The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-19
10Th
Anniversary or JtffersOn's
Birthday Celebrated iu
New York.

NEW YORK APRIL 1s-The Brook
lyn democratic club gave dinner to-
night at the Germaniac club to commem-
crate the l57th anniversary Of the birth
OF Thomas Jefferson.
About 100 persons were present. At the
guests table were Ex-Governor James H.
Campbell. Of Ohio; Joseph j. Wilett OF
Alabama, and other prominent public
men
Former President Grover Cleveland sent
a letter regretting his inability to be pres
ent and expressing his opinions on the
present democracy
A letter was also read from ex-Gover-
or Boies Of Iowa, IN which he advocated
the freedom OF Cuba and the giving up OF
the Philippines.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler a'so sent a letter
81 regret.
Joseph J. willett responded to the toast
"A Century OF Democracy"
The Hon. J. j. willett, Of Alabama,
said In part:
my chief pleasure tonight consists in
meeting democrats an tie home Of my
friends and your honored citizen, Judge
Augustus VanWyck
II gave Mr.. Bryan my cordial support
in 1896 and sha., do so this year without
apology n he becomes the nominee Of the
democratic parry
while we have the oldest ana great
est party in the United States there Is
no candid one among us who viii deny
thar II is today at about the lowest point
IN power and influence hat has been for
hundred years. Think OF It, with forty
five states and ninety United States sen-
ators. we have only twenty-five senator's
and outside OF a few from far western
states these are all srom the South Not
q democratic governor in a single norln-
ern state for the first time / believe in
n century; a solid North against us and
four states missing from the solid south.
The municiapl elections throughout Me-
braska, Kansas Ohio ard other western
states the other day gave US no encour-
agement to hope for better things.
II think II Is about time for a party
which IS over an hundred years old and
claims to have buried three or four 9TH
er parties to be old enough to stand alone
The so-called infant industries OF the re-
publican party forming themselves into
gigantic trusts and demading protection
while exporting and selling their wares
in the olen rsarkets of the world justly
excite our ridicule. but I do not thi lk It
one Wilt more ridiculous than the old and
historic democratic party the conqueror
an hundred battlshelds leaning upon
the new born and almost extinct popu-
list party for support
ut Is high time we Isegln to take into
consideration the intimate relation be-
cause cause and effect and to candidly
ask ourselves the question what Is the
cause Of Il and how can Il be remedied2 ?
It is easy enough to say let's get to-
gether but I know of no way getting to-
gether except 10 fight the coming battle
upon those questions upon which we are
united and releglte 70 the reh Of those
questions upon which we are divided If
we sincerely desire to win. why should
we pitch the battle upon issues or can
didates wherein we are inherently weak.
when we have strong issues and cand-
dates and the choice OF position on the
field?
''Unquestionably the silver question
split our party open and as Il Is settled
for at least four years to come and we
can never be united upon IL. II should BE-
relegated TO the rear.
but say that we felegate silver TO the
rear and agree upon the platform, how
about the candidate2 1t is clear to my
mind we cannot nominate Mr.. Bryan and
relegate the silver question. He Is the
very Incarnation OF tnat question ard the
very name OF Bryan throughout the
whole country means free silver. 10 to !.
The man In this case would be the plat
form. a Is sais the stars in their courses
fought againt sisera, and truly the stars
have fought against Mr.. Bryan since 1896.
His dassandra-iike prophesies have failed
OF fulnllment and the country was never
more prosperous than today. His argu-
lnent about the intime and indissoluble
Iof Ra r.F aHIe