The age-herald., 1900-01-09
CELEBRATION BY JACKSON CLUB  Bryan Makes a Great Speech
 At Omaha. HIS TOAST "OUR NATION" The Only Thing That Marred the Pleas ure of the Banquetters Was the
 Absence of Governor
 Hogg of Texas.
HIS TOAST "OUR NATION''

| Omaha, Neb., January S.-'tSt. Jackson s | Day. was appropriately celebrated in this 1 city today by the Jacksonian club. Three | separate functions were down on the pro- | gramme, and each was a distinct and grat- | flying success.
 The first was an informal reception Gaeld
 at club headquarters this evening, at which l w. J. Bryan, Congressmen carmack of | Tennessee, Overmeer of Kansas, Weaver l of Iowa. and several other democratic | lights were the guests. | Mir. Bryan was the chief center of att | traction, and during t'he two hours the re- l ception lasted several hundred democrats l paid him their respects. | At o'clock a dinner was rendered MT. Bryan and few other notables at the Omaha club.
 At o'clock tonight occurred the annual banquet of the club in the parlors of the Paxton hotel. Covers were laid for 300, and there were no vacant places An elab- crate menu was served, and 1t was near midnight before the speaking began. Gilbert M Pitcher, editor of the Omaha World-Herald and late candidate for SiiAASo oeotCS SSHhloI, OIuCldleu as tOdSl- master. On his right sat Mir Bryan, the guest of honor of the evening. The room was profusely decorated with flags and bunting, and Jackson's portrait occupied prominent place on the wall. The only thing that marred the pleasure of the occasion was the absence of ex- Governor Hogg of Texas, who had ac- cepted an invitation to be present, but who failed to put in an appearance, and at the last moment telegraphed MT. Bryan from St. Louis that he had been detained. His message read:
 'tSorry not to be with you. God bless you.
 (Signed) or H. HOGG."
 MT. Bryan's Speech
 The speech of the evening was made by MT. Bryan in response to the toast, "Our
 Nation" As he arose to respond he was greeted with tumultuous applause, and when he resumed his seat another ovation was given him. He spoke in part as fol- lows:
 Those who studied the money question fin 1s9S foresaw the danger threatened by the gold standard, and pointed out that dts permanent adoption would involve us in every financial disturbance occurring in Europe, but bankers were for the most part blind to the warning. What do we see now? Notwithstanding the increased pro- duction of gold. a few victories won by the Boers in South Africa have alarmed the same bankers, and they are now fearing panic unless England is immediately suc- cessful. Their financial interest in Eng lands triumph Is so great that many of have ci tneir bv for struggling republic, and are hoping for the extention of the authority of a queen. If such a question arises from war be- tween England and little republics, what must we expect if war ever breaks out be-
 tween two gold standard countries of the first class? Without financial independence this nation cannot be Independent either in its foreign or it's domestic policy, and yet the republican party Is even now preparing to chain America like a captive to Europe's golden chariot.
 Those who studied the money question in 1896 also foresaw that the retirement of the greenbacks was a part of the gold standard plan. Many republicans secuted at the idea, and the president avoided any mention of the matter in his letter of &C., ceptance.
 
 and the financiers are to be empowered to expand or contract the currency at their own will. and for their own pecuniary ad- vantage. The Trust Question
 '"nhose who studied the trust question of 1896 foresaw that an administration placed
 in power by the aid of great monopoles could not be relied upon to destroy the trusts, but many who could not be con vineed by argument are now being con vince1 by the rapid growth and increased | audachty of private monopolies. Any who has read history or under- stands human nature, knows that one race cannot cross an ocean and dominate an- other trace without keeping an army ever present to hold the conquered race in sub jugation, and yet the republican leaders
 thought, or pretended to think, that an im- perial policy would be accepted by the Fii-
 pinos with delight. ."Fhe decision of the nation on the Phil ippine question will be an epoch-making
 decision. We stand at the parting of the
 ways and must choose between the doctrine of republics and the doctrine of empire. At this supreme crisis in our nations his-
 tory we may well recall the words of Lowell:
 Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side: Some great cause Gods new Messiah of- fering each the bloom or blight. Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep on the right,
 And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light" Other speakers and responses were as fol- lows
 History Repeats Itself"-David Over meier, of Kansas. "Democracy's New Year'-A J. Weaver, Falls City, Neb.
 "Imperialism m'-Congressman Carmack of Memphis.
 '"rhe Press"-Willis J. Abbot, press agent of the national democratic committee '.The Jacksonian Club"-W. O. Gilbert, of Omaha.
 CongressmaY Carmack took a decided AFkl.