The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-27
.|T Is BETTER 70 Be RIGHT
AND LOSE, SAYS BRYAN, THAN TO
BE WRONG AND
WIN
FIRST SPEECH SINCE NOV.
The Defeated Candidate Will Con-
tinue to Advocate the Prin-
cipIes OF the. Kansas
City Platform.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 28-The annual
banquet of the Jeffersonian Club of Lin
coin tonight at the Lincoln hotel brought
together nearly three hundred represent.
| ative men Of the Democratic and Popu
nst parues OF Nebraska, together with
a number of leaders from other states.
The dinner afforded an opportunity tn
Hon. w. J. Bryan to make his first ap
parance at public gathering since the
election, and the enthusiastic greeting
accorded him was never more hearty
ana spontaneous in his home city. His
| address received the closest attention and
applause was frequent.
Aside from the remarks of and ovation
TO Mr.. Bryan, the event Of the evening
was the speech of John w. Kern. de-
feated Democratic candidate for govern
or OF Indiana, who aroused the BAN
queters to high enthusiasm, not onlv bv
his laudations of Mr.. Bryan, but by the
outspoken criticism of those Democrats
whom he accused OF contributing to Mr..
Eryan's defeat. His denunciation Of
those Democrats who offered "gratuitous
counsel to Democracy" though he men.
TONED no names, was accepted by the
croWG as reference to former President
Cleveland. ..,-...-.
1t was after 10 o'clock when the dinner
was finished and the speaking began.
Mr. Bryan, whose subject was 'Princi-
RAN1 LIVE So1Q III QdIIs
MR.. BRYAN'S ADDRESS.
AT this banquet surrouaded bv neigh
DORIS who have been my friends for tn
years, L may be pardoned fot saying a.
word Of personal nature. Five times
you nave voted for me for public Office =
Twice Tor congress-, once for the United
states senate and twice for. the presi-
dency-and no candidate ever received
more loyal support than YOU have given.
whether / Shall ever be a candidate
for office again is a question. which must
be determined by events No one cal
speak with certainty of the future, for
ones destiny is not known until hi.; life's
work is complete. shall be content if
it is my lot to aid in the triumph of the
and bear the responsibility of o1hca
The holding of public office Shout /
be an incident and not the aim of the
means for the accomplishment Of Il pur-
pose.
1.-The presidency seemed desirable b.
cause 1t would have enabled me to give
effective atd, to certain reforms. which I
believe to be necessary to the public well
fare, but defeat--even. "a. second time
does not lessen my interest in the re-
form and time may prove that nv
work is to advocate rather than to ex-
ecute 80, ,4,. =,
The Commoner will give me an oppor
tunity to participate in public discussions,
and I am sure that an editorial position
will furnish as much intellectual en:oV-
ment as l could have found in the White
house and in addition thereto give me
more time for home pleasures.
PRINCIPLES STILL LIVE.
THE principles for which we contend
ed in the last campaign still live and
we who believe In them must continue
to fight for them. An election does not
change principles, 1t only determines VIII It
principles shall be, for ire time being
applied. ....,.
THE believers in tariff reform did NOT
abandon their faith when the high tariff
doctrine was Endorsed at the polls, neither
did protectionists when their cause suf-
fered loss. The advocates of the gold
metalism for twenty-five years in spite
of the platform declarations of all parties
ir favor of double standard Shall
we who believe in b'metallisn1 lose cour-