The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-09
JACKSON DAY CELEBRATED
ABLE ADDRESS OF CONGR ESSMAN
 DE ARMOND OF MISSOURI.

Many Important Questions What He
 Says on the Philippine situation-In
 Sympathy With the Boors-Hopes
 They viI Win.
 Jackson day was celebrated in fit-
 ting manner by the democrats last
 night, who held a big meeting in St.
 Aloysius hall the speaker of the even-
 ing being Judge David De Armond, con-
 gressman from the Sixth district Of
 Missouri. The hall was well filled with
 prominent New Haven democrats, who
 were very enthusiastic over Congress-
 man De Armonds address The chair
 man of the meeting was William H. H.
 Hewitt, and about seventy-five promi- nent deniocrats acted as vice presidents.
 The secretaries were Hon. James F.
 Bree, Philip Troup, Frank J. Andrew,
 Albert Widman, Vincent P. Maher, Jo- seph D. Maynard, Charles Spreyer and
 William J. Cronan
 After a few appropriate remarks Chairman Hewitt introduced Congress- man De Armond, who in the opening of his address spoke in glowing terms Of Andrew Jackson, in whose memory the meeting was held. He spoke of his vic tory at New Orleans, the like of which,
 he said, was unprecedented In modern warfare The speaker said Jackson was one of few men who ever led an army defeating the mighty British and meet ing with practically no reverses and finally rounding out his great civil life by being president of the United States The speaker termed Jackson as one of the truest and best democrats that the United States has ever seen and man who had done more for his party than almost any individual He said he was a pure democrat, not because he had simply chosen the party, but because he believed every fibre, every move, every stand taken by the party was for the better protection of the people, the ad- vancement of liberty and for the good of the country's history. 'The demo- i cratic party" the speaker said, lis party of people that depends on the plain people, that were for the advance ment of the citizens right and interest, that the members always were in SUD- port of the party, whether in victory or defeat, and that is true to it's ancient principles established by our fathers"
 The speaker then said that if the old principles of the party were changed | the change would be a signal for a crushing defeat and that under no cir llcumstances could anything but the old 1 principles be sustained Some peo- ple," said he. believe that if such and such a change were made California, Maine, Connecticut, Virginia, as the | case may be, would be turned demo- 1 cratic in the campaign of 1900. This Is | not SO We have got to stick to the 1 principles that so successfully bore out our forefathers' plans We cannot change the platform. We will have to 1 fight one and all in a true democratic cause and if we do my hopes for good result are most sanguine."
 The gold and silver question were dwelt on and some interesting facts were brought out. The speaker also took up considera ble time on the ques- ton of trusts and said that the great national bank trust would cause cloud of trouble to float over the country such as has never been seen before He gave an interesting account of the currency question, going into it from one stand point to another.
 Congressman DeArmond said that the trouble in 1896 was not in the weakness of the party, but was due to a panic and scare manufactured at the time. He said it was to the effect that dol lar would be worth fifty cents and that if man had S100 in the bank he would be able to draw out only $50. When the masses heard of the news they began | to think they had no protection, began to draw the money from the banks | and gave their votes to the republicans. | "This." he said, was the cause of our | downfall in 1896, but look for a change | this year, notwithstanding the fact that l there are trusts in every field in every l industry, reaching out to gather in and | crush every body in sight. This I con- | lican as anything can be- The | speaker then branched off to the ques- l tion of the Philippines and said that | if any expansion should be done it | should be done right here in our own United States, not 1000 miles away in the Pacific. He said to do otherwise was to depart from the policy of our forefathers, to change policy that has made the United States the greatest | power in the world. What is the use" he said "to-miX up with a race of diff ferent color, different living, different habits living under a tropical sun, some of whom are untamed savages. !, What man in the republican party a year or two ago advocated such policy that is now exploited by Mr. Mckinley, and those who advise and control him. It means great expense, it means little return, it means that those uncouth, uncivilized and black people will have to be represented in our sen ate and house of representatives and will sit side by side with with our pol ished and learned statesmen from Connecticut. New York and other states.
 There is no reason for expansion. We have gone years, yes centuries without extending ourselves and why should we do it now. If we must why not begin at home If we don't, as states admit them, we will have to hold them after the manner of the English under a col onial policy, thereby greatly increasing our chances of war with other foreign nations.
 Congressman De Armond spoke of the Anglo Beer war and was in great sym pathy with the Boers. He said the