justly proper that it should
be the first to publicly proclaim a renewal
of it's pledges of loyalty and devotion to
the cause of the leaders whose names are
emblazoned on the, banner of justice and
liberty But has it ever occurred to those
whose good fortune it is to be members of
the great confederation of Democracy,
what privileges are their to possess, what
blessings are theirs to enjoy and to hand
down to future generations? Democracy
embodies the great principles of upward
and onward. 1t is healthy and vigorous
in it's actions and is swayed in it's move
ments to build up the great interests of
the many to the least injury to the few.
1t conforms to the will of the Creator by
teaching that resistance to unjust laws is
the voice of God. 1t regards man in his
truth worth and places him above rather
than below the dollar. 1t advocates
cause as sacred and as holy as that of
liberty itself--the cause of humanity. 1t
is the hope and protector of the weak,
the guardian Of the rights of the strong
1t mitigates the oppressor's wrong and
provides home and a shelter for the
l.
length and breadth of the country caus-
ing the hearts and pulses of men to beat
faster with the true appreciation of life
and its consequents and has gone out over
the sea to buoy up the oppressed of every
nation under the sun with hope and conf
dence. 1t means government with the
consent of the governed. 1t means the
least government for the people instead of
more or most. 1t means antagonism to all
men, classes and parties that try to
throw discredit or distrust on the COM
mon or working people and who insinuate
or declare that there is a higher or safer
patriotism among the more wealthy than
the common people possess or appreciate;
and above all it means irreproachable loy
atty to the Union. These are the dominat-
ing principles of Democracy as set forth
by Washington and Jefferson and advo-
Gated by Jackson, and if the tenets of
those men were good enough for the peo-s
pie of their day undoubtedly they are
good enough for the people of the present
generation.
.sBut these principles are today mere
theory, and that, owing to the continu-
Gus maladministration of public affairs
as carried on by modern Republicanism.
If there is any one fact or act more than
another that tends to prove that Re-
publfcanism has divided the country into
two distinct parties, the classes and the
masses, it is the granting of certain
privileges and franchises to a favored
few at the expense of the many, these
privileges and favors being the direct OUT
growth of the policy of the Republican
party. 1t has encouraged the concentra-
ton of wealth in immense amounts into
the hands of a few, which is a menac-
ing danger that must be curbed and
opposed by stringent measures, if the
common or working people, the bone and
sinew of the nation, are to continue their
struggle for existence The combination
of capital paralyzes industry, restrains
State and Federal legislation, makes and
unmakes laws to suit selfish interests;
elects and defeats Presidents, Governors
and Legislatures; fixes low the price Of
labor and makes the hearts Of men hard
and soraid. It satisfies the avariee Of its
promoters at the expense OF the general
puhlic: 1t destroys competition, impedes
the general law of supply ana demand.
takes ayay the opportunity of young
mems advancement, deadens all desire of