The age-herald., 1900-03-20
HIS POWERFUL PERORATION The Republican Party W7s Scor- ed in Scathing ' The Democratic Bat Cry Will Be Against Oppres of the New
 Wards of the N -lon-Suc-
 cess Predicted

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 19.-The third annual banquet of the w. J. Bryan Anni- versary club of Chattanooga, organized to celebrate the recurring birthdays of MT. Bryan, occurred in this city tonight. Two hundred and fifty democrats of this and surrounding counties in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee were present. Colonel Tom linson Fort of this city was toastmaster, and in opening the toasts of the evening paid glowing tribute to the brilliant young democrat who would in this good year put the cohorts of the trusts and the old world imperialists to utter rout He called on the first speaker of the evening, Colonel Benton MoMillin to respond to the toast of the Volunteer State.''
 Governor McMillin Governor McMillin in responding said that the "history of Tennessee was insepa- rably connected with the grandest achieve ments of the great republic and with the noblest deeds of an Anglo-Saxon race" He said that Tennessee was called the volun- teer state because from Seviever's time until today, from Kings mountain to Ma nila Bay, the yeomanry and chivalry of the state had always responded to the first call
 
 than was asked for He referred to the re- nown and glory of Andrew Jackson, the | soldier and statesman, as the type of the | man of the Volunteer state.
 He declared that this country needed an Andrew Jackson today Vast sums of money" he declared "are deposited today by the United States government in vari- ous banks, yielding not a cent of revenue to the government.
 "Instead of using this money to diminish the burden of debt" he said. "the republ- can party had proposed to issue long time bonds to perpetuate far as possible the burden of bonded indebtedness" He then attacked the recent revenue bill, and de- clared that its purpose was in part to make room for larger national bank crcula- ton by the withdrawal of greenbacks He attacked the trusts in vigorous terms, and on the subject of expansion he said that the great Tennesseeans were expansionists, but they ''believed in the principle that in our territory our flag and our constitution went together"
 Hon. John w. Tomlinson Hon. John W. Tomlnson, democratic can- didate for governor of Alabama responded to the toast, Alabama here we rest" and among other things said:
 Though busy in my canvass for governor down in Alabama, was glad of the oppor- tunity to join with you in honoring the great leader of the democratic hosts, Amer ca's greatest statesman.
 'It is a pleasure also to be with you, as Tennessee is my native state, and in the faces of friends that I see here tonight. I of, bo1 ,1 it was the prize of victory without the dust of the race that young ambition coveted. Furthermore, it Is with pleasure and with pride that can foretell that Alabama, the first on the roll call of states will, in 1900 as in 1896, take the lead in upholding the eternal principles of true democracy, and will send a delegation to the national democratic convention at Kansas City in- structed for those principles and for the renomnation of William J. Bryan.
 Tt is foregone conclusion that Mir. Bry- an will be renominated. The contest rises high above any one or more questions. It is a struggle by the masses of the people to wrest the reins of the federal government of the powerful few to the end that rule by all the people may be restored It Is the duty, therefore, of all democrats to join heart and hand in contributing to the vlc- tory that must and will be won"
 Chi If Justice Snod-rass
 Chief Justice D. l.. Snodgrass of Tennes- see, who Is a candidate for the United States senate, spoke to the sentiment, Democratic success; necessary to the per- nancy of our instftutions.1
 Judge Snodgress paid tribute to MT. Bryans personal worth, but said that it was not to Bryan, the man, the people look ed to in this emergency, "but 1t Is because these people with many millions in the United States believe that this brilliant young man, earnest and gifted in speech, is known to be the sincere friend of the people and the advocate of popular rights It is because by common consent and without convention and conference he has already been selected as the democratic leader"
 After review of the various govern- ments of the earth and panegyric upon this liberty and freedom of the people of the United States under the form of democracy, Judge Snodgress turned to a question of what he should do with the countrys brought to the United States through the war with Spain. As to Cuba and Porto Rico, he said, there is no debate. The only question is as to what we shall do with the Philippines.
 Some democrats urge," said he they should be turned over to their inha,,'.. 1ts under an American protectorate which would keep the world out of them, others that we should retain them as American territory, giving them free territorial gov